True, everyone has their risk tolerance and this is an extra for what you would do anyway; but it's nice when people follow through with what they agree to do, and escrow makes sure of that. And indeed the OP has said that he was willing to use it; unfortunately, he has not done so so far, which is often not a good sign, as others have mentioned in this thread. Also, even if the OP pays a few people that do come here and join in the first month, without escrow or at least reputation on this site, it's anyone's guess whether or not he would be willing to pay when the campaign is full; the recent situation with UpDown comes to mind for example. But still, it's your choice whether or not you want to risk it, and to be honest, I hope everything goes well.

By the way, this campaign is apparently to be paid every 2 weeks (bi-weekly), not on a weekly basis (see OP's second post).

Where did he say such a thing? I saw no posts that stated the campaign was not accepting new members. As far as I know, that was only a suggestion people were throwing around so that the campaign could perhaps go back to the previous post limits, and to avoid alt accounts joining and spamming the forum.



Have you given any more thought about using escrow to hold the funds? Without doing so, most people will rightly find this campaign too risky to join. Don't take this the wrong way, but you are still a new user here, and people are tired of being scammed.

War isn't a necessity anymore than beating your wife on a daily basis is a necessity; it's just another form of exploitation.



See my previous post about the jetpacks.

As others have pointed out, I'm not sure there is one. I mean, one way would be to change this to a campaign that pays a fixed amount, based on your rank/activity, for a set number of posts, and nothing beyond that (like Gaw Miners for example); but that will clearly be unfair for those that usually post far above that amount.



I can't say I'm happy with this idea, but I think this is the best option so far. Make the process public so people can defend themselves, and kick spammers out of the campaign, maybe giving them negative trust for abusing the system. For good measure, maybe increase the required entry rank for the campaign.

Another option also previously mentioned is what was in place in the beginning, that is, decreasing rates the higher the number of posts you make. I suppose it would prevent some people from spamming, but I guess others would simply create/buy several accounts and continue.

Have you read the opening post?

Do you mean, Pussy Quiet? Sorry about the slight off topic, but since you mention Putin and Pussy Riot, I thought I'd share this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VD33jRpeMM

It's an episode of Juice Rap News; I think it's well worth the time to watch the whole thing (6 minutes), but here's a quote from the part I wanted to share:

That brings back memories. I used to play on a mud over a decade ago (lands of lore maybe, I'm not sure). However, it had permadeath, and more or less free pk; my character didn't last long.  

Oh well, at least the 45 days I've passed in this forum so far have been mostly devoid of deaths.

Bitcoininformation, the Gaw Miners' campaign has 1 free spot. I'm sure it won't last long though.


He has defined some limits to the campaign now, but seems to be ignoring/delaying the escrow part so far.   Still, at least one member has been paid 0.01 in advance.

Because of this, and because our activity will increase 2 more times before payday, so 28 points for those that continue posting. In my case that is 224 + 28 > 240 that is needed for Senior Member rank.



Great, thanks for the quick reply.

I've never heard of that show; maybe it never passed the equator.

Anyway, relevant xkcd (http://xkcd.com/1382/):

If I did the math right, I think I might be promoted to Senior Member before the next payday (17/07); is it safe to remove the Full Member signature mid-term in order to replace it?

Sure, maybe millions have died in his name, but this doesn't necessarily have to be "the most important person ever" only for good reasons.

And of course, there is always the part about religion more often than not being used as an excuse; the population in general might be true believers, but they were/are just being used to further someone's worldly power/access to resources. In this sense, religion is just another tool to be used, not the cause.

Space travel is a must, hopefully with a decent FTL method. Then, also AIs and advanced nanotechnology.

PS: was this the point of this thread? You should start by including your thoughts about it.

Considering the size of this thread and your total post count, perhaps by using the forum's search function or google/startpage/wtv?

PS: also, from what I've read, it seems that deleting your posts doesn't always work; sorry, but you might actually be stuck with this thread.

That's true, but it's probably a good idea to clarify that observed  in this context doesn't imply there must be a conscious observer; a wall would work as well as anything else those particles could interact with.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to choose an escrow first; the users escrow.ms or bitcoininformation for example seem pretty trustworthy in this community. Also, it might be a good idea to limit the number of max posts per time period, and defining what types of posts you're going to pay, to make sure people avoid spamming for the extra btc.

Can't you just stop "watching" this thread, or delete your posts here if you regret it so much?

Well, I'm not sure you'd be that trustworthy in that situation either, depending on how "good looking" the aliens are.

They could be after mineral resources for all we know; whether it's a dead planet or not would make little difference (though as I said previously, I think there would be better uses of the energy they'd have to spend to get here). Then, good luck actually hitting their ships; provided it has enough energy, a simple laser would be more than capable of taking care of incoming missiles.

But again, what makes you comfortable seems to me to be a function of education, or if you will, your values; not everyone is happy just by being able to buy luxuries.