can someone provide a good reason to change your nick without talking to an admin first no matter your status? I can see stalker and such.. maybe personal info getting out but I cant see any need to do so without talking to an admin. And sorry but that includes all ranks, if I can become a hero member, anyone can and that scares me.  Only moderators and members who have sent 10+ BTC to the forum can change it automatically. Hero members can't. It's just a convenience. |
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That's probably for the best although i noticed that moderators can and that could cause quite a mess
If it causes any problems, I can prevent mods from being ignored, as well. I think it'll be OK, though. |
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I canīt ignore the OP  Administrators can't be ignored. |
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Can this be applied to threads in any maner?
Probably not. The mod doesn't include that, and it seems complicated to add it. |
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Done. Now only moderators, Donators, and VIP members can change their names automatically. Other members should contact me. I'll probably ignore your request if you have less than 50 posts (unless your posts are very good).
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Great: all of the people who have been complaining to me about being "slandered" (i.e., reasonably criticized) can go there. with the children who are all about vandalizing the forum with viscous comments and attacking everyone. Viscous comments are hard to wade through?  |
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You can now ignore users using the links in topic pages or by updating the ignored user list in your profile.
Please tell me if you notice any bugs. Applying this mod required a lot of manual changes (which is why I hadn't already applied it). It probably doesn't work with the non-default themes.
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Do you know "dynamic IP"? The thing that everytime you connect to the internet you get a NEW ip? Now, how the "ip address ban" can work with this? The only result you achieve is that some unlucky guy eventually use a banned ip and wonder why he cannot register here. While the scammer of course has another ip and create a new account without problems.
Dynamic IPs are not totally random. I often block the entire range. |
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Seems they are lurkers...
I think it's just difficult for PhishTank users unfamiliar with Bitcoin to decide whether this is a real site or a phish. |
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The 5 posts/4 hours isn't too bad. What's more annoying is it seems you've blocked the entire range of IP addresses used by 3 (mobile broadband supplier here in the UK). So noone can sign up from that broadband supplier because some scammer used them in the past (that's the message I got when I tried signing up direct from 3).
Very few users have signed up using that ISP. I consider it more valuable to block this scammer. Clearly you've been able to sign up with some other ISP. |
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But maybe the site owners really don't care? After all, they are using SMF 1.1.14 - which has been long since superseded. 1.1.14 has quite a few vulnerabilities. If the owners can be bothered to upgrade the site to the latest version of the forum software, then they probably don't give two hoots about the people who want to post here...
1.1.14 is still supported. |
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There's a very easy way to do this without any program: First, SHA-1 the data you want to timestamp (or RIPEMD-160, or SHA-256 and truncate to 160 bits). Then use this to turn it into an address: http://blockexplorer.com/q/hashtoaddress/putHashHereThen, send any amount of BTC to the returned address. (If you modify Bitcoin, it's actually possible to create a transaction that sends 0 BTC to an address, which would also work. Then you don't have to destroy BTC.) Finally, you can see the timestamp here: http://blockexplorer.com/q/addressfirstseen/timestampAddress |
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edit: who determines this?
Administrators. It would be awesome to make the scammer mark invisible to the scammer so they keep on longer than optimal with the same account.
The idea is to give them an opportunity to defend themselves or make things right. I have removed the status a couple of times after the users paid back their victims. I instituted this system because people were pressuring me a lot to ban scammers, which I was unwilling to do. I do not want to be the final arbiter in these matters. So I created this status to warn potential victims without preventing the scammer from defending himself. People marked as scammers are also unable to delete/edit any of their posts or modify their profiles, and their IP addresses are banned from creating new accounts. |
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No matter what it done, "automated" ponzi games should not be treated any worse than those put on by an individual. Automated games are maybe no better than simple spreadsheet games, but games with their own domain names are better, and they should stand out. If I create a Ponzi category, the high-quality sites will still be drowned out by low-quality games. I could create a category just for simple, no-work games, but would anyone really read that section? Many of the Bitcoinduit topics have only 0-2 replies. |
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No more ponzi games.  Ponzi games are fine (I even have one in my signature). But it's annoying when people post topics announcing games that are almost identical to other games, especially when they've put almost no work into creating the game. It would be OK for Bitcoinduit games to be advertised in replies to a single topic. |
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Just to be clear, you're allowing me to start deleting new Bitconduit game posts?
Yes, unless the post is somehow very substantive. |
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Can it be made against the rules to spam a bitconduit "game"?
It's against the rules to spam anything... Any post containing only "promotional text" for a link is probably spam if the site has already been announced. Referral spam is still prohibited, of course. I don't ever read the gambling section, though, and I suppose the other moderators don't read it much, either. |
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There were indeed way too many Bitcoinduit topics. I have locked many of them. When things get out of hand like this and reports aren't getting results, PM me.
Ignoring those, it seems to be mostly non-Ponzi gambling still.
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