I do kind of like this tally mark idea. Maybe a tally mark for each 100 valid reports submitted, and then introduce a special icon once 1,000+ reports are made? The color of the icon can symbolize whether it's 1,000, 2,500 or 5,000+ reports?

I do also like the star badges to coincide with the existing themes.

This is the nature of online casinos. They'll gladly accept any deposits without proper KYC documentation, but make it extremely time consuming to withdraw any large earnings. Is it annoying? Yes. Is it illegal? Nope.

Sorry that you're going through this process, but all of your complaints are clearly addressed in their terms of conditions on their site: https://www.bitstarz.com/terms

I'm fairly confident that you will get your earnings, given that you follow their requests and be patient, but it's going to take weeks or months.

I think it's a bit aggressive that you're calling BitStarz a scam because you have an open withdrawal. Just continue contacting their support team, and if the issue is not resolved after all options are expired, then come back here (with supporting documentation) to let us know that they're holding your funds hostage.

This.

I don't know whether yours is a new account after having an existing account tagged for solely hunting merit, or you're an actual newbie who cares, but your statement, as simple as it is, hits the nail on the head.

Merit is a byproduct of great posts and activity on the forums, not a given right. A lot of members tend to believe that they have a RIGHT to 'earn' merits. This thought needs to be eradicated from people's minds.

While I love the idea of knowing the stats behind ChipMixer's service, I highly doubt they would release such information, as it would jeopardize the nature of the company's privacy and security. I'd rather keep my privacy/security in tact, vs. appeasing my curiosity.


IIRC, there was also a notice that was publicized by the US gov at that time, regarding the seeking of information regarding crypto holders in exchanges and bitcoin service sites. When I read the statement made by BitMixer when they shut down, I thought something else was going on... Something more fishy. Maybe the owner's information was disclosed or discovered, and was extorted or threatened? When you're dealing with such volumes of profit, you become a target. Hence why I think it's safer for everyone if the site's data wasn't disclosed.

Technically speaking, Bitcoin isn't a currency, and that's the argument that most noobs throw back at me, because they've seen it on the news, and how the SEC or US gov doesn't qualify it as a currency or "money".

When I'm asked about the volatility of bitcoin, I tend to steer them towards the conversation of precious metals, and how they're valued based on the supply and demand at any given time, along with the limited quantity available. Gold isn't a currency, but it's still bought and sold as a commodity, much like bitcoin.

I did just notice, however, that the gold solid handshake icon is hard to interpret if you don't already know that it's a handshake. I might use the regular icon to depict the granddaddy icon:

Got a couple more ideas for icons. Colors can be changed, obviously.

Clipboard/Report


Handshake


It's hard trying to choose a graphic or icon type to use to depict reporting. I do like the chevrons, but I'm not a fan of using such military-based images. The hats and detective idea is good. And I do like the lightning bolts. But everything else to me is kind of "meh", imo.

Who would have thought choosing an icon was such a hard task

I have received a vouch subscription from OP. The subscription is for Creative Cloud All Apps.

As you can see from this screenshot, before I received the subscription, I had a free membership:



After receiving the invite, here is my account now:



As you can see, I also have Photoshop opened while I'm logged into the account that OP has sent the subscription to:



Please note that the time and date in the upper right corner are current.

I am also able to open all Adobe Creative apps on my computer. Please feel free to private message me if you require proof.

While some subscriptions also include Adobe Stock usage, the one that OP has sent me does not.

I will update this thread weekly with the subscription status to show how long the account lasts for. So far, all is working well!

If you hadn't said that that was a police hat, I wouldn't have known what it was. Unfortunately, it's hard to depict an object with that much detail within 16 pixels.

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Regarding the counter issue, you could solve it by creating a 'title' tag with the amount of valid reports that were made. The number of results can be displayed when rolling over the icon, such as in the following mockup:

After reviewing the last 5 pages of your post history, it seems a bit odd that your account was banned. Maybe it was because every single one of your last 100 posts were in boards that are thought of to be spam attractors? All of the threads you've posted in are megathreads, and anyone reviewing your account can easily use the argument that your posts lack substance and don't contribute to the overall health of the forums.

Maybe there was a post where you plagiarized something beyond your last 100 posts?

I think a staff member could give you a definitive reason, but to me, you're an obvious shit poster.

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Edit: Thanks, @TryNinja, for clarifying that it was, in fact, plagiarism.

Where would this badge reside? Next to the View Profile and Personal Message icons?

If so, then here's a couple of icon designs for the three different types of badges:

(300 reports)
(1000 reports)
(5000 reports)

And some mockups with the icons in play:

300 reports


1000 reports


5000 reports

Lol, I can assure you that my ego has nothing to do with my response. I'm not the one that broke any rules. Regardless of which post you got banned for, you did ultimately break rules.

- Forum Idiot

P.S. Good riddance.

I'd like to endorse @bitmover to be a merit source, as well. Based on their post history, as well as their selection of posts that have been merited, they seem to have a great understanding of how the merit system operates on the forums.

Good luck, bitmover!

To be clear, because other's haven't stated it directly, these forums don't have popup ads.

A starting point for you should be to download the free version of Crap Cleaner: https://www.ccleaner.com/

Then check out Malware Bytes: https://www.malwarebytes.com/

Uh, he quoted you exactly to the post where you said that...


Plagiarism is plagiarism, but you have stated that this work that got you in trouble was your own that was inspired by an article, and that you had not copied and pasted it from anywhere:


When you got called out, you changed your tune to say that at least you're not a shitposter, but in my opinion, plagiarizing is more offensive than shitposting.

There's no need to get defensive when others call you out based on your own actions. I can assure you that from a third person perspective, @suchmoon wasn't trying to feed their own ego with what they stated. You just took offense to it because of the nature of the way you tried to prove your innocence.

If you think that your plagiarism is justified because "at least you're not a shitposter", then maybe you don't belong on these forums afterall.

Sorry, but in this day and age, I think coins and ICO's like yours are worthless. There are so many shitcoins already out there, and unless your coin serves some sort of utility, the only people you are going to attract for your team are going to be cheap inexperienced people that are just looking to make a quick buck.

Additionally, unless you're creating an anonymous coin meant for privacy, your coin may not excite professionals, especially because there is no transparency as to who the founders are.

Sorry to be so negative, but I'm just sharing my opinion.


Your site is decent, but it's slow af. I got tired of waiting for the pages to load so I finally left after spending about 10 minutes to load just 3 of 'em.

You got a red tag because you offered an escrow service that was different from the original terms as required/requested by the original poster. You won't get a negative tag for offering escrow as your own standalone service.

But as @OgNasty has stated, it would be more beneficial to establish trust before being able to become a trusted escrow.

You all don't need to answer these questions so technically. Chances are that most bitcoin noobs won't understand any of these terms, and that they'll be more confused than before you answered the question.

Review the original list of questions, and try to answer them in terms that are easy to understand for people that have never experienced crypto.

Good luck, all!

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The "Sir" was a dead giveaway.

I've added him to my ignore list.