Je me douche.

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Wouldn't this be better for the Bitcoin Discussion section if it's something about a satoshi speculation? This is not about the forum, at least not directly.

I don't like YoBit and I don't like this campaign. In fact, I detest it. The 'solution' of using a campaign manager is merely a fragment of what I would have wanted - the eradication of the campaign.

There is a question to be asked, though... Is CryptoTalk a scam?

Once you have your answer, consider this: this may be a proxy for YoBit to shill their site in the future, that is, a way of bypassing the previous signature ban on the YoBit site directly.

Then finally: if you were to red tag YoBit participants, should you also tag CryptoTalk participants based on this speculation?

It would be a good incentive to not participate in the campaign, though considering the quality of the participants, it's unlikely that they (or rather, most of them) would be seriously considered by yahoo in one of his other campaigns in the first place.

I would much rather have theymos ban all signatures than have signature campaigns continue.
I would much rather have theymos ban YoBit signatures than have the campaign continue.
I would much rather have yahoo manage YoBit than have the campaign managed by someone who will allow spam to proliferate.
I would much rather allow spam to proliferate than... no, I wouldn't have spam proliferate.

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The main problem I have right now is the number of "why is yahoo managing the campaign" threads. It's starting to border on spam, now.

Let's restructure this to just one week/round? It seems like you could simplify it much more.

Definition: the act of stealing is dictated thusly:

Let a set S contain n components p₁, p₂, ..., p_n and a limited amount of resource x∈ℝ.
y_i∈ℝ := the amount of resource x that p_i requires for the round.
q_i∈ℝ := the amount of resource x that p_i takes for the round.

q₁ + q₂ + ... + q_n ≤ x

If q_i > y_i then p_i is stealing

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Consider this case, then.

S = {p₁, p₂, p₃}
x = 6
y₁ = 1
y₂ = 2
y₃ = 4

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It really is a convoluted issue.

At the same time, having vague definitions of stealing, like "taking a fair/survival portion of something that is not rightfully owned is not stealing" also blurs the lines between what is stealing and what is not.

By defining it in such a manner, you create a top-down definition to which you have to now define what a "fair/survival portion" of something is.

Is taking a piece of bread when you're starving stealing?
How about taking some gourmet dishes from a restaurant?
What if that was the closest thing around?
What if there was nothing else around?
What if you had to choose between taking the gourmet dish, and putting your hand on the stove for 10 seconds?

If taking one piece of bread is not stealing, is taking two pieces of bread stealing?
How about three?
Four?
Onwards?

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See how your answers change as these questions develop and try to develop some other scenarios. This tests the rigor of your definition and in turn tests the rationale thereof.

Bold text should be used sparingly and colored text should be seldom used. The combination thereof, then, should only be used in extremely rare situations.

Especially blue. God, what an ^{ug_{ly color}}.

When bold text is used to highlight passages or to emphasize specific terms then it's much more justified.

The idea that we have to rely on theymos for everything—especially when a sensible solution to control spam exists—is absolutely ridiculous.

And if I were to choose between yahoo vs. someone who doesn't care about the post quality, well... the answer should be obvious.

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If yahoo does start blacklisting CryptoTalk participants from his other campaigns, that would add some incentive to stay clean, but the reality is that most of the people who are going to join the campaign would never have a chance of joining his other campaigns.

Scrape the bottom of the barrel, dig a little further, then tunnel down a couple miles, and that's where you'll find YoBit quality.

Would you rather have no campaign manager handling YoBit, or perhaps one of YoBit's own staff managing the campaign?

This matter has been discussed time and time again and we have said the same things.

This thread doesn't mean anything to you, then? List of banned participants in the Cryptotalk Campaign

Buy Bitcoin instead, then you can use that to pay for the items.

1) Most people are not standardized merchants and do not have access to credit card payment receipts
2) Credit cards allow for charge-backs.
3) You can buy Bitcoin with credit cards in many ways, and considering this is Bitcointalk, it would be well-advised to use the currency that the forum centers around.

In some religions, there is the religious concept of dharma and (correct me if I'm wrong) in some Indian creeds you have gods are both benevolent and those that succumb to temptation... that is, disorder, evil.

The justification, then, for one's immoral actions comes from an ideological standpoint where even the gods fall to temptation and hence humans, who must evidently have a weaker will, should not have qualms with sinful acts - or rather, should not have significant regret thereof.

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There is also a heavy scam culture in China, wherein the thought process drifts towards, "if you get scammed, you deserve it," creating a market surrounding swindles and cons. The skepticism even goes back several generations, where you have the government requesting family members to snitch on one another if they were showing signs of dissent.

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Halving a Christmas
Gift presents with Bitcoin sales
We'll see twelve point five.

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