Why would we want to? Such websites make it more difficult to scam via changing and deleting posts

if this was the case then would you agree that they would reasonably be the same person?

This sounds fishy to me. It is also why auctioning your account generally will not work very well.

I would speculate that he knows at least partially because the "tor tax" was paid from addresses and/or inputs were connected. WC had said that he connects via tor so it would make sense that his alts would sign up via tor as well

i somewhat doubt that this will actually happen. I would speculate that you are trying to trick the guy who scammed you into giving you Bitcoin he was suppose to give you. Either that or you were approached by law enforcement about your thefts

Compared to the time it takes to create an account and send a PM this would be huge. For all intensive purposes each of these accounts is only going to be able to send one PM before it will be reported and they get a trade with caution tag. As it stands now it takes 6 (maybe 7) minutes to create an account, create a payment address, write and send a PM to someone.

If you force them to make one semi-substantial post then they need to wait 6 minutes to make their first post, spend a minute or two writing/translating it, then another 6 minutes to send a PM. Not only that but if they plan on impersonating someone then there is still a chance they will get negative trust before they shoot off their PM.

At a minimum it will take them 12 minutes per account verses 6 minutes, that is a 100% increase in the effort they need to put into it. More realistically it will be ~15 minutes per account verses 7 minutes which is a ~114% increase in effort.

It used to be that the first number was red when you had neutral trust.

I don't see one. People would likely want to post a question privately because they are embarrassed that they appear dumb, however this does not matter because it is a brand new account anyway.

Plus posting questions publicly means that the next person who has the same question can find it via searching instead of having to wait for an answer

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CrackedLogic has been paid a reduced rate of .019 (as per the terms we previously discussed).

All participants should now have been paid and the campaign is officially closed.


@hilariousandco please refund the escrow/bond funds (should be .6 BTC) to 1MALrxpLST3ocHG9fsEQp9tM8GgCGxKpEH when you get a chance.

Thanks again to everyone who participated.

If it has never been used then what is the point?

I guess that is fair enough.

I left him negative feedback. Let me know if/when he repays

you acknowledge the stupidity of sending him money this way yet you did it anyway.

yea as I said above he should give it to some good cause.

There is a reason why they don't make any posts before sending the PMs. It is not uncommon for them to have neutral trust when the PM is sent.

It is not just the impersonators that is a problem, I have gotten several unsolicited PMs advertising some website or service from brand new accounts, forcing them to make one post will make this much more difficult for these spammers.

They wouldn't *have* to post in the thread but it would just be there if they don't have anything else to post.

if they require a signature you can either sign the notice for them to leave it or you can pick it up. But if a signature is not required then they often will not even attempt to make prrsonal contact (they sometimes may knock on your door but immidiatly leave so you can see the package when you answer)

Making them make one post would give more chances for someone to notice that someone is using a "fake" account and call them out for it and/or give them negative trust. (It increased visibility to the account)

If they don't make a post they are more likely to have neutral trust as of when they send the message.

in the us. The mail is usually delivered during traditional working hours so most of the time no one will be home when mail is delivered. It makes having to sign for packages a huge pain. 

If no one is home and no signature is required then they will generally leave it on your front porch or on top of your mailbox if you have a community mail box (like you have in apartment complexes).

If a signature is required then they make a limited number of attempts then will return the package to the sender.

my feeling is that the guy he scammed deserved it. (He scammed for over ten thousand in a very short time).  Him scamming revealed a scammers new account. As speculated above it is possible he saw the email address of the person sending him the money.

I think one post is a very low threshold. A thread in beginners could easily be created/stickied for a "first post".

They need to wait 6 minutes before being able to post after logging in so if they post once they would need to wait a total of 12 minutes. There is a good chance they will be able to learn a lot in that time.

if I had to guess this was when the price of Bitcoin was much lower then it is now.

The chances of theft from the mail are much higher when you are away because it is usually appearant that you are not home. Plus I imagine that the packages sent by WC are not going to fit in most mailboxes therefore it would potentially be sitting outside for several days (unless of course you have your butler take it inside when it arrives)

Almost all the time, the reason someone has/makes a lot of money is because they have spent a lot of time/effort into their career and continue to spend a lot of time on their career. People with a lot of money also tend to be more savvy and generally require more due diligence before spending their money.

Just because someone has a lot of money doesn't mean they will sornd it on random crap that could potebtially be worthless.

Woodcollector also said that he is not willing to share his identity however showing his ID would sleeker reevaluate