If multiple people have reported the same post then there's probably a very good reason why they all think like that, but there's no difference in marking it good or bad to a mod. A staff member would review the post regardless of how many people reported it and if everyone was wrong in their report, then again, it would likely be either marked as bad or just left alone if they couldn't decide either way.

Meta isn't usually even on the map for most new users, or serves them little purpose other than if they genuinely have a question about the forum but threads are usually moved there rather than created there. However, most established or frequent members know it's a place to go to easily earn merits so alts know where to go. People who jump right onto forum politics or reputation issues are obviously big giveaways for alts.


I'm a little confused as well. Looks like he could be asking if the mdayonliner account has changed hands.

Speaking of mdayonliner alts, the user 'Retina' seems like another "buddy" of mdayonliner to me:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2508950  Retina

All the hallmarks of an alt here at least. New account, straight into Meta fishing for merits: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5096181.msg49204705#msg49204705

Second post on the forum and already getting involved with a knowledge of Lauda and the drama surrounding her him? Woo-woo, call the alt police.

Snippy tilde snips:


Bengali:


Red arrows and boxes again:



mdayonliner talking to the user here:


Even though this is all exactly the same "evidence"/behaviour what brought them them to my attention before this is obviously almost certainly probably not an alt, but perhaps a "friend" of mdayonliner that he doesn't yet know about his account here because it's top secret, but he has probably met in real life and just doesn't know it yet  . Or I'm just a big head who thinks he knows everything  .

Would you prefer it if they ignored all reports? Mods check the reports then make a judgement on it. If they don't agree with the report then it will either be marked as bad or left in the queue. They don't need to handle it and marking it bad is the same as handling and then actually acting on it.


Why do you assume it was removed for specifically being off topic? I often see people complaining about their post being removed even though it was allegedly on topic, but there are multitudes of reasons why it may have been removed. If somebody necrobumps a thread then a load of people post in it after then all those posts are liable to be removed even though they were likely on topic. Some times posts are removed because they're useless of unhelpful or just plain spam, regardless of how on topic they are. That post doesn't exactly look like it would be missed, but without more context and the thread it was removed from, I couldn't give you definite answer.


Half of the threads here are spam. Before you post in a thread I would ask yourself is this really helpful or constructive or has it been said before? Even a half-decent thread can quickly delve into a spam fest with regurgitated one/two liners that aren't helpful to a anybody and are only done to meet a quota and that's why many end up being locked or trashed.

There's a few reputable IPTV sellers here, but I'm not sure why you went with that particular one especially as there's some huge warning signs with this specific user. The fact that he's a new user with only a few posts should immediately make you cautious, or at the very least use escrow. He also has multiple negative feedbacks. As hacker1001101001 also said, a locked thread and self-moderated which is also another huge warning sign as people are prevented from issuing warnings. Any person should be doing their due diligence on users before they trade with them and spending a few seconds to click their trust and read their feedback would have saved you here. All I can suggest is you learn from your mistakes and always do research on sellers and use a trusted escrow if you're not sure.

Yeah, you're right. Thanks. Shows you how long it's been since I clicked a thread in there. A welcome message should be made a priority as it will save a lot of time from staff and also a lot of users from being needlessly banned. I think theymos' proposed message should be trimmed down with only the most important rules and the rest of the info being linked to in another thread so people can read that if they wish. I think in addition to having those warnings shown all in red in each sub board as a reminder would also help a lot. Nobody would have excuses for breaking the rules then. Maybe once you hit a certain rank then you can toggle them off if people find them annoying.

I wouldn't be against both, but a warning at the top is hard to miss. I don't think it's a good idea having too many stickies though as that just increases the chances people won't read them. I suppose you could include a warning in the red message to also read the stickies for further details. This is something I suggested in the Newbie welcome message I proposed: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4923876.msg44344662#msg44344662


Having a welcome message explaining some of the rules will help a lot and stop a lot of people getting banned and mods wasting their time on handling things that people should be aware about.

Also, I don't think the software would need to be modified to display warnings either as we already have (or did have) warnings at the top of Investor based games (I think it was there, but doesn't seem to be anymore).

Do you really think we need a thread asking merely which is better: Investment or affiliate? You might as well be asking how long is a piece of string. That's like asking whether you can make more money on the internet or the real world. There's a million factors involved in that but all you're going to get is pages of sig spammers saying one or the other. Do we really need threads about:

Gambling is the way to lose or make the profit
poker or roulette
can you lose money or make money gambling
can you win or lose money with gambling
do you gamble with bitcoin or fiat
does gambling make you depressed or happy
do you use your right hand or left hand when gambling
is gambling fun or not fun
does gambling make you happy or sad
does gambling make you sad or happy
does gambling make you happysad or sadhappy
have you ever gambled on the toilet
how long do you gamble for
do you prefer gambling or throwing your money directly into a volcano
what is more entertaining: gambling or just burning your money

That entire section has always been a cesspool of shit but it's got an extra boost lately thanks to all the Stake shitposters.


Awesome hypothesis, Einstein. Mods don't need to go looking for things to do. Do you honestly think a thread titled Investment or affiliate has been removed in error? Did op write a thesis on which is better or more profitable?

I would agree, but I think an even better suggestion would be to have some warnings shown in red at the top of certain sub boards of the most commonly broken rules. Ie:

In the Press section: Do not post non-bitcoin press articles here.

Gambling: Do not post ref links

And so on. They could be rotated like ads if there's several commonly broken rules.


Whilst many people do ignore them, many also don't. Silly or naive people may not bother reading them, but that's their issue if they don't and they then fall foul of the rules. I know I always familiarise myself with the rules or customs of a forum before I start posting as some are more harsh than others about enforcing rules and bans and warnings/bans can get dished out like candy on some of them.

There are numerous factors involved here. Generally if there's huge gaps in a person's post history and they suddenly reappear and apply for a campaign then that should set off alarm bells. It usually also indicates that they've just reappeared just to try earn from a campaign and arguably users who have been here consistently should probably be given priority here. I think any decent campaign manager should do at least a cursory check of a users post history before they're accepted, but it's up to them what criteria then use to accept or deny someone. A user could have re-appeared after a five year break, made 20-40 posts to hide the gap in their history then try their luck. To try spot this you can just click through their post history every 5 or 10 pages or so and this way huge gaps can often be quickly spotted. Asking for a signed message from them will usually put any doubts to rest, but I'd also take users on a case by case basis. Not everyone is on the forum 7 days a week month after month. The actual quality of their post history is also a big factor. Sometimes their previous post history is terrible, but their last couple of pages they've improved vastly, probably to try get accepted. If that's all you look at then they might be able to get away with it. Some users disappear and when they come back they're speaking a completely different language or their posting style has significantly changed and that's always a big giveway. Sometimes they've made constantly good posts but there's been times when they're weren't that active and there could be completely innocent explanations for that. A signed message usually clears things up, but sometimes they genuinely can't be provided for whatever reason.

I read and understood your post but you clearly didn't read or understand mine because I already addressed your points, but if I'm 'spamming' my signature then why have I never been banned for such behaviour? Why am I one of the highest merited users on the board? Clearly my posts do have merit here so why does me having a signature not make me an enthusiast or invalidate my points? If someone wants to post without a signature then more power to them, but I'm not going to throw away the opportunity to earn for doing so and certainly not just to appease some whinger who is trying to make a point.


Why does it have to be a promising project? You advertised Bruno's crappy money-grab. Did you think that was a promising project that you believe in or did you do it just because you feel some affinity to that buffoon? Either way you and anyone else should be free to have whatever they please in their signature as long as it's not unethical.


You can presume whatever you want, but the fact that I can get paid to make worthwhile contributions and also argue with idiots is awesome to me. Maybe I should forgo my mod money as well since obviously I am only here for that. Perhaps a doctor should give up his wage if he truly cares about saving lives and not just the money.

Also, how do you know I don't find Chipmixer a novel or interesting project? I cry tears of passion about Chipmixer every night.


What does this have to do with anything here? As usual this thread really doesn't seem to be about sig spam, but just you and giving you yet another thread to have a whinge in.


Lol. Congratulations. Here's your badge for the thread of the year:




Well you could but you'd be a paranoid conspiracytard. If you're genuinely trying to propose that people are trying to get rid of users so they can enrich themselves even more then that's beyond ridiculous.


Shows how much you pay attention to my posts because I have suggested several things that would stop things like spam bumping like lower-ranked users not being able to bump threads, threads only being able to be bumped once a day regardless of how many posts are made in them, and also removing the Alt coin board and each individual coin gets there own sub board which would make paid bumping useless. There's probably other things I've suggested too that I can't quite recall right now.



Megaloz. Are you saying this without any degree of irony?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGAmPRxV48&feature=youtu.be&t=15


Nobody here wants or needs your approval. Everything you do here now is to have a whinge and you're only concerned about yourself rather than other issues (especially non-issues like this).

Yet another VAR controversy. Five minutes it took to make a decision and was it really the right one? I'm not so sure. The ball clearly hit his hand but there's not much you can do when it's pelted at you and you had your back to the ball. There's really no consistency to the handball rule. Sayings like ball to hand and unnatural positionn are always used but what exactly is an unnatural position? Having your hands behind your back is unnatural but that's what players do these days so they minimise the risk, but you need your arms for balance and it's always ball to hand unless you purposely handle it and in those cases then you should be sent off. If someone blasts the ball at you from pointblank there's not much you can do about it and as per the rules they shouldn't be given, but many times they are.

The VAR in the Ajax game yesterday was also useless as to whether the ball went out of play. From one angle it looked like it did and from the other it looked like it probably stayed in play by a millimetre. The linesman was meters away so they should have just taken his decision on it in the first place.

Don't forget your picks for tonight's games.


VAR on the whole is good, but it needs tweaking as it's not working efficiently. It's really annoying now seeing players wait in limbo before they celebrate to see if it's a goal or not. I think the offside rule needs changing as well. It was implemented to stop strikers goal-hanging and players just oofing the ball up to them, but should we be disallowing goals because a player was a milometer off side? Who gives a shit. And then we have to wait for the ref to watch the replay 5 times to see whether it should be allowed or not. Great goals are sometimes disallowed because of this and it's silly. Let them play football rather than worrying about having to deal with an offside trap and being an inch offside. VAR should be used similarly as it is in Tennis. Give them three appeals and that's it. The ref should probably just take the opinion of the VAR officials as well rather than having to trot on over to the sideline. There's already too much stoppages in football. This is an interesting video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB70iAqk-9I&t=28s

In some games you only get about 40 minutes of actual football and the rest is waiting for players to take throw ins and goal kicks. The clock should be stopped when it's not in play and then there'd be no injury time or time wasting which is pretty much common practice for teams that are in front now.

I messaged theymos about it but didn't get a response. I even asked if the sig ban feature can be extended to Globals as I would much rather issue them instead of permanent bans, especially in cases like this. I would suggest that ChiBitCTy PM theymos and state his case and maybe a sig ban will be given instead of the perma one. Maybe collecting some vouches from established members on why he should be allowed back would help his case.


It doesn't really matter who "stitched" them up but he has made several comments about the possibility of alternatives to plagiarism in the thread I created about the possibility of them:

Why would a mere signature invalidate someone's opinions in Meta? Probably 95% of my posts on this account are in Meta and the vast majority of merits I've received are also from in here (and I'm one of the highest merited users) (not trying to suck my own cock or anything but the info is relevant to the argument)). I think a lot of people baring a signature actually make great posts (and arguably among their best) in Meta. Having a paid signature is just a bonus to me and I like that I can get paid for my contributions (which I believe to be worthwhile). Sure, you could remove signatures from being displayed here or in any other board if you truly want a non-monetised discussion (and I guess that's what the Ivory Tower etc are for), but why are you making this argument just for this board when the same could be said for any other? As I've always said, the problem here isn't merely having a paid signature; it's the people who make low quality contributions that should be penalised or curbed because it's the low quality posts that are the issue not merely signatures and in my opinion some signature campaigns actually elevate the quality of discussion here. Sure, there are surely some people who would not be making the posts if they weren't getting paid for them, but if the quality of the posts are worthwhile then I don't see the issue and I certainly don't think it's an issue in Meta when we've got spam fests like Bitcoin Discussion where the likelihood of having any sort of decent discussion is next to zero. In fact, Meta is probably one of the only boards where decent discussion can take place and I feel like I don't need to bash my head against the keyboard by what I'm reading.

I never had an animated avatar but I didn't mind them. I don't think they were distracting. Sure, they're more noticeable than others but not glaringly so. In fact, before people started bypassing the gif restrictions I suggested being able to have an animated avatar (and a image banner in signature) as a possible donator perk.


Why? Who wants an avatar that they can't change and is probably irrelevant to them?


Why would this matter? I don't think there should be a distinction on whether it's a monetised one or not. I think the idea is that they're prohibited because they're a distraction.

Bitcoin is bigger than this forum and it has obviously outgrown this place, but it's still an active hub (though arguably probably fuelled more by sign campaigns and ICOs than anything else right now). The video isn't a comprehensive history of bitcoin either. Sure, bitcointalk was there from the beginning and it wouldn't hurt to mention it but it's not something to worry about.

Besides, it's not like the video is wholly factually accurate:



lol


You really think removing these things would make a difference? Merit doesn't stop anyone from posting here but it certainly curbs spammers rising through the ranks, but rank or merit is meaningless really other than those who want to earn from posting here. As for trust I wouldn't be against scrapping the entire thing as people rely on it too much and assume negative or positive feedback from dt is is the be all and all of who is trustworthy or not.

What a bullshit statement. Nobody can remember every single post they've ever made and in what thread they made it, nor should someone have to go looking through their post history to try work it out. Somebody could delete a post that you made years ago and for whatever reason they want if it's in a self-modded thread. If it's in an old thread then you're less likely to remember where you posted it. Having a link to the actual thread it was removed from would be very helpful and also likely easy to implement and numerous people have suggested this in the past so it's clearly something people would like.


This is different. He's not asking why it was deleted or complaining about it, but asking for a a feature that indicates what thread the post was removed from.

We already know the answers to these questions. When you have campaigns that will pay for any generic spam then users will continue to make them and over multiple accounts. People aren't going to waste time writing a paragraph when they don't need to. Write a generic sentence then move on to another thread or account. The only way you'll stop this is either by removing signatures or making sure campaign managers do their job properly. 



He hasn't been a moderator for quite some time. Theymos just hasn't removed his name from there. Being a moderator here doesn't mean you get paid every month regardless of work you put in. If you do nothing then you'll get nothing. If you do a little you'll get a little.

Yes, because why wouldn't any sane person do this? Back up anything important. If you want a draft then save a draft. Any author would have multiple drafts of something they're working on. Is that so hard to comprehend? You're expecting a forum software to do all this for you because you're too lazy or incompetent to simply save this data in a notepad or word processor because of some ludicrous reasons.


It's called incompetence (or trolling). I'm not sure how copy and pasting text into something other than this forum is distracting or loses a 'theme'. He could write his posts on this forum all day long if he insists. Just make sure you copy and save them somewhere else so you don't run into this stupid problem he has.