"Sell your account"? Why?

[ELI85]

 
I'm new, but even after a couple months of lurkishness I'm no wiser. Is it signature space you guys are talking about?

[OmegaStarScream]

I'm new, but even after a couple months of lurkishness I'm no wiser. Is it signature space you guys are talking about?

The signature space is where you wrote:

Code:

Where am I? Who r U? Sure I'll invest in ur ICO!

and its the same space where I have "ChipMixer" signature. If you enroll into a signature campaign, they will pay you for each post you make (or sometimes its fixed) whether in bitcoin or altcoin. As for selling accounts, people buy them because sometimes they don't meet the requirements of a signature campaign with their account, so they buy one.

[dlorah111]

There are also a lot of stolen/hacked accounts. So people try to sell these to make a quick buck.

[Ev0P1l0t]

reaks of dodgeyness :/ 

[adnet]

I'm new, but even after a couple months of lurkishness I'm no wiser. Is it signature space you guys are talking about?

I understand you so much! I feel the same here still 

[cherryganda]

i think it is because theres too many account here and high rankings ...
then theres a new site launch that is copy cat of this ...
i think thats why..

[uraharasan]

I'm new, but even after a couple months of lurkishness I'm no wiser. Is it signature space you guys are talking about?

Why are they selling their accounts? Because they need money and the buyers are there because the rank in Bitcointalk is very influential to the income of the number of stake / share or whatever it is called, the higher your rank the higher also the income of the stake / share or whatever it is called.

[maeddes]

Sure thing it seems there is kind of a mini market for just accounts of this forum. I also got messages to buy an account, but man why should I? I mean you can never say that accounts are clean or safe. Just take your time and find interesting topics, try to discuss stuff with other people and it will rise by itself. In the end its a win-win for yourself due to the fact you get lots of information and a higher rank up in here.

[Wayan_Pedjeng]

There are also a lot of stolen/hacked accounts. So people try to sell these to make a quick buck.

Most of the accounts up for sale are hacked ones. Else why should anyone sell their accounts for BTC0.01, when they can easily get double that amount in a week from signature campaigns?

[HeroC]

A lot of the times its hacked accounts (including mine, luckily I got it back before it was sold), but it can also be people who aren't interested in bitcoin anymore and want to make a quick buck off of an old account they have.

[kasper-guts]

Due to the emergence of ICO's the signature space of all the accounts on bitcointalk suddenly became relatively value 'real estate'. So logically this resulted in some hacks and people selling their accounts to others that need the rep or want to drop their signature in there.

[ELI85]

Thanks for the responses guys. I figured it was related to sigs, but I wasn't positive.

Selling hacked accounts is shameful.

I expect to be "Legendary" in a decade or three. (Hunter Pecker)

[sanada.motokage]

I try to buy a senior account to join the Airdrop

[Kr-sama]

I'm new, but even after a couple months of lurkishness I'm no wiser. Is it signature space you guys are talking about?

People buy accounts because of it's potential to earn money through signature campaign. Because in signature campaigns, the higher your rank, the higher the stakes that you can get. Higher ranking accounts earn more money just by joining a signature campaign. And also, higher rank accounts here has some kind of reputation. If you are a Hero member and you join a translation campaign for example, you're more likely to be picked than a Jr. member joining the same campaign.

[Shizukesa]

Is selling accounts legal? And where it mostly happens, how do you think?

[Kemarit]

Is selling accounts legal? And where it mostly happens, how do you think?

Of course it is illegal here. We don't tolerate account buying here. Although you can find a lot of members selling it here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=234.0.

But once your account has been found to be bought, you will be tag by DT members automatically. So your account will be useless now and you just waste your precious bitcoin. So if you are thinking of getting one, I suggest you don't and used the route what most of us here have been doing in years. Posting months after months, and most importantly learning while earning. Don't hurry, in due time your account will rank up and you wouldn't notice that you already a Full Member -> Senior Member. Goodluck in your journey.

[ELI85]

Of course it is illegal here. We don't tolerate account buying here.

So, 'Ad space' selling good. 'Account' selling bad.
Got it. Thanks for the clarification.

[waynechong1995]

Mostly yes, rankings like Hero are valuable for long-term profit by just joining good signature campaigns

[WORDCOIN]

How to realize whether the account on sale is hacked or not?

[Dudeperfect]

The word 'sell' is more appropriate when it comes to the trade of account because one is transferring the ownership of that account. On the other hand, when you are allowing someone to use your signature space, it is known as renting that space for a specific period of time and not forever like accounts trading.

It is not recommended to trade accounts unless you have it as a collateral because generally, such account trades encourage scam behaviours and it causes the loss to the community members. However, you are free to lend your signature space.