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jahn_quid
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May 07, 2018, 09:38:51 AM |
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Does that mean these guys are just spamming the boards over and over?
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May 07, 2018, 10:59:06 AM |
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What could be the reason for them doing so ? I do not see any benefit to them for doing this ? One possibility is that the projects having those threads are getting it bumped from these users for getting more visitors. Another option is that they are doing it out of ignorance, many members do this in signature campaign. They apply as a newbie without any signature.
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May 07, 2018, 11:20:45 AM |
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Does that mean these guys are just spamming the boards over and over?
Yeah, bumping the topics. What could be the reason for them doing so ? I do not see any benefit to them for doing this ? One possibility is that the projects having those threads are getting it bumped from these users for getting more visitors. Another option is that they are doing it out of ignorance, many members do this in signature campaign. They apply as a newbie without any signature. I guess the developers could be trying to get their name out there and hoping users just sign up without realizing it's already finished and do some free advertising for them. Could also be bots trying to earn money, but it seems they've specifically targeted older bounty threads.
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LTU_btc
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May 07, 2018, 02:33:45 PM |
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I guess it's bots. I don't any reasons why real users would need to join old closed bounties.
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May 07, 2018, 02:43:07 PM |
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Here are two examples of users, "joining" old /closed/ bounties with non-existent facebook/twitter profiles.
You can report each case separately and expect to be neglected, then you can write a warning so the mod can come and delete your post, you can always try again it may works... I may be sometimes abusing the use of the sentence "close the topic" but it is the only solution to stop the necro spam...
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May 07, 2018, 08:44:04 PM |
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You can report each case separately and expect to be neglected, then you can write a warning so the mod can come and delete your post, you can always try again it may works... I may be sometimes abusing the use of the sentence "close the topic" but it is the only solution to stop the necro spam...
I do report all of those. I just got curious as I saw someone bumping old scam projects like "project C" trying to advertise it again and I was like, what?? Then I saw other "necro bounties" bumped last few days by fake accounts, so I try to warn you guys what to look for. If we are a bit more in this fight we may win!
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May 07, 2018, 09:05:08 PM |
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There are some things I do not understand. for example I look at spreadsheet; some are using my telegram id, twitter or bitcointalk username. why do they do it when they know you can not get awards?
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May 09, 2018, 09:14:02 AM |
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This can be attributed to bot work or maybe the project owners want more advertising of their project in either way, I don't think a sane person can join an already closed bounty, knowing fully well that they won't be paid.
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May 11, 2018, 06:45:12 PM Last edit: May 11, 2018, 06:55:20 PM by iasenko |
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and another one. #Join bitcointalk: CryptoISMyInvest Teleg company: @CryptoISMyInvest FB company: @CryptoISMyInvest twitter company: @CryptoISMyInvest
Edited : Searching for "#join" from the last 9 days comes with 5 pages with results of fake users. Just a few real ones in the list. How to stop this???
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May 11, 2018, 08:08:06 PM |
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How to stop this???
Report them? Or send a PM to any mod,with the links of the specific thread/post. Whichever is more convenient..
I found one: #join Bitcointalk: Dolbiv Teleg company: @Dolbiv facebook : @Dolbiv twitter company: @Dolbiv
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May 11, 2018, 10:06:31 PM |
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I'll take your quote from another thread here: There are hundreds of those false registrations per day. Same example from before. #Join bitcointalk: CryptoISMyInvest Teleg company: @CryptoISMyInvest FB company: @CryptoISMyInvest twitter company: @CryptoISMyInvest
It's the first time I searched for this in patrol, and it is indeed flooded with those posts. Is there a "valid" reason (as in: "authenticating the account for bounty hunters") to post this, or are they all spamming? If they're all spam, I can easily make a list, just like I did for AlexPromotion spam. I haven't downloaded patrol for a few months, and just restarted it. Once I have data from a few days, I can make a list. Update to answer my own question: apparently bounty threads require it: 1. Post a message in this thread with the following information (don't forget the #JOIN). #JOIN ETH address: Bitcointalk username Forum rank: Selected companies: Links to your accounts
Isn't this against the rules? It's not allowed to give people any incentive to post in the thread. This looks like a loophole to allow unlimited bumping. So many accounts post nothing else than this ( example)!
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May 11, 2018, 10:35:19 PM |
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Is there a "valid" reason (as in: "authenticating the account for bounty hunters") to post this, or are they all spamming? If they're all spam, I can easily make a list, just like I did for AlexPromotion spam. I haven't downloaded patrol for a few months, and just restarted it. Once I have data from a few days, I can make a list. If I may ask, how exactly do you download the patrol? Update to answer my own question: apparently bounty threads require it: Isn't this against the rules? It's not allowed to give people any incentive to post in the thread. This looks like a loophole to allow unlimited bumping. So many accounts post nothing else than this ( example)! This is why there is a need for new rules which are more specific. For example, asking bounty mangers to use Google forms for campaign, which would reduce the the huge amount of spam in the altcoin board.
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May 11, 2018, 10:43:03 PM |
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If I may ask, how exactly do you download the patrol? It's basically this, in an xterm: wget "https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=recent;patrol" I add some more stuff to set consecutive filenames, and run this every 5 minutes. This is why there is a need for new rules which are more specific. For example, asking bounty mangers to use Google forms for campaign, which would reduce the the huge amount of spam in the altcoin board. The rules say Users posting "joined" type posts when not required or allowed will be BANNED and Incentivising posting within one or more threads is not allowed, but if you combine these two, bounty threads get away with simply asking people to post "joined".
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May 11, 2018, 10:51:04 PM |
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It's basically this, in an xterm: wget "https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=recent;patrol" I add some more stuff to set consecutive filenames, and run this every 5 minutes. Awesome. Thanks. There is a pattern here in their posting. I see people posting in metalcoin bounty and a couple more. It would be better for the entire thread to be trashed.
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May 11, 2018, 10:58:05 PM |
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I just wander what is the point of all that? Farming accounts maybe, it is definitely a bot activity. I see no reason to bump old bounty thread, they even bumped the scammy C project. I had participated in just a few bounties before but almost all got bumped.
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May 12, 2018, 05:52:20 PM |
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@LoyceV
Oh man, do you use tools to make this list? This is quite a work to list them with names and links.
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LoyceV
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May 12, 2018, 06:14:51 PM |
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Oh man, do you use tools to make this list? This is quite a work to list them with names and links.
It takes me 30 seconds to make that list I made a (small) script for the AlexPromotion spam, and still use it. It searches the patrol pages for a keyword, then takes the profile link and name and converts it to bb-code. It's also triggered if the keyword is part of a quote, hence the false positives. If you have more keywords you're interested in, feel free to send me a list.
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May 12, 2018, 08:26:53 PM |
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Gj LoyceV. We need for real a good autobot to nuke these evil decepticons. This was done before greatly by mitchell, dunno now why some topics remain in their place for more than a week? I am still trying to report some of them but it is time consuming, sometimes I am afraid of reporting same bot twice, so I am now giving them a negative trust to avoid increasing the mods queue...this could be automated like before. Mindless electron maybe @Mitchell ?
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