List of advertising shills. Mods please review and ban as appropriate.

[-Multivitamina-]

I was thinking about a solution and I also came up with an idea of posting articles in one thread. The problem is that the articles are long enough to post. It isn't news but analysis, research, and opinions. What would you recommend in this case?

This isn't a site for articles, it's a site for discussions. Post something that is worth discussing and participate in those discussions yourself. Don't turn this is into drive-by copy-pasta.

Thank you for your insights. From now on, I will keep in mind that creating any new thread involves plenty of further discussions.

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The fourthfunction account has posted 288 times in the ~8 weeks it's been in existence.

All 288 posts are links to publish0x articles.

I have reported the account to moderators with this note

This account has posted 288 times. Every post is the same: the briefest of intros, followed by a link to media site publish0x. This is surely the definition of low quality posting and by inference paid-to-post. I request that a ban, in the interest of the forum's posting integrity, be imposed.

I'll check intermittently to see if any action is taken and post here.

[IconFirm]

The fourthfunction account has posted 288 times in the ~8 weeks it's been in existence.

All 288 posts are links to publish0x articles.

I have reported the account to moderators with this note

This account has posted 288 times. Every post is the same: the briefest of intros, followed by a link to media site publish0x. This is surely the definition of low quality posting and by inference paid-to-post. I request that a ban, in the interest of the forum's posting integrity, be imposed.

I'll check intermittently to see if any action is taken and post here.

Indeed, I tagged the account a few months back for this exact reason.

[tmfp]

The fourthfunction account has posted 288 times in the ~8 weeks it's been in existence.

All 288 posts are links to publish0x articles.

I have reported the account to moderators with this note

This account has posted 288 times. Every post is the same: the briefest of intros, followed by a link to media site publish0x. This is surely the definition of low quality posting and by inference paid-to-post. I request that a ban, in the interest of the forum's posting integrity, be imposed.

I'll check intermittently to see if any action is taken and post here.

Checking Modlog, the individual reported post has been deleted. No other action appears to have been taken.

Delete reply: Re: Presenting Algorand: The Blockchain for Business in topic #5060102 by member #2734070

I shall see if it produces its customary ~10 posts later today.

 

[Lucius]

Checking Modlog, the individual reported post has been deleted. No other action appears to have been taken.

This is a practice that applies to all such cases, only posts that are reported are deleted, which leads us to the conclusion that each post should be reported individually, of course if we want all to be deleted. Depending on who is taking the action (not everyone has the same viewpoint), such users are first alerted by a private message, then with temporarily ban.

I see that last posts from fourthfunction is dated to 22 December 2019, which means that he didn't get a strong enough message to stop. This is probably one of those who think: "You can't delete as much as I can post".

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only posts that are reported are deleted, which leads us to the conclusion that each post should be reported individually, of course if we want all to be deleted. Depending on who is taking the action (not everyone has the same viewpoint), such users are first alerted by a private message, then with temporarily ban.

No, I have reported a single post before and included information in the report that has led to multiple other posts being deleted.
I can't see the logic in deleting a single post when the whole (stated) point of the report is about chronic abuse.
Surely if that one post is unacceptable then so are the identical 287?
And a 288 count shit posting account should be nuked on that basis.

I see that last posts from fourthfunction is dated to 22 December 2019, which means that he didn't get a strong enough message to stop. This is probably one of those who think: "You can't delete as much as I can post".

You're reading the post history backwards. His last posts were yesterday: the reported one deleted, seven similar ones remain.

[o_e_l_e_o]

I can't see the logic in deleting a single post when the whole (stated) point of the report is about chronic abuse.

I've wondered about this too. I have often reported with a comment along the lines of "Chronic/long term/repeated behavior. Please review post history and trash/delete/ban/nuke" or something similar. The post in question is often trashed, but very rarely does anything happen to the other posts. I wondered if it was due to the report being handled by a non-global mod without the power to delete the posts in other sections or ban the user in question.

If this is the case, does that mean a global mod will never see the report? Is there a system for mods to both handle reports like this but also flag it up for the attention of a global mod? Or is it better to report multiple posts from the user as there is then a higher chance of a global mod seeing one and banning the user?

I've even had to report the same user for plagiarism three or four times in the past, despite every report being marked as good and the post in question trashed, before the user was actually banned. I wonder if this is the same issue - moderators handling the report but being unable to ban the user.

[IconFirm]

The fourthfunction account has posted 288 times in the ~8 weeks it's been in existence.

All 288 posts are links to publish0x articles.

I have reported the account to moderators with this note

This account has posted 288 times. Every post is the same: the briefest of intros, followed by a link to media site publish0x. This is surely the definition of low quality posting and by inference paid-to-post. I request that a ban, in the interest of the forum's posting integrity, be imposed.

I'll check intermittently to see if any action is taken and post here.

Checking Modlog, the individual reported post has been deleted. No other action appears to have been taken.

Delete reply: Re: Presenting Algorand: The Blockchain for Business in topic #5060102 by member #2734070

I shall see if it produces its customary ~10 posts later today.

 

The shitposting continues - I have also now reported the account, suggest others do the same.

[hosseinimr93]

I've wondered about this too. I have often reported with a comment along the lines of "Chronic/long term/repeated behavior. Please review post history and trash/delete/ban/nuke" or something similar. The post in question is often trashed, but very rarely does anything happen to the other posts. I wondered if it was due to the report being handled by a non-global mod without the power to delete the posts in other sections or ban the user in question.

In my experience, even if all posts are made in one section, posts are barely deleted. I have asked to check other posts many times.  I even tried reporting more than 10 posts and asking to check other posts in the comment. But only reported posts were deleted although all posts of that user had been made in one section.

If this is the case, does that mean a global mod will never see the report? Is there a system for mods to both handle reports like this but also flag it up for the attention of a global mod? Or is it better to report multiple posts from the user as there is then a higher chance of a global mod seeing one and banning the user?

From my understanding from the following post made by Welsh, moderators can only request the ban. Global moderators and admins will decide whether to ban the user or not.

-snip-
However, this ban was requested by myself, and I included a temporary ban suggestion, but ultimately its up to the global moderator or admin that hands out the ban what length the ban will be.

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The fourthfunction account has posted 288 times in the ~8 weeks it's been in existence.

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I shall see if it produces its customary ~10 posts later today.

The shitposting continues - I have also now reported the account, suggest others do the same.

It hasn't posted since my report.
Logged in tonight without posting (so isn't banned), has rarely missed a day up till now. Strange.

[stompix]

Another advertising shill
- crabby

This user's posts are becoming more and more annoying.

Yeah, he has crossed the line with his last topic
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5227596.msg53886563#msg53886563

Hi Everyone!
I've used a lot of crypto exchanges over the last 8 years or so. I wanted to share my top 7 exchanges going into 2020.
I would love to hear what everyone here thinks and see if I'm missing any exchange from my list.
Check it out and let me know.
The Top 7 Cryptocurrency Exchanges in 2020

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

This is worse than clickbait, he's hiding all the content behind that link, he has no comments about it posted, no additional info, if you want to know what's this about you have to click his link.

[TravelMug]

The fourthfunction account has posted 288 times in the ~8 weeks it's been in existence.

All 288 posts are links to publish0x articles.

I have reported the account to moderators with this note

This account has posted 288 times. Every post is the same: the briefest of intros, followed by a link to media site publish0x. This is surely the definition of low quality posting and by inference paid-to-post. I request that a ban, in the interest of the forum's posting integrity, be imposed.

I'll check intermittently to see if any action is taken and post here.

That account could be part of a bigger shill or affiliate from publish0x unraveled by @20kevin20 here.

One group will spam the community with their affiliate links and then the other one, with links to publish0x articles only.

[o_e_l_e_o]

Logged in tonight without posting (so isn't banned), has rarely missed a day up till now. Strange.

Even if an account is banned, they can still log in, and so the "Last active" time on their profile will still update. They just won't be able to post, PM, send merit, etc.

From my understanding from the following post made by Welsh, moderators can only request the ban.

Ahh I see, thanks. So in these cases it is perhaps not being "moved up the chain", as it were, to be seen by a global moderator. Not sure what we can do about that. Perhaps mentioning on the report that this is the 10th/20th/30th time that this user is breaking the same rule would make it more likely to be flagged up to a global mod?


Here's another account to keep an eye on: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=89944
A long history of this exact kind of spamming from back in 2014 and 2015, woke up a couple of days ago, and immediately started spamming the Press board again. If he repeats his previous activity, I'll be suggesting that he is banned on all my reports.

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That account could be part of a bigger shill or affiliate from publish0x unraveled by @20kevin20 here.
One group will spam the community with their affiliate links and then the other one, with links to publish0x articles only.

Thanks for that link, I missed that thread.
If you look at pulbish0x's business model then the bigger situation becomes clear. This is purely a game of Whack-A-Mole.
The only way to deal with this effectively is to convince Theymos that it's in the forum's best interest to bar any and all links to publish0x.
That'll be a hard sell....

Even if an account is banned, they can still log in, and so the "Last active" time on their profile will still update. They just won't be able to post, PM, send merit, etc.

I didn't know that, thanks.
fourthfunction has just now started posting publish0x linked threads again, so it's not banned. I'm reporting them. Boring.

[IconFirm]

The fourthfunction account has posted 288 times in the ~8 weeks it's been in existence.

All 288 posts are links to publish0x articles.

I have reported the account to moderators with this note

This account has posted 288 times. Every post is the same: the briefest of intros, followed by a link to media site publish0x. This is surely the definition of low quality posting and by inference paid-to-post. I request that a ban, in the interest of the forum's posting integrity, be imposed.

I'll check intermittently to see if any action is taken and post here.

Indeed, I tagged the account a few months back for this exact reason.

The account has been autobanned:  https://bpip.org/profile.aspx?id=2734070

Thanks to all who reported the posts & to the Mod system for doing it's thing.

[suchmoon]

Another drive-by thread starter: ElizabethA

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2672680;sa=showPosts

This one is a bit more robust: doesn't always shill the same site, adds a question like "What do you think about crypto insurance?", and in one case even responded in their own thread!

Still mostly useless garbage.

[Lucius]

Another drive-by thread starter: ElizabethA
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2672680;sa=showPosts

This seems at first glance to be an alt account of :

User:   JessicaVL
Shills a variety of projects, including "tap.global", "eToro.com", "4king.com" and "vertex.market". Starts a lot of copy and paste threads in Bitcoin Discussion. Also makes lots of low value posts in other user's threads simply to include a link to one of the shilled projects.

ElizabethA is start with posting same links as JessicaVL, only 3 days after JessicaVL is stopped, maybe the reason is ban. Either way, this way of advertising no longer pass under the radar, and all who go down this path will face the same fate.

[o_e_l_e_o]

This seems at first glance to be an alt account of :

It absolutely is.

JessicaVL had another account over at the cryptocurrencytalk forums by the name of JVanLier, which posted all the same trash that she posted here.

Have a look at the most recent posts of the JVanLier account: https://cryptocurrencytalk.com/profile/100425-jvanlier/
Compare to the most recent posts and the ElizabethA account: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2672680;sa=showPosts

Literally identical posts made mere seconds apart.

Can a mod please ban the ElizabethA account for ban evasion? Or if not ban evasion, then at least for being a bot.

[hosseinimr93]

I checked post history of all users that have already been reported in this thread.
Some of them need more attention from moderators/admins.

_____________	_________________	_________________	_______________________
Date	Reported user	Link to report	Result
_____________	_________________	_________________	_______________________
Feb. 05	-Multivitamina-	o_e_l_e_o	changed behavior
Feb. 05	Jgilpulg	o_e_l_e_o	No post since January 27
Feb. 05	jdebunt	o_e_l_e_o	No post since January 31
Feb. 05	JessicaVL	o_e_l_e_o	No post since February 11
Feb. 06	Bitcoin_chaser	hosseinimr93	is still advertising
Feb. 07	CoinTrendy	20kevin20	is still advertising
Feb. 07	crabby	logfiles	is still advertising
Feb. 07	Alex077	Jawhead999	is still advertising
Feb. 07	voskobojn	Jawhead999	is still advertising
Feb. 07	DimaKHV	Jawhead999	No post since January 27
Feb. 07	FOX	Jawhead999	is still advertising
Feb. 07	jenniferletty	hulla	No post since February 15
Feb. 08	mamamu111	TravelMug	No post since February 16
Feb. 08	angle_crypto	Lucius	No post since February 18
Feb. 11	Xangle	TravelMug	is still advertising
Feb. 11	star7dust	Stalker22	Last link on February 13
Feb. 11	market pearl	Baofeng	No post since February 17
Feb. 15	Denial11	Baofeng	No post since February 20
Feb. 22	fourthfunction	tmfp	No post since February 21
Feb. 24	zakoliverz	o_e_l_e_o	------
Feb. 26	ElizabethA	suchmoon	------
_____________	_________________	_________________	_______________________

[Mbitr]

ElizabethA is at it again
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5229164.0