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EDIT: Thread retitled. See latest post to view latest culprit.

I understand why the infamous pic thread was locked sans asking, but this one eludes me. I look forward to the reply and hopefully it's a good reason that could be used to lock myriad threads in off-topic. TBC, I have major shit on theymos according to the following post, so he best be careful: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1718829.msg17210917#msg17210917  :P :P :P

Because it's a very low value spam thread abused by farmers and sig spammers just writing a few words of rubbish every day.

Thank you, hilariousandco, for the detailed response, where I agree 100% with your assessment. That said, I know that you [paid] mods are pretty busy at times, so allow me (with now perhaps others) to pick up the mod's slack on my (our) dime to weed out even more threads were these nefarious sig spammers game the system where they, too, are earning a buck.

I took the time to read the last 10 pages of the off-topic section and FINALLY found a candidate (okay, maybe I didn't read 10 pages but got lucky with said thread being at the very top of said section hiding in plain sight, hence NEVER before seen by any of the [paid] mods, otherwise it, too, would've be locked by now under the exact same pretense): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=551747.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=551747.msg17211060#msg17211060

https://i.imgur.com/2orJgJn.png

Very low value spam thread: ✔

Writing a few words of rubbish: ✔

Thread abused by farmers and sig spammers: ✔ (damn sig spammers is the reason we can't have anything nice around here)

I, among others also on their own dime, look forward to working alongside [paid] mods to finally weed out and put an end to threads obviously designed to only cater to them nefarious sig spammers earning a buck. Together, we'll make BitcoinTalk the best damn forum on all the wew (see my sig if not versed).

Amazing what a tad of satire can accomplish. I just noticed several off-topic threads were recently locked. That said, time for bed. Nite, all.

Bruno

Future farmers and sig spammers pumping their post/activity count? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=551747.3740

https://i.imgur.com/4TCwHvb.png

From the desk of Another Thread to Nuke: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1425821.220

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1425821.msg17244901#msg17244901

https://i.imgur.com/GnejOs5.png

I get it, [paid] mods, you're waiting till after Christmas to nuke the above thread designed for future farmers and sig spammers post/activity-count pumpers. Good call! More than likely the same for the following:


And Merry Christmas.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1537581.0

Feel free to add the above thread to the list of threads recently mentioned on this thread slated to be nuked after Christmas.  :-*

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1537581.0


Excuse me, but what part of "it's a very low value spam thread abused by farmers and sig spammers just writing a few words of rubbish every day" (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1718850.msg17211605#msg17211605) don't I understand?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=9.0;sort=replies;desc -> Spammer/activity booster galore.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1538843.0

Promotes shit-posting.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1538843.msg17075576#msg17075576

Activity: 83
Posts: 83

https://i.imgur.com/sQr6PTv.png

Nice catch, 0x0010! How does it feel to be an unpaid Wikipedia editor-esque entity doing all the field work policing the site while those above us may or may not take timely action, namely merely literally clicking a button to lock a thread, again, thanks to our unpaid efforts while they get paid?

Feels better than spewing out nonsense for less than $0.02. The gambling section is the main example of spamming, considering the fact that half the signature campaigns are gambling services that pay for like 10 posts in there. It's funny how they manage to turn one sentence into ten by saying the same thing over again. This site would be great if the admins did something about it or at least gave permission to some members to do it. But oh well

Meanwhile, the following very low value spam thread abused by farmers and sig spammers is still not locked: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1538843.0

Here's what I'm gonna do or, moreover, not do: I'm not gonna suck any more mods' dicks till 2017. That'll teach 'em!  ::)

I aspire to pen prose like the above so that one day I, too, can contribute to very low value spam threads abused by farmers and sig spammers and get paid for it.

Can we talk about how individuals continue to add in "As ________ has already said previously, <repeats previous post entirely>"? Lots of "question" threads are plagued by this spam strategy, and Meta is haunted by it constantly [in the threads about ranks, avatars, and usernames].

Example 1: Change avatar? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1727541.0)

I would even go as far to say that everything past reply #3 (maybe #4, though it is a little unnecessary) is completely worthless since it's just recycled information.

Example 2 (post): Change username (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1723618.msg17256970#msg17256970)

Step 1: agree with quote
Step 2: repeat what quote said

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Bonus YoBit spampost:

(let's add a lengthy word to appear constructive!)

Like actmyname just said, can we talk about how individuals continue to add in "As ________ has already said previously, <repeats previous post entirely>"?

Am I doing it right?  ::)

I agree. Like gleb supercalifragilisticexpialidociously said, "can we talk about how individuals continue to add in "As ________ has already said previously, <repeats previous post entirely>"?"

Sometimes things need to be repeated over and over either to show it's importance or to show that many people have the same opinion and ideas about them, if you think like you are right now then we should say why people breed while the world and the people in it are the same over and over in history?
About signature spammers as you like to put it, I must say it's them the admins of those campaigns to blame because they want more posts than the community can provide subjects for, and when you can't find a right subject you'll be forced to repeat and submit useless posts, good thing though we have lots of sh*tcoins announcing every day otherwise trash would've choked us to death :D

I quoted every intelligent part of your reply.

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Wrong. There is no sense in repeating something that has already been said in a thread where a question is asked. When the question is answered, you should not answer it again.

In real life, do you do this? If a stranger is asking for directions from another person, do you tell them the same thing afterward? No.


How did you arrive at that conclusion, where people are the same? This statement has no merit because you are making an inconclusive assumption, "people are the same over and over in history" which has neither been stated by me or proven by you.


Why are you blaming the managers for the employees' work? Sure, shittier campaigns have a significant portion of fault lying with the managers - secondstrade for example - but the reality is that you can achieve the quota without spamming. It just takes more time, which a lot of account farmers are unwilling to do. And hence they spam.

You can say that there should be foresight for hiring the posters, though you still can't rely on the manager to deduce the skill of the employee perfectly, and there should not be complete blame directed towards them.

Vicarious liability exists in real life, but it seems a little stupid to blame not the spammer for spamming, but rather the one who pays the spammer (or doesn't, because they are not quality posts).


So you're telling me when you can't find anything you're forced to spam? You have to break rules to earn bitcoins? That doesn't make sense to me. Why join a campaign when you can't keep up the quota while still producing quality content? There are campaigns that offer lower post counts for a given time frame.


It already has.

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Bonus post:


It always brings a smile to me. :)

For $2.00 USD via bitcoins, I'll provide the links to the "Do you smoke?" and "Your favorite alcohol" threads needing nuking because ... wait for it ... both are low value spam threads abused by farmers and sig spammers just writing a few words of rubbish every day. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1718850.msg17211605#msg17211605)

Have I mentioned lately that I love the wew? If not, follow the link in my sig to get up to speed, a sig, BTW, that I get paid by anonymous a grand a month for its inclusion.  ::)

"Very low value spam thread". 

I have to ask: Is there any other type of spam thread?

And I concur.  There is no reason to have to break rules whilst earning money on this forum.  A lot of people are just lazy and/or ignorant.  And a good deal of these shitposters can't write English well, and that most definitely affects post quality.  If you can't write English, a lot of stuff gets lost in the translation.  Idioms, humor, and a whole bunch of other stuff.  The posts start looking all the same.

How's Nevada looking?

I just walked outside and looked across the Colorado River at Nevada for you. It still looks the same. Just got off the phone with Tuxavant, too, giving him a heads-up about a Bitcoin meetup I proposed on that Meetup site thingy and about this crazy viral thread that'll probably cause BitcoinTalk to close down  :'( thanks to what was sadly revealed within: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1735133.0

Back on-topic, ... ahh, fuck it! It's New Years Eve. Besides, what are the chances of any mod seeing this post.  ::)

EDIT: I couldn't help but notice the view count increasing of the link-to thread above, perhaps due to me posting it here. No spoiler alert, so you'll have to see the latest on your own accord. That's some crazy shit, all. Madness!

I agree with what you said!

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Hit 'em with a triple for the new year! (All consecutive posts by the way)

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I had an idea for campaigns, though this would likely not be implemented - to deter farmers from switching campaigns to different ones that they can spam in (potentially with higher payouts) the campaign can allow the users to start off at the rank below theirs, and after a week of quality posts, they will be promoted to their forum rank. This both allows a trial period and deters switching out of campaigns (and kind of plays a factor in an increased post quality as being kicked out of a campaign will mean a lower pay for a week)

Ditto. I agree and concur with your assessment. +1 and spot on. That said, please rate my new sig campaign. Killer, eh?

Full Disclosure: This user account may or may not be in the control of that scammy-ass Bruno Kucinskas now living in Arizona perhaps procuring even more domains that'll never amount to a hill of beans - or whatever alpacas eat - hence not worthy to callout real nefarious actors in this space.  :P

fake EDIT: Mods, please ignore the following, for it obvious to now me and everybody else on the fuckin' planet (or flat Earth) that the following post IS NOT on a very low value spam thread abused by farmers and sig spammers (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1718850.msg17211605#msg17211605).

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1496281.msg17377638#msg17377638

https://i.imgur.com/q3HIzwp.png

Is it not ironic when a thread about OP hating spam (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1737333.0) leads (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1737333.msg17379400#msg17379400) to (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1737333.msg17379494#msg17379494) spam (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1737333.msg17379557#msg17379557)? (almost as if... it was intended to do so!)

Oh, and this is really classic and an excellent post:

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In the event of a necrobump (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1384355.msg17350885#msg17350885), can all subsequent posts be deleted? There are rare times when necrobumps lead to a continuation of quality discussion, which I have yet to witness.

Here are consecutive posts after the bump (and this is page 12), just to drive the point.



There are two pages worth of this crap. Should there be an auto-lock feature? Any arguments against it should be able to be justified through manual unlocking of the thread (either via staff or the thread starter). It can be after x days or x pages.

(I just PM'd OP to lock the thread, and hopefully that'll put an end to one of them

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Perhaps a mass purging of all threads in

• Bitcoin Discussion
• Off-topic
• Gambling discussion
• Economics & Speculation

would help.

It's surprising - even Technical Support has started to attract the swarms of ants... but not Technical Discussion, right (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1595960.0)?


(and of course the thread is started by a newbie, what a surprise)

The following poster in the last linked-to thread above during his pumping-up-the-post-count days while still a pup (emphasis below mine):

Thread is not now locked due to mods no longer nuking threads populated by sig campaigners. Here's my latest one: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1741433.0