Bitcointalk also comes up as a spelling error... those are the kind of words alongside so many crypto related jargons that you just ignore or add to your dictionary

Well, everyone certainly has there own preferences and dislikes, but if you like writing in British English, there is an Option for that too

I didn't say one has to write like the Queen. Am just pointing out how one can improve on their posts without much hustle. It's an alternatively and it's not rallying any other person's project here.
Hope you understand.

Thanks, Fixed. 

Some of the users here make good articles but one of the biggest let downs is the spelling mistakes and grammar which end up ruining an excellent article.
They can't be blamed because just like me, English is not their native language.

However, I did try to reduce on the challenge of grammar and spelling mistakes using an addon know as Grammarly. This addon is available on Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. Other Firefox and chromium based browser like Brave, Tor e.t.c should be able to install this addon without any challenge.
Even while using a free version of this addon, one can be able to make a very big difference in the posts one makes.

How to Install Grammarly.

• You can get it on your browser by visiting the official link: https://grammarly.com on a supported browser. You will be able to view a button to download it as shown below

Note: Avoid downloading directly from google searches or browser extension stores without carefully looking at the site to determine if it's the genuine link. This can save you from downloading fake web browser extensions that could compromise your security

• After downloading the extension, a green round button with a rounded arrow inside it should be visible in the extension bar, Click on it and sign up for a free account
  when you sign up, you will be able to;
  - Save your work and access it from any other computer
  - Save your personal dictionary
  - Choose the preferred sites you would love Grammarly to access
  

How to use Grammarly

• Once you have signed up and set it up, you can now start your post writing or commenting using the browser. As you write, green underlines will appear below each word that has a spelling error or a number of words that have grammatical issues and a green circle or sometimes just a dot will appear at the bottom right side of the text box showing the number of errors you have made so far.
  
  You can either correct each mistake by hovering your mouse over the underlined area, Grammary will pop up a word or punctuation suggestion which you can click on and it gets instantly corrected
  

or you can just click on the green circle or dot to make all the corrections. An expanded window will appear. Click on the " ^ " symbol to see a detailed suggestion and click on the " x " symbol to ignore.




That is it,  with this you should be able to improve your article/post quality. It may not be 100% but it will be much better. Maybe 80% to 90% better quality than your initial article/post quality.
There is also a premium version but I think the free version should be enough unless one really wants to go further and pay for the premium.

Disclaimer:This is not any sort of advert for the Grammarly add-on. this post is just intended for educational purposes on how forum members can improve on their written english

Oh great, thanks for the clarification. Clearly understood.

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Thanx for the explanation.


Now locking the topic.

I couldn't help but notice this;

Topic as shown in OP



Topic as show in replying posts



As you can see, the topic was obviously edited from [OPEN] to [CFNP] but in the thread, the post's subject still remains as [OPEN] which is quite confusing.
- Is this something that should be corrected or it just a forum feature used by users to know what the subject was before it was edited?
- If it is a title/subject history feature, then why don't we just have a view edit history button or link next to the dotted timestamp or Just make the edit history linkable to the dotted timestamp if the post has been edited?

It doesn't matter on what date you created it, so long as you are permanently banned from the forum... You are banned as a person. Any of the accounts you use here are considered not welcome.
Any attempt to use any other account in the forum to continue posting in other boards after getting banned is what we call ban evasion.

I don't see any issue with signature in the PM. That still is a way of advertising in the forum, so long as someone does not spam your PM. You still see them on almost every post in the forum... don't you?
So why does it become a big issue in PM?

If you don't want  that long identity hustle, the Localbitcoins should be good. Also buying it in bits rather than at once would also be a good option

It's possible to recover it even without a staked address so long as you have an old email address linked to the account. I also did manage to recover mine without any staked address. The only difference is I did lock mine and you didn't lock yours, but I would still suggest you email them with the details. Make sure to be precise.

You can try and follow the steps I did to recover mine Hacked accounts recovery team is doing great, Don't just give up yet!
Goodluck!

Your effort to make the infographic is really appreciated.

I just recovered my account a couple of days ago without even a staked address. All I had was the email I used to register it. To be honest I think the account recovery team is fair enough.
If you don't have access to the original Email address used for registering then you have lost the account too.

Hopefully this can also help curb account sales in some way

What I would love to be added on the registration process is the confirmation link sent to the email address you used for registration so that we also get to verify the email address because sometimes when one is registering, one could make a typo in the email address area and without that link sent to the inbox, one would not know that the email they used was wrongly spelt.

I locked it out using the link that was sent to my email so the hacker did stand the chance of using the account or selling it. Luckily there was no sensitive information in my PMs 

This could put a lot more work on the Mods.
I would really like the trust system to be moderated though with the help of the community. it's one of the most important aspects of the forum since a number of trades are carried out here too.

A ''report to moderator'' button beside each trust summary comment would ease the work of the mods to either delete it if it's very inappropriate or even get the user banned if it's extreme.

Am really sick of seeing stupid abusive trust feedbacks with no reference

After about 6 months on the sidelines, The bitcointalk accounts recovery team finally managed to help me recover my hacked account. I would really love to commend the team for the great job done  

When my account got hacked sometime in July last year alongside a number of other victims. I really had no hope that I would ever be recovered since I did not have the much-needed evidence which is a PGP or Bitcoin signature to prove the ownership of my account. All I had was the Email which I used for opening up the account which had since then been changed during the hacker and the Ether address that S/he didn't bother changing knowing that I would be useless.

Seeing even Hero and Legendary accounts that were waiting to be unblocked for a dozen months in vain and yet they had provided the signed messages for proof of ownership even made me feel more hopeless about my mission to recover my account.

However, when I saw this newly modified topic by Theymos Recovering hacked/lost accounts , I tried my luck.
I follow every instruction and some days later, my account was recovered.

Account recoveries are actually working and moving at a faster pace. Those who have signed Messages have a very high chance of getting their accounts recovered. All they have to do is to;

The proof of ownership message can be similar to this


For those with no staked Bitcoin address or no bitcoin address associated with your account, Do not lose hope;

1. The first step is to try and send an email to recoveries...@bitcointalk.org, precisely describing when and how the account got hacked and not forgetting to include the account username. If possible you can also include screenshots showing emails you received when your password and email were changed.

2. After that, all you have to do is wait to be contacted by the team, Do not try to act impatient by sending so many emails
You will receive an email after some days with a unique link and please do exactly as told ( i received mine after roughly 12 days)

3. Once you are done with that successfully you will receive another email within hours confirming that your account has been queued for recovery


4. Within the stated period as in the last email, you will receive another message informing you about the completion of manual recovery, should be something like this;


5. Resetting your password appropriately should be the last step towards gaining back ownership of your account.

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Security is very important, Never take it so lightly... I learned a very big lesson through this hack. My mistake was using the same weak password for every website I would sign up for, Luckily my Gmail had 2FA, or else It would have been compromised too.
The hacker also tried to log into my Mega and Dropbox cloud storage accounts with the hope of probably gaining access to my private keys and any useful info, but again, luck was on my side... He was blocked from gaining access due to suspicious activity. All I received where email alerts.
I have since been so security conscious and paranoid.

I hope this helps someone out there who has no clue of how to recover his account or who his/her completely lost hope on recovering his/her account.

It gets worse when you use Tor browser... very tiring and annoying
I know that forum security is essential but some of us also value privacy... so something has to be done about this.

it's a typing error, he was saying that "Move" the topic to Scam accusations board

I did use the alternative search link too but still faced the same problem.

Internet connection speed is okay... could be something else causing it.
I dunno whether using VPN also causes this error but lemme check it out

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Edit: Disconnecting VPN yields no positive result

When I try to search for something from the main search button of the forum, this keeps popping up



Does anyone know why it happens?

Why would they increase the fees for unblocking banned IPs? it's not like anyone as a new registrant committed any foul. This will be so hard on the new genuine registrants who probably don't now what happened.

My account got hacked sometime in July last year so with no hope of recovering it, i tried opening up a new account only to receive a message that i could not post because i have to pay some fee to unblock the evil ip thingy... Seriously who does that to innocent or genuine new registrants?
I gave up, however low the fee was, i didn't even bother paying it. Had my account not been recovered, i wouldn't be here now. imagine how many others have avoid their new accounts because of that.

The culprits also know what they doing and will get new IP addresses and continue abusing the forum once the other ones are blacklisted. Something else has to be done to avoid losing out on new users with no bad intention but not just increasing the fee.