MatrixWatch
June 24th, 2003, 02:56 AM
I would like to say not just to the eBay Watch Dogs, but to all my members that I have been very proud of you. You have united and dug deep to find solutions to problems, and answers to questions. Your posts have become intellectual, ground breaking, and cutting edge, and many have come here to read your insights. Our membership has soared 60% in the past two weeks, and I believe that it is due to your dilligence and dedication to the cause of Matrix Watch. Scam sites ultimately hurt the U.S. tax payer and the national economy, so in the long run you have helped both your fellow citizens, and your federal government. Matrix sites have begun to refund people's money to them, online pay processors have begun rethinking the issue and freezing accounts again, and eBay has continued to crack down on information selling. We have the attention of the California and Mississippi State Attorney Generals, and we are not even close to getting started with our summer campaign.
With that being said, I would like to talk about the methodology of our actions. If we win in our cause, I want us to win fairly. This means being professional and honest. This means reporting the accused parties to the PROPER authorities, and not relying upon our own schemes to produce our own ends. It will only hurt our reputation as a whole when individual members resort to underhanded tactics, and it is vital that we be represented as a legitimate and fair social interest/action group. Now, I have been made aware that Bob from matrixempire.com was sent a virus from what appeared to be an eBay address. As he said, "They sent me an email making it look like ebay. Probably some type of spoofer or bomber. It came from ended@ebay.com...". I do not know if this was one of you, but if it was you will be banned from this forum and reported to eBay. I would be so disappointed if ANY of you were caught for something this, and it would be to the embarrassment of Matrix Watch. I would personally like the accused party to apologize to Bob. While I think, and many of you do as well, that his drive to violate eBay's stated policies to further his own "questionably-legal" site is completely unethical, it does not mean that we use unethical tactics to enforce our opinions.
I know that it is difficult to see things happening around us that we want so much to see done away with and changed. We have been fighting so hard to further our cause, that when we see the other side still breathing we become impatient and angry. It is not wrong to be angry; it is not wrong to be upset; it is not wrong to be impatient. However, when we allow our frustrations to control our actions we are not moving on a course that benefits our goals. Bob at matrixempire.com and many other site owners like him are being affected by the situation, and they have indeed felt the legitimate blows of the matrix-watch campaign. For instance, eBay has established policies that prevent matrix sites from auctioning, and Ginix billing has frozen his account, as well as many other matrix sites' accounts, due to the lawsuit. Should we be successful in the lawsuit, that money will be available to make restitution to all the people who paid into the matrix site. Keep up the hard work, but do not resort to unfair tactics as we fight this battle for justice.
With that being said, I would like to talk about the methodology of our actions. If we win in our cause, I want us to win fairly. This means being professional and honest. This means reporting the accused parties to the PROPER authorities, and not relying upon our own schemes to produce our own ends. It will only hurt our reputation as a whole when individual members resort to underhanded tactics, and it is vital that we be represented as a legitimate and fair social interest/action group. Now, I have been made aware that Bob from matrixempire.com was sent a virus from what appeared to be an eBay address. As he said, "They sent me an email making it look like ebay. Probably some type of spoofer or bomber. It came from ended@ebay.com...". I do not know if this was one of you, but if it was you will be banned from this forum and reported to eBay. I would be so disappointed if ANY of you were caught for something this, and it would be to the embarrassment of Matrix Watch. I would personally like the accused party to apologize to Bob. While I think, and many of you do as well, that his drive to violate eBay's stated policies to further his own "questionably-legal" site is completely unethical, it does not mean that we use unethical tactics to enforce our opinions.
I know that it is difficult to see things happening around us that we want so much to see done away with and changed. We have been fighting so hard to further our cause, that when we see the other side still breathing we become impatient and angry. It is not wrong to be angry; it is not wrong to be upset; it is not wrong to be impatient. However, when we allow our frustrations to control our actions we are not moving on a course that benefits our goals. Bob at matrixempire.com and many other site owners like him are being affected by the situation, and they have indeed felt the legitimate blows of the matrix-watch campaign. For instance, eBay has established policies that prevent matrix sites from auctioning, and Ginix billing has frozen his account, as well as many other matrix sites' accounts, due to the lawsuit. Should we be successful in the lawsuit, that money will be available to make restitution to all the people who paid into the matrix site. Keep up the hard work, but do not resort to unfair tactics as we fight this battle for justice.