Subpoena is a court order, so yes he has to respond (either consent or fight it in court) or he can be jailed.

And yes you should always use PGP or something else for sensitive communications.

I hope they enjoy reading my pm's to Inaba warning him to stop trolling and derailing threads, and him whining about someone else starting it.

Correct. Feedback isn't moderated. No matter what happens, except in extreme cases of spam, your feedback will always be there for people to read and decide for themselves. They can also decide if they want to see it as trusted or not. That's what it means, that you have a choice, and ultimately it's up to you.

A lot of people use the wrong terms when talking about the trust system.

Oh my god, what is that man doing to his angus?

This is, first and foremost, a discussion forum. Banning someone for breaking a law/contract/agreement is unnecessary, especially when we have the feedback system. People are capable of making up their own minds on who to trade with as long as they have all the information. Breaking a law doesn't mean you don't have anything to contribute.

All that aside, nobody wants to take the amount of time it would take to personally verify every instance of scamming beyond a reasonable doubt. Do you have hours to kill every day, for nothing in return besides a "Thanks!" or "Fuck you!". Or just let people decide for themselves?

Neither viewpoint is entirely correct, the best position is somewhere in between.


If you seriously think that's the kind of posts anyone is referring to, then there isn't much point in having this conversation, you've made up your mind already.

It could just as easily be argued that filling the thread with so much unrelated garbage was protecting BFL, by hiding any real relevant information.

Again, I see no terms changed. The OP got everything he wanted, and when the escrow tries to conduct the exchange itself in a safe manner for all parties involved, it's suddenly a problem? Yeah that's shady. Especially when he can't come up with a better reason than he did. All of a sudden he doesn't trust QS? Doesn't want his money tied up?

Not buying it.

What terms were changed?




He verified it all, gave him an address, buyer then backed out after...what exactly? The only thing quickseller dictated was how the actual transfer would take place, which is his job as escrow.

Autoban is just the name of the ban tool.  It's a ban button, opposed to the typical SMF method which involves putting all the information in manually.

Firstly, an escrow's job is to protect all parties involved, including themselves.

Quickseller had already verified the account statistics, seller was ready, all necessary terms had been met. The buyer was waffling for unknown reasons. For Quickseller to take control of the account first is an unnecessary risk for the seller, and also a risk for himself as a reputable escrow.

Sure there's a risk that the seller doesn't actually control the account, but that's the whole purpose of the escrow. The reasons the OP gives for not wanting to fund the escrow address are shady at best (he basically says he doesn't trust quickseller, then why is he using him as escrow?).

Taking control of the account first is a risk that should be avoided, any good escrow will know this.

It's not for banned users, it's for innocent users who are wrongfully caught in an ip ban, or who want to use a proxy, like tor.  Some people abuse it to make new accounts after being banned. Paying the fee to register an account does not magically make previous offenses okay, it's still ban evasion.

Spammer, account farmer. Fee is because I banned all your accounts a little while ago, besides one.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2856052/grueling-endurance-test-blows-away-ssd-durability-fears.html

SSD technology has come a long way over the past 10 years. At my current usage rate (higher than average probably), the 840 Evo in my desktop will wear out in about 12 years, and that's a consumer drive, not enterprise (I don't know what SSD's are in use here). A platter drive I would normally replace after 5 years, or 50,000-60,000 hours. It also uses more power, produces more heat, is more vulnerable to shock, etc. They have their place still, but longevity is not a reason to buy a platter drive.

People worried about the finite lifecycle of a SSD are, for the most part, being ridiculous or using it as an excuse to justify their terrible decision to stick with platter drives. Your netbook probably has a cheap one. Cheap drives are crap drives, doesn't matter what kind they are.

Newbie jail won't help, they just make 50 accounts at a time and rotate them out, making new ones as the old ones are banned, and aging them as they use the already created ones. It would only be effective for the first few days. It affects legitimate users more than them.

What would really help is if people would stop responding to the trolling and giving them the attention they want, that's pretty much the sole reason they keep coming back.

If you can't tell what's spam, then just report it to the mods and let them deal with it, that's what they do. If you're the one spamming, the mods will deal with that too.


Not sure what else I can do or say. Find another viatnemese speaker to help you?

Ask the moderator in your local section.

If you really want to participate here I won't ban your new account, but if you abuse the forum you'll end up banned eventually.

You're a spammer and account farmer. That ban message is normal if the field is left empty.

Selling to someone for the purpose of conducting illegal activities is illegal. The specific charge would likely be money laundering, or straight up trafficking. If someone says they intend to do something illegal with the bitcoin they are buying, refuse the sale and walk away. A real criminal will not do that.

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/02/florida-targets-high-dollar-bitcoin-exchangers/

If it is a sting, they will probably follow you and talk to you anyway to see if they can dig anything up on you. Just remember, never talk to the cops, it cannot help you. A police officer cannot testify in your defense based on what you say, it's hearsay, they can only testify against you.

Dont Talk to Police - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc

Yes, both are used. It's pretty obvious what he meant if one were to read the OP.

The forum search is limited to where you are on the forum. If you are within a thread, and you use the search box at the top, it's only going to search in that thread. If you are within a childboard (at the topic listing), it will only search in that board. If you want to search the entire board you need to go to the search page or the main page, with the board listing.

Google does tend to be more accurate overall, but forum search is useful for certain things, so it's good to know how it works.