You are the second person to have noticed my post. Just in a good way. Back on topic, I'm not really sure if that helped. Even after the warning I had to hand out over a couple of dozens of bans to those posting the exact same response I've warned about.

Contact BadBear. He issued the ban, he should know why, for how long and any other info.

And a temporary ban will show if you are doing something wrong.

You were temporarily banned for low quality posts added in with the fact you have a paid sig. I didn't issue the ban, that's where you have to contact BadBear. I suggest decreasing the amount of posts and trying to increase the quality of them.

Collateral means you have to send something to the one loaning you worth as much or more than he's loaning you.

This might answer why should you do that:

Altcoin discussions are to be kept in the Alternate cryptocurrencies subforums. Most alt discussion related deleted messages were just spam.

Try leaving the website (logged in of course) open and return later and try to post then. Else, logout and delete the browser's cookies. Log in again and try posting then.

So I've decided to auction off my signature. I make on average around 200 posts per month, sometimes more, sometimes less. The rules for this auction are:

• No NSFW content
• No scams or shady businesses
• Gambling sites are fine as long as it's a reputable one (Has substantial Trust feedback, feedback on announcement thread, etc. , PM me to verify the service you want to advertise fits)
• The link must go to a Bitcointalk thread (such as the announcement of your site)
• You will get the first line and can use any size of text you want, however, I have to be able to put a second line (with the default text size)
• No coloured backgrounds
• Your advertisement will have a notice, as in: "Advertisement: <your advertisement here>"
• I have the right to reject bids or advertisements. You can offer a different one of course.
• If the service turns out to be a scam, I'll remove the ad and your money will not be refunded.

25% of the profit will go to Sean's Outpost (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=295211.0). The minimum bid is 0.35 BTC and the minimum bid increment is 0.01 BTC. The auction will end on June 1st if there is at least 1 valid bid. If there isn't one, it'll end 1 week after the first valid bid.

I recommend using this format when bidding:

<amount of BTC you are bidding/are willing to pay per month> BTC for <amount of months>

For example:

That means you'll have to pay 0.7 BTC if you win.

That means you'll have to pay 0.36 BTC if you win.

Let the bidding begin.

I placed the warning since that specific thread was gaining over 5 pages per day of absolute spam/clutter and the alt section has been troublesome for a long time. Most of these spamming were newbies with one or two posts (usually zero or low quality as well) and I only banned newbies since I only have jurisdiction over that member group. The warning was even put at the top of the thread. That means:

1. They haven't even read the first page of the thread, not talking about the whole thread.
2. They don't contribute to the discussion.
3. They cause serious clutter and bump down any worthwhile thread.

That's the classification of a spammer. Also, could you link exact profiles of the banned members you are talking about?

EDIT: Regarding the paid signature, every moderator is human being just like everyone else. I can have my own opinion and I can choose whom to endorse or advertise. We're not mindless drones.

And the post count? I've been here for over 2 years and have been fully active (as seen by my activity) for 420 days. That would mean that I posted during the active period around 10 posts per day - a normal amount for an active forum participant. I've actively spent (as it can be seen here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=51173;sa=statPanel) around 26 days and 9 hours in front of the forum. That is 37980 minutes spent here. So I've posted a post around every 10 minutes of my time spent here - much less than these active participants you are talking about, which I didn't ban.

Well, I'm not the dev here, nor the admin. If you want such feature (being able to see which of your reports were handled and how), make a thread in the "New forum software" (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=167.0) and if it gets enough attention, it might get included.

In most sections you can. Just look at the bottom left of the thread and you should see "Unlock topic".

I noticed 5, I think. Most of them, even though handled already, were changed/moderated/deleted so it's not worth posting them. It really depends on the moderator which handles them.

Yeah, we have to report some stuff as well. Regarding a list, we usually follow various tips both from theymos and older/higher rank mods. A few of these threads are:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=20333.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=401897.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=160832.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3629.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=376106.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=549205.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=14356.0

EDIT: Forgot to post this one:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=434310.0

I looked through the reports but I seem to notice multiple bad reports so I'm not sure which one was handled by me. And regarding accuracy, we also use the "Report to moderator" button - we're not all global moderators, you know.

They might be the Reddit copy paste spam bots that I've seen someone complain about in another Meta thread. Just copy and search the post and you'll see if it's that case.

You reported some thread regarding a trade or something which actually fit the section. And yeah, I know it was only one . Don't worry too much, some mods have accuracies as low as 60% I think and it's still considered a good rating.

Regarding useless welcome threads, keep reporting them. However some introductions actually have important question or are overall substantial. Try to report those who have none of what was mentioned and contain only one or two sentences.

Posted in another thread. This goes for you as well.

You were temp banned (not by me BTW) for a huge amount of low quality posts, contributing little to nothing to the discussion, over a short period of time. Adding the fact you have a paid signature and here you have it.

My suggestion would be to decrease the amount of posts per day, write longer posts and only post if you have something substantial to add.

I handled a lot of your reports recently. Guess I'm on a similar time line .I marked one as bad since you reported a thread in a Beginners section that actually fit there. That's it, I think.

Waiting for it as well. Haven't preordered since preorders are generally a bad idea. It's better to buy once it has been reviewed and released.

That isn't spam. I guess some other mods agree. What you have there is criticism. Bit borderline annoying, but still pretty constructive.

Back on topic, moderation of scams can lead to some serious abuse from the moderators side: it can cause him silencing those he doesn't want to tell, claiming he's running a scam. Thus members themselves have to asses the situation and decide whether it's a scam or not.