With the current implementation this isn't really the case. If a newbie has a question relating to the forum then it belongs in Meta as it's a forum issue. If they have a question which is considered well known to more veteran members then it belongs in Beginners and help.  

I believe this is one of the only exceptions were a question that is considered newbie would belong outside of Beginners and help. I report any questions relating to the forum in the Beginners and Help section that I believe belong in Meta, and the moderation team seem to agree.

Unnecessary spam which only has the effect of bumping the topic for what ever reason. You could probably report it for low quality content. It wouldn't really come down to plagiarism if they are copying their own posts, however if they appear to be using other peoples posts then it would be hard to determine from an outside view whether they own those accounts so would probably fall under plagiarism.  I don't see the point of deleting posts that far back, and posting them again.

Report it with the archive included, and see what the moderator dealing with it thinks.

Also, I believe that account sellers can actually redeem themselves. Of course the account that they sold would have to remain tagged, because it's changed hands. However, if they've changed their ways, and have demonstrated that they are helpful to the community, and are considered trustworthy in other aspects then I don't see a problem with changing that negative to a neutral.

I'm not going to go down the route of claiming it's QS, and I'll be honest I was hoping that this was a fake screenshot right from the beginning. However, you've got to consider how this looks on the outside. If you were relatively new to the forum, and tried selling your account a few years ago when it wasn't so documented that it was a pretty unacceptable thing then I don't think it would be an issue.

But, your account holds a certain respect. It's pretty well known by the majority of the members here, and I just don't think the original owner would not know it's unacceptable to sell an account after being part of the forum for all these years.

I don't want to believe your protecting the buyer, and I don't want to believe it's been sold. But, the fact that you sent that message, and  then there are multiple password changes in among all of this just doesn't seem right.

Yeah, and it's why I'm so conflicted about the issue. All we do know is the PM was sent, and there were password changes. I tend to steer away from pure speculation, but this kind of hits a nerve with me for what ever reason. I remember liking Bruno quite a bit.

Alright, it seems that Bruno has attempted to sell an account before (PG) back when it was an accepted thing to do. Maybe, it's not totally unbelievable that he wasn't aware it's not really accepted anymore.

Whoever is posted with the account right now definitely sounds like Bruno, and matches up with his previous posts. I find it hard to believe that someone who has bought the account would be nailing his language down to a T.

If this was the case wouldn't you have tried selling the account as this account, and not some throw away?

Calling him is useless. It literally proves nothing other than he's willing to potentially protect the person who bought it by claiming he's still in control.

Yeah, I'm going to need to make a few more accumulators after getting shafted by that game. Good news is I've already profited from a few other shorter accumulators from the other matches. This particular one that I got shafted on was a pretty long shot too, but it's just the manner of how it ended rather than getting the prediction outright wrong.

It's just strange I don't think he would of done it for money. AFAIK Gleb was invested in several different assets, and a few of them being altcoins. I think Gleb would of also known that he would of easily gotten a loan in the lending section on his reputation alone. I'm sure a few people would of done it without collateral or even taking the account as collateral just because of how well known it is, and on the assumption he wouldn't just give up an account like that for a mere 600.

I just can't get my head around this.

Yeah, and I think he would of done just that as he was aware of the earning capability with an account like his. I don't think he just lost access though as the phone number has been posted a few years ago, and he looks willing to verify it's him.

Yeah, I think this was also mentioned in the thread that the poster was almost trying a little too hard to act like Gleb. I'll admit it I accepted it as proof just because at that time I trusted Glebs word.

You haven't committed any crime, and no one is challenging the fact that this account has contributed a lot to the scam busting scene, and occasionally giving us readers a laugh. This isn't what we are challenging. We are challenging that the account has likely been exchanged given the evidence which has been verified to at least exist.

Therefore, if it has exchanged hands then all previous work done by the account just isn't valid anymore due to the fact that it's no longer the same person behind it. It's just another person using the integrity of the account as a mask.

We believed you with the evidence of the photo before, and I think we were all willing to let it die, but with the newly presented evidence it does look like you were willing to cover for the potential buyer, and post a photo, and verify it with a phone call too. At least this is what it looks like from the outside.

I was fan of you too yeah you trolled a little bit, but you really did look out for the community. Something just doesn't add up to me, why would you first be willing to sell the account, and why now. Also, if you have sold the account why on earth would you go to the lengths of verify that your still in control for them.

Would you be able to explain what possessed you to send that message? It's not like your a new member that doesn't know how much the account means to the community.

It's already been verified by Hilariousandco:

Judging by the message, and the supplied information it has already been sold  Otherwise, why would the PM be within the time frame of the password changes[1], and Gleb was likely willing to verify that he was still in control to protect the buyer.

Figure 1:

The Portugal vs Spain match is just the icing on the cake that my accumulator would get shafted by an own goal...Unfortunately for me too I didn't predict a draw in this World Cup pool for either one of the matches that my accumulator was right on.

Here's to hoping for a better day tomorrow.

Seems Hilariousandco has reviewed the message, and came to the conclusion that it has been sold. Man, I'm not going to lie this actually hurts to be seeing this.

Especially, considering he was willing to verify the account still belonged to him when it looks like it might not. It makes me think why he would go to that length to protect the buyer though. 

Yeah, I'm probably going on the assumption that it's being moderated properly, and they are enrolling users who post in the gambling section anyway. I don't really mind people altering their posting habits either as long as it's constructive the thing is this is rarely the case. Fortune Jack rings a bell to me, however I can't really remember much about their campaign, and how well managed it is. 

What makes gambling unmoral? People aren't trading in their morals for the allure of cash. Gambling can be somewhat fun in moderation. They aren't stealing your money, and you aren't funding some lab that researches on animals. I don't get it why people say gambling is unethical. It might be stupid, and a quick way to lose your hard earned cash, but that's your fault really for not having self control.

Sites aren't directly stealing your money it might seem that way as the odds are indeed stacked against you, but you know this before going in. I guess we have to ban all people investing in Bitcoin too right? Isn't that a sort of gamble?

Really? It's not that surprising that they would want people to be active in the gambling section, because they are targeting a specific audience. I don't personally have a problem if some gambling company wants most of their advertisements in the gambling section, however it would be best that they select participates on their history, and only enroll those who are active in the gambling section beforehand to prevent unnecessary posts.  

I'm not sure if they do this, but if they select those who are already active in the gambling section then let them be. After all they can specify what they want, and it's probably better to see gambling related signatures in the gambling section rather than Meta.

That's not really the case at all. There's other features on the forum that can 'bookmark' a merited post like the watch list feature. You could also bookmark it personally via browser or by copying it in a text file. It just seems unnecessary data to keep for the long term, especially when members have sent out a few thousand merits. I'm sure theymos had plans to release a data dump on the full merit transactions just like he has with other things.

Honestly I don't see it as that big of a deal that merits get removed every 120 days. Yeah, it might be nice to know the merited posts, but only a select few would actually browse them, and take a look. The majority of forum users won't care for it.

Man that result messed up my accumulator, and by a own goal as well. I knew that it would be a tight game, and really thought a draw was on the cards. I guess it wasn't to be. Well let's just hope my other two accumulators come in.

Iran actually have a few hidden gems among the rough, and even though you could argue they were outclassed they defended fairly well. It's that defense I thought would of hold out from the barrage of Moroccan attacks. I guess I was right on that, but in no way did I see them actually winning the tie. 

I would agree if it was an injury to a different body part, but it's the shoulder. Something which isn't easy to target without giving away a foul or getting a possible yellow card. If it's a injury to the leg it's much easier to go in hard, and injure it again. A shoulder doesn't really effect your footballing ability. Yeah, it can prevent you from running as fast, and you might not go in as strong as usual, but Salah isn't one to normally be involved with shoulder barges or anything like that.

Rugby players often dislocate their shoulders, and some just pop it straight back in, and continue playing. They will then get ice on it right after the match or at half time, and would likely do light training for the following weeks. Some have different recovery paths. I would argue that Rugby involves a lot more shoulder work than football. I'm not dismissing shoulder injuries, because some are worse than others. But, a few days after the injury they confirmed it wasn't that bad. I believe a pundit made a rather controversial comment on why he left the pitch in the first place.

It's not something that can be injured again easily, and that's why if he's fit or near fit I don't see a problem with starting him. You want to pick up points wherever you can in the World Cup.

Fast forward to tomorrow where he injures it again, and I'll have to eat my hat In fact I think it's worth a bet for Suarez biting Mo on the shoulder, and injuring it again.


Yeah against one of the weakest teams, however how many people predicted them to keep a clean sheet, and beat them convincingly like they did? So far no one in this thread did. Russia also have some decent players (Denis Cheryshev)

That's my fault I hate when people abbreviate things, without specifying it earlier in their replies. I guess I fell for it this time as VPS(Virtual Private Server) is quite commonly known around here. A VPS can be rented to run a full node if you wished too.

Overall though, I don't see a problem with your internet speeds per say, and the only issue would be is if it affects your daily usage of your internet. Other than that there shouldn't be any problems with running a full node with those speeds. Like I suggested you can run the full node with the command above, and that will particularly help you from running into any limits that your ISP sets.

Once the initial download of the Blockchain has happened there isn't too much data that needs to be downloaded/uploaded on the daily.

Actually, OP there's several different threads over in the Meta section with subjects relating to helping others, as well as the forum. Anyone who is actively fighting spammers is helpful in my book. For example: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1926895.0

You've already listed LoyceV sure, but it would likely be unfair to exclude everyone else that has posted reports in that thread too. There's simply too many people volunteering their time in order to help others. Whether that's indirectly by reporting posts or offering merits to those who answer questions, or provide helpful posts.  

I could literally provide you a list until I'm blue in the face with the amount of people offering their expertise in one way or another in order to help others. There's several members who volunteer their time, and help others out in the Bitcoin Technical Support, Development, and Technical Discussion, Meta and Beginners and help sections.


Get a shift on! Shorena will beat you otherwise

I'm not making any assumptions. You said yourself that you can't check every user participating. Even, if you employed a manager to do it, and for some reason they aren't or can't right now you have to be prepared to come up with a temporary solution to this. You also personally said yourself that you listen to reports of other users. Where are my assumptions in this?

Sure, I hope the account does end up in the hands of the true owner.


I for one don't actually care about them accepting red tagged members. I do care, and I would hope that their employer cares about accepting untrustworthy members. In my opinion a good manager wouldn't just restrict anyone with a red tag, but only those which have legitimate red tags, and they've investigated it themselves, and deem it an accurate tag.

There's several members on this forum which have received negative ratings from other members on DefaultTrust depth 2 that I would consider trustworthy. It seems that most campaigns restrict them from applying, but that's actually pretty lazy in my opinion. It doesn't take much to look at why that feedback was given, and whether it has any credibility. Plus, not everyone is going to agree with the rating, and it could well be subjective.

Moreover, due to the moderated nature of the trust system, and how anyone can leave a rating for any reason it would be unfair to prevent someone from something or view them negatively, because they've changed their email in the last 30 days for example. (Especially when backed up via a signed message)

I guess I'll make the bold prediction that he is going to start tomorrow.  In the world cup you take the games as they come, and I wouldn't be saving my best player for later games. If they can get a result against Uruguay then that would be a real launching pad into them qualifying. I just don't think the mind games would be effective. It would make more sense for them to say "Yeah, Salah isn't going to be starting", and then starting him. To say that he's starting seems like a calming effect on the rest of the squad, and Egypt fans.

I would expect them to get a result over Saudi Arabia, but I wouldn't be too sure about Russia. They put in a great display today, and have probably taken everyone by surprise by how they dominated the game. Plus, finishing first in the group will likely mean more favorable opposition in the next round as opposed to finishing 2nd.