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321  Other / Meta / Re: Merit System - Looking for Goals on: June 30, 2018, 04:21:59 AM
OP, are you working in a BPO/Call center? We're using it for creating an action plan lol. (I know it is being used as well for other stuffs)

With the T - time bound so you mean whenever we post something specially let's say speculation we should give a timeframe or so. And just want to ask on your example in reducing spam here. Do you have like data that will show that IF we use SMART shitpost will decrease?

No. Timebound does not mean that you put a timeframe on your post like it’s speculation.

SMART is not a criteria for posting but rather it should be your basis on making a goal. OP has given some concrete examples on this. OP has already throroughly explained and gave examples but I’ll repeat it for your sake.  Just to reiterate, i.e “The merit system will reduce 30% of the spam in the forum within 5 years”. In setting such a goal, you should first ask yourself whether it is:

Specific - the goal has specifically targeted a problem in the forum which is the “spam”
Measurable - the goal may be achieved by measuring it as “30%”
Achievable/Attainable - the goal can be achieved, unlike saying that it can eradicate spam by “100%”
Relevant - the goal is addressing a relevant issue to the forum

And lastly,
Timebound - the goal is given a measure of “6 years”

It’s funny that you say SMART is being used in your BPO/call center when you don’t actually understand how to apply it. Yes, it’s being used widely because it’s an effective way of creating goals so most orgs/companies use this. Good luck with creating your action plan.
322  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: How can we stop the “Pump and dump” campaigns? on: June 29, 2018, 10:03:49 AM
What do you mean by pump and dump most of the project still running based on speculation and News . Even being in traditional equity security trader it was common . Pumps and dumps happen for sure . we cant control in any trading platform . But in crypto space its bit more because its still new . We can restrict for some far by removing chat bot in trading platform.

I think OP was talking about how in some campaigns, a pump and dump occurs after the an ICO is completed. The price of a token is extremely pumped because of whales who bought a significant amount of the tokens. Once the token is listed in the exchanges, it would then be dumped so that profits may be acquired. Not sure how it can be avoided since some ICOs have the intention of creating such projects for this very purpose. Strict regulations may be implemented but it no one can enforce that.
323  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2018-06-28] Crypto gets 'bear' to 'bull' price BOOST as Facebook drops ad ban on: June 29, 2018, 06:06:23 AM
It's a bad idea to attribute small price changes to some events during that timeframe, because Bitcoin is so volatile that it's most likely just a coincidence. People need to distinguish small, unimpactful news from something that can really move the crypto markets. It's no longer 2011, the volume is huge, and expectations are much higher, so the news the news that could move crypto market have to be really huge - some official announcements from governments, integration by huge companies, etc.

I would like to agree to this. It’s possible that the news about Facebook lifting the ad ban and the price boost was just a coincidence. Many have commented that the news about facebook would contribute a price hike but it’s possible that it had a boost just becuase it went down lower than $6K. Perhaps adoptions by countries or statemnts from the government could have an impact on the price or make it go up significantly.
324  Economy / Speculation / Re: BTC next stop is 5K$ on: June 27, 2018, 05:45:59 PM
Many have thought that $6K would be the bottom yet it already broke the $6K support just a few days again when bitcoin went all the way down to $5.8K. This trend has surprised many since most have expected for the price to be already rising after it is done with correction. Now that the price has gone downhill, it may be expected that the price would jump up this coming July/August but not all throughout till the end of the year. There may still be some bottoms before the end of 2018 but who know’s whether it will go as low as $5K?
325  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Do businesses/vendors that accept crypto HODL or SELL? on: June 27, 2018, 05:35:08 PM
If their revenues are based mainly on BTC and they do not expect to receive any fiat, then it’s likely that they would sell the BTC. I don’t think it would be very wise for a merchant to hodl their BTC unless for personal reasons. It’s still very risky because of how volatile bitcoin is and that they may not be able to attain an ROI if the price of bitcoin suddenly plunges. Unless they engage actively in the trade of bitcoin, businesses are still heavily reliant on fiat.
326  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Should I buy the current ICO? on: June 27, 2018, 03:57:47 PM
No, it depends on the project itself. Before you buy coin on the ICO, make sure that the coin you will buy is potential to any pump and increasing value. It means you need to study the whole project, the roadmap, plans, application, concept etc. for you to decide whether it is worth to invest or not.
Irrespective of the project, the market is in a general bearish situation and apparently affects ICOs that even do have prospect. Just very sure were able to at least do well in a way but that does not mean their movement still was not affected.

I am sure by the time the sentiments in the market ends up changing, a lot of things will change in the altcoin market as well which is what I am looking forward to at this moment now. I believe we will get to see some good movement upward in coming months anyway.

Despite how the market is right now, it can be said that investing in an ICO is still profitable. Even with this bearish market, ICOs are still growing and many are still eager to invest. It's not always that the market will be as so since we are now experiencing a bear trend. The price of BTC strongly affects all other altcoins and ICO projects as well since investors enter with either BTC or ETH and exit with BTC as well. In fact, when the investors and bounty hunters dump their coins, it has an effect on the altcoin market and not only on the price of the token.
327  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What is best practice for gambling?? on: June 27, 2018, 03:46:04 PM
Play for free until you fully understand the game before you play for real money.

This is not good advice in my opinion. "Fully understanding" the game will not make you win in one. Take dice, for example. It's not hard to understand the rules of the game, but still you can lose a lot in it after coming to wrong conclusions while playing for free. I can tell you about my personal experience. When I started playing dice game I was absolutely sure, after some time, that I know how to win in this game. All you need, I thought at the time, is a bankroll large enough to divide it 9 times by 2 and then take the result as your initial bet martingaling with 50% win chance. Indeed it is very rare to get 8 reds in a row playing with 2x multiplier. It was working for me and I increased my initial bankroll 20 times until I lost it all by getting 10 reds in a row. Then I thought, okay, I will divide my bankroll by 2 eleven times, and will take the result as my initial bet. That strategy were working longer although I wasn't making that much because my initial bet was much smaller than before. But eventually I lost it all again by getting 13 reads in a row. I started thinking on dividing my bankroll 15 times to be absolutely sure that I will never lose, and then I saw in a chat on a dice site that one player got 20 reds in a row, and other players saying that even 25 reds in a row was possible. So, what should I do? Should I divide my bankroll 26 times? Do you know what that would mean? It would mean that my bankroll should be over 1 BTC to be able to bet just 1 satoshi "without risking" to lose it all. And even that way of thinking was wrong, because absolutely anything can happen, especially when you make millions of bets. Yes, you can lose 1 Bitcoin martingaling with 50% win chance with just 1 satoshi as initial bet.

The best mindset for gambling would be to never even search for the winning strategies, but rather to gamble at your pleasure for the sake of the game.

I would agree. Despite trying to learn all of the best strategies of a gambling game, you will not turn out to be better in playing. Even those who probably have played for years already may not be 'experts' and still experience some losses even if they are already so used to playing it. Probably even math experts won't be able to be the best players in gambling despite knowing all of the tactics and computation for probability. No amount of practice would make one better in playing or able to win more money. Besides, gambling is made to be fun and not for you to earn money although it's even more fun if you win money.
328  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Investing in ICOs on: June 27, 2018, 02:29:27 PM
Investing in ICOs is known to be more than a gamble, than an investment. However, even if it is considered to be a game of chance, you cannot just throw money and invest in different ICOs randomly. Before investing, it is important to look at three aspects of an ICO; understanding of an ICOs value, the team behind the company, and the interest of people in it. In addition, it is also important to make sure that the people behind the company are real people. Knowing their background and where they are located would be helpful as well. Moreover, hype regarding their ICO drops should also be taken into account, and as well as the number of people who follow them in different social media platforms. Lastly, it is also helpful to scan their white paper for more information and to be able to gain understanding on what they want to build.

I think the above information is useful to the crypto investor community however one very important you also need to consider when choosing an ICO is the project whitepaper. It's from the project whitepaper content that you get a detailed information about the ICO.

Knowing the whitepaper is important but it should not be your sole basis. A whitepaper may easily be created even if it has no substance and the ICO was made just as a hoax. The whitepaper is not the sole determiner of the success of the project but it should give you an overview of its concept.

Many have been experiencing trouble in choosing an ICO to invest in since there are many scams these days. Investors should be diligent enough to do their own research.
329  Other / Off-topic / Re: Do you have another job besides being a Bounty Hunter? on: June 27, 2018, 03:46:00 AM
I understand that being a bounty Hunter can make money and improve the family economy, but do you have other jobs? because if I just rely on money from Bounty I think it will not be enough.

If you are financially independent (no longer relying on your family) then I strongly suggest to get a job. You can’t depend on the earnings you get from bounty hunting. There’s no guarantee on the money you get there. What would you do come the day bounties no longer exist? It’s only hypothetical yet it’s a risk. Bounties may be profitable, yes, but it’s not a source of income for you to rely on for your daily expenses.
330  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2018-06-26] Facebook is reversing its ban on some cryptocurrency ads on: June 27, 2018, 03:42:08 AM
I think someone had to pull some serious strings to make them change their mind. Or maybe it was group effort?
What I don't like is the author of the article calling crypto market a bubble that has "declined". There's no bubble! A bubble suggests that this market is full of empty promises and will end up popping and disappearing, and we all know that it isn't so. I'd like to see that disrespectful prick's face in a year or two.

Or maybe Facebook just wanted to gain some revenue. Despite the risks, it’s obvious that there’s some serious $$$ in crypto and they wouldn’t want to miss out on that. Whoever has convinced them otherwise must have said that having crypto ads would generate more income.

I’d have to agree that the author has been wrong to describe that the crypto market is now in a ‘decline’. Why else would crypto still be alive today if the market is declining? No one would invest on something that’s declining. He obviously does not know much about the crypto market nor what a bear trend is.
331  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: How ethical is it? on: June 26, 2018, 05:52:41 PM
At one end, you can say that selling a dead coin would be unfair to the buyer and at another you can say that the buyer is negligent for not doing his own research. IMO, it would hit my conscience if I were to make such a transaction where my buyer was unaware that he is purchasing a dead coin (unless he truly wanted to despite the disadvantage to it) I would feel guilty because it would be like tricking him into buying something he thought of to have value. However, it may also be said that it’s the buyer’s responsibility to be diligent enough in making such transactions. As far as ethics is concerned, I guess it depends whether there will be an injured party.
332  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Overview of Bitcointalk Signature Anti-Spam Campaign Managers on: June 26, 2018, 04:28:54 PM
What about Joel_Jatsen? I’m not sure if he still actively manages signature campaigns up to this day but I once participated in a campaign managed by him. He strongly advocates his policy for zero tolerance towards spamming. In one of his campaign rules, he has stated that he won’t count the posts that has redundantly repeated what has been said by the previous 100 replies so he really makes it a point that the participants do not spam. Also, I did not encounter any problems throughout the duration of the campaign and all payments were promptly made.
333  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: Are Bitcoin Casinos Legal ? on: June 26, 2018, 03:38:33 PM
I'd like to note that a casino operating in Bitcoin rather than fiat likely has little to do with the matter. US gambling laws, for one, revolve around gambling itself, not the USD you gamble with.

But yeah there are conflicting views on the internet regarding online gambling in the US, but it seems like most of the confusion arise from online casinos themselves operating, not residents betting on them. If you want to set up your own casino, it's best to consult with an actual lawyer because of strict US rules. If you just want to play, you should be free to do so without any legal repercussions.

Gambling is outright illegal in mainland China and I would think that Bitcoin casinos fall under that.

Can it then be said that so long as the presence and operation of casinos in a country is legal = crypto casinos are also legal? If the use of crypto is immaterial to the legality of a casino, then the legality of casinos itself in the country should be looked into. It’s likely that if there’s a ban of crypto in the country, then putting up a casino which operates on crypto will be illegal as well.
334  Economy / Marketplace / Re: What is the most critical moments in Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin history on: June 26, 2018, 02:57:15 PM
Happiest moment for all of us: Bitcoin reaches its peak at almost $20K, Everyone has very happy around the last quarter of 2017 because everything is going our way. Lots of people making tons of money out of crypto.

We can’t say that it’s the happiest moment for everyone. During that time, transaction fees were crazily high. People would rather not make any transfers because of the outrageously overpriced tx fees. I think it became a problem for some sig campaigns since paying out the participants took a huge chunk of the payments. Also, the price going up at such a fast rate is actually scary because there’s the chance that it could plummet down just as fast.
335  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Life with a Gambler - Solution! on: June 26, 2018, 02:43:19 PM
I don't think gambling should be called a addiction it's not something bad or horrible as it's always is portrayed. Not all our alike, not even our fingers are the same size, each one finds a different passion which keeps him sane so I would call it a passion, i believe each person is sane enough to decide for himself, and so I feel each one can make his own choice without being subject to humiliation.

How can you say that gambling is not an addiction? It may be a case to case basis since not everyone behaves the same but it can be definitely classified as an addiction. The situation of others are really worse because there are those who cannot control themselves and has made bad decisions. There are some who don’t even sleep or eat if they don’t gamble. Addiction makes people go to a point where they literally lose everything, even their own houses. It’s humiliating yet those who are addicted can’t control themselves to prevent such humiliation.
336  Economy / Economics / Re: you gotta wonder why they are worried about your money! on: June 25, 2018, 04:15:55 PM
They must have been fishing for some support. Perhaps they themselves are unsure of their decision to sell their coins, so they just want have some comfort by convincing others to do so as well. If the others will do the same, then it would give them the sense that they have made the right decision since many others are doing it as well. Even when people just agree to them that “bitcoin is dying” etc etc, there’s a feeling of fulfillment when you are “right”. I don’t think that FUD spreading will benefit them financially. They must have made all the effort of convincing others to sell their coins just for the attention.
337  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: BTC and PSYCHOLOGY on: June 25, 2018, 03:56:50 PM
Hello everyone, today I would like to share some of the things I have brushed through about Cryptocurrency.
I think the psychological problem is really important, if you are a newcomer to the market, making risky decisions and following crowd psychology is really not an option. insight.
When I first learned about Crypto when it was really good, the market was so good that it made me really excited and unlucky at the time. After that, not knowing enough about the news made me invest in one. As a gamble, I waited 1 month and 2 months and did not see it recover. And then I decided to leave the market because I ran out of capital. Then the market started to recover and it made me go crazy because of my destiny. I would like to recommend that you always be strategic investors, and do not be too greedy. Actually I think this is not a place to get rich or use free capital to enter the market. With me personally the market is really catastrophic and a lot of volatility. Please wait and listen to more news to get the reviews and decisions for yourself.

Yes, trading and psychology is a very important aspect to be aware of. Big losses or even profits can make a trader reckless which will lead to poor decisions. A lot of seasoned traders give newbies the advice to think and act as if you were a robot. Set emotions aside and base your choices purely on objective information.

The psychological aspect actually made me switch from being a fundamental trader to a technical trader, and from trading manually to developing a bot that trades 24/7 for me. Sure, humans beat computers at many things but not at performing mathematical calculations. Also, computers know no emotions so these psychological disadvantages don't apply for them.

The same may also be said in gambling. If you allow your emotions to get to you, you may end up making wrong decisions such as losing even more by recklessly gambling all your capital. Getting to know how the market is will make a trader psychologically prepared.

Traders such as you have opted for bots since their emotions may affect their decisions and even just looking at the charts regularly is stressful. There should also be a way to do the same in gambling so that emotions may be avoided as well although the pleasure and enjoyment may be taken out if bots were utilized in playing.
338  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Encouraging People to Stay on: June 25, 2018, 03:49:02 PM
A few of my work colleagues have seriously considered getting out of crypto 100%, but I am quick to defend it.

Some of them have witnessed people like myself (who have been around for a few years) have some forms of success, and they get excited and want immediate results.

Truth be told, there is no real such thing as "fast money" when investing in crypto because you can gain a lot or lose a lot in a split second.


Well, it has been the mistake of many to expect that they will get rich instanty by investing in crypto. This goes for most of those who entered during the ATH last 2017. Upon seeing how high the price has been going up and at such a fast rate, those entered at that point were expecting to be rich in a few months time. Seeing the price now would inevitably make them depressed especially if they invested a huge proportion of their own money only to see it go down the drain at this moment.
339  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Top Bounty Managers in bitcointalk on: June 24, 2018, 11:59:09 PM
So far I only knew 4 of them based on your list. And I will recommend that don't put on your list with some random campaign manager that doesn't have enough experience on how to manage a campaign/s. Below Sr member rank is not recommended for this job IMO. The credibility of being a campaign manager is not just counting its minimum posts and paying rewards (BTC/altcoins/tokens) to its participants but being a responsible overall, from handling the funds of the campaign, reviewing posts to prevents spams, trust of the community, etc. If he can't handle the funds on his own wallet address or if the project team can't trust him to handle the funds (especially in BTC/ETH or other altcoins except tokens) of the campaign then its obvious that this campaign manager doesn't suit that name of being a campaign manager.

I don’t think the rank determines the credibility of a CM, although it can be said that if he has a higher rank then he should have more experience. Handling the funds is just one of the many tasks of a CM and only the trusted and known ones by the community are able to distribute payments without an escrow. Giving out payments is not the only task of a CM and they may simply hire an escrow if there is doubt. I don’t think it’s the sole determiner of whether one is suitable to be a campaign manager. He should be competent enough to fulfill his other tasks such as picking out the participants and diligently checking the post counts regularly.
340  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2018-06-24]Bitcoin falls to lowest level this year on: June 24, 2018, 11:54:45 PM
What’s there to expect with this bear trend? So far, it has been the lowest price for THIS year but it’s still far off from the price it was just last year. It may not be the bottom yet and we may expect the price to go down again in the coming months. With all the negative news, it’s expected for the price to go lower but it may not even bounce back right after and recover.
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