Commission staking/gambling is interlinked and should be up to the user to trust any sole person(s), or any larger group(s) that they may wish to trust/bet with.
The same applies to buying/selling gold, it's up to the user to decide who they trust. The rules that were made in regards to why ABM reported and got all our threads locked were as follows:
[Section Rules] RuneScape Rentals & Other Services
The "commission staking being forbidden" on
ACCOUNT RENTALS should have no link with
INDIVIDUAL PERSONS OR ESTABLISHMENTS offering it as a
SERVICE. I agree it should not be allowed on account rentals due to potential ban risk on the account, however, if people are risking their own accounts and offering it as a service for people, they should still be able to offer that service. If you're going to lock threads for this specifically, after them being up for 4+ years, you may as well lock all gambling threads and ban them from promoting themselves on Sythe, as well as ban them from purchasing Sythe ad spots, and ban them from sponsoring sythe events.
We've been around since 2014/15 and have never had any issues, any problems, and have supported Sythe as much as we can. We have purchased multiple top and bottom banners in the past and are more than happy to do so in the future, as well as sponsor events.
I would modify the rules to differentiate commission staking being banned in account rentals from it being offered as a gambling service.
At the same time, we respect
@Sythe and staff in any decisions that take place.
- King of Stakes