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This user - paraipan (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=29395) will not leave me alone and it really started making me wonder how on earth is this person a mod?

To sum things up I will just copy and paste what I already mentioned in a thread I created offering BTC if someone coughs up a slogan I like and decide to use. This has gone on enough.

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DISCLAIMER: Some people (more like a specific someone (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=29395)) seems to think that I have to choose a slogan within a certain time frame or otherwise I'm a "scammer" and need to "get off my high horse". This is not a contest with a time frame, if I like a slogan and use it, the winner gets the reward. That simple. If not then no one gets anything and I may up the bounty yet again to make things fun. Why some people feel the need to harass and stalk me ruining the fun I do not know, all I know is they sure need to work on some basic social skills, why this person is a mod I have no clue.

I have tried multiple times to simply ignore this person after awhile, but recently I found a thread he dedicated to me which I found funny and was disgusted by, more so because this person is a mod on these forums.

Here are some of my threads, they aren't related to this topic yet the user (and mod) "paraipan" felt the need to stalk/harass me constantly.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=83921
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=84924
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=86316
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=78589

I believe there may have been 2-3 more but I don't feel like digging further.

So far reading around I have found out this person is very well known for being basically a complete troll, someone even decided to blog about him on bitcoin shit list.
http://bitcoin-shitlist.com/2012/02/16/paraipan/

On btc-otc he has some bad ratings including one that doesn't suprise me--"Resorts to violence for competitive advantage; resorts to childish namecalling and further threats when chastised for it."

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Full thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=90214.0


After all this I thought it was finally over and this guy would leave me alone, but no today I get a PM from him and he said something that made me have to finally post a dedicated thread about this situation, and I quote--

"Btw, others are getting the scammer tag in this community for doing the same thing as you do, so I'm going to look into it, you can count with it."

Are you kidding me?? This guy just will not stop, even though I have done thousands worth of trades in the currency exchange forum and have several businesses that accept BTC, I should be called a scammer because I haven't chosen anyones suggested slogan?? This guy is really driving me nuts and its not just me that believe this guy is an embarrassment to this community.

"paraipan" has proven himself to be a short tempered, annoying, stalkitive and possibly a insane individual that I believe should be banned off this forum. I've had enough, I have never seen this kind of crazyness from any sort of mod on all the forums I'm a member of ever, heck not even a regular member would act this way and if they did--they would get banned for such activity.

This guy has stressed me enough to the point where I just want to pull my hair out, and I repeat... Why on earth is paraipan even a mod?

EDIT2: Yet again even more stalking and harassment.


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=84924.20

Now he claims to have stopped stalking me but because of my disclaimer he would stalk me some more?

No, I ignored him enough several times. I decided to up my bounty and post information about this abusive user after finding out he made a thread dedicated to me.

I hoped I didn't have to create a whole thread about this situation, but now I'm forced to.

How unfortunate Tiz. I am sorry to hear you are suffering from harassment. Paraipan probably has this type of complex. (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091230005028AACeKYv)

Based on some of what I have witnessed ( though I am not familiar with your situation ) I would say that is a good question.

Perhaps, it sure makes me wonder why these types of people find pleasure in this form of trolling.


This is exactly the feedback I kept reading and receiving about this user.

He's only a mod in the Spanish section as far as I know.

Right.

Why is he a mod at all?

Here is what me and TizzyTazzy exchanged in PM:

















I think you have some people waiting for you in this thread... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=90214.0

He's one of the more active users of the Spanish section. There have been no complaints about his moderation.

Do we have to remind everyone of his http://bitcoin-shitlist.com/2012/02/16/paraipan/

Basically he's a nosey busy-body.

Tizzy, if I were you, I wouldn't let him get to you. The worst he's going to do is report you to the Spanish police. People don't get the scammer tag because parapain doesn't like them. Relax.

:)

Parapain is just that.. a pain..


Ignore button...

Yeah, don't worry about the scammer tag. There is enough review done on it that there's no way this would be considered a scam. If someone truly believes that their ideas are good enough, they shouldn't even suggest slogans unless they're paid up front. Of course, that would be stupid.

As long as no slogan that was suggested (or something quite similar) is used, no payment needs to be made.

I've been harassed recently by another "staff" member on a similar matter  :-\

No, you've not been harassed. You've been asked to leave feedback to all the persons who posted logos for you.

Have you looked at your OP? Give me some logos, that's what you said, and offered money.
Later you come and say you'll leave it for a week. 1month and a half passed since that day and you didn't even replied to the thread and now you changed the rules after you asked you to take a look saying they should go to your site and post the logos. WTF?

I know for a fact some of the persons who lost hours designing logos for are disapointed with your lack of feedback.

If you decide me calling you out, and I called you out as myself, a forum user, not as  Staff member, is harassment, maybe you shouldn't come to the forums and post bounties.
Something for you to think about.

Now let's see what you wrote in your OP

You didn't say you needed to chose one to use, you said the best one put forward would get the bounty.
That deserves a scammer tag if you don't pay, IMO.
TizzyTazzy at least had the good sense of saying he would only pay if he chose one of the slogans, you didn't.

What being inboxed and forced to comment or isn't harassment?  The thread was dead and we still need a new logo!

It was dead because you let it die, FACT!
More logos were posted since your last reply saying you were going to leave it for a week.

Bounties and stalkers and scammers, oh my!

It seems some people like to offer bounties... paying them, it's another matter...

I won't even comment on the TizzyTazzy subject as he's probably right and none of the slogans cut it, and he said upfront he wouldn't pay if that was the case.
But mathewh3 just wrote 2 lines offering money for a logo and now is trying not to pay for it.
Plus, he even has the nerve of saying they're still looking for a logo...
Go look at the thread and see how many logos are there, rjk.

I've seen it. A lot of work went into those.
But artists need to learn to avoid spec work, it's their problem if they choose to do it.
http://www.no-spec.com/what-is-spec/

The bounty was doubled because the dev who is paying wasn't impressed.  This is harassment as money for the design is still on offer but the dev hasn't chosen a design that's why he upped it and any design chosen may not even be in this forum thread so?  Deal with enough trolls on this forum as it is and now staff members trolling me  :-\

I ask you again: What Staff? I only respond for myself. Also, I only sent you a PM and left it at that.
Right now all I see is you trying to use that as an excuse for not paying the 10 BTC you promised.

Remember, you brought it to this thread, not me.
Since my PM asking you to reply to the tread, not even once more I contacted you or replyed on your thread.
What's all the fuss about, after all? If it's the Staff title, theymos can remove it as not to confuse your pesky little brain. I didn't ask for it, and I sure as hell don't need it, especially if I have to take shit like this every day. Then I want to see what the fuck will you complaint about when the Staff title isn't there.

Updated OP.

More stalking/harassment, when will it end?

Admins just confirmed that they do not de-mod, suspend or ban for this type of behavior at all on these forums.

Is going to end in the moment you to apologize for taking advantage of community members to have free publicity, and leading them to believe you are to be trusted. If not, wait until I put my real "stalker" hat...

^ stalker hat? Do you keep a pocket of skittles for the kiddies when you go out to the playground?

haha that's an expression, forgot to put some "" so anyone can understand it.


Quoting tizzy in here as he locked his bounty thread...

https://i.imgur.com/22Zh7.png


You're obviously trolling or plain dumb, have you looked at the date of my thread?



And here is when you made your last bounty, dragging me along with your "disclaimer":

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

I was really ignoring you, no joking.



Are your a girl Tizzy? Because that would explain allot of things.

If Tiz is a girl, that would explain why you can't seem to communicate with her/him. Zing

Nah, I joke. Stand up guy imo.

https://i.imgur.com/Zw7pO.png

I give up! Hope she learns something from all of this, I did for sure.


☆☆☆ For Tizzy: Stop being a fussy cunt and stand behind your words whenever you do something in life. Good luck ☆☆☆

I've stood behind everything I have ever said--learn to read and perhaps tell time, because it is very apparent that you can't.

Every word and sentence you say just makes you look ever more like an idiot.

^ I agree

I like you gweedo, you're a funny guy and sometimes you make really interesting posts. Cheers  :)

I wonder who this is!

Me too, yes I was kicked for complaining legally against bitcoinica. Don't know how both we're related until this day.

Since when is insulting someone considered a scam?

You guys get really angry in the forums.

Yeah, lots of drama....... Drama makes the world go round :P

+1 Para is a vaginal washing sack. The thread (he even took a picture!) says "6 BTC to someone who comes up with a slogan I like" is pretty clear you're working for a "maybe".

More fake drama.

More time wasted ...

I think OP should have tag but whatever.

^ you should have your tag removed, you're enjoying it to much.

I have also been harassed by staff/mods here for DARING to point out that they are trolling in a thread, only they like to call it an "off topic post" and then ban you for questioning the king. Just before that I was banned for "excessive bumping" before it was even written down as a rule! I even went out of my way to ask what the limit is and followed it AND WAS BANNED ANYWAY! Also at no time was I ever given a warning or even notice I was breaking a rule. Last message I got from them was a threat of a permaban for "off topic posting". So basically they are threatening to take a years worth of work building up a brand and reputation because I have questioned their autoritah. This kind of abuse is systemic here. People who steal thousands of dollars get better treatment than I did as a reputable member. The main forum of a 100 million dollar market shouldn't be under the control of trolling teenagers. This is, and will continue to hurt the Bitcoin community.

If it was a staff member, ignore them. Some of the recent staff were brought on for specific reasons unrelated to moderation. If it was a non-local-only moderator, then that's different.

Feel free to report off-topic posts, even those by staff and mods. I know that I've accidentally posted off-topic before, and another mod ended up fixing that mistake, so it happens.

Again, I apologize for that. I didn't communicate to our administrator that you had specifically asked that question until after the fact.

Out of all the administrators you probably have the least to apologize for Maged.

Weird, maybe he has a reasoning behind it. Out of all the time I been here, I've never had a problem a admin/mod/staff, don't know about the otherway around. I been warned before as I had a curse word in a title but that was about it, but I removed it right away after I was confronted that it was inappropriate. Maybe you stepped on the guys toes in some way we'll never know.

Something like [How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?][The world may never know.]

TizzyTazzy is like a casino, giving you an opportunity to play in games you can't win.

I taste... hmm... yup. That's bitterness.

Tag and no lulz/flame? Or am I at the wrong topic?

It turned out that TizzyTazzy == Icy-, DupingBitCoins, and Leon. I'll post his IPs unless he repays his victims soon.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=29636.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=29636.0)
This guy?

So, he whinny kid turned out a serial scammer.
Color me shocked!

Wow, so there was a reason behind the Mod chasing after him, as I said prior, the mod knew something we did not know. I retract all my positive statements about TizzyTazzy, and will remove my post that state so.

If that's the case, that's pretty scummy and should have been fixed a long time ago.

+1  ???

Agreed. I could have been so screwed. It just moved it up down the line to someone else. Which is wrong.

I don't believe paraipan knew he was that scammer. He just felt something wasn't right with the dude.
I had that same feeling just didn't call him out about the slogan thing as much as paraipan lol

I figured as much, I would have been pissed if you actually knew who he was and kept it quiet.

Interestingly enough, his hosting biz lives on.

If this was the case, I will avoid anyone at all costs that paraipan chases. Good work paraipan.

Thanks pekv2, my "gut" feeling was right on this one. After all the shit i've been taking, a thank you means everything.

Also: Note: There is a guy roaming on BTC-E chat name Tazz:, I confronted him asking if he is TizzyTazzy, he denies it so, just be weary if you are on BTC-E chat.

Maybe the BTC-E admins can help, ionno.

But yes. You're are very welcomed :).

He is online here at this moment.

Now let's keep ontopic and answer the OP:
A mod here was right and you now have a scammer tag. Happy?

I didn't really know, but I'm not surprised this person has been exposed as a scammer. It was really annoying me that he kept offering essentially fake "rewards," most recently here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=93825.0

This is also what the OP of this thread was on about, but I guess the OP knew more.

I hope that nobody does business with this person - i.e uses his web hosting solutions.

I'm not surprised at all. From my point of view the repeated offering of fake rewards alone would have qualified him as a scammer. At least it showed a lack of personal integrity which often is one of the few reliable indicators available to offer an increased probability in the prediction of future scam behavior.

But the majority decided to believe otherwise.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=29636.msg372022#msg372022

His name is Christopher M. Phillips.

https://i.imgur.com/u8p1j.jpg

Next time, you should speak up; BCB would be 33 BTC richer if you had and he'd listened.

I did express my disapproval of TizzyTazzy's "business practice" - however this was not well received, I was even suspected of being someones (probably paraipan's) sockpuppet: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=83972.msg927302#msg927302 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=83972.msg927302#msg927302)

I wasn't eager to participate in a flame war to convince people about what I believe is wrong. If people just don't want to see the warning signs it doesn't help much to scream it out.


(Currently I see the same thing happening with the Bitcoinica scam - given the evidence I cannot understand why these guys (esp. Zhoutong) are not scammer tagged (instead theymos chose to accept 80 BTC from Zhoutong to advertise his next "project"  ::) - filling all available ad slots of the forum. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=94475.20 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=94475.20)))

Ever hear of reasonable doubt? Innocent until proven guilty? There is no solid proof it was him, and marking him as a scammer if he's innocent would open up the forum to serious legal problems (and rightly so).

This is probably not the right place to discuss this.

I know about presumption of innocence. Thanks for the special instructions.

However there is substantial evidence in the ZT case: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=95738.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=95738.0)
Since scammer tags have been issued in less severe cases of equivalent certainty in the past it is not disproportionate to issue scammer tags in the bitcoinica case.

At the very least forum operators should not engage in dealmaking with probable scammers, effectively helping them to run the next (unprovable) scam.