'Restricted Access to Ciao'

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Have been seeing a lot of discussions about the recent changes at Ciao; it is good that the site made an announcement to that effect... Here is the announcement from the Ciao Member Center for those that are not able to log in to avoid any further speculation about the site being a SCAM [i]'Restricted Access to Ciao Dear members, Due to the high level of abuse on the site including plagiarism, spamming of members, and revenge ratings, Ciao.com has decided to start restricting membership to certain countries. We have tried to avoid this outcome, but the number of violations has become too great. [b]Although we realize not all members from the now-banned countries were responsible for these problems, and in fact there were many excellent members from these regions, we have found this to be the best and only remaining way to effectively manage the situation. [/b] Members from these banned countries who are otherwise in good standing will still receive any money owed to them. If they have yet to make a payment request, they can contact us at info@ciao.com and we will make the request for them. We will continue to delete plagiarized and abusive content from the site; please send us abuse reports if you find evidence of a violation of our Terms and Conditions. Thank you. – The Ciao Community Team'[/i] I suppose this was a drastic measure but I agree that the number of violations had become too great and I posted a discussion relating to that recently... Like other sites have done, Ciao is free to amend their Terms & Conditions and have done so.. So, if members from the banned countries had genuine reviews and were not abusing the site(as some have informed here), you can still request money owed and the rest should consider those earnings forefeited! Does this clear it up for you? My take on the situation is that the site did what it had to do to stay afloat... What's your take on the situation?