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So, I created a thread like this around 5th November. Because i am (only) a Member, people complained, but, threads that are created by hero or legendary members don't get any negative inforation from people that comment on their threads. Why Is This? As Members looked at as scammers or spammers now, if you are not a hero then you are a scammer? Is this the mesage I should receive?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1239416.0;topicseen

What thread was it and who complained?

Yes generally Sr. Members and up are considered more respected, but it honestly should not. The idea is that people who are Sr or higher have been here longer and have posted more so they understand things better. This is of course not always the case whatsoever. Since accounts can be bought or sold, generally a sr member can be just like a newbie, unless they have trust which they themselves have earned. But, having that sr member there and more of those coins just make those members seem more reliable and better than people who are lower ranking.

Some of the (formerly) most respected members here who were Hero Members & Legendary Members have turned out to be some of the biggest scammers in bitcoin.

On average you're more likely to be scammed by a newbie account but a Hero or Legendary member can still screw you.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1243662.0 - here was the name of the topic. However, I don't think the user even checked what I was typing.

Looks like it was just one guy being a dick. Just ignore him.

He's simply being skeptical because of your account status. He's also being pretty judgmental and jumping to conclusions, though you will have to live with that if you want to be on the internet.

Personally I don't see account status making up much part in respect, and I can't say I ever have through my time here. There are Members that I have great respect for, and Heros and Legendarys that I don't think much of. It isn't about the rank, it is the actions of the person the rank pertains to which counts. While I am a Hero member myself, I can't say I have been treated any differently by the community throughout ranks apart from when I make bad decisions and reap the consequences.

Never let one's opinion, ruin your day and affect you...in this case you should just ignore the guy in terms of giving him a reason to criticize even more of your action so the best way is to not respond since it's just one guy among the crowd and also you could use the ignore option located in the lower part of his name, that might help as well

If you look at most of the offender's replies to threads he seems to be a hate filled individual that attacks anybody's point of view that does not conform to his own.
Just ignore his comments like many have suggested you to do.

Having a "Hero" account just means you've been here for quite a long time (or bought it).

If you have a particular interest, like the guy you're talking about has, then yes it can get tedious sorting thru essentially meaningless threads like yours, especially if they are carrying a sig, to try and find something relevant and interesting.
I mean, c'mon, there was no need for you to start that thread, it only rehashes what is being said in a hundred other price speculation threads.
At least post a chart, or bring something new to the table.
Or don't bother.

Of course hero member accounts are more respected.
If a newbie makes a post, his post gets scrutinized and he is treated like a scammer or a spammer.

I am a Hero and I am honouring this thread with my presence. You are all welcome.

Do I expect to be listened to more than anyone else? I really hope not. All I've done is sit on my fat behind and post shite for longer than lesser ranks.

I can see why newcomers would be instantly leapt upon when it comes to loans or commerce. If you're serious about your scamming you could at least put some effort in building some rep.

In other arenas total newcomers may have been lurking for longer than me and plenty will have areas of expertise I know less than nothing about. I'll go on the content of someone's posts, not how long they've been at it for.

In theory, yes. In practice, no.

Don't trust anyone.

Heroes to me are just matured with age members. More worn in with experience to the ways of this forum.
They can be helpful or out for vengeance given their trust ratings and past interactions with others here.
Think of them as a class of lawful, neutral good & lastly out for numero 1, themselves.

But many aren't. Many Hero Members are probably bought accounts. There is nothing that guarantees that a Hero Member had actually been on the forum the whole time. He could have bought the account when it was a high level sr. member and only have had the Hero for a few months. Or it could have just been sold so a Newbie would have a Hero Member.

General advice - if you don't know someone it is best to be cautious. If account trading weren't so popular I would be willing to say that you can trust higher ranked accounts more.
But in situation where you can buy Hero account for less than 0.3 BTC and use it for anything you like it is not so simple.

such a distasteful practice selling accounts

I can't and won't sell this account!
I don't think that selling accoutns is really a good idea and is only for distrusted members! I see people that sell 5 or 10 hero member accounts that they have and it seems rediculous to do as you are putting the trust of new members in these accounts when there really shouldn't be as the ew accounts that people create means that they are probably not scammers, if they were  surely they would buy a hero account.

Since it is allowed from admin/mods then i think that we should not think/discuss about this, and whatever you deal, deal only through escrow and both parties are safe.

Just remember that a lot of people that joined in the 2013 bitcoin rush, including me, can now easily be hero members and even legendary members.

They are not all oldtimers with a long history in bitcoin.

you mean that the only real hero are the one that joined in the beginning? i'm not really in agreement with this

new hero like the old one can have the same knowledges about bitcoin, sometime you may find some new heroes that have better knowledges than an old heroe

Ask yourself Do you respect me?  Why not?  You don't know me, and I don't know you ... and AFAIR I've never read anything you've posted.

So,,, Hero Members who are more respected is either hype or BS, your choice.

Read back through any one's old posts and get a feel for the tone of their posts, were they in one or two coins then switched to the markets or visa versa?  Has there been a multi month absence or password has been changed.

What does their trust settings say?

I guess that activity levels were necessary with one such forum, but like everything else in the world, everything has good and bad sides. Bad sides of the ranks and activity levels is that we have this sort of discrimination.

Every time we see a newbie post it means it's content it's an utter crap and every time we see a Hero post, he must know what's he talking about. Of course, in the reality this doesn't work at all this way.