Ban for trolling

[Astargath]

Do you still get banned for trolling in this forum or not? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1535816.1200;topicseen

Game-protect and this topic have gone out of hand, GP is clearly trolling and yet he is still allowed to post shit, how is this allowed?

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I don't even remember the last time I saw a ban for trolling.  I've seen more trolling than bans for it by a factor of around infinity.

A long time ago, didn't a member by the name of MPOE-PR get banned for it?  I remember when I was a lurker I used to enjoy reading his posts, because they were so biting and intelligent--but that member was as close to trolling as it gets.  And then there was Spoetnik and a bunch of others who got away with it.  There were others whose names I can't remember who showed up all of a sudden, trolled, and then disappeared.  I think they might have gotten banned, but it certainly isn't common.

Did you by any chance report GP's posts?

[hilariousetc]

One man's troll is another man's freedom fighter basement-dwelling idiot no-life. Yes, people can and sometimes are banned for trolling but you really need to be going full-retard for that to happen. Game-Protect is a tricky one. He seems to (try) make his money by hassling bitcoin gambling companies and there's been half a dozen complaints about him over the years but pointing out that casinos often don't have a licence or him now allegedly scamming someone aren't reasons to ban him as annoying as he may be. If you feel he should be banned for breaking the rules then either post the evidence in here on the infractions or report them to the mods.

[DireWolfM14]

Is game-protect still trolling?  I don't ignore people for trolling mostly, but he's one of very few people who convinced me it's a good feature to have on the forum.  Even CH Incorporated hasn't gotten there, and likely never will.

basement-dwelling idiot no-life

[suchmoon]

One man's troll is another man's freedom fighter basement-dwelling idiot no-life. Yes, people can and sometimes are banned for trolling but you really need to be going full-retard for that to happen. Game-Protect is a tricky one. He seems to (try) make his money by hassling bitcoin gambling companies and there's been half a dozen complaints about him over the years but pointing out that casinos often don't have a licence or him now allegedly scamming someone aren't reasons to ban him as annoying as he may be. If you feel he should be banned for breaking the rules then either post the evidence in here on the infractions or report them to the mods.

He's now trolling one particular victim of his scam by claiming that the victim owes him money for defamation etc:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1535816.msg52603160#msg52603160

This is just the latest post, this has been going on for almost a month in that thread. game-protect never disputed any facts, just littered the thread with lame questions (like when exactly he scammed the victim). It's really hard to put together a sensible mod report for trolling since this depends on dozens of pages of context.

[eddie13]

Did this guy get banned for trolling recently or was it some other reason??
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5184917.0

[Astargath]

One man's troll is another man's freedom fighter basement-dwelling idiot no-life. Yes, people can and sometimes are banned for trolling but you really need to be going full-retard for that to happen. Game-Protect is a tricky one. He seems to (try) make his money by hassling bitcoin gambling companies and there's been half a dozen complaints about him over the years but pointing out that casinos often don't have a licence or him now allegedly scamming someone aren't reasons to ban him as annoying as he may be. If you feel he should be banned for breaking the rules then either post the evidence in here on the infractions or report them to the mods.

He's now trolling one particular victim of his scam by claiming that the victim owes him money for defamation etc:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1535816.msg52603160#msg52603160

This is just the latest post, this has been going on for almost a month in that thread. game-protect never disputed any facts, just littered the thread with lame questions (like when exactly he scammed the victim). It's really hard to put together a sensible mod report for trolling since this depends on dozens of pages of context.

GP is indeed clearly trolling when it comes to h4ns. GP is obviously ignoring or making up stuff as well as constantly asking the same questions over and over, if that's not trolling, I don't know what is. Notbatman could be considered a troll but at least he is not scamming people, I wouldn't ask anyone to ban him, GP on the other hand, is a toxic individual, clearly a scammer (I know you don't ban scammers). I just don't see any benefit of allowing him to keep posting here, the only thing it can accomplish is GP scamming more people.

[nutildah]

He's now trolling one particular victim of his scam by claiming that the victim owes him money for defamation etc:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1535816.msg52603160#msg52603160

This is just the latest post, this has been going on for almost a month in that thread. game-protect never disputed any facts, just littered the thread with lame questions (like when exactly he scammed the victim). It's really hard to put together a sensible mod report for trolling since this depends on dozens of pages of context.

FWIW, I think we're pushing him/her into a corner in the right direction, because they finally admitted that they owe the money and haven't repaid it. I'm gonna sit out of the whole thing for a little while and let you continue on. Just keep boxing them in them on a single path, and eventually they will have nowhere else to go and leave but forward.

[Astargath]

He's now trolling one particular victim of his scam by claiming that the victim owes him money for defamation etc:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1535816.msg52603160#msg52603160

This is just the latest post, this has been going on for almost a month in that thread. game-protect never disputed any facts, just littered the thread with lame questions (like when exactly he scammed the victim). It's really hard to put together a sensible mod report for trolling since this depends on dozens of pages of context.

FWIW, I think we're pushing him/her into a corner in the right direction, because they finally admitted that they owe the money and haven't repaid it. I'm gonna sit out of the whole thing for a little while and let you continue on. Just keep boxing them in them on a single path, and eventually they will have nowhere else to go and leave but forward.

Who cares if GP admits it or not, nothing is going to change even if he blatantly and explicitly said she scammed someone.

[suchmoon]

FWIW, I think we're pushing him/her into a corner in the right direction, because they finally admitted that they owe the money and haven't repaid it. I'm gonna sit out of the whole thing for a little while and let you continue on. Just keep boxing them in them on a single path, and eventually they will have nowhere else to go and leave but forward.

Who cares if GP admits it or not, nothing is going to change even if he blatantly and explicitly said she scammed someone.

Yeah I don't think GP will ever return the money. He seems to be a broke-ass scammer-wannabe with too much time on his hands. His "business" here on the forum is done and he's just exit-trolling all of us. Not feeding the troll has been suggested but I think I'll continue for a little bit while he's still incriminating himself. There are the trust ratings, the flag, etc - seems we've done everything we could.

[DaveF]

And as I said. The more we waste their time in the threads the less time they can try to scam someone.
Yes, with the big red warning and the negative feedback it's harder but it could still happen.

Let me go poke the troll. Will not accomplish anything, but it's fun.
ETA: Troll poked. Will not accomplish anything but it does give a warm fuzzy feeling to do it.

-Dave

[mindrust]

If theymos was forcing that rule r0ach wouldn't be among us right now. I believe the rule is there only if the troll somehow succeeds at what he is doing.

For example the troll I named above is almost added to every person's ignore list probably, which means nobody gives a fuck about what he thinks. > unsuccessful troll, no ban needed.

Same goes to GP. Nobody cares.

[DaveF]

If theymos was forcing that rule r0ach wouldn't be among us right now. I believe the rule is there only if the troll somehow succeeds at what he is doing.

For example the troll I named above is almost added to every person's ignore list probably, which means nobody gives a fuck about what he thinks. > unsuccessful troll, no ban needed.

Same goes to GP. Nobody cares.

True, with a but r0ach (as far as I can tell) never stole from anyone. And 95% if not more his posts are in 1 thread so it's kind of contained.
GP is more of a cancer.
Just my view.
-Dave

[TECSHARE]

One man's troll is another man's freedom fighter basement-dwelling idiot no-life. Yes, people can and sometimes are banned for trolling but you really need to be going full-retard for that to happen. Game-Protect is a tricky one. He seems to (try) make his money by hassling bitcoin gambling companies and there's been half a dozen complaints about him over the years but pointing out that casinos often don't have a licence or him now allegedly scamming someone aren't reasons to ban him as annoying as he may be. If you feel he should be banned for breaking the rules then either post the evidence in here on the infractions or report them to the mods.

This. Just watch him like a hawk and report every infraction you can think of. Don't make shit up and spam reports of course, but if everyone is up his ass with every mistake he makes, this will at least follow precedent of a justified ban even if it is not directly for trolling.

[hd49728]

GP was temporarily banned, at least one or two times, but I don't know there are users permanently banned by trolling or not.
There is another key rule to give your hands to eradicate trolling or reduce trolling, at least, by don't feed the troll, nevertheless.

3. No trolling.

[nutildah]

He's now trolling one particular victim of his scam by claiming that the victim owes him money for defamation etc:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1535816.msg52603160#msg52603160

This is just the latest post, this has been going on for almost a month in that thread. game-protect never disputed any facts, just littered the thread with lame questions (like when exactly he scammed the victim). It's really hard to put together a sensible mod report for trolling since this depends on dozens of pages of context.

FWIW, I think we're pushing him/her into a corner in the right direction, because they finally admitted that they owe the money and haven't repaid it. I'm gonna sit out of the whole thing for a little while and let you continue on. Just keep boxing them in them on a single path, and eventually they will have nowhere else to go and leave but forward.

Who cares if GP admits it or not, nothing is going to change even if he blatantly and explicitly said she scammed someone.

Its not for GP. Its for people reading the thread who may still have something of a doubt that they are not a scammer. I'd like this possibility to be removed 100%.

[hilariousandco]

Did this guy get banned for trolling recently or was it some other reason??
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5184917.0

Trolling, mixed with dozens of counts of ban evasion.

[Slow death]

One man's troll is another man's freedom fighter basement-dwelling idiot no-life. Yes, people can and sometimes are banned for trolling but you really need to be going full-retard for that to happen. Game-Protect is a tricky one. He seems to (try) make his money by hassling bitcoin gambling companies and there's been half a dozen complaints about him over the years but pointing out that casinos often don't have a licence or him now allegedly scamming someone aren't reasons to ban him as annoying as he may be. If you feel he should be banned for breaking the rules then either post the evidence in here on the infractions or report them to the mods.

This. Just watch him like a hawk and report every infraction you can think of. Don't make shit up and spam reports of course, but if everyone is up his ass with every mistake he makes, this will at least follow precedent of a justified ban even if it is not directly for trolling.

who will have so much time in the world to watch GP? GP is a guy who has over 90% of his posts on every casino-related thread... anyone who spends hours watching GP risks going crazy

[TECSHARE]

One man's troll is another man's freedom fighter basement-dwelling idiot no-life. Yes, people can and sometimes are banned for trolling but you really need to be going full-retard for that to happen. Game-Protect is a tricky one. He seems to (try) make his money by hassling bitcoin gambling companies and there's been half a dozen complaints about him over the years but pointing out that casinos often don't have a licence or him now allegedly scamming someone aren't reasons to ban him as annoying as he may be. If you feel he should be banned for breaking the rules then either post the evidence in here on the infractions or report them to the mods.

This. Just watch him like a hawk and report every infraction you can think of. Don't make shit up and spam reports of course, but if everyone is up his ass with every mistake he makes, this will at least follow precedent of a justified ban even if it is not directly for trolling.

who will have so much time in the world to watch GP? GP is a guy who has over 90% of his posts on every casino-related thread... anyone who spends hours watching GP risks going crazy

Oh there are plenty of people around here with way too much time on their hands. Unfortunately they spend most of their days crafting Hardly Boys narratives about random users they pick out of a hat to scrutinize in order to rank up their scambuster count like they are playing Frogger while there are plenty of known cons to go after.

[Astargath]

One man's troll is another man's freedom fighter basement-dwelling idiot no-life. Yes, people can and sometimes are banned for trolling but you really need to be going full-retard for that to happen. Game-Protect is a tricky one. He seems to (try) make his money by hassling bitcoin gambling companies and there's been half a dozen complaints about him over the years but pointing out that casinos often don't have a licence or him now allegedly scamming someone aren't reasons to ban him as annoying as he may be. If you feel he should be banned for breaking the rules then either post the evidence in here on the infractions or report them to the mods.

This. Just watch him like a hawk and report every infraction you can think of. Don't make shit up and spam reports of course, but if everyone is up his ass with every mistake he makes, this will at least follow precedent of a justified ban even if it is not directly for trolling.

who will have so much time in the world to watch GP? GP is a guy who has over 90% of his posts on every casino-related thread... anyone who spends hours watching GP risks going crazy

Oh there are plenty of people around here with way too much time on their hands. Unfortunately they spend mos of their days crafting Hardly Boys narratives about random users they pick out of a hat to scrutinize in order to rank up their scambuster count like they are playing Frogger while there are plenty of known cons to go after.

True, if btctalk unpaid detectives spent their time busting GP, I'm sure we would have good evidence to get him banned. I have been trying to report some of his posts as they are pretty spammy/shitty sometimes but I don't think it's going to work.