I'm glad we helped you. If you have any other question, feel free 

Besides what Coolcryptovator has said,

I've checked out the airdrop you mentioned and I have two things to say:
- In the first place, the airdrop is apparently being run by a newbie account.
- In the second, the user, PinPaid is breaking the rules by copy-pasting the same all over the forum, so I've just reported it.
To be honest, I encourage you to stay far from this. If you want to join a bounty or an airdrop, it is better if you check first the user running it. In this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4412712.0 you will find some trusted managers.

I will help you: your account Whilecat17 was a totally spam-fest. In that, you have literally 490 posts and zero merits.  All you have in the posting history are copy-pasted quotes, translation reserves, and infinite bounties reports.
- Copy-pasting is against the rules.
- Spamming is against the rules.

So, yes, you did get a permaban. Meaning: you are unable to come back to the forum, you, not your account, you, your person.
The reason why the ban was lifted is a mistake, nothing else. You are not going to have your account back, you are no longer allowed to participate in the forum.
Mate, when you go to a new place and break the rules again and again, what do you expect to happen?

Maybe, but I'm just concerned about what are the initial questions, even the "feeling" of the newcomers. If nobody read the rules, then it is information to me. My point in here is to try to wear a newbie's shoes for a while, I'm in here trying to understand the general mindset. If they asked me about the pinned posts, that's ok, maybe those are too difficult to understand for a newcomer; if they ask me about merits, that's ok. As I said, I don't want to judge, I just want to know the newcomer's mindset. Look at that as a "social experiment", in which my goal is to be able to see something I am probably missing. In fact, if no one asks anything, I will have my answer too.

Hi there!
From the last two weeks, we have been discussing a lot about how to improve the forum, how to help others to rank-up, etcetera.
That's why I have come into my mind to create this topic, with the goal of understanding what are the most common worries of the newcomer in here, what do you need to know about the forum itself, what you just can't understand.

There go some rules:
- The questions are meant to be about how the forum works.
- You can ask whatever you need to know about the topic, but if you go off-topic probably you will get no answer.
- Please try to use understandable English, it doesn't need to be perfect but try your best.
- Do not beg for merits, it only will have as a result to end on my ignored list.
- Feel free to ask, nobody is going to judge in here.
- You can also answer other's questions if you feel you know the answer, no matter the rank.
And... Welcome!

Yes, to me this last week has been sad to see that even in the Spanish board, they are appearing more and more newcomers with no intention of being a part of the forum, but to earn some money. This is particularly sad to me, because the Spanish board was a kind of mental refuge to me, for the conversations in there were used to be fresh, well-argumented, intelligent and one could learn many things in there.
But, regarding greed, this is maybe easy: do not give merit to people with a lot of bounties reports, do not let them rank-up.
Nevertheless, I get the point, this is fu***ing sad to see all these people "greeding" around.

jajaja... you are absolutely right. Last week I had the misfortune of running into one of these "shitnewbies", whose only goal was to earn merits by copying another's ideas, or making whatever to earn some. To me was kind of sad seeing how this person actually got merits, enough to become a member, but, even so, it is not for me to decide who deserve merits, we all have many different points of views.


About the higher quality spam, I think that depends, again on the personal vision. Despite the fact of merit beggers with the costume of a "nice poster", so easy to see, maybe we need to open our minds and think about that in absolute terms. I mean: who deserves to become member? and then, full member? and then...?
To me the most important of all is the attitude the user has towards the forum, so, if I smell merits beggers, no matter the custom they use, I put them immediately on my ignored list, but there are others in between the line, wanting to rank-up but also trying their best. So, as usual, this is a personal matter, I'm afraid. The point, from my perspective, is to show that ranking-up is not so difficult if you care about the forum...

We have built this by establishing a "Merit Inquisition" the lasts months. We need to get rid of it, as I said, we know each other enough to see that most of us are not merit farmers or abusers, carajo  

Precisely what I was trying to say: this is not a "like" system, we don't need to "agree" with others statements, just to respect that.



Yep, I too stop meriting those who have merit recently me, but the reality is that when somebody merits me I use to take a look at his/her profile, and sometimes I discover great posts/quotes on it, yet I stop meriting the person, just in case.
We need to stop the witch hunts between us, let use this energy for those who truly are shameless farming accounts.
Besides, if a post has been merited, and one believes the post to deserve a merit, then merit the post. The only result of doing so is that the poster will rank-up due to his/her good activity. Where's the harm?

Yeah, of course, so we must just change our mindset and don't judge others if they give someone 5 merits for some post we don't agree or think that deserves that, or give merits to the same person if this person is doing a pretty decent job (I say that because sometimes I stop myself of giving merits to one user I've recently merited, just in case, you Know). I think most of us more or less "know" each other, meaning that it's clear that none of us are farmers or merit-sellers, and each of us has our own policy, our own favorite board, etc. So lets us be.
We need to show newbies and other ranks that it is possible to rank-up if you have a decent behavior. If they have hope and see results, probably few will change their mind and be more careful about their own posting history.


Wild JC!!!!

To be honest, I do believe that a "newbies jail" can encourage the people to become a good poster, but if we approach the matter in a really different way than before (for instance, by doing contests in their limited board, by giving them some explanations about the forum, and educating them, giving them awards, and helping them to leave the jail once they get, for instance, 5 merits) . Anyway, since Theymos is totally against that, we must just trough the idea then and search for another. Times of problems always bring times of solutions. So I've changed my mind since I read the Theymos answer, and now I do believe we need to stop being so restricted about merit. Meaning: if a post is good enough, then we must give merit, even if it isn't awesome, but if the post is amazing, ok, let us give far more than one merit. If the people see that, by having a decent behavior, they are going able to rank-up, then probably more will try. The actual situation is discouraging people, for, honestly, it is very difficult to rank-up beyond member right now, even if your behavior is quite decent. We need to change our mindset, to try to think again as a newbie, to wear their shoes for a while and to reward all that we are not rewarding now. In a society, when there is no hope, then the people cross the street and become evil, lazy and sad. If we show the people that this is possible to rank-up, truly possible, then probably more will come with a new mindset.

A couple of days ago we have an interest insight regarding merits in this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4559515.0

But, in addition, even when numerically the number of merits seems stable, the truth is that the number of users isn't. Probably, that's why we all feel that the merit system is decaying.
Now, maybe that's normal. It would be interesting to see how many new accounts are immediately enrolling bounties, and, in this case, why all those members are probably don't receiving merits. On the other hand, I'd like to point out again that maybe this is our fault: I mean, maybe this is time to change our mindset and reward more than just one merit to the deserving people, because, being real, this is really difficult to rank-up beyond member if we don't give a "punch" too good new users, good members or whatever the rank. Just don't be shy, and if you find a really good post, why don't give 5 or more? Because of farm accusations? I think we are beyond that already, to accuse one to another when the merit system is about to be 6 months old, is kind of annoying. If oneof us reward with, I don't know, 8 merits to someone and the post is decent enough, let it be.
Besides, I might point out that is is also truly important to reward also to high rankers, because, as you of course know, if we want to spread merits we need also to win some (I don't beg, I'm just doing well with my amount, what I mean is we must not stop giving merit to a high ranked based on his/her position).
While some can be interested in, for instant, tech, others can be in society. As well as we spare our merits, more people will be rewarded, for we have all different points of view and different approach about what a good post need.

That's a really important statement with which I totally concur. Instead of dividing the awards in between "Bad and good", we mentally can change and divide it into:
- NOt bad= 1 merit
- Good= 2
- Very good= 3
-Awesome= 5 or more.
As an example, of course.

Have you just copy-pasted some parts of my own quote? This is plagiarism, and it is against the rules.
Facepalm

Reported

Merit begging= ignored list of many.
This is the formula you should never forget.
Now, in order to follow my therapist's advice, I will answer politely to you. Look man, the merit system was implemented with the only goal of stopping shitposters to rank-up. Given your post history, no offense, but you are a shitposter, so the only way of earning some merits to you is to change your mindset. Be prepared, for it is going to take a while.
- First of all you will need to read a lot, to follow some threads with information and discussion in here, to understand the mindset of the people in here, their worries, etc.
- Second, you will need to read a lot, topics related to this thing you are more interested in, I mean, If you, for instance, are interested in mining, that's nice, learn all that you can about mining.
- Third of all, you will need to read a lot, the forum rules are your new sacred book.
- Fourth, you can write, but only if you feel you have something substantial to add and you are contributing.  Do not forget to read the whole thread before answering, to read the quotes, if you want to participate in any conversation, then you will need to listen to others first.
- Fifth, build your own identity. Discuss and think with education.

As in any society, if you want others to recognize you (and since you're asking about merits, to give you something), first you need to give something: knowledge, contribution, patience, good argument opinions... You will need first to become a part of this society, so be smart and observe it first.

Por dios, lean el resto, no sólo el título.

OP, me encanta la idea, y se ve que eres buena en esto. Hay varios nombres que, de hecho, me son familiares, siento que sí tuvimos el gusto en alguna ocación.

Sexcoin efectivamente sigue existiendo, aunque la neta así como que cotice mucho pues como que no: https://coinmarketcap.com/es/currencies/sexcoin/

Por lo demás, sí, voy a pensar en algunas preguntas que hacerte. ¿Se vale también sobre el foro en inglés?

Creo que te refieres a los posts de ariem (el que linkeas) y de xtrael: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4432338.0

Están buenos porque trabajan temas "candentes" del foro. Pero una historia completa estaría muy interesante, es decir, los primeros posts, las primeras preocupaciones, quiénes estuvieron implicados, cuáles eran los temas...

Yo la neta tampoco me manejo en el Facebook, me parece una total y absoluta pérdida de tiempo, de hecho abrí un hilo sobre la privacidad pero a la banda no parece interesarle en absoluto entrar en discusiones...
Sobre lo de las crypto y las informaciones sensibles, yo también creo que van a pedir bastantes datos, no sólo por lo de poloniex sino por el hecho de que los datos valen lana y porque el gobierno gringo se está poniendo muy pesado en ese sentido. Facebook, finalmente, es gringo y tener la información le va a servir para que le den dos tres palmaditas en la espalda al Zuck, probablemente.
En eso nos estamos adelantando porque no sabemos cómo va a estar el asunto, pero dudo que nos equivoquemos.

En cuanto a cómo reaccionará la gente, es decir, si les van a propiciar la información así sin más, pues la neta sólo mira alrededor y creo que tienes tu triste respuesta.

Neto? Podrían leer más que el título antes de contestar, pero viendo su historial de posts tal vez es pedirtes demasiado.

Based on your Trust history, I presume this is the woman's account? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=262081

Qué onda, Paxmao.
Veo que este thread se quedó un poco en el olvido, así que te mando un usuario que no está nada mal y aprovechamos para marcar un bump:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2085659;sa=showPosts

Disculpen empezar la respuesta "off-topic", pero me da mucha tristeza ver que acá en el foro en español (que solía ser estupendo para las discusiones) se esté empezando a extender el fenómeno de gente contestando sin ni siquiera leer el thread completo.
Muchos de ustedes sólo dicen "qué bueno", pero no se han detenido a pensar sobre lo que otra usuaria claramente está señalando: Facebook en realidad nunca baneó por completo las cripto, sino que hizo restricciones severas para todas aquellas ICOs o Crypto que no parecieran legítimas. La noticia de que ahora va a quitar las restricciones no sólo es FALSA sino que, por lo contrario, va a implementar otras nuevas.

Por favor, antes de general opiniones blancas o negras vean los matices. No se dejen influenciar tan fácilmente ni tampoco opinen por opinar, eso no va a ayudarles en nada en este foro.

Ahora, sobre el tema, me da a mí la impresión de que Facebook se va a poner a pedir datos  personales a esos nuevos proyectos que quieran contratar su servicio de publicidad. No olvidemos que la información es dinero, y que se cotiza muy cara. Tener los datos personales de las nuevas plataformas de seguro les va a retribuir bonito. Asimismo, ojo con el tema de derechos de autor en Facebook, y más ahora que se quieren implementar nuevas políticas bastante estrictas al respecto. Además, dadas las fugas recientes en la plataforma, esta noticia no es sólo negativa, sino también preocupante.

Sean críticos. No compren cualquier idea, ni se manejen bajo los parámetros de "blanco o negro", pues todo tiene demasiados matices y en este mundo hay muchas medias verdades y toneladas de mentiras.

There is a specimen called "Forever Junior", and its normal behavior is to join as many bounties as it can, as well as spam the forum. There is not a limitation for this specimen as well as the rules are respected, he can spend its time in the Altcoin section and have a million in its activity number if desired. Of course, this kind of specimen probably will never rank-up.

We must not forget that many of the accounts for sale are hacked ones. If you make a search in Telegram, you will discover a Russian channel called "BitcoinTalk Accounts". In there, they offer merits at the price of $5, even newbies account for $5 and Member accounts in $175.
There are several groups like this one, and if you dig enough, you will find hacked accounts in there.

So, yes, this is truly important to give red trust for the sold ones, most of them can be hacked one and others just ask for the money and they never give the account to the buyer...
When something has a value, it is going to appear in a black market.