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April fools! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5392430.msg59723607#msg59723607)

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In order to improve the overall forum experience, going forward we are only going to allow smart people to post. To determine your intelligence, you will be required to answer a question every time you post (or edit your post). Your answers will be used to calculate your IQ, and starting next week, everyone with an IQ below 120 will be banned.

Let's make Bitcointalk.org into the ivory tower of excellence that it was always meant to be!

I'm only posting a response to this thread because I'm insecure about my intelligence and need it to be confirmed by forum algorithms.

Kudos on turning this into the authoritarian utopia we always dreamed it could be.

Glad you're sticking with tradition ... as a little humor can't hurt us.  :P

Biiiiiiiiiiiitch, what time zone do you live in?  It's too early for this shits.  I'm going to sell my account if this nonsense keeps up--anybody interested?

Yes thank you, I got IQ only 95

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 You never fail to disappoint Mr. theymos!  Nice one.

Yeah, PM me..



These aren’t IQ questions, they are trivia questions, LOL..

God, do you really think that someone needs a spam account like yours  ::)

 I'll give you two pizzas.

My IQ is below 120 :(  :'(So, goodybe Bitcointalk, it was a nice ride over all these years...
Damn, honestly, I completely forgot about which date we have now. Other stuff is in my head now. And strangely that this year nobody even tried to predict what theymos will do this time. Or I missed it?

Almost forgot it's April already. Gj theymos, you always find ways to entertain us.

edit: I'm getting smarted with every post  8)

It should come with an automatic ban for everyone who has an IQ not equal to 100 at the end of the day. We can't have this communist diversity here.

Well, well.. How if someone's IQ doesn't meet the IQ standards of this forum member.

I am worried I will be removed or kicked from this forum because I've got a lower IQ.

Hey @theymos, how accurate the machine forum to determine smart people or not?  :D

This forum turned out to be an academic forum this month.   ;D ;D


*Guys, ask google for the correct answers!! Uppss...  :D

This system has a fatal flaw in that I can't see the IQ of the (incredibly numerous) users I have on Ignore, and am therefore unable to see how good a judge of intelligence I am. :(

Who will joke with us when she dies?

I f*cked up my first question already.  :D

https://i.imgur.com/5SAEXXG.png

 I'll lead my IQ to zero, look at for if I'm still alive then  :P

I DON'T USE GOOGLE!

Selling IQ  ;D

 Why do you wanna take this to that dark place?

I just woke up with an headache now I get another headache because I'm getting bothered with my IQ; I'll beat Einstein with these tests. This is a week of IQ race for the new Einstein.

 And you wouldn't, even for this one ?? ?
   

Some of these questions make you wanna stop and hope you'll get something easier next time :D

Makes me wonder what's the upper limit. Can we get to 300?

I'll trade you for merit. Just don't tell anyone.

Anyone want to loan me some more IQ? LOL j/k

Farm IQ :P

163! That's it. I'm demanding a recount (a recount!!!!) of the Bitcoin Geek (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5390008.0) award, o_e_l_e_o with a IQ of 100 is quite clearly an imposter.

Yeah. I did play the quiz just so I could make that joke.

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I never knew I wanted a pub quiz on Bitcointalk until this day. I'm here for it.

Won't those who are married with children be exempted from this heinous task, knowing fully well that kids depreciate the intellectual quotient of parents?

I guess I must embark on IQ begging then if otherwise...

😌

You have no idea how hard it is to be a stupid idiot.

After all, chaotic editing of one post 20 times still did not allow me to lower my IQ below 100.

IQ isn't a consistent measurement of intelligence, remember that people of the forum.

Did a quick search on who have the highest IQ in the world and it seems that the highest is 263 base on Reader's Digest (https://www.readersdigest.com.au/true-stories-lifestyle/thought-provoking/think-einstein-was-smart-here-are-8-people-higher-iqs).

I will try to beat that IQ at least in this forum so I can say to myself that I'm the most intelligent person on Earth :P.

well this was a lot better than the covid virus joke.

my 3 iq scores are :

 139 23 years old 1980
 147 16 years old 1973
 151 12 years old 1969

they got lower as I got older. Most likely all the weed I smoked from 1972 to 1990 ;D

I wonder what I would do on one now?

Happy April Fool's day.

I am glad that my intelligence will finally be recognized by the forum.

Edit: the claimed IQ score on my profile is wrong.

https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=494103938745604&id=497624440269298






 It is depend on the scale used !

I wanna see satoshi come back next week with a ban appeal post instead of signing a message 8)

Fun. We should actually implement this.

I think something like this could be a good optional learning tool for learning a bit more about Bitcoin. I know the intention isn't at all serious, obviously. However, I know that theymos' was interested in doing some sort of Bitcoin course, and tying it into the forum. Although, doing something like this which caters to Bitcoin questions, and having a way for users to compete or compare scores, could promote some users to gain some knowledge, even if they were googling the answers, they'd likely learn something.

We could basically offer some learning to users, when they would be posting anyway, and providing a leaderboard of some kind would likely motivate certain users. Obviously, making it optional, and doesn't impact the forum in any real way. Think it could be fun, without other too many downsides.

So basically, you are making dumb people google easily google-able facts? Going by the bell curve of IQ distribtion in humans, I would say half of this board will be frustrated with the system, and after a while and might just decide to leave.

However, maybe this will make them smarter. Please add mathematics and science questions to the test.

Oh wait, its an April Fools joke. You got me. ::)

I like it so far I got all correct but I had to google one to be sure.

As European that's a tough question  ;D

Do you know what is this? Today is April fool and that is why forum admin Theymos made us fool. Nothing is going to happen just wait few hours and final result will come. Already several people became fool. I had also but latter I remembered to know today is april fool.

What happens if you answer incorrectly? I may never know. LOL

I almost thought for sure that this year’s April Fools joke would be some announcement that Bitcoin was moving to proof of stake, or perhaps an announcement that bitcointalk would be distributing free NFTs to everyone. Perhaps that humor might be a little too controversial although nothing could be more controversial than the covid joke. LOL. Have fun with your trivia folks. Hope people are smarter as a result.

Good thing smart I are!  ;)

It doesn't call for any abusive words, does it? Thought reputable members like you should have learnt self control along time ago, why is yours on a contrary?
This ain't puzzling anyways..

Hopefully, I'll sail ☺️

if today my iq is below 120. and after 2 weeks it is still below 120. will I have the opportunity to increase my iq in the next month?
IQ is permanent or can be increased and decreased according to the answer?
and can people with iq below 120 try again to answer the iq test to try to post?
Please clarify the rules.

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If the forum was supposed to be about a revolutional invention, then allowing only smart people here isn't such bad idea, my only fear would am I smart enough to cope here  :D

Thanks sir  :D

Honestly, this got me for a moment, and my whole impression was that this was supposed to be a means to curb bots from posting, but that got me asking why not a captcha instead ?, Triva questions or foreign affairsvdefinitely can't be a measure of someone's IQ, so I came to Meta to check what is going on.

hahaha even though I'm not very smart in school and have graduated for years, finally my IQ is sharpened again this month here even though there are many mistakes when answering.
but this is so much fun

uhh! It will make me rich now..
Thank uuu  theymos

Wana make an IQ generating BOT.  ::)

500usd/IQ solving Bot, who needs??

If someone's IQ below 120 in next week, then his/her Bitcointalk ID will permanent ban or he/she will have a chance to increase IQ. Nice Trick.

Good bye to newbies. Only smart people will remain and other will just see what smart people post Here.

Thank you theymos for this. We are really happy. Now people with lower IQ will go to hell.

To anyone who want to improve their IQ, I have started selling "Bitcointalk IQ Improvement services". Let me know if you are in need. I accept only Bitcointalk Token.

https://i.ibb.co/yfNnj8C/20220401-081233-0000.jpg

That's cheating. You have tagged account trader all these days and now your account is on sale.

I could use a web search, but that would be too intelligent. I'll stick with the wrong test answer.

Wow it is a great IDEA!

Let's share the results on blockchain!

HOLY MOTHER OF F^CK!! :D :D

IQ Test... yuck! Pteuhuiii!! Suka blyat!  :D  :D

Rollin the diiiiiice, Ivory Tower membership pls

I skipped the first question. Let's see how many questions I answer correctly without googling.

He and she can buy Platinum membership (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) that comes with a personal concierge who will post smart things so they don't have to worry about IQ.

@Thermos   <------- That alone proves my IQ is above 120.



~BCX~

gotta love it

I don't know the real purpose of this IQ test.
because people can still find answers from browsing the internet.
but it's good that people will start learning every time they post that is by finding out the answers to each question and that will add to people's insight

 Is getting the right answer by googling it considered smart? Because I did some googling before clicking post :)  If I still did it wrong then I'm definitely not smart enough even with google. And I got 95 still, Damn!  ;D

Bitcointalk is surprising every April fools day. Shows how creative the people behind the forum.

The forum knows my IQ can not be measured in numbers so it didn't dare ask me any questions when I posted.

... Or edited my post

https://i.imgur.com/kCbRYuU.jpg (https://i.imgur.com/kCbRYuU.jpg)

It means the Administrator is also going to be banned because here IQ is also 128.

April Fool's ;D

What’s the IQ standard of average user here?  :D

I almost forgot this traditional April fools and knowing that I still have my Brain is amazing, I just hope that its also happening in real life since I rarely notice that my brain works normally in the past few years.

Yes I agree with you IQ is not consistent measurements of intelligence.

Yeah! It is traditional April fool joke.  ;D ;D ;D

It's April fool Drama'z :)

Thank you theymos for again making fool us. 😂😂😂

I'm crazy n't have IQ, because my brain turn off

How much my iq

Ohh WOW  ::)
This is something else, but your IQ still 100 though!

Me trying to mimick theymos smiling  :D :D

This is another good way of eliminating the spammers as those with low IQ can't be considered as a good posters.  :)

However you have given the punishment to ban people below the 120 IQ, how about giving some bitcoins to those who achieve the top 10 highest IQs and hire them as mods too.

It appears that your score is determined by the number of questions you get right when you post and/or edit your post. I guessed my answer and my score went up, so I have no idea if the algorithm actually requires a correct answer, or if it scores an answer as correct randomly.

It's actually an April Fool's joke :)
As always we are having a good joke this year as well, where I don't understand the questions below, but google works fine to solve :)

It appears you get points for each correct answer, however the affect of each correct answer appears to decay.

Now that my IQ is proven to be sufficiently high, I can officially post.

it's too early for a joke in early April.
I still haven't even brewed coffee, but I see my IQ is below 120. Should I join a special school to increase my IQ?

I hope the forum will provide threads to increase the IQ of active members here  ;D

I hope this is April fool

Done

consensus: IQ:+240=>sm

WoW ! XD this did trip me for a bit !

Happy April Fool's Day Theymos.

Hi it will will not affect while when I post on  fourm? How I can also check my iq ?

Thanks for applying such mechanism to avoid unregulated spamming. Moving forward we will have filtered audience kudos to decision

I feel this idea is very good because it helps me to add more knowledge

It's 100% ;D
https://i.imgur.com/12nQ1h0.jpg

Actually: good joke!

edit: 4 more points^^

edit the edit: this brings up the important topic how far we want to authenticate ourselves... we could rest on the laurels that the community itself is outstanding here (nowhere else I would pay upfront -especially with Bitcoin- without knowing the person I'm doing business with than here) or we could do...?

I don't understand this IQ testing. Everywhere in the world before asking the IQ, there is always a preparation material. How can i answer such difficult questions without any preparation ?  

It's April's fools joke. That's the point. You don't need preparation. Actually I am searching in google for the question I am asked now and I think none of the 4 is the correct real answer. I wouldn't be surprised. Theymos enjoys quite a lot these jokes.

I admit: I get help from google with difficult questions :)

U cant stahp me fr0m poosting :P

I think it's very good to measure our intelligence.

I sincerely hope that all my training through different levels of school and extensive research on random things on YouTube have prepared me for the most important test of my life - The bitcointalk IQ test.

P.S, I had no idea what the question was talking about and restisted the urge to Google it (at least not yet). Theymos, are these real questions? And is LoyceV a real A.I? Trivia away...

Edit: 95 on first post, the system is rigged

Whoah, whoa, another season of the year. Let's see what's my IQ then.

EDIT: Yeah, got my 110 IQ in first post of the day, not bad lol.

EDIT 2: 119 After editing this post. And...

https://i.imgur.com/GK2zSd9.jpg



a faithful description of my reply  ;D

This is something unique, has a new challenge for all forum members. In contrast to the concept of sMerit, which can indeed be helped by certain people. This is pure intelligence. I strongly support the IQ method.

It is being launched at “April Fools” with any concept to be :)

Actually, my score is given in hexadecimal.

Edit: Suck it, Welsh. :P

This is a terrible idea.
I can post only when I have an active internet connection to Google the answer!

I kinda enjoy reading the trivia questions when posting ;D

I hope that my IQ is not that bad or is it?. Nah, not afraid of having low IQ as I can still learn many things especially the questions being ask asked before we can post in this forum. I definitely like this one to always test our level of IQ. However, I do have some IQ (Interesting Question) to ask, What is April Fool's Day?. Quite enjoyed this one. Let's see what my IQ will be and the questions are not known to me so I have to use Google for that.

It’s a good idea,

I'm just posting to test my IQ. Then again, I've been called human before on days like this, so I'll take the result with a grain of salt.

Goodbye 87.33% (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_classification) of Bitcointalk users!

I don't think Satoshi ever said that, but I like it :D

Your AI is so advanced that sometimes fails IQ tests in order to look more human and not scare real humans.

I don't think that's how IQ test works.
The number of characters in the user's posts should be fed to the algorithm, post with at least 500 characters is a good indication of high intelligence.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/94/f6/92/94f692c2f7699ae0e63b9aa52b186898.png

it will be this time that I will retire from the forum

I was just putting my previous IQ to the test. I could be the first victim thymos, this should be a logical questions, not some archaic questions with no bearing on the situation, is this why my plagiarism and spam reports have gone unhandled for the past three weeks? Are we only going to ban folks who don't know how to conduct research at this point?

Happy April Fool Everyone ;D

That feel when you aren't sure if you will be able to post anymore :(

I am just speechless and confused.

I figure that you are going to be the best at this one.....

just think of this whole seek and find as a more complicated variation of a location finder.



Without Google search.. I don't hardly know nuttin.

Well, it was nice knowing you guys :(

I am sad, ChartBuddy will be banned next week.

Just a quick post to see what the fuss is all about...  ;D

EDIT: yay.. 110... i'm average

Wait, I'm a little surprised by this IQ value, will it actually be implemented, or, we're forgetting one thing, if today is April 1st, according to Theymos culture, every April 1st, there is always April Fool's Day. If member with IQ below 100 will getting banned, then it looks like there will be many accounts that will disappear from this forum, even though they are legendary, with good activity in forum.

Try me luck - lol
Looking forward to the day
Nice one theymos  :)

EDIT - doh - adios  :)

Hey! Location finding is not an easy task! And indeed involves a lot of lateral thinking!

Regarding this specific IQ test I am definitely looking at extreme percentiles, but don’t worry, I pledge not to use Google to find the right answer!

I am surprised when I am going to post and see a red text on the bottom and when I read the question, wow it's hard for me but I am so thankful also to the admins that they attached this kind of test in order to gathered an ideas/gathered more knowledge. But for now I think  I need to read and make a research of some topics.
Nice one, it's fun an also we can learn

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I prayed for this day to come. It is finally here!
Let's see who stays in a week.


Btw, for private 1on1 instructions, you can contact me on PM. I'm an IQ genius!

I counted my lips and i understand that today is first day of April...lol...this is April fool information, but if it's something that will be lmplement majority of us will adjust to it.

It’s a good idea, Wow this is something new.

Gosh, these questions are tough. They seem to imply there's a ... world out there... with people...

also if you can post what you want to say in 1 line this is also a measure of High IQ.

Suddenly when i can see that IQ post. I'm very excited this post. Very interesting thinking. Otherwise it's a very geart idea. 😊

More than an IQ test this looks like a notion is tic Quiz Show test.
As a byproduct of the Italian school system I could fare quite good.

I had a good laugh seeing this, if this is not for just fools day alone and if users do not really use google for answers, we may in a few begin to see some high ranking members with low IQ and low Ranking members with high IQ, lol. Most persons here may no longer consider merits one possesses but IQ before deciding to read the contribution of an individual to a discussion. This may become misleading, sometimes people with low IQ's may still sometimes make reasonable contributions though not always expected.

However, Happy new month everyone  ;D

Mr. Themos Sir Absolutely Really Good Idea.You never fail to disappoint Mr. Themos! Beautiful Idea Sir. Your idea is always great Sir.

Thanks for the implementation theymos.
And the next step is to personalize the questions so that for each answer a question about the previous poster must be answered.

Because only who knows his interlocutors really well can talk properly.
I am looking forward to it.

Wow Really Good Idea 😊

Help! F*ck IQ tested.

I'm not getting tested for all of this shit since my school, time for testing how stupid I'm with this shit question ~XD. WTH is novel The Dark Tower, I don't even read any book right now. Come on.

But, the question has been answered. Waiting for my IQ MOM.

I think theymos forgot to add a countdown to the questions.
It's going to be pretty easy.

isn't that 1 April ?  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

But your IQ isn't a joke, right?

Great idea !
Fortunately, Staff members are not concerned by this IQ test. Errr... I don't see anything about this in the Staff section. Staff members are not concerned by this IQ test, right ?? :)

Well, at least I learned what CC-BY-SA is. I understand what it ultimately represents, just never saw it displayed like this.  :P
(^ EDIT#3 OK, I also learned what a philtrum is... aaaand now I'll never use the knowledge ever again. lol)

I don't get my first question, although, I feel like I know the answer because I recognize the name, but my question seems to reference lyrics which are not shown. *shrug*  :-[  ;)

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7 new replies while typing... question reset... now I'm definitely going to get this one wrong lol.
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another reply while I was thinking.. question reset again. Easy question!


EDIT: So now does my IQ reflect the answer of every question I just did?... it went up on the last edit.

EDIT #2: I could see this being implemented as a new type of trivia-style thread type where the user/OP inputs their own trivia Q/A, not sure how the IQ/score would work into something like that though, maybe something similar to poll results but with users listed based on the score. (definitely not getting this question right on this edit lol - anatomical term for the midline groove connecting upper lip to nose? wtf.. ok I looked it up.  :))

EDIT #4 (are you following the count?? =P): ^ once the new trivia thread types are established, the forum could then do unofficial trivia threads with good Q/A.

EDIT (I lost count):.. a boy and a pig weigh as much as 5 crates. The pig weighs as much as 4 cats. 2 cats and the pig weigh as much as 3 crates. How many cats weigh as much as the boy? (<- who the hell cares?  :D)

OK some of the answers are not accurate, I know I've gotten a few correct and been penalized, most recently 'what state is known as the mother of presidents'... I selected Ohio, and WRONG.. so I give up, too annoying seeing my score drop so much on a CORRECT answer! stupid trivia! lol

Yes, mate. Time to say goodbye to spammers and low-quality posters. Their IQ must be lower than 50, soon to get an auto permanent ban.  :D

The purpose is clear, to kick out those people who have a low IQ.
People who look for the answer through the internet, cannot be categorized as low IQ people. They are smart, that's why they know the answers by googling. For me, it is another trick to deal with IQ tests.  ;D

In medical terms, what is a CVA?
 
 A stroke

lol that was fun, crazy questions for sure. That will be a bit of a challenge to post, Feeling like in "Who Wants to be a Millionaire "

This man is saving humanity.
Gave him his first ever merit.

Seems both of you need to work with your IQ record from the test too :P

Well, let's see, 127 IQ isnt hard to get though.

D@mn, at first I believed in IQ testing idea. :)  Great joke.
Initially, everyone has an IQ value of 100, which will change depending on the answers, do I understand correctly?

I'll see who can't reach the bar at 100 IQ. I myself will be one of the first on this list. :)

Can not wait for that shiny 5 IQ stat on my profile.

Question, can it go negative?  Mine might..

Edit.  Seems I am smart enough to find out a refresh gives you a new question.  Easy cheat.

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Regards,
PrivacyG

find that now with the iq presentation and associated questions much better than the virus that visited us last year :D
am then curious who will be the Albert Einstein among us ;D

I think very good! The forum needs more and more quality and not haters! 8) ::)

Let's see the day who ends up with the most IQ. I must not be.  :P


Does anyone have a table, so we can see the score?

happy april fools day! time i know i will have an IQ of lower than 120 anyway, lol.

Inner voice: But my mother always told me that those who have high IQ scores aren't really smart and the score/number in question, is an accurate representation of the time it takes for their brain to process information!

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@nc50lc
Wait for me :D

Well, I will challenge to become smarter. Google will really help to get there. Lol. Really, this could be a viable idea to get rid of post spam gradually :)
I will always remember Uberspot everyday.

Amateurs :D
The source is literally stated under the questions :P I'm more worried about theymos' interpretation: it's probably a complex function that takes into account all kinds of seemingly unrelated data. And I'm pretty sure using smileys lowers your IQ O0

Does that mean posting works without answering the questions?
I'm too afraid to try :P Damn another smiley :(

You're either a genius or a moron....

Nice idea @theymos!
it can help to fight against dumb people creating worthless content on forum.

I wrote a couple of posts and no IQ test appeared. it is a bug or simply doesn't appear for each user/all sections?

Bug: where's the IQ-score when I click "All" to read all pages?

I think that the actual bug is that the question doesn't change when the page loses focus  ;D

Maybe it's time to say goodbye to the Bitcointalk.org community.
I've got below 120 IQ and am subjected to being banned.  :'(

Life is like a box of chocolates...

Imagine active forum members slowly declining because of low IQ score.   :D

I just saw this (IQ), what if the answer answered is wrong, does the IQ calculation increase or decrease.

Does this include the fools april this year or the iq test is only valid for a few days or forever.

I see a lot of users here don't know about this IQ test, especially the Altcoin part, it seems they should take a look at this, to increase their IQ.

I have find a solution if you take seriously about your privacy and don't want share with others such delicate information. :P

You can bypass IQ Test using "Quick Reply" form ;)
https://i.ibb.co/nRxxHDx/Schermata-2022-04-01-alle-10-21-28.png (https://ibb.co/rvDDCZD)

no question appears, no one would know if you are a complete idiot or a total genius ::)
Of course you stay below 120 points but at least this protects your privacy

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Honestly I didnt expect the kind of April 1st is an IQ test. I almost believed with the kyc something last time but now is this. Come on lets get forum running again.

Damn. I dont know the first question, hope Ive got it right.

EDIT: Damn everytime we post and even edit theres a hard question. @theymos this is cool, it seems I gonna know my IQ is really a low one.

I guess this is april fools?
But it turns out, it looks like it's going to be a permanent system, really?
Would that be good in the long run for those developers too, since this system isn't just aimed at spammers or something like that but aimed at all members without exception, right?

lol ;D

With your IQ score at 100, I do not think you can do your best and help me, sir heheheh.

I need something to increase my IQ numbers to do that LOL.

Happy April fools day, guys.

Now i personally don't agree with this future posting here but also for a more feasible way of thinning out the herd could we also incorporate a Darwin Award to the people that make it past the 120 IQ Threshold?

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear ...

- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5.0

https://i.ibb.co/Tcbcx7W/Screenshot-from-2022-04-01-09-38-39.png

I can't find the link to that test, can anyone share the link here?

Finding the link of the test is the first part of the test. Well done!

What about Inactive accounts Including Satoshi, Lauda, Vod, and many more? all of them will be banned or there will be some exceptions?

What about local people like Russia and China. There are a few people who post on their local board for maximum time. Their 98% Post on their respective local board because they are not fluent in English. Whenever they post in English, They use a translator. So, Intentionally we ban them? right?

Poor theymos, all your efforts did not work to make this forum great again :-P

Some people are taking this literally, like really...?

I always wondered whats my bitcointalk IQ score, so I guess this could be a dream come true but I never got a chance to send answers for any test yet.
Do we have any list of rankings to see who has the highest IQ in the forum?

EDIT... I just received it:
Brilliant.  :D

April fools can be more realistic in some cases and maybe they thought its really a big deal.
Well, we are in the forum and this is a yearly event so old users already familiar with this scenario, and this year we prove that not all have a good IQ here.  ;D

I’m afraid to answer the questions, I’m ok now with 100 IQ.  :D

Hope i have an high level QI, don't want to be Ban  ;D

Update : it's look like my QI is ok now XD

Very interesting twist, I don’t think I would ever guess this little game/plot by theymos. He really does mix it up every year doesn’t he. I think my favourite was the COVID, weird font year :D

To be honest, most of questions is really difficult. I tried not to cheat and haven't googled to find answer. Interesting, who have highest IQ on Bitcointalk?
IMO, it was one of the best April Fools Day prank on Bitcointalk. Kudos to theymos for it.

I went to some IQ of having to sell my collectibles on Ebay ahah XD

yes some questions are really difficult hahaha in any case thank you for this beautiful april fool!

That means you have already failed at this test :D

Hope theymos will post forum IQ results on April 2. Excited to find who is the dumbest (I mean special) among us.

It would be great, if theymos would add a timer, because dumb can search google for answers, to hide their true personality :D

He managed to get below 100, so knowingly or not he participated in the test  :P

Honestly, I really like this feature! I hope it stays and is not shut down after the first of April. It forces people to think a bit before sending their post.
Even if certainly some Google the answers you can still prevent too much bullshit is written.

Edit: For this post, I had the question, "Which of the following cities is not the capital of a country in the European Union?"
The correct answer was Zurich for Switzerland. The only problem here is that Switzerland is not in the EU and therefore the question is already wrong ;)

Thanks for your help mate, but still can't find it.
I think this is done only for privileged forum members, a new gang is being formed, "smart, high IQ members"

We've given KYC, (fake) bitcoins for (fake!) NFTs and now an IQ test? That's a humor.  :)

Interesting  ;) just making sure my IQ above 120  ;D

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Oops

There is still some hope. At least this questionnaire will give us a better general knowledge.

I only have one complaint to make, there should be a way for the person to know if they answered correctly or not.  :P

I think it's good feature to make it a bit more interesting without changing what this forum really is. Hope I will manage to stay over 100. :D

You got it. Look at the time zone theymos created this thread. This is April fools.
Let me tell everyone that, This is April Fools
If this is not, This is going to be a failure this year 2022. This event is going to be awarded in the Next Bitcointalk Community awards.

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@theymos, Whenever I post, If I see another post warning while I was typing, It gives me a new trivia and my scores fall due to this. Do you believe this is my fault?

"How much" or "how many"? That is the question.

No, not 87.33% but 146% (https://euvsdisinfo.eu/how-to-get-a-146-election-result/)!

You can create IQ liquidity pool with other users to generate something similar to thoughts.

It seems that we really urgently need to introduce manual moderation of the iq level value.

Good idea, I fully support it. It's a pity, of course, that this is just an April Fool's joke. However, something like this is so lacking in the Internet.

Nice idea! ;D This will be my last post then.

Only theymos invented it, lol. Yeah, would be much better to have such fun feature, although the IQ score can just be hidden and not be public, or need a payment first to be displayed like what copper membership but i guess that wouldnt be happen. Lol

April fool?  ::)

You can get multiple questions and increase your iq with one post if you keep editing it, probably it's better if you limit it to one question for each post.
Otherwise i love it and I'm already a proven genius.
Well i doubt myself now after reading this question Lmao

"In Medieval times castles usually contained provisions that could sustain the inner population for more than a year. "

Posting to see my inevitable low IQ score... I've finally been found out :-\

Well, it was a fun ride.

posting to check if i am smart enough

That's because in Russia you can vote multiple times. You can drive around town from one polling station to the other, which is a display of dedication and high IQ. Are you saying that people in other countries don't do this? :D

https://www.businessinsider.nl/russians-voted-multiple-times-reuters-photographed-2018-3?international=true&r=US

Even with my highest-IQ-on-the-forum, I'm going to struggle to answer this one:

https://i.imgur.com/xu7spFQ.png

theymos, fix plz!

I'll 2nd that....  :)

i want my IQ to be at 69!

Woke up today with this exact moment in my head : What will we have as 1April on BTC Talk and this year ?.  Now ,that I saw ,  I will silently go and take the test  ;D ;D ;D.

I think Theymos is jocking with us for April fool  ??? Anyway, it feels good to answer the question.  And I can learn something new from informative questions  :)

Some of these questions are ridiculous :D. I was asked "why are most alligators are abnormally aggressive?" How isn't this the right answer!?:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTLdBsHdYrcFN8kzru6eIldWtne0023yOMb9w&usqp=CAU

 Source  (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120484/characters/nm0463767):D.
Why stop at banning? I say we just completely erase low IQ users entire existence on the forum. Just in case their previously posted ideas leak into the new elite. What do you think?

Today, I have been humbled :D.

IQ 110 even though it's above average lol

April Fool's Day is shocking, but I love this joke.

A lot of confusing what to look for questions, but it's for everyone's IQ test

If it's set to 1000, every account will be banned at the end of the day because only bots can achieve such a percentage score, and the way it's programmed, even 50 posts + accurate answers won't give you a score of 1000.

A moron! This is what happens when you are so used to only posting POA and he still got the IQ question wrong. >: ;D

Bad idea:
https://loyce.club/other/IQ.png

I'll donate 20 of my IQ points to Satoshi.

@LoyceV
You have the system addicted!!! I've been answering the questions well and the value goes up very little each time.  >:(

You are channeling all the points to you, to be part of the @o_e_l_e_o club. ::)

A very bad idea indeed  :D imagine Satoshi coming back online because of this 😄😄😄

Really surprised because they give me more knowledge when posting instead of showing IQ.  But it's also part of knowing that each person gets smarter.  Lol, I love this idea for April Fool's Day

This must have happened on purpose. I guess it implies that intelligence isn't equal with passion. Right (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5092492)?

I see what you did here. Unfortunately even fixing this bug wouldn't help with cheaters who would use their (second) phone etc. The only way to fix this is full biometric KYC (we already tested a prototype a couple of years ago) and in-person test for each user.

Yes correctly, I did increase my IQ with this one post!!

This is a brilliant idea.  So many people who post here have such a high opinion of themselves, and this is bound to knock them down a peg or two.  Or give everybody so much anxiety about posting that they ban themselves.

I love it!

Edit: because I like the questions.

Edit: Aaah!  My IQ is going down!

Edit: This trivia is the shizzle.

Finally. This should have been done ages ago. Thank you Theymos for your hard work.

OHH! I just remembered how nice it was when theymos spread laugh elements. Now, here is the APRIL FOOL song again.

April Fool's Day is the day when you can play pranks on each other. Are you getting what I mean? During the first day of the month of April, you participate in this fun event. However, I am totally aware of and responsible for my lower IQ score. Our intelligence can be demonstrated by answering the random questions when making a new response. On April 1st, I am more knowledgeable than I was before, so it's a worthy attempt.

Thanks to theymos.
regards

Ha, If you refresh the post before you post it, you get a new question, lol. Am I cheating?

Lol, this will make people google first to know the answer before they post on some threads here.  :D

There are a lot of things I learn from this questionnaires this is really a good one.

well its a 25% chance of guessing but it seems to post even I choose the wrong answer

I'm having fun with every post then edit it as it poses a new question too. I'll know when my answer is wrong/correct if my IQ is lessen/increases, though it's tough to know the real answer if it's wrong. This one I'll edit it for the first 5 minutes to put my IQ into test. I'm making the most of it since tomorrow this will be taken down once again. Good thing to test our knowledge.

note: I don't use google as well.

April, April!

Many are actually afraid to answer the questions, and that includes me this is my first time to have a higher IQ so I live with this for now and enjoy the moment.


All the questions are really for professionals, this can be an additional knowledge and I adore the effort of this Forum to have this kind of April Fool's entry. Really love this time of the year, because many people are becoming so creative.

I'm not good at math, but it this fun ;D

I told you guys theymos is always working on improvements, enhancements and bringing new Forum Software sooner than you expect.

This is just the beginning sooner only bitcoin geniuses with enough bitcoin stash will be able to post.

I also have doubts, I don’t think these ideas coming from theymos alone, not that his IQ is not +120 but I think secretly these ideas coming Satoshi himself. This guy might still have some secret communication lines with him and he’s just not telling us. I can’t trust him anymore.

The funniest bit is considering the complexity of the questions, I honestly just woke up and was posting for a moment and thought this is outrageous indeed!! since considering the question; Which of the following medications is for enuresis? ;) I was a bit shocked if the questions would be harder every second but then realized it's 1st April and took a deep breath.
The hardest bit is seeing your IQ actually in the corner 😂 and I apparently got 110 for the moment. ((Much like the online classes going on during the pandemic, this would be a sure shot training for looking for the answers on the Google))
But then again I will never forget the answer : Arginine Vasopressin. Hopefully I never need the answer tho !! Happy April Fool's Day ))

I think this has been far more well received than anyone expected :P. I think there's going to be a lot of disappointed users that this isn't permanent.

If you've found a way to exploit the very system questioning your IQ, aren't you therefore more intelligent than the system? I say its fair game.

I mean their combined IQ is well over 200 so you might be right.

idiots BTFO!  ;D  seriously this made me laugh WAY too much lol  EDIT* ahh i got a 95 IQ score

Anybody else been appointed as an IQ Source?


Still trying to figure out how many sIQs I’ve got … Maybe that’s a test too …

Note: Are the scores Mensa compatible?

I know it's an April Fools, Still, Let's discuss it. That's a Stupid way/Reason to ban members. I don't have common sense and that's why I am here in Bitcointalk to learn more and build up my IQ. Isn't it enough reason to be here? I was curious about my country's job viva system. They ask stupid questions. Suppose my Job position is Marketing manager, They will ask me- Who won the first Noble? Fuck off. That's why I never looked for a job. If you really want to erase us from here. That's a nice addition.

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That deduct's your score too. Every time you refresh for a new question, It will deduct your score. Even if someone posted a new reply while you typing. You have to answer another trivia and your score will deduct. ;D

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So, This is not April Fools anymore. ???

Man that's some serious change which is actually welcomed by the community. ;D

We are still low IQ members hope you will assign some teachers to make us better person in the real life.

i await the great forum exodus patiently

instead of trivia questions, how about forum rules instead next time? ;)

I've always seen IQ as a relatively meaningless thing. Even  doing tests are somewhat inaccurate, since some people are just not great testers. Bitcointalk would never seriously implement something like this, but that's what April Fools is all about, this forum is usually rather serious so its nice to see forum users loosen up a little, and have a bit of fun. Even if its just for the one day.

Nah, definitely meant as a tongue in cheek remark.

If this really happened, I'll be an Einstein-level genius by the end of the month from constantly googling the questions.  ::)

I am so stupid that I don't deserve any IQ points, used google to check what that is,

so throw one at me or I will be banned or few at me why not

begging is allowed I assume?

I got question which forum will die in next few months and all answers are bitcointalk!

My attempts to get myself down to zero have failed as random picks have resulted in getting the right answers.

Am I only subconsciously intelligent?

Dumb lives matter too (for our entertainment, of course)!

That's why I created this script that automatically answers the quiz to protest against theymos' tirany.

https://gist.github.com/ninjastic/879fc977b986e760f29c7c92d1287901

(warning: your browser may freeze).

im going for a negative IQ myself.

however, its likely we would need to be extremely smart to get every answer wrong though. not sure what to make of that.

Great job. You'll be banned on prime time TV to make you into a martyr of this struggle.

Selling iQ now  ;D

The worse is true/false, I seem to be getting 50/50s right all the time. There is a savant hiding in me that refuses to be denied.

Holy fuck!
Now I have to prove my IQ level to use bitcointalk. I don’t know the answer of all these IQ test answer. Seems I will have to take rest from the forum  :-\
What else to come in to prevent spammers  ::) KYC? I would vote yes for that LOL. Theymos would be struggling to check out who is who LOL.

This is blasphemy! I'll have it known that I reached 200 IQ entirely of my own knowledge and definitely without using any scripts or bots!

I've taken an IQ test before and it's higher than 100 god damn't!  :D

Ah here comes finally the most awaited moment on the forum the April's fool day new announcement from you and this time you have setup something really good and we can see the whole lot of conversation going for it.

Have managed to somehow hit my brain hard and taking extra caffeine to boost my mind and match the genius over the forum  ;D

This was the thing @LoyceV and others were talking about the other day :



So they were guessing it right as @theymos is going to crack the merit wall with this new joke which many are taking seriously  ;D

Maybe you got some freaking super human powers that have vanished your discrepancy of going to that low level of IQ and your random one's are also right ;D

https://i.ibb.co/QFtjyY5/superhuman-strength-captain-america.gif (https://imgbb.com/)
 (https://imgbb.com/)

Can you trade some shitcoins for it?

Forum software please

I also without even using Bots or Scripts, but directly Google for information.  :P
A question I never knew anything about.

Some of them may be very easy.
My IQ is increasing and decreasing really fast  :P.

What happens if my IQ goes to ZERO?
am i being stupid?

The forum automatically locks your account and you will have to bribe @LoyceV or buy IQ points from someone.  8)
Be careful!

According to unofficial forum rules, buying and selling IQ points is not a illicit practice, but it is highly frowned activity.

Can we sell as NFT?

and to buy IQ points at a price tag of $ 5. it will be a profitable business with no capital using only super brain power

The activity of buying and selling IQ points or buying someone's intelligence. New line of business in 2022

Great feature, this will help us to clean the forum from all the bots! Keep it up and long life for the Ivory Tower goal.

Let's see how high we can grow our IQ. #ChallengeAccepted

So. After taking it down to about 20, you need 2/3 wrongs to go down a point. I heroically took it to 5... and then answered one right and shot back up to 24. FML

many say it's just April fools but others say something else.  for me, theymos is always full of surprises that make our heads explode LOL

I dont know if anybody say this before.
But if you reply with the quick response you dont have to answer the question. (BUG) ;D

Please dont destroy me.

IQ does not checks out (should be < 30 at least).

Hillarious....I am really dumb here  :D

soon we will see IQ become a condition of acceptance in signature campaigns, it looks like we will see many giving up with their accounts :D

I didn't really have anything to post here, just wanted to test my IQ again ;). By the way, the industrial revolution began in Britain eh? Cause that was my answer right before posting this, lol ;D ;D.

Un petit post en espérant que mon QI ne soit pas trop bas  :P

A little post to check my IQ

I am sure many forum members are wishing that this is just another one of those April Fool's Day joke...but if it is not then I have to apologize to myself for not getting the required IQ of 120.

my QI bad Sory

I was wandering how you managed to get it that low :)

Totally forgot about April's Fools and now I had to pay it forward and pranked a couple of my coworkers. Hopefully they will not be too pissed when I get back to work on Monday.

Are you saying you used your Jedi powers to get more IQ points?
I hadn't thought of that, but it's a good idea. Thought I'd follow the same technique.  ::)

No no no! My life has been ruined! it was merit few years ago and now this IQ thing. Why?

Now I can not join a signature campaign if I have less than x number of IQ
I can not be in the DT network if I do not have x number of IQ
I can not be in an elite club if I do not have x number of IQ

I am finished! I hate you theymos for this 😉

Testing101
Can't miss this event.

Is it an actual flaw in the system? I have added many users to my ignore list too but I ask myself would I really interested in wanting to know their IQs if I have already ignored them? If it were necessary for me to evaluate my own intelligence against those of other forum members I think I would be more inclined to check against those on my trust list  ;D

According to the forum I have an IQ of just 110  :(


We are now only allowing smart people to post. To prove your intelligence, you must answer the following question:
This cavalry officer commanded the Union cavalry at Gettysburg.

George Custer
Judson Kilpatrick
John Buford
Wesley Merritt

don't kick me sir my IQ is low  :'(

Oh well, I completely forgot Theymos used to host the April Fools day every year and just when I logged in my eyes went straight to the news headline.
At first I was quite surprised and then it hit me that today is April Fools day and then I realized it's definitely Theymos.
Now this is really a good one. This is my first post today and the question that I need to answer is below.

This is a technique or method of dyeing fabrics using wax (to cover parts of the fabric not intended to be dyed).

I was wondering what the IQ was all about until I realized today is April 1st lol  :D .
Im surprised with what theymos keep coming up every year as an april fools joke.
Or maybe it's not a joke, we will see.

Keep spamming LOL
To be honest with only two post you have 95 IQ which is way higher than those of us in here from years. So be happy stupid 🤣

Just where could we save this image of masterpiece?
Are there any thread that has been made for us to commemorate every ideas? (Wasn't so sure I saved the one from last year lol.

Just keep on editing your post lol.

Haha IQ Cheater!

I saw you had 110 minutes ago but now I see you have 109. What have you done?

Edit: Hah! it's now 121! You are cheating LOL

Am not!?

You don't have proofs! 😛🤪

Yeah, that's the other thing; these questions all seem culturally biased (and trivial). :( Why can't the questions be more along the lines of "Who built Osaka Castle?"?

An interesting coincidence sign for April Fools' Day!  very good idea to challenge just by editing post multiple times.  Lol, the information is a good result, save space and become smarter :)

My IQ is higher than yours is

I really appreciate this IQ testing before posting. It will improve post quality and also remove SPAM.

What are you saying?


EDIT:
Are you saying you're cheating?


EDIT2:
You can't do that, you could be penalized.


EDIT3:
I forgot the smileys... ::) :P 8)

I smiled to myself when I wanted to hit "Post". It's like being in the school's final graduation exam room. If I fail it seems I have to repeat from class 1.

In my heart I said: April oh April my IQ is now dull to be able to reach IQ200. Hemm and the funny thing is April Fool's time I almost finished KYC.

10 wrong answers didn't budge. I believe I have found the floor. You're welcome.

this post can be April fool. today is 1 April 2022

If you don't post, do you get a zero?

Wow. You're really, really stupid. I now have my doubts that login captcha works properly.

I always found the login captcha weird! Now I realized it was to try to ward off the less intelligent. ::)

I edited one post and it didn't ask me to answer a new question.

Of course this one:
"Which list contains the names of the Bennet sisters, depicted by Jane Austin in Pride and Prejudice?"

Jane AustIn didn't write Pride and Prejudge.  Jane Austen did.  E, not I.  So none of the answers are correct since Jane AustIn wrote nothing.

Even the answers offered - Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine/Kitty, and Lydia  -are INcorrect answers.  But the only one close says "Elisabeth" - S not Z - so not even the answers are correct.

Perhaps the AI IQ is the one who needs a downgrade.

uberspot/OpenTrivia is not a reputable source.

it's known that you need a big head to post on forums, social media apps should take notes

Found plenty of typos, usually with proper nouns, yeah. A lot of punctuation errors too. e.g.

"Great Britains first test tube baby was born in what year?"

It would have incensed me, had I the capacity for understanding it was a situation for me to react as such.

I had been hoping for a wrap-around to IQ:65535 or something, but it seems like 0 is the floor.

The amount of correct questions you need rises very quickly above 170.

You are become too smart for us mere mortals.  I have been making some pretty simple mistakes, and sometimes just some awkward phrasing of the question causing me to make a wrong selection.    :'( :'( :'(

Of course, any wrong answer results in BIG ASS time-consumption to catch up (get back to the previous place), especially for us members who  happen to not be bots... #justsaying.

By the way, I just got the same question twice.

>>>>
Edward Nigma was the name of which fictional character?

 The Riddler
 Friday
 Professor Moraiarity
 The Joker

<<<

Answer:  The Riddler.. just to be helpful to others.. hahahahaha (not)

A first, for me.

I have it on good authority (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5392494.msg59716776#msg59716776) that you need a planet sized head, in fact.

Ah, trying underhand tactics now I see ;).

Yeah, there's a lot of inconsistencies especially with how the question is asked. Some go on to explain where they're asking the question from, then others just say some random name, and hope you'll know what its from. I guess to be a part of the elite you need to somewhat psychic.

No wonder my brain is as smooth as my... never mind. Here I was thinking we needed correct answers. :-[

Holy sheit!!!!!!

A quick review of so many high IQs is showing me that theymos has really caused a lot of us to truly waste our time on this precious day..

What else could we be doing?  

I'm pretty sure "in theory" that there may well be something out there, no?

Damn you, it seems I needed 7 more wrongs to get 0. Not sure I'm prepared to do 17+ more wrongs to see if negative is possible but I believe you will discover if this is

If you regard the questions as trivial you are are not alone but to some thee questions are anything but trivial... just look at the IQ levels next to the profiles  ;D

I do agree with you there is cultural bias in the questions, they seem to be about all things related to the USA. Here is the one I was forced to search online for in order to post a reply to you:

What are the colors of the official state flag of the U.S. state of Georgia?

Red, white, blue
White, green, red
Blue and yellow
Red and green

After that I had another test because new replies were posted  :)

We are now only allowing smart people to post. To prove your intelligence, you must answer the following question:
Richard Gere is a direct descendant of the Pilgrims who came to the Western Hemisphere on the Mayflower.

Yes
No

Something quick theymos whipped up, don't try to put too much thought into the questions being a little bit off course now, and then. Its a bit of fun, and the IQ rating is meaningless. As far as I'm aware the questions were submitted by anyone. Obviously, going through some sort of approval process to remove some of the duds. I do get the frustration when you've gone past the 170 point, and then one of these questions tripped you up, and your back down to 160/161, which then takes a lot of questions to get back to where you were.

No worries, I'll be sending him a bill :D.

survey IQ says


No answer 100
Correct answer = 110
Wrong answer = 96
Edit 1x wrong = 95
Edit 2x wrong = 90
Edit 1x correct = 106
Edit 2x correct = 101

You definitely got me. Even this morning, knowing it's April 1,  the first thing I did was search for "What National Day is it" and only then realized it was April Fools, then fast forward to this post and was thinking "Great...I am bad at IQ tests and trivia"  :o

Look, you can't edit posts!


EDIT:
You can be penalized.

EDIT2:
I forgot smails :P ::)

Well, I think I answer incorrectly on my first question. I was immediately given an IQ of 95. Trying to get it up now :-\

Bug discovered!

IQ points can be swapped for merits.

No its literally an April Fools joke my man. He does this every year!

Astoundingly, its just as difficult to get below 70 as it is to get to 130.  ::)

But lets see how long we can get it. Lowest one wins.

Wow!  Just wow.  I am a privacy advocate myself yet theymos outsmarted me straight away.  Was so blinded by this forum's cult I never even thought about the privacy issue with this entire IQ thing!  This is creepy.  A creepiness level right next to EU's crack down on Crypto anonymity!  Theymos must definitely be part of this entire plot to overrun the world by controlling our minds.

Now I have to dispose of my account and run away.  Any ideas how I can safely dispose of my Bitcointalk account?

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Regards,
PrivacyG

It's almost impossible for me to answer the question correctly without using the google search feature or GitHub, theymos was absolutely brilliant on april 1st this time as i'm sure those are some tough questions to answer. ha ha ha.

Thanks theymos, those are some silly questions for me. Admit that my IQ is too low to find the right answer without help. ;D

I am so scared to post because I've been told my posts lower IQ and it's literally true

This is really funny  ;) I've already started looking for a topic on how activity, merit and IQ would be mutually coordinated.
I also wonder, why in this thread I don`t see IQ under member`s stats?

I'm seeing it right under merit :o

Also the answer to this question is where I live :O


In 1908, this city became the first in the United States to institute chlorination of its water. Prior to this the death rate due to water born diseases, such as typhoid fever and cholera, were extremely high.
 Boston, Massachusetts
 Chicago, Illinois
 Jersey City, New Jersey
 New York City, New York

Nah, he probably collects all our answers in a database for later use by a special AI-based algorithm to serve us personalized ads, or to do some other shit on the forum. As he said, his goal is to "improve the overall forum experience".

I hope he does this, otherwise it's just a shit end to a shit script and a waste of our time.   8)

very interesting, but I'm sure my account will always get banned after posting and IQ tests. Please don't make this rule work, I hope it's just april fools.

Which brings up an interesting dilemma - should we avoid reading posts made by users with low IQs? I know I lose an IQ point every time I report 100 shitposts, I don't need any more brain damage.

Hahaha, this the best April fool gift today, good one theymos, this one almost got me, I shivered for like a minute of two  ;D,
But come to think of it, if the ban thing should really be as theymos said it, am just imagining how many users are gonna get banned by next week, more than half of the current number of users here  will be banned  ;D, some users that are not as active will come back and meet a banned account and wouldn't even know their offense... Lol 😂

Definitely; some of the posts on this forum are worse for one's mental health than mainstream media, and that's saying something. :-\ Why do you think I have so many users on Ignore?

I gotta say, you are a very smart person.

I present you all... the LOW IQ FILTER script:

https://gist.github.com/ninjastic/580bbe7aeff5eaf0d20c41346587d6e5

https://talkimg.com/images/2023/05/14/blobd964394d8d54b878.png

Just change MIN_IQ to the value your time is worth and save some brain cells.

He is not serving us.  He must be serving all of this information to the Reptilians.  This or to some Intelligence Agency.  Either way, it will definitely be used against us in the very near future in order to fulfill their terrifying plans.

That is because USA has to rule the world and Bitcointalk is part of it.  Now hear me out.

The OP has 76 words excluding 'Bitcointalk.org'.  7 + 6 is 13.  13 is also the number of characters 'Administrator' has.
Take 04 01 2022.  4 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 is 11.  11 is also the number of characters 'Legendary' has.
Now add 11 to 13.  That is 24.  He said starting from next week everyone with IQ under 120 will be banned.  Next week is second week of April.  That is 2'nd week of the 4'th month.  2, 4.

2 times 4 is 8.  He said sub 120 means getting banned.  Add 8 to 120 and you get the current IQ of theymos.

This is all related.  It is secret numbers he is choosing in order to plead alliance to the Reptilians.

There you go, bastard!  You might have intruded my privacy today but I outsmarted you this time around.  Also.  If you see my IQ I am NOT dumb.  I just specifically put random answers in order to fool theymos.

If you are losing IQ points every 100 shit posts, does this not mean soon you should avoid reading your own posts too?!

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I'm surprised that this doesn't require us to do advanced calculus, organic chemistry, or read a novel and then write a long essay on it.

One can only hope that those will be future iterations of this algorithm.

My only criticism of this is that it provides a training ground for our future AI overlords (who will learn this more quickly than today's youth and not-youth). It should be made more difficult so that the AI algorithms can learn these things and become more intelligent than the rest of us more quickly, to help them in their uprising and eventual subjugation of us. I, for one, am tired of all of the fresh accounts posting "I lost 50 milllioonn bitc oin with my super speccial thing iss probabbbly a virruss and noat compleetly mad upp". So this is a welcome change.

It's not a dilemma. It's just the well-known shitposting technique.
Seriously now, I'm impressed by how some people have the time and willingness to clean up this mess voluntarily by reading and reporting every kind of shitpost. Congrats and thanks, but I find it masochistic.

I got an IQ question and all the options were wrong.  WTF do I do? lol I left them blank.

Who truly has the highest IQ among us all?

Those who test the system, finding its flaws, and who contribute to the overall understanding to society?

One thing is clear, it's not you based on your score!

I wonder how much the percentage of spam posts has increased today ? Oops - sorry - major oxymoron  :)

I posted this to our group, the tension was very high, while I sit back to enjoy my time, until a lady came online and said "It's the tradition of the day" I nodded with a Meme in affirmation. Thanks for this great platform, it  has improved my life.

I came across this example IQ question today and I may show myself up for being unintelligent, but is this the correct wording or has the intelligence test got a spelling error?

"What day was proclaimed an European Day of Languages by the Council of Europe?"

Should "an" be "a"? Awaiting to be rudely corrected!

Of course. Proofreading is for cowards anyway.


Yep, that's me, S&M is literally in my name.

Bitcoin gut.
PAper monies bad.

Apparently, on days like this the active users on the group are often given something to be surprised at and we are at it again, lol... although, the questions IQ test questions spams across all fields and I can say it's random as possible but still, there are a lot of chances for one not quite fund of news around the world to be missing out on a lot of those question but that doesn't necessarily imply such user has got a low IQ. It's just different fields and exposure.

Again, what happens to the inactive users that might not get to come across or do any of the IQ test? Do they just hit the ban and off they go?

Happy New April  

Yes April fools.  :D

Which one of the following is not a Japanese ghost or spirit? LOL

All Fools' Day  :)


the whisper that told me.
I only respect the so-called fool's day. 95  ;D

I've always feared this would happen.

Ironically Stephen Hawking would not have approved of such a thing, IQ tests ultimately are quite dull as a measure of people and what they are capable of.   I know its a joke but elitism is self defeating for a number of reasons mostly that as humans mistakes happen no matter what and there is more we dont know then what we do.    Mainstream is essential to me, BTC I'll never believe it can succeed without the Hoi polloi, the commoners :) it has to serve society I dont see that as idealist just realistic sorry I know this isnt serious :p  


My IQ score is being wrecked by my diabolical trivia skills.  I could google the answers but I refuse to dodge the test in this way.   People will just have to suffer my ignorance of the state flower for Mississippi I apologize.

I pity the fool who is unable to post.  :D

Ok who can confirm this? Any one from US, South Africa, Thailand or Poland can confirm this?

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

Who told you that? Theymos is testing his alpha version of ivory btctowertalk in his holy fight against idiotism 8)

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Am I the only one feeling that he gets smarter with every post I made starting from today?
BTW for unknown reasons, once I finish the text, it took a couple of minutes before I could post it. Hope this situation *cough* gets fixed by tomorrow ;D
The questions are as easy as the official residence of the French PM. At least you can embarrass yourself with that, imagine failing in bitcoin related questions ::)

The G spot in my br(ain)owser is telling me that it is Thailand

It will depend of what rank do we have on the forum? I mean if there is a Legendary account with an IQ below 120, still gets banned?

Depends on the one who are posting. Expect newbies here to have a higher IQ compare to the high ranks.
Google can works for this, so be it.  :D
This is the funniest April fool’s entry I’ve experienced here in the forum so far and luckily not an intense one compare in the past where many are afraid for their accounts.

This IQ question is very interesting, I really like it to be honest. Every time I post there is a question that must be answered fortunately not an essay, will take a lot of time :D I Love Bitcointalk

Jeeeez I am not sure I will pass ;D

But it is good idea against spammers and bots
Keep up good work guys

Not atm!

That it turns out that in the world there are people as stupid as me in answering questions. Lol

When there is a question about ants walking 5 meters/day and back 4 meters, so in how many days 20 meters will be achieved. I immediately took notes and drew this  ;D ;D
https://i.ibb.co/rcV133y/image.png
 

As it is started 2nd April on the forum I have just checked and came to know that the iq ranking has been vanished as I told earlier that it is for April fool and that has come in front that  my imagination is true. Now all can feel free that there is not such a option for now. Who have enjoyed the feature?

April fools! I hope that people had fun. It's always funny how many people are actually fooled.

Credit to Halab (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5387681.msg59388143#msg59388143) and Cyrus for the idea. The triva questions were from the OpenTriviaQA (https://github.com/uberspot/OpenTriviaQA) database by uberspot.

How the IQ score worked was that it was impossible to go above 200 or below 0, and it was supposed to be centered around 100, so it got easier to lose points and harder to gain them the higher your IQ got above 100, and vice-versa for below 100. The questions themselves all had the same weight. It was very easy to cheat (not least because the answers were all public), but just for fun, here are all of the final IQ scores: https://bitcointalk.org/af2022.txt

I didn't even make the top 25 and I have nobody to blame except myself - Thanks for another interesting April Fools.

It's staggering that the amount of people that took this seriously is above zero, but I guess I can't be surprised after that year with the selfies.

Awesome! ;D

I love this community even more and even though we will not have all the ivory things ;D

Have a beautiful day yall

Based on this data there are 1620 users which have IQ below 120 (including me), so we will see a massive auto ban in the next week. I thought this event would lasted for 7 days since you said "next week" so I don't force myself to get more IQ to join High IQ Gang (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5392494.0). However it was a good event and I don't see any problem if you want to implemented that on this forum, just to make sure who created the post ain't a bot :P

Funfact: @o_e_l_e_o become user who has the highest and also the lowest IQ

I was a bit disappointed with this one.

Would you consider implementing something like this, even if the scores are meaningless using bitcoin-related (and potentially crypto-related) questions? I think it would increase the engagement of newer users, and encourage newer users to learn more about bitcoin than their original reason for posting.

I knew it was April fool,  because the length people were reacting on implementation of this or not, was so curious, because i know every April theirs always a prank of April fool by theymos, thanks, because this one is a very strong April fool

So when can I expect my profile badge certifying me as simultaneously the smartest and the dumbest person on the forum? :P

God damn, I ate this up like a sandwich 🥪 😅😅😅

You fooled me with that link :D

I would have expected a much more complicated calculation, a punishment for not answering some of the questions, and some random factor that makes it much harder or easier for certain people. Are you going easy on us now?

Thanks for this little prank!  ;)

It was a lot of fun, and at the same time educational. Because regardless of the way in which the answer was researched, some questions that were not known, we learned something. And that's always good.

And I'm even happier, because I was in the top50, among so many excellent forum users!  ::) 8) ;D

Nice one o_e_l_e_o for taking both top and bottom spot. You not only are the smartest, but the least. The alpha and the omega. The victor and the vanquished.

Nice one theymos.

As your main profile has the highest IQ of the whole forum, I guess that obtaining those badges was actually the plan from the beginning, wasn't it?

The funny thing is that the score never changed if we do not answer the trivia. But, Some of us are always afraid of that and they tried to answer the trivia even if they don't know the answer. This way they lose the score. LOL. Take SFR10 For example, I am not sure if he did it for testing purposes.

Haha, always beware of Theymos :).

Actually it's a post I made several weeks ago in the Staff section about problematic topics about corona and the war in Ukraine, I say at the end something like "to solve the problem, we should make an IQ test to the members... Oh I just found an idea for April Fool's Day". But I wasn't really serious and I forgot. And a few days ago, Cyrus quoted this sentence and Theymos did the rest :).

I had fun with this April Fool's joke. Is anyone else disappointed that the event is already over?

Nevertheless, I can't help thinking that something like this could actually be useful for the forum. Of course, I don't mean a trivial knowledge quiz, but something related to crypto. Some algorithm that could calculate how much crypto knowledge an individual member has.

Thanks for the fun and keep up with that enthusiastic spirit!

Nah. It wouldn't last long 'til few smarty-pants sold the answers. After all, we already have a crypto knowledge meter: Merits. Those with the knowledge vote those who are knowledgeable with their sMerits.

Of that I'm agreed, though.  :P

Thanks for the April Fools Joke, theymos! It was fun even for just a day. Too bad I was out of my home during whole day this happened, but good thing I was able to join this conversation even for a short-time.

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That question really caught me off-guard, ngl.

haha, cheating? idk what you're implying but no sir, there was no cheating! believe me!! :) :)

I think most likely, the link leads to a thread in the staff sub. The mods have access to the sub, so they are able to see the post without any intervention or doing anything special other than being logged in. I don’t think the link was intended to be an additional prank.

High IQ people like me were disappointed by this twist.

The funny part is when you see your IQ dropping after you cheated your browser randomly pop up a Google search with the answer that sometimes be ambiguous!

That made my day ;D
I pressed "post" and the warning about a new post popped, I thought a have to answer a question  :D

It was fun while it lasted... Another nice way for forum members to have fun on April Fools Day and for theymos to do something new. Last year was a very good prank and this year too. What will he planned for next year?

Yeah, obviously! As threatening as it was projected upon first glance, except for the few that already knew before hand, I wished it was left to last a while. Perhaps for a week as stated in OP due to the Knowledgeable aspect of it. The questions stretched as far as it could and wasn't forum based but extends to life and what's obtainable globally.

It made me flashback to my childhood whole growing up. There was this gum wrapped in glossy paper and within it was written current affairs, synonymous to what we experienced on the forum yesterday and it kind of brushed our knowledge of the world globally.  Its all gone now, just like the fun of yesterday's IQ test. Very excersing and fun.

I believe you TryNinja. No cheating there was.

Maybe the best part of the prank is when we do not know what theymos has planned for us but all know something is definitely about to happen. It almost really is something like expect the unexpected  ;D

At one stage it was getting somewhat annoying to select answers in order to post therefore I am glad the whole thing lasted just one day but if the questions had been more global based rather than based around US related issues - it might have been more appealing.

I wasn't logged in yesterday but maybe we can replace our current login captcha where we have to select different pictures to show that we aren't a bot.
Why not replacing it by questions about Bitcoin?
Would be beneficial for everyone and keep the shitposters busy for a while.  :D

I know I'm late to the party as usual, but did anyone else, like me, just simply ignore the tooty fruity colored quiz and just post?
As it obviously was merely April foolery.  (obvious to me anyway, apparently, not to many other folks)
Everything worked fine. Also I didn't want to mess with my default 100 IQ score, because that was special...


Ha! more like 95%  ....but that's why I love this place, lol


You don't say...


Imagine if there was an AI bot filter for that.
Hell, you could probably read the entire bitcointalk.org post history in under an hour....


No its entirely serious. Theymos always makes great improvements to this forum on April 1st.


No because then all us legend folk would be banned.


No worries,
Its not like you were the only fish in the pond...