7 Day Ban Appeal

[LFC_Bitcoin_ban]

It’s LFC_Bitcoin

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=379487

I just logged in to see I’ve been banned for 7 days for participating in a TRON altcoin competition. I only entered it to help the company in my sig, bitcasino.io

I had no idea that this was against the rules.
All you had to do was pick a number from 1-100 & maybe win 8000 TRON. I don’t need the money, I only entered upon a request from somebody else.

Why not just delete the thread, a ban is too harsh imo. Can this be reversed?

There were loads of people posting in that thread. I hope I’m not the only one who got banned.

https://i.ibb.co/n3vQ6T7/EA1-C00-D0-7-EEC-477-C-A3-F7-0-FABAE67164-F.jpg

[efialtis_banned]

It’s LFC_Bitcoin

I just logged in to see I’ve been banned for 7 days for participating in a TRON altcoin competition. I only entered it to help the company in my sig, bitcasino.io

I had no idea that this was against the rules.
All you had to do was pick a number from 1-100 & maybe win 8000 TRON. I don’t need the money, I only entered upon a request from somebody else.

Why not just delete the thread, a ban is too harsh imo. Can this be reversed?

There were loads of people posting in that thread. I hope I’m not the only one who got banned.

https://i.ibb.co/n3vQ6T7/EA1-C00-D0-7-EEC-477-C-A3-F7-0-FABAE67164-F.jpg

Lol - I was just about to post exactly the same - let me use this one instead of creating a seperate thread mate? You were also the first one who came to my mind when thinking about who else must have been banned...

efialtis Ban Appeal

Well, I just saw I got a 7 day ban for "Participating in an on-forum altcoin giveaway ("Bitcasino.io" TRX giveaway). Ban duration: 7 days" - wtf? Since when are you getting banned when taking part in a giveaway? I didnt spam, pm or do anything else. In addition to me, several other established members posted in that thread - they all banned as well?!

That suxx big time... :/

Profile link efialtis: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2597426

[Last of the V8s]

It’s LFC_Bitcoin

I just logged in to see I’ve been banned for 7 days for participating in a TRON altcoin competition. I only entered it to help the company in my sig, bitcasino.io

I had no idea that this was against the rules.
All you had to do was pick a number from 1-100 & maybe win 8000 TRON. I don’t need the money, I only entered upon a request from somebody else.

Why not just delete the thread, a ban is too harsh imo. Can this be reversed?

There were loads of people posting in that thread. I hope I’m not the only one who got banned.

Mother of buggery bollocks.

Man we will so miss you while we make coin hand over fist fight this injustice.

[LFC_Bitcoin_ban]

Outrageous imo, would like to know which rent a cop mod did this.

Ass hole!

[efialtis_banned]

Spending countless hours in this forum, doing a lot for the community as well as trying to help whenever possible and then getting banned for 7 days for such a reason? Lol... Sweet! And all of that during corona qarantine time, lol.

Royse777 just contacted me via TG, banned, too...

Nb. Man that 360 seconds limit...

[LFC_Bitcoin_ban]

Spending countless hours in this forum, doing a lot for the community as well as trying to help whenever possible and then getting banned for 7 days for such a reason? Lol... Sweet! And all of that during corona qarantine time, lol.

Royse777 just contacted me via TG, banned, too...

Nb. Man that 360 seconds limit...

Just delete the fucking give away thread & that’s all that needed to happen. I didn’t even know it was against the rules. I don’t participate in them, I only did to help bitcasino.io & create more interest.

[efialtis_banned]

Spending countless hours in this forum, doing a lot for the community as well as trying to help whenever possible and then getting banned for 7 days for such a reason? Lol... Sweet! And all of that during corona qarantine time, lol.

Royse777 just contacted me via TG, banned, too...

Nb. Man that 360 seconds limit...

Just delete the fucking give away thread & that’s all that needed to happen. I didn’t even know it was against the rules. I don’t participate in them, I only did to help bitcasino.io & create more interest.

Same here... Threads, that arent welcome, usually just get deleted and thats about it, no? Banning dozens of users, including us (dont mean we are any better but you know, its not like we are bounty hunters/spammers/shitposters...). Unbelievable!

[Khaled0111_alt]

My main account khaled0111 has been temp banned too for the same reason.
What I can't understand is that the giveawy thread was in the Games and Rounds sub-section and I don't see how replying there could be against forum rules.

This is really frustrating and hope a global mod will consider our appeals as soon as possible.

Am appealing here too to avoid creating another topic.

[efialtis_banned]

Posting this on behalf of Royse777

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I just logged into my account and found I am banned too. This is very confusing and frustrating. We the established members do not post there to abuse the system but perhaps forget for a sec that it do break the forum rule.

May be revise the rule and if anyone post any altcoin giveaway then just delete the topic and pm them the reason of deleting the topic and forbid them not to post the same topic again.

Profile: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=366632
With others, it's clear that this is a mistake which was not meant to be made but it just happened. Hence, can I request a ban lift from my account too?

PS: Instead of creating a new account, I am requesting efialtis to post it on behalf of me. Please verify the blow singed message in case of any doubt.

Cheers,
Royse777

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[hosseinimr93]

Most giveaway threads are no longer allowed in the Alternate cryptocurrencies sections. From now on, posting or replying to such threads could result in being banned. Existing threads will be locked.

According to this post by theymos, giveaways in altcoins sections are against rules and anyone post in the thread should be banned. But that giveaway had been posted on games and round. So I don't think users should be banned. But what bitcasino did was against rules. Because of posting altcoin giveaway in games and round.
It was Bitcasino fault. not users who posted there.

As the reward was in an altcoin, I guess the thread was moved to altcoins sections by moderators and then it was deleted and users were banned.
Even if that's the case, I don't think users should be banned, because they have posted in games and rounds and that's not against the rules.
 
Rules don't say altcoin giveaway are against rules. It says giveaways posted in altcoins sections is against rules.
Even if altcoin giveaway is against rules, the rule regarding that has been pinned in Bounties (Altcoins). As only bounty hunters visit that board, in my opinion, this ban was not fair.

[rhomelmabini]

Outrageous imo, would like to know which rent a cop mod did this.

There are only two mods that moderate the Gambling board and it's child boards, Cyrus and hilariousandco maybe they can enlighten this banned members of what really the case or if it's really justifiable. But I think the Games and Rounds board was only meant for Bitcoin giveaways (correct me if I'm wrong).

[hd49728]

Months ago, a big guy in Bitsler or Sportsbet.io's campaign was banned for nearly the same rule-breaking post in a thread that run a altcoin-giveaway. That user was banned immediately when the thread he joined was deleted by moderator. All users joined that thread were banned too (7 or 14 days, not sure and I tried to remember who is the case). I will let you know if I find him.

[Pmalek]

Unfortunately the reason for the temporary bans is the participation in an altcoin giveaway. They are not allowed ANYWHERE on the forum according to theymos. Had it been a Bitcoin giveaway, it would have been allowed in Games and Rounds. There is no mention about Bitcoin giveaways not being allowed.
It's sad that so many good members got affected. At least it made me go over the rules one more time and remember never to participate in one in the future.

[rat03gopoh]

@efialtis, @Khaled0111, @LFC_Bitcoin, and more coming....
I'll gladly invite y'all to support what I've said here.

[UserU]

This is really messed up. A suspension is never justified for participating in some giveaway, even if it's posted in the incorrect section.

Hope your main gets unbanned ASAP.

[btc_angela]

Months ago, a big guy in Bitsler or Sportsbet.io's campaign was banned for nearly the same rule-breaking post in a thread that run a altcoin-giveaway. That user was banned immediately when the thread he joined was deleted by moderator. All users joined that thread were banned too (7 or 14 days, not sure and I tried to remember who is the case). I will let you know if I find him.

I think you are referring to BitcoinGirl.Club or  previously known as Pamoldar.

But I do agree, established members are affected.

Here is a post from Theymos,

Most giveaway threads are no longer allowed in the Alternate cryptocurrencies sections. From now on, posting or replying to such threads could result in being banned. Existing threads will be locked.

Specifically, you are not allowed to give people any incentive to post insubstantial posts in your threads. You can't offer to pay people who post their addresses, usernames, etc. You can do giveaways off-site and link to the giveaway page in a thread, but you can't give people any bonus for replying to your thread.

Similar threads are already restricted to Games and Rounds in the non-altcoin sections, but the giveaway-related post volume is so high in the altcoin sections that I've decided to just ban them entirely here.

[LFC_Bitcoin_ban]

Most giveaway threads are no longer allowed in the Alternate cryptocurrencies sections.......Similar threads are already restricted to Games and Rounds in the non-altcoin sections.....

The thread was in Games & Rounds.

It wasn’t in the Alt Sub.

[efialtis_banned]

Lets be serious guys, banning people for making a post in a giveaway-thread (giveaway coming from an established operator doing countless promos exclusively for btctalk members)?! Cant be justified no matter what... Guess its just me and my Greek nature of mind...

[hilariousandco]

Maybe just trashing the threads is enough in these situations, but contact mprep about it as he's the mod of the alt board and often the one who issues bans for giveaways.

My main account khaled0111 has been temp banned too for the same reason.
What I can't understand is that the giveawy thread was in the Games and Rounds sub-section and I don't see how replying there could be against forum rules.

Maybe it can be appealed on these grounds if so.

[gentlemand]

It seems like a very strange move on your sig campaign's part to ask members to do something like this. Was it a polite request or was there some implied pressure? I'd refuse to do it simply because I don't want my unread replies bit polluted.