BAN ALTS!

[KeyserSozeMC]

Remember good ol' times, when everyone from the mod squad hated alts, but now thanks to alts, they get their donations for serving the community?

Thought altcoins were cancerous for this forum. What happened guyth?

This forum earns ad rev thanks to shitcoins, not to bitcoin.

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[redsn0w]

How  ?

[Mark Frappeles]

Hard to tell so are you defending or attacking the altcoin sections?

He is attacking, for him the alt section should be removed and any altcoin discussion should be forbidden

[ColderThanIce]

This forum earns ad rev thanks to shitcoins, not to bitcoin.

I think you just answered your own question - why would they remove the altcoin sections or ban altcoin discussion on the website if they're making healthy profits by allowing people to discuss altcoins? If you don't like the altcoin sections of the site you can stay away from them, or if you don't agree with how the site is run you're free to leave at any time.

[Your Point Is Invalid]

Hard to tell so are you defending or attacking the altcoin sections?

He is attacking, for him the alt section should be removed and any altcoin discussion should be forbidden

And he is trying to make his point by showing they are some of the most used areas of the forum?

he is trying to say that the main reason for the forum was to discuss bitcoin but instead of bitcoin, people are discussing altcoins, I agree with OP, we need to delete all altcoin boards

[xetsr]

Hard to tell so are you defending or attacking the altcoin sections?

He is attacking, for him the alt section should be removed and any altcoin discussion should be forbidden

And he is trying to make his point by showing they are some of the most used areas of the forum?

he is trying to say that the main reason for the forum was to discuss bitcoin but instead of bitcoin, people are discussing altcoins, I agree with OP, we need to delete all altcoin boards

Altcoins would still be promoted and mods would have to work overtime removing their spam from bitcoin sections. I just don't see a way around this...

[Your Point Is Invalid]

Hard to tell so are you defending or attacking the altcoin sections?

He is attacking, for him the alt section should be removed and any altcoin discussion should be forbidden

And he is trying to make his point by showing they are some of the most used areas of the forum?

he is trying to say that the main reason for the forum was to discuss bitcoin but instead of bitcoin, people are discussing altcoins, I agree with OP, we need to delete all altcoin boards

Altcoins would still be promoted and mods would have to work overtime removing their spam from bitcoin sections. I just don't see a way around this...

simple, get 1 or 2 more mods

[subSTRATA]

Hard to tell so are you defending or attacking the altcoin sections?

He is attacking, for him the alt section should be removed and any altcoin discussion should be forbidden

And he is trying to make his point by showing they are some of the most used areas of the forum?

he is trying to say that the main reason for the forum was to discuss bitcoin but instead of bitcoin, people are discussing altcoins, I agree with OP, we need to delete all altcoin boards

Altcoins would still be promoted and mods would have to work overtime removing their spam from bitcoin sections. I just don't see a way around this...

from what ive been told and read, there really isnt a need for more mods atm, otherwise shorena would already be one. the mods can handle a fair bit more work than there is at the moment.

This forum earns ad rev thanks to shitcoins, not to bitcoin.

I think you just answered your own question - why would they remove the altcoin sections or ban altcoin discussion on the website if they're making healthy profits by allowing people to discuss altcoins? If you don't like the altcoin sections of the site you can stay away from them, or if you don't agree with how the site is run you're free to leave at any time.

its really common sense, but people fail to use it, every single time.

Hard to tell so are you defending or attacking the altcoin sections?

He is attacking, for him the alt section should be removed and any altcoin discussion should be forbidden

And he is trying to make his point by showing they are some of the most used areas of the forum?

he is trying to say that the main reason for the forum was to discuss bitcoin but instead of bitcoin, people are discussing altcoins, I agree with OP, we need to delete all altcoin boards

theres plenty of bitcoin discussion going on, its just that theres only one bitcoin, and there are a lot of altcoins, so its only natural that theres a lot of altcoin discussion.

[Imhotep]

Just put the altcoin section in your ignore board and the problem will disappear.  Or see the altcoin discussion leak to other parts of the forum, like offtopic

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Jesus, KSMC I thought you got banned or at least stopped the trolling.  Did you get switched off your medication or something?  It's kinda disappointing that you're back blowing ca ca all over the forum.

[Jet Cash]

Bitcoin can never be big enough to be the dominant world currency and replace all fiat. It needs alt coins so that it can remain the Rolls-Royce of crypto-currencies

[lottery248]

nope.

unless the following below is violated

• creating alts to troll against someone.
• getting a rank up by farming the alts using unconstructive posts.
• spamming in any factor like gaining the payout via signature campaign.

so on.

[tmfp]

I'm with KSMC, I reckon Theymos should ban everything beginning with Alt:

Altcoins
Alt accounts
Altars
Alterations
Altoists (really hate them!)
Altercations
Althea Turner

but allow Altruism. Altruism's good.

[botany]

I'm with KSMC, I reckon Theymos should ban everything beginning with Alt:

Altcoins
Alt accounts
Altars
Alterations
Altoists (really hate them!)
Altercations
Althea Turner

but allow Altruism. Altruism's good.

I too thought the OP was talking about a different alt (alt accounts).
I personally don't have any problem with discussion on alts, as long as they are restricted to the respective sections.

[KeyserSozeMC]

So, did altcoins get banned?

I see many people not getting this -non troll- post, and it's okay. Not everyone understands sarcasm.

Back in the day, when we were making a shitload of money with altcoins, there was like 2-8 altcoin launches per day.
Mods and theymos were mad about it, because they thought alts harm bitcoin's ecosystem. So they wanted to kill alts, by doing a lot of stuff, which wasn't very obvious for non-thinkers. (Of course, there were some forum rule violations, but, meh. Nothing mods couldn't fight against. That's why they're paid, right? )

Now, as you see, the alt sections were the sections with most views/comments, etc.
The people who were involved with alts pushed this forum's ranking to the sky. Not lame ass developers who fought about who'll take the credits for forking a few lines of code into BTC's repo.

This forum makes money based on impressions. Impressions are generated by the greedy ones.


#altsareback, bitches.

[Lauda]

You're the one who does not understand the situation properly. I can't talk for all of the staff members, but the majority still hate altcoins. Do you know why they have a little corner for themselves? So that we can ignore them more easily. The quantity of the posts does not mean anything and I can assure you that a minimum of 95% of the posts there are rubbish (don't get me started on the coins). Additionally the section consists out of a lot of people that can't cope with missing the "Bitcoin train" and are hoping to profit a lot in the future.

Bitcoin can never be big enough to be the dominant world currency and replace all fiat.

That's not relevant to OP. Altcoins can create their own forums.

Just put the altcoin section in your ignore board and the problem will disappear.

This. I don't recall the last time that I've went there, unless there were some posts to be deleted.

[KeyserSozeMC]

You're the one who does not understand the situation properly. I can't talk for all of the staff members, but the majority still hate altcoins. Do you know why they have a little corner for themselves? So that we can ignore them more easily. The quantity of the posts does not mean anything and I can assure you that a minimum of 95% of the posts there are rubbish (don't get me started on the coins).

Like I mentioned in my previous comment, above yours.
I know there have been forum rule violations, and that there's a shitload of spam. But that spam is keeping this forum going.

Just look at the forum sections. Which sections are the most active? Alt ones.

How many forum campaigns forbid (exclude payments for specific section. In this case, altcoin one) users post in alt sections? Can't think of any.

How many ad impressions are generated through the altcoin sections?

[Lauda]

But that spam is keeping this forum going.

No really. You would see this place 'rot' within a few days if the staff took a break. The forum would be fine without that section. The other sections are what matters (well some of them).

Just look at the forum sections. Which sections are the most active? Alt ones.

Again, the quality over quantity.

How many ad impressions are generated through the altcoin sections?

I don't have access to this kind of information.

[Decoded]

This is bitcointalk, not altcointalk. SMF is open source and free to use, maybe Theymos can delete the altcoin section and implement a new site? Altcointalk.org?

[Lauda]

This is bitcointalk, not altcointalk. SMF is open source and free to use, maybe Theymos can delete the altcoin section and implement a new site? Altcointalk.org?

Interesting idea. Someone else could try this. I don't think that theymos would be interested in this as it would have a negative impact on his (already) limited time. In addition the staff would be required to either operate on both forums or an additional team would have to be chosen (which adds to the complexity and impact on time).