Bitcoin Discussion - Corona Virus Spamming

[ChuckBuck]

I think we can call them viruses of viruses. The harms and effects of Corona are really worrying, we are witnessing the worst disease in human history. But instead of acting, they took advantage of its influences to create meaningless topics, not just for Corona. Whenever a big event happens, a bunch of bullshit topic will be created there. It is like the viruses are sabotaging this forum  I was no longer interested in the Bitcoin Discussion section, 90% of the topics were trash.

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[YOSHIE]

try visiting the Economics section and speculation also suffered a worse fate than the Bitcoin Discussion.

Economics: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=7.0

speculation: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=57.0



I don't think the discussion part of Bitcoin is just attacked by the corona virus topic, almost evenly throughout the BitCointalk forums.

[BITCOIN4X]

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If someone finds a thread that is not useful and has the potential to cause a lot of spam posts, report it to the moderator to follow up. Is not this action we already know together and with this we can try to make the forum more conducive and clean of threads and spam posts.

Some other users might ignore the thread by not participating in posting so the thread wont appear. I believe this is the right solution and we as users should try to make this forum a good place for discussion and it all starts with ourselves before we apply it to others.

I don't think the discussion part of Bitcoin is just attacked by the corona virus topic, almost evenly throughout the BitCointalk forums.

Of course, panic is everywhere and we all want to find the best solution and some of them dont care about the effects that will occur in the forum. It is a mistake if we let them continue to make something that is not useful both in the form of threads and posts. Report to moderator and ignore threads and I am sure this will be more useful and useful than we also contribute to threads.

[TheBeardedBaby]

I don't know about the others threads but the first one marked in the OP is legit.
Calling the Bitcoin community to help battle COVID-19 is self moderated and the OP really keeps it clean, already 9 spam posts deleted.
The thread has a real purpose of helping scientists to solve medical problems using CPU power of everyone who is willing to help.

I agree that the covid-19 is a perfect excuse for the spammers to generate shitposts.

[stompix]

This is how Politics & Society looks like.

You've missed one 

The title might not be with corona but it's still about it.

Now, nothing is going to stop this flood of topics, not until the whole madness with the virus stops. It's the same during a bull run, we're spammed with hundreds of topics where will the moon be, during a crash, is bitcoin dead? but this thing is on a another level.
The whole world is looking at this, it is normal that the are people who feel the need to open a topics to try and make their voice heard.

Just as it's normal around here for all those topics to be full of spammers 
Two choices, report, and if report isn't working, ignore!

The forum is being COVIDed

What's that, covered in covids? 

[akhjob]

[so98nn]

This is a public forum and you can't just ban them from posting about Covid-19.

It is but obvious that people gonna put more topics regarding it as we are under lockdown and we have nothing on our mind.

However,

The only solution I see here is to make rules more stringent against what to be posted and where!

Tell the moderators to PIN a topic regarding Covid-19 stating that the topics will be removed if they are not worthy OR it is duty of OP to create self-moderated topic so that they can control whats being posted.

It will surely prohibit shitposting.

[Lauda]

This is a public private forum and you can't can just ban them from posting about Covid-19.

FTFY. How many accounts are you spamming with making it worth to spread lies like this?

[ChuckBuck]

FTFY. How many accounts are you spamming with?

Wuttttttttttt this question... Oh my God   he will answer like this, I was just presenting my personal opinion, what the hell is going on? I only have one account and I don't spam
Nobody will answer the truth  
Or he just posts once and never comes back here 

[Lucius]

Opening multiple threads on same topic is big problem on this forum, and this is especially evident in some boards that are marked as spam boards. Given the current situation, it is logical that COVID-19 is a hot topic throughout the forum, but I suggest that the moderators leave only one thread in each board, based on the one that was first started. Alternatively everything can be combined into one topic and moved to an off-topic, which will only temporarily resolve the situation, because in a few days everything will look like it did before.

The situation is somewhat better in Serious discussion regarding the virus, but only because the signatures are not displayed there.

[so98nn]

This is a public private forum and you can't can just ban them from posting about Covid-19.

FTFY. How many accounts are you spamming with making it worth to spread lies like this?

Oh Stop it @Lauda! You are more or less hitler of the forum and you can't just blame everyone that comes your way.

FTFY. How many accounts are you spamming with?

Wuttttttttttt this question... Oh my God  he will answer like this, I was just presenting my personal opinion, what the hell is going on? I only have one account and I don't spam
Nobody will answer the truth 
Or he just posts once and never comes back here 

And you Sir\Madam, you speak for yourself or Luada !

Do you even have your own opinion?



@Lauda

Anyone can register and post, basically its publicly open.

No you can't ban as long as its completely against forum rules.

[Lauda]

No you can't ban as long as its completely against forum rules.

You are an idiot. Theymos can ban you for being an idiot completely arbitrarily, at any time. Actually, you do not even have to be an idiot. He can ban you for the sake of banning you. Rules are irrelevant.

You are a idiot no more no less 

Stop copying me. 

[ChuckBuck]

Do you even have your own opinion?

Want to hear my opinion? Fine...
You are a idiot no more no less 

This is a public forum and you can't just ban them from posting about Covid-19.

This forum is a forum dedicated to Bitcoin, it is not a goddamn place for you to discuss social security issues, education, epidemics,... What the hell is the disease affecting or involving Bitcoin? Stop giving your bullshit comments in topics  Get out of here and find a public place to talk about Covid-19

No you can't ban as long as its completely against forum rules.

Well, you're not stupid with this saying, huh?

[so98nn]

No you can't ban as long as its completely against forum rules.

You are an idiot. Theymos can ban you for being an idiot completely arbitrarily, at any time. Actually, you do not even have to be an idiot. He can ban you for the sake of banning you. Rules are irrelevant.

You are a idiot no more no less  

Stop copying me.  

Such negative personality. Can't even respond back with own shield. You have to use theymos all the time.

Stop being irrelevant, then we will speak about rules which are irrelevant.

Do you even have your own opinion?

Want to hear my opinion? Fine...
You are a idiot no more no less  

This is a public forum and you can't just ban them from posting about Covid-19.

This forum is a forum dedicated to Bitcoin, it is not a goddamn place for you to discuss social security issues, education, epidemics,... What the hell is the disease affecting or involving Bitcoin? Stop giving your bullshit comments in topics   Get out of here and find a public place to talk about Covid-19

No you can't ban as long as its completely against forum rules.

Well, you're not stupid with this saying, huh?

You both are alts of each other or What!!

Going off-line at the same time, coming on-line at the same time and one copies shit of others.

Anyways .  .

Ignoring you too.



I responded with what I had to speak. Stop being judgemental.

[Review Master]

From my opinion , these are the covidiot (covid+idiot). They are just trying to make the forum full of spamming and also try to create panic among the users about bitcoin's price fall. Actually, we can prevent covid-19 by staying in home. Also we can give more than enough time to discuss about the current crypto market or bitcoin price. But, these covidiots are showing their stupidity.
At last , i only want to say that it's my own opnion .It's can be vary from persion to persion of their own thinkings.

[philipma1957]

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

...
USA
State   Total
Cases   New
Cases   Total
Deaths   New
Deaths   Active
Cases   Source

New York.....37,738   +4,772   385   +19   35,836   ...
New Jersey....6,876   +2,474   81   +19   6,795   ...
California......3,910   +912   80   +15   3,822   ...
Washington...3,207   +619   147   +15   2,936   ...
Michigan.......2,856   +561   60   +17   2,791   ...
Illinois..........2,538   +673   26   +7   2,510        ...
Florida..........2,484   +507   29   +6   2,455        ...
...

...

   Just the top 7 states

This is all over the world it is the biggest news worldwide since the spanish flu of 1918-1919

Like it or not it is going to dominate the forum's news.  I doubt it will be restricted .


I did USA because I live in New Jersey and most of my family is in New York.

I started a thread about a week ago.

[tbct_mt2]

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

...
USA
State   Total
Cases   New
Cases   Total
Deaths   New
Deaths   Active
Cases   Source

New York.....37,738   +4,772   385   +19   35,836   ...
New Jersey....6,876   +2,474   81   +19   6,795   ...
California......3,910   +912   80   +15   3,822   ...
Washington...3,207   +619   147   +15   2,936   ...
Michigan.......2,856   +561   60   +17   2,791   ...
Illinois..........2,538   +673   26   +7   2,510        ...
Florida..........2,484   +507   29   +6   2,455        ...
...

...

Do you know where to get figures for total number of tests have been made in the USA. ?

Trump tweeted that the USA. have tested (within one week) more than what South Korea did within 3 - 4 weeks. I believe it but I am curious about the source of that data.
Let's consider a good effects from the Corona Virus Spamming epidemic on the forum. How I call it as a good thing. Many of them will end with plagiarism and the forum will be cleaner with less spammers.

For the others who don't plagiarise, they will stop it when the pandemic is contained globally. That is not too far from now. Depends on each nation, from epidemic peak, it takes around 1 month to stabilize and next 2 months to bring nearly all things back to normal. I guess about 4 to 6 months from now, the world will become safer and the Coronavirus spam epidemic on the forum will stop. Just my hope.

In the meantime, I am waiting to see more ban appeals from plagiarism.

[hacker1001101001]

Let's consider a good effects from the Corona Virus Spamming epidemic on the forum. How I call it as a good thing. Many of them will end with plagiarism and the forum will be cleaner with less spammers.

For the others who don't plagiarise, they will stop it when the pandemic is contained globally. That is not too far from now. Depends on each nation, from epidemic peak, it takes around 1 month to stabilize and next 2 months to bring nearly all things back to normal. I guess about 4 to 6 months from now, the world will become safer and the Coronavirus spam epidemic on the forum will stop. Just my hope.

In the meantime, I am waiting to see more ban appeals from plagiarism.

I think you should check out about new hantaviruse as your hope could blew off !

All you want to know about hantavirus that killed a man in China this week

[ChuckBuck]

I think you should check out about new hantaviruse as your hope could blew off !
All you want to know about hantavirus that killed a man in China this week

I read some news about it yesterday. Many peple worry that they may break out into pandemics. Others think this is a big purge on mankind  It also started from China 

The image is just for fun, but who knows what happens next 

[tbct_mt2]

I think you should check out about new hantaviruse as your hope could blew off !
All you want to know about hantavirus that killed a man in China this week

Thank you for that news.

I read some news about it yesterday. Many peple worry that they may break out into pandemics. Others think this is a big purge on mankind   It also started from China  

The image is just for fun, but who knows what happens next  

Then, we will call it as a Chinese hantavirus, as the ex-standards for virus and disease name-calling before some changes a few years ago (that does not allow or avoid to use location, nation to name viruses and diseases. Personally, I don't have any issues with ex-name-calling method. It help us instantly to know where they originally started. In the other words, I support the name-calling from Mr. Trump.

Chinese coronavirus and Chinese hanta virus.