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This will show you the one and only way to gain reputation in an anonymous online forum:

Step 1: Invest more way more time/effort and money than you could possibly scam.
Step 2: Done.

So, please don't ask for 200 mBtc Reputation loan and think you will be able to get a 2 BTC loan next time, because you have repaid the last one.

Yeah, I agree.

People think they can loan a little amount which they can pay off really quick and look pretty impressive, then ask for 5BTC loans etc.

step 3: start a ponzi

Same situation for me, I recently got a 650USD loan which should be a quick payback, but I''m sitting on 1000 in coins right now. so I know I can pay it back, Would rather not cash in coin's for money though :)

Building rep has a lot to do with your involvement in the community as well! Don't be a weenie.

Reputation, doesn't mean your post count, they may be called 'hero members' BUT that doesn't mean a thing.
I could get hero status within a couple of days if I really wanted too.
Whenever, you are looking to build reputation think about it first.
Be prepared to answer all questions and provide any identification if its a big request.
Also, going back to the OP, if they have done many different loans and have repaid ALL, then that doesn't mean one day they see a good opportunuity to get coins and retire on them. always beware.

If your dealing with ANYONE, always do a background check, if you can't find any information, ask around with people who have done past dealings.
I always keep a record of past scams or 'close scams' where the seller/buyer was very late in replying or paying.


You have to beware of everyone on the forums.

+1

This is honestly the same as in real life.  Dealing with people on the forum sometimes FEELS like we`re all part of the same `Community`, whatever that may mean.  But the truth is that in general, you know very little about the person on the other end - even if you do know a first name.

Very few people would lend a hundred bucks, let alone several thousand, to some random guy they met on the street.  Yet many people will lend to someone that they only know from the forum, with nothing more than a forum name.  I don`t hand out identity information readily, but if I were dealing with any sizable quantity of funds, I`d be prepared to give up some verification to justify somebody`s trust and give them some recourse in the event that I fail to live up to my end.

If you`re dealing with wholly anonymous people for a loan, a sale, or anything else - you`ve got to use some other method of protecting yourself, whether that be an escrow, requiring that unidentified_Billy go first, or whatever.

With the amount of people getting scammed recently, this is a great principal to re consolidate.

It's simple logic, yet people still fail to notice.

+1 for sticky haha :P

Andy B