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Hello, im user called "Sellingaccs". I have been a member of bitcointalk for some while, and here is my profile: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1831676

I woke up one morning, finding out that i was banned. I did not see a reason, nor any duration of ban so i do not understand why a forum moderator would ban me as i have been contributing to the forum and helping users for a while now. I sent an appeal to the email address, but i guess that theymos is busy.

I think that i got banned because of me using a VPN provided by Private Internet Access, which might have flagged me as someone that i am not.
I respect my privacy alot, which is why i am using a VPN.

I wish that a moderator would answer this thread, at least stating the reason for ban and possibly unbanning me and refunding the BTC which i paid to have the ability to post on META section.

Thanks.

Using a VPN will not get you banned. In fact, IP evidence alone is not sufficient to earn you a ban based on the actions of another user.

I don't know what i got banned for them. I posted a one picture which user was harassing me on and he said something like "Im waiting for the video of you licking your tears from your mother's ass" or something like that, so im not sure if some mod took that as a breaking of rules.

I personally at least wish a official comment from the mod who banned me, and what for as i did not even get a notice about it.

Im not guilty of plagiarism either. Scammers roam free, and yet i got banned for which i do not know the reason for.

I have gone through some of your post history. Did not find anything odd there. I wonder what could be the reason?
These are the ban procedures for spamming (again your posts looks ok).

A ban could be for plagiarism as well. Do you think you have any possibility for that? I am really confused. Wish you good luck mate.

Im pretty sure it is not him, as he has merited multiple of my posts.
I do not see a reason that he would ban a user, whose posts he likes.


I have never, ever copied anyone's posts and posted them as my own.
I have not heard anyone getting banned for temper, as i can be very harsh sometimes so i wonder as well why i was banned.
There is no any messages about the ban.

At first, I thought you were banned because of Selling accounts, but when I read it clearly after clicking the topic, it's just a name (Sellingaccs). Well I'm sure that you have done something wrong which violates the rule. There is no reason for your account to get banned if there is no possible and enough reason to ban it. Do you remember anything you've done wrong? I'm sure that there is, you just can't remember it or you just don't know that it was wrong.

The only way to retrieve your banned account is by contacting Sir theymos and other staff involved in recovering accounts. Since they are busy, you just need to be patience and wait for their reply. It is just a ban, you can still retrieve it. If it is your first attempt then it will only take 7 days if your problem is not resolved, but if Sir theymos responded to you, it is just about a few days.

Good luck.

As the new admin, I just banned you because I just didn't like you. ;/
Global moderators can do bans and admins are the only people able to ban any ranking member. let us wait for a global mod here.


Try to post in Serious discussion (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=250.0) a few times to see if you are going to even have any post count increased. lol. as I understand, you are a dev. achow101 is a dev and has served Bitcoin's community for years. please don't try to insult him on his section.

Out of curiosity, was this you?:

I did not ban him nor did I request for him to be banned. Also, normal moderators cannot ban any users, they can only request bans.

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The comment on your ban is "(Now edited out) Wirex phishing." I don't know what post this refers to, but presumably it's now gone.

Are you pretending to be staff here? I just don't get it...

Or are you just trying to be sarcastic... Sometimes people use italics for sarcasm

Nope.


It was actually a referral link to wirex, and not a phishing link. Could you take a look on this, as the person who banned me has not done alot of research.

Is there a duration on how many days your ban would last?

Nope. I was banned permanently for a referral link i guess :P
The wirex referral links are long, and look shady but the domain still ends on "wirexapp.com" which is the official link of wirex.

You mean that you have posted that referral link and you banned already?

If that minor offense, I think it only 7 days banning for the first offense.
We have a rule here in forum dude that avoid posting a link that is possible happen that you might get banned.

Good luck mate hopefully soon you recover your account.

Well yeah, but you should read through the thread next time before posting as the answer was already included on this thread.


There is no such a rule, unless it is spam or phishing.
You should know this as you have been longer here than me, try to avoid making false statements which are not helpful at all.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0

4. No referral code (ref link) spam. [1]

As far as I can tell the interpretation of spam here is generally that you should not post any referral links. The punishment seems harsh though, I think mostly the posts just get deleted unless someone keeps doing it.

When I was a newbie I posted a referral link. That post was deleted and I received the typical email:


Nothing else happened. So, I don’t think it’s just for posting a referral link.

It's a false ban for a "phishing link". Im pretty sure the mod did not even bother to check the domain, as the url was so long so he tagged it as phishing.

I hope that mods have logs of everything on the forum, as a moderator banning people without reason should not be mods as they have a certain kind of responsibility.

Banning without researching does not sound very responsible to me.

Moderators are humans too, we all make mistakes. It looks like rickbig41 is looking into it for you now.

Nope, he is not on my spreadsheet where I usually list those that i've banned... Probably there's a deeper reason than referral link...

Do you have ability to see who has issued the ban?

Nope, I don't... Only admins have the capability like that...

My Colleague has the same issue her USER is : ross09 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1146091)

Please have it reviewed sir @rickbig41

Is it due to her posting on the same section?

We are off topic here but:

Original:
https://www.fastweb.com/personal-finance/articles/making-money-from-money
Copy:

It seems that you were banned due to this post, where the link is either a phishing link or was considered referral spam.


Can someone figure out what the deal is with that link?

Hmm, very weird. I copy pasted it straight out of the app, but do not remember such a domain on my link.
However it still redirects to wirexapp.com domain, if you try to access it. Looks like it reads to a company called Branch, which seems to be some kind of website which provides link redirecting or something similar. This is the website: https://branch.io/

Here is the Whois data of the owner: https://www.whois.com/whois/test-app.link

This is not phishing, although i gotta admit that it looks like such.

Edit: It seems like branch.io is used for deep linking and is a very reputable company.

Edit2: They even have a wikipedia page here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_Metrics

I've had a few of my posts deleted for referral links when I was a Newbie. I wasn't banned for it, and I stopped posting them.

It asks for my Google login, then continues to https://uat.wirexapp.com/#
I'm not familiar with Wirex, but wirexapp.com seems to be their official site.

Here's another one on the forum:

You sure its not because OP is a bit of a cunt?

Yes. I am a fucking cunt, and i love being a one.
But unless you have something useful for the thread, the door is right there as no one gets banned for being a "cunt".

People don't normally get permabanned for one instance of ref spam - usually it's just deleted or you'll get a short temp ban if you keep doing it but perma bans are usually issued for people spreading malicious links which is obviously what they thought this one is and I can see why because it certainly does look fishy. I would say it's better to be safe than sorry in circumstances like this because any cases of mistaken bans can always be revoked which I'm sure this one will be if everything checks out.


lol.



Depends how cunty they are or how you define cunt-like behaviour  :D.

If my ban gets revoked, i assume that i will get a refund of the 0.12mBTC which i paid to post this appeal ::)

What if they are a massive cunt? like on a huge 40 stone woman, with massive meat flaps?

that's the level of cuntness I believe op is playing at

Now I think you are being a bit of a cunt :D. I can't speak on theymos' behalf on whether he will give you a refund or not, but if you hadn't of broken the rules in the first place by posting a ref link this wouldn't have happened. You could have just used a proxy or different connection to sign up to avoid paying the fee.

Not true. I tried with three different IP's and they were all blacklisted by the moderator who did ban me. I went even to three different locations.

I know mods talked about the reason for the ban but perhaps one of the reasons was selling verified accounts.
[WTS] Verified Bittrex, Cryptopia, Cex.io, Novaexchange (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2940445.msg30201792#msg30201792)

No... I sold few of my own accounts, which i have made personally. Afaik there is no rules against that, also selling verified cryptoexchange accounts does not include trust whatsoever.

I googled the domain “test-app.link” and it looks like this might be something that directs users to open a link directly in an app on their phone instead of in their browser.

When I directed my browser to that link, it went to a page with a button that said “get the app” which sends me to the apple App Store, specifically a link to download the wirex bitcoin wallet. On the page on my browser, there is also a message that says I will see the content after downloading the app.

Edit: I download the wirex app, signed up and was able to obtain the following referral link,
https://links.wirexapp.com/MpmB/4bTIQcutbK?action=affiliate-register&code=NVyN0jdZy0W6YFsE1dCviQ

Based on the above, I would conclude the link he posted to be a referral link. I would recommend not permanently banning the OP if this is the only instance of referral spam. A warning would probably be most appropriate, but at worst a 3 day ban would be in order (both assuming this is the only instance).

Edit2: I don’t particularly like wirex and have removed the app from my phone, however it is not explicitly malicious to the extent you can trust apple and their ability to perform their due diligence

Thanks for your review of the link Quickseller. Although i did not know that such referral links are untolerated here (which im guilty of posting), i have no intention of phishing anyone at some point wirex had that kind of referral link, which no has changed to the format which you posted for me as well.

I was the one that issued the ban. Since I've encountered similar links (both in structure and length) with several other serial phishers and googling Wirex popped up normal links, I assumed it was a phishing link. If that's not the case, my mistake, I should've looked into it deeper. I'm going to wait for theymos' judgement on that though.

If theymos confirms you're in the clear and confirms that you paid said amount to remove a proxy ban, I'll refund you the payment (fee included) out of my own pocket.

Is there a way to know if wirex is storing private keys on their own servers or keys are stored on your phone? if they are saving your private keys to have access to your funds later, nobody should ever use that app. if that link which got OP's other account to get banned is not asking for anything other than downloading an application then there is no phishing here.

@OP. you should put ref links in your signature. and shame on you if you are going to ask for a refund for a few satoshi.

EDIT: disclaimer: I'm not acting as if I am admin or have any position in this forum. above statement is my own opinion.

Unbanned.

Thanks alot! I'll avoid posting referral links from now on.


Understandable, as i did not pay attention to the domain either so it could have been bad if i was running windows and had some kind of malware.

Forget about the fee, i was furious which is why i even mentioned it om the first place.

Thank you for the work which you are doing for the forum.

Locking this thread to avoid unneeded spam on it, as the case has been solved. Thanks to everyone who have reviewed the link and for theymos paying attention to my case and to mprep for protecting the forum.

We all make mistakes.