The economy was screwed many weeks ago, after dozens of people discovered the bug. I lost count of how many people suddenly went from rags to riches overnight, yet the bug wasn't fixed until after Vigilante did his stunt.
That may be true, but there are still better ways to handle it. If anything, Eid could've saved himself from getting banned.
Flood the forums, and your posts will be deleted and the threads locked. Spam the GMs and you'll get kicked. Badger the devs, and you'll be told they're too busy, and besides, you're just a tester in a pre-alpha game. I honestly think the game is much better now, after the mini-wipe, and after the devs were forced to fix the duplication bug.
-Roahn
Maybe, maybe not. Whether or not the topics are locked, you'll still get noticed - get other players panicking, pestering devs, etc.
I know I for one would've joined a campaign to resolve this had the issue been known to me, and not posted in an obscure part of the forum by someone who barely spoke english.
And it's not like you're spamming porn or viagra adverts either - it was an important issue that nobody really knew about.
And, of course, there was always the chance that the damage wasn't as bad as you thought, and that the economy could've been salvaged...