I'm not sure what this user is doing, but I'd like to point out that if it were a bot, wouldn't the tracking/post count(D20 or whatever he's doing) be in order? It missed D221 and used D223 twice(forgetting D224) as an example.

Not that spamming is acceptable, but the mistakes in counting lead me to believe it's a human.

I wonder if it's some kind of tracking system between BTT and a spreadsheet. While I didn't notice any glaring issues in his English from briefly reviewing his comments, perhaps he saved copies of the initial question on a spreadsheet and responded to them in his free time(with the help of someone else) and proceeded to post the responses all at once.





D77  

I dunno.. Siri is pretty skilled at reciting articles word for word. They might have more in common than we believe.  

While I can't help with the signature and spammy posts directly, I can suggest some things that will make your experience on bitcointalk a bit more positive.

Here is a topic on how to use the watchlist and notifications.

Here is a topic on how to start topic reading from where you left.

With these tools, you can eliminate a significant amount of noise to begin finding the valuable information you're looking for. Hope this helps!  

You're not wrong, which is why this topic won't really garner the attention that it deserves by the people who need to be reading it.

It's almost like we need to make sensational topic post titles in order to get newer people to read a post, and if it's ever more than 1-2 sentences, forget about it.

Week 21: 09.04 - 15.04

tweet:
1. https://twitter.com/sam_crypto/status/983406290943774722                     
2. https://twitter.com/sam_crypto/status/984498377520852992                     

retweet:
1. https://twitter.com/sam_crypto/status/983749039752609792
2. https://twitter.com/theabyss/status/983874497676824576
3. https://twitter.com/theabyss/status/984619334852112384
4. https://twitter.com/theabyss/status/984874498699689984
5. https://twitter.com/theabyss/status/984254303471915008

The US is definitely double dipping by labeling crypto as property. Trades are taxed AND withdrawing is taxed, but I think when crypto becomes more mainstream, they will revisit the idea. Those who hold the money make the rules, and in a world where crypto owners hold the money, taxation rules will inevitably change.

Many people don't know that you need to report capital gains and losses on like to like trades because cryptocurrency is labeled as property with the IRS.

Even fewer believe it has an impact because as a US citizen who isn't buying in from coinbase, how will the IRS know about their trades/fork gains/mining profits? Short term, they won't. But when you go to transfer crypto to fiat, the IRS will question how you got so much damn money if you haven't been reporting. Not to mention the IRS / Coinbase audit happened for the previous few years so they may change laws in the future that can be retroactively applied.

Unless you have plans to earn enough to move to an entirely different country, it would be in your best interest to swallow this pill now so it's not more difficult for you in the near to mid future.

It is possible and the more people that use the Watchlist feature, the more likely that everyone will find topics that interest them to respond to.

Please review this post I've made on the benefits of utilizing the watchlist for more information on how this can help you sift through the massive influx of information on bitcointalk.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3318707.0

Hello! Thanks for the review!!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3318707.msg34657159#msg34657159

While I've only been on bitcointalk for a few months, I have recently come across a severely under-rated tool that I believe vital to utilizing the forum to its full potential and enhance the community, your own knowledge-base/awareness, your personal relationship with the community, as well as increasing your potential profit. While more tenured members may use these features regularly, I haven't noticed a topic posted here on the beginner's forum that outlines the use-cases, so I thought I'd share my insight and hopefully, we'll entice more community members to provide additional suggestions on ways we may all benefit.



The Watchlist feature is a tool on bitcointalk that allows you to:
   -Track NEW topics posted on bitcointalk boards of your choice (such as Beginners & Help, Marketplace, Mining, etc).
   -Track replies on topics to which you've previously responded.
   -Track replies on any topic that you find interesting.
   -Easily edit/remove topics you are not interested in watching.


Why is this important and what are the benefits of using this tool?

Community Benefits -
Because you can track all posts you find interesting, you're more likely to provide communal discourse by responding to people who are replying to you. You can spend more of your time focused on discussing the things you enjoy and are knowledgeable of, or have a desire to learn about. The more that people respond to posts that they're interested in, the less spam the community will receive overall.

Knowledge Base/Awareness Benefits -
Maybe you have a question about a specific project or news article, maybe you'd like to track all of the *NEW* Bitcoin News Articles posted, perhaps you value speculative reviews on the current standing of the crypto community, ALL of these things can be tracked and can potentially increase your knowledge base without requiring you to sift through 10 "will bitcoin die?" topics every time you refresh the page. This is essentially your own personal content filter.

Personal Benefits -
Apart from the previously mentioned benefits which can arguably be applied to personal benefits as well, you can enhance your personal relationship with the community by responding to people who respond to you and by providing insight on those previously mentioned 'topics of interest.' No one finds friends or develops a love for a certain community unless they feel like they relate in some way. The best way to relate to someone is by finding shared interests, such as the topic you've already decided that you're interested in!

Profit Benefits -
Not only are you more likely to get rewarded merit for responding to topics that you're genuinely passionate about, but you can also designate entire boards to show new topics in your watchlist (Hello Early Bounties/Airdrops!)


How is this different than showing your unread posts since last visit or showing new replies to your posts?
When you 'show all unread posts since your last visit,' you're viewing every single post on every topic on every board since your last visit. Your watchlist only shows the posts/topics of your choice!
You would use the watchlist over 'show new replies to your posts' if you wanted to eliminate certain topics, such as bounty topics that are constantly updated with reports.

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Watchlist basics:

Begin by clicking on the 'watchlist' link in the top left corner of the page.

To delete topics -
   - Choose 'Edit Watchlist'
   - Check the box next to any topic you no longer wish to see
   - Click the button labeled 'Remove Checked'

To be notified of any new topics posted to a specific board -
   - Select 'Watch board'
   - Enter the ID number at the end of the board link.
      ex. The link for the Beginners & Help board is "https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=39.0" - So you would enter the number 39.

To add all topics that you've posted in previously -
   - Select 'Add posted-to topics to watchlist'
   - Click the button labeled 'Do it'

To add notify* enabled topics to watchlist -
   - Select 'Add notify-enabled topics to watchlist'
   - Click the button labeled 'Do it'

To add a specific topic that you have not replied to -
   - Go to the topic.
   - Select 'watch' next to the reply option located on the right at the top and bottom of the topic.

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Notifications allow you to be notified via email of any new post AND/OR thread you designate. This can be beneficial if you want to watch something specific on the board, but need to step away from the website for a while and have access to your email.

You can change your notification settings by going to your profile and selecting  'Notifications and Email' on the left under the section labeled 'Modify Profile.'

The options allow you to:

 - Watch topics once you've responded.
 - Receive important notifications by email.
 - Only receive a reply on a thread after ONE person responds (as opposed to receiving an email after every response/PLEASE SELECT THIS OPTION UNLESS YOU LIKE SPAM.)
 - Turn on notifications for threads you respond to.
 - Receive a 'preview' of the post you're notified of in the notification email.
 - Customize what you'll be notified of (Depending on your situation, You may need to turn on moderation with replies, or only the replies themselves. Though I'm not entirely sure what the moderation notifications cover just yet, maybe someone could help)


To add Topics or Boards to your notifications list, go to the page of the desired board or thread and select 'notify' on the right side of the page-

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Please let me know if you have any suggestions of possible beneficial uses or if I've helped you navigate the waters of bitcointalk a little easier! Thanks!


references and sourcing :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=121853.msg1311529#msg1311529
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=watchlist
Notification and Email section of Modify Profile

Hello! You can find details to this question here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

You do not have to be a certain level to give smerit or get merit. Merit is what you receive and smerit is what you give. You obtain smerit by either being an initial merit source(which are assigned by admins) OR getting merit from others(you earn .5 smerit for every merit you receive)

You can add an entire board to your 'watchlist' and create a list of new bounties that way.

https://bitcointalk.org/watch_board.php

-OR-

You can change notification settings in your profile under "Notifications and Email" and select the 'notify' option at the top right(next to new topic/post new poll/mark read/NOTIFY) of any board to receive notifications on newly posted topics.

I have extensive experience with bountyhive, and while I have received payments, I would still label the company as a scam for multiple reasons.

1- The lack of spreadsheets or ability to discern what you're being paid for. As an example, I received my iconic payment for the same timeframe as two friends of mine. We all should have been in different tiers of payment but received the same amount, I have a theory that this is when they realized that tweets and retweets can be archived and aren't counted by their system.

2- Their telegram is run by snarky, self-entitled mods who actually mock people who ask questions or don't understand their meaning. I mean, I understand that it might be frustrating to them to deal with 1000+ DMs a day, but if this is a problem, they should probably include a FAQ/News/Updates section on their website to eliminate some of the repeat questions. When I asked if they were planning to implement something like this, they said they didn't need it because they use telegram and medium. As a user to their website, I honestly feel important announcements should be somewhere on the website and not require users to sift through a telegram group of 25,000 people to find the answer to a question that was asked 4 months ago, but that's what their mods feel is the best course of action for you to take as a user while they get increasingly overwhelmed.

3- Because they rely on telegram/btt/medium to make announcements, there is information about the bounties that you will miss because it won't be updated on their website. As an example, I signed up for Iconic about 2 months after the bounty began. At the end of the iconic bounty, they informed us that 3 months ago they realized that iconic wanted to hold the tokens for 6 months before distribution and the community took a vote on whether or not to keep the project. They decided to keep the project, which was fantastic, but how was I to know any of this without scrolling through thousands of messages on their telegram to learn that the bounty distribution had been postponed for 6 months when I signed up for bountyhive almost 2 months after the vote even took place? If something will affect whether or not I choose a bounty, that information should be present directly on the bountyhive website they claim is a standalone.

4- Tracking. Their system is only run once at the very end of the bounty. If you're familiar with twitter rules and procedures, you'll understand that twitter will archive tweets past 3200 tweets(Supposedly 700 retweets but I haven't found any confirmation.) If you participate in many twitter bounties it's possible to regularly hit the 3200 mark over the course of a few months with different campaigns. Most bounties on btt never have to deal with this issue because they record and track your reports weekly(sometimes a bit longer if they're behind) but bountyhive dealt with this issue not by changing the dates that they run their tracking bot, but by making a limitation on the website that will not allow you to pick up more than 15 twitter bounties. This in itself wouldn't be a problem, except they provide no information on this issue anywhere on their website or corresponding documents, so you won't know about their tracking issues until you go to sign up for the 16th bounty and get rejected. Meaning that any new hunters that come to the website unaware of twitter archives or the way their tracking system works may potentially be working on campaigns that won't be tracked(if they have signed up for twitter bounties elsewhere) The 15 twitter campaign limitation is a huge issue because it's a 15 campaign limitation across ALL platforms and they don't notify anyone until they've hit 15 BOUNTYHIVE-specific campaigns. This is probably the biggest issue for me, because it is ABSOLUTELY scam behavior.

I am signed up for 43 different bounties across multiple platforms, the fact that they didn't tell me about this tracking issue is irritating because I now have at least 8 weeks worth of 25 different campaigns that won't be credited with bountyhive because of their lack of transparency with their system, tracking and hunter expectations. Apparently they didn't know it was an issue until around the time they distributed Iconic, but I feel like something so detrimental should be on the top of their list of issues to address, and they should take responsibility for their system failure by manually checking on a weekly basis until their system can work properly.

So let's see, in terms of bountyhive's promises, I'd say they've completely failed. They claim to be working for the bounty hunter but mods respond to you with clauses about their investors ("our investors have nothing to worry about"), they claim to have an escrow for payments(which is accurate but apparently not utilized ie: skychain/iconic), and they have a system that doesn't require you to track yourself(but sometimes doesn't track you either and you can't verify this because the information isn't available)

I'd rather track myself and get paid(or be able to stop participating in a campaign when I realize I'm not getting credit) over this system.

The solution is simple. Do not join shady bounties that hide your reports.

Week number: 2 (April 9, 2018 - April 15, 2018)

Retweets:
1. https://twitter.com/sam_crypto/status/983389545185054720
2. https://twitter.com/digitalticks/status/982515242688270336
3. https://twitter.com/digitalticks/status/983954973359779840
4. https://twitter.com/digitalticks/status/984378078578257920
Tweets:
1. https://twitter.com/sam_crypto/status/983703926049595393

Hello! Good job on your article summary! It was rated as being only 42.3% similar to the original!

https://www.rd.com/advice/saving-money/10-ways-to-protect-yourself-online/

As a tip, in the future you should quote the original article and then proceed to discuss your thoughts on each piece. Without sourcing, it's plagiarism.

As a newbie, you should also be aware that with ease of use with Bountyhive comes the lack of ability to verify that you’re getting credit for the work you’ve done. It would serve you more to avoid places like this until you know what to look out for. The bountyhive system is flawed because they only verify your work at the very end of the campaign leaving plenty of time for your tweets to be archived and you to get no credit. They don’t mention it until you sign up for a certain amount of bounties even though this tracking system has the ability to fail in tracking your archived tweets regardless of how many twitter bounties you sign up for. They have a severe lack of transparency and you should stay away until they work out the kinks in their system.

The 5000 mark is the first very difficult threshold to overcome. You can follow roughly about 10% more people than what follow you. So this number varies from person to person but expect to be able to follow roughly 5500 people when you get to 5000 followers.

As for getting followers faster, try following 3 famous accounts a day. You’re likely to get on follow trains this way. Otherwise just post a few memes every week with hashtags relating to the community and make sure you have a #followback or #follow4follow tags in your bio. I’m still working through this part myself but if I figure anything else to help you increase your followers realitively easily, I’ll let you know.

#Join
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Campaign: Twitter

The website claims to be easy to use and a standalone platform, but use medium and telegram for their news/updates. When you ask their support staff any question, they will respond with extreme attitude and mock your suggestions.

The platform also limits your twitter campaigns to 15. Why? Because the bountyhive system only checks your twitter At the end of campaigns, meaning your archived tweets from the beginning of the campaign won’t count and they don’t even tell you about this limitation until you’re already signed up for 15. I wouldn’t have a problem with it if it were somewhere on the website before signing up for 15, but if their issues stem from archiving posts, the same issues would still stand if you’re signed up for any bounties across any platform. When I mentioned people signing up might already have 15 bounties, and informing them so late was dishonest, their staff said something to the effect of “we can’t track every bounthunters other campaigns” as if that were a good reason to not inform people before signing up for bountyhive.

Here is my personal problem, I am signed up for a total of 43 bounties across multiple websites(bountyhive/btt/Bounty0x) 20something of those are bountyhive. They didn’t notify the community of their lack of weekly stake checks, so I’ve done 8 weeks worth of nearly 22 different bounties for them that will now not be paid because their system is flawed and the tweets will be archived by then. Their staff seems annoyed with people who discuss this and will say things like “don’t come crying to me when your tweets don’t count,” as if I weren’t already discussing this issue because my tweets won’t count.

I feel like doing 2 months of work for 20something campaigns and not getting paid for those because of a flawed tracking system is SCAM behavior, especially if you’re failing to notify new participants of this glaring issues.

Honestly, this platform makes big promises, but I would much rather track myself with my own spreadsheets than not get paid due to a severe lack of transparency and system tracking. You can’t even see your weekly entries because of this and won’t know to stop doing the bounties you aren’t getting credit for.. how is this project designed for hunters again? The  hunters are treated like second class citizens, your escrow system is failing(iconic/skychain) and your tracking system doesn’t work. So much for bountyhive.