This member has weird stats.

[BlackHatCoiner]

BobLawblaw

How can a member have this posts-merits rate? I don't make any sense with bpip.org, neither with his profile page. How does he have so many merits with do few posts?

[hilariousandco]

He probably deleted a load of his posts.

[BitMaxz]

Much better check the old record on archive.org like his profile page below.

- https://web.archive.org/web/20200502045925/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=569455

So hilariousandco is right.

[Lafu]

Possible that the Account got or will be sold maybe !

This user's email address was changed recently.

Dont know if im right but mostly thats signs for an sold Account , or maybe hacked.
But cant say if that is true , so dont count on that .

We will see when he starts posting again or he maybe posting in this thread .

Edit:

This may likely be the last text post I make on this site.

Going to make an attempt to just post relevant market information without any comment. No more meming. Increased my ignore list, as an unfortunate side effect of everything that has gone on, after much self-reflection. Really have no desire to interact with people here any more, but recognize the thread has its place of importance in the Bitcoin sphere, with regards to staying on top of news.

Hope I'm able, at the very least, to share what I see happening on Twitter.

Good or Bad. Draw your own conclusions sorta thing.

[gentlemand]

Possible that the Account got or will be sold maybe !

This user's email address was changed recently.

Dont know if im right but mostly thats signs for an sold Account , or maybe hacked.
But cant say if that is true , so dont count on that .

We will see when he starts posting again or he maybe posting in this thread .

The posts after that are consistent with his past habits and his mood which is... not great so there's little reason to think it's a sold account. And if someone did want to sell it they wouldn't gut the account by removing all the posts.

He originally wanted to delete his account. You can't do that. I assume he created a junk email address without noting the password and then planned to abandon it so he can't get back in again.

[Timelord2067]

This is their last post after a few hours have passed:



BobLawblaw is showered with merits quite easily.


The very next post:

<merit dump>
Well that was unexpected and generous.
Thank you kindly, Bob. I will endeavor to pay forward to worthy posts.
Cheers and good luck.

Over the last few days they've given away quite a few of their earned merits:



which occurred *before* they changed their password:

BPIP still hasn't even picked up the email change has occurred:

https://bpip.org/profile.aspx?id=569455

Can't find it on seclog either:

https://bitcointalk.org/seclog.php?all

Try https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5249591.0


Conclusion:  UID hasn't changed hands.

[hosseinimr93]

BPIP still hasn't even picked up the email change has occurred

It seems to be a bug from forum.
Once a user changes the password, changes the email address, wakes up, etc, it should be shown on Security log. BPIP also records the data immediately after it is shown on Security log.
Since the email change is not shown on Security log, BPIP hasn't recorded that.

Edit:

Email changes aren't reported in seclog. It only shows "password reset via email".

[Harlot]

He probably deleted a load of his posts.

Even if he deleted a bunch of his posts I don't thin his activity is also justified in that cast. I mean this account was registered in 2015 and he should probably be a Legendary rank by default right now. There is evidence that a bunch of his posts got deleted but I don't think his activity justifies it not unless he went inactive for years before posting here in the forum again.

[Yogee]

He probably deleted a load of his posts.

Even if he deleted a bunch of his posts I don't thin his activity is also justified in that cast. I mean this account was registered in 2015 and he should probably be a Legendary rank by default right now. There is evidence that a bunch of his posts got deleted but I don't think his activity justifies it not unless he went inactive for years before posting here in the forum again.

How does a 2015 account become a Legendary rank by default without the required activity?

It was clear to me that forum rank is influenced by activity and merit. Activity depends on the number of posts done every 14 days. His rank became legendary because of his old posts. If he deleted them, it's as if he never made those posts in the first place. Therefore, his rank coming back to Member is justified. Correct me if I am wrong.   

[OcTradism]

Yes. His rank will be decreased to Member soon.

He intended to delete more but unfortunately he can not delete his topics so that he still has 62 posts left in total.
See his post history's leftover. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=569455;sa=showPosts

[UserU]

How does a 2015 account become a Legendary rank by default without the required activity?

It was clear to me that forum rank is influenced by activity and merit. Activity depends on the number of posts done every 14 days. His rank became legendary because of his old posts. If he deleted them, it's as if he never made those posts in the first place. Therefore, his rank coming back to Member is justified. Correct me if I am wrong.   

IINM, Merits weren't existent back then until a few years ago. Members could become Legen... wait for it... dary solely from their Activity.

[cryptoaddictchie]

BobLawblaw

How can a member have this posts-merits rate? I don't make any sense with bpip.org, neither with his profile page. How does he have so many merits with do few posts?

Actually it started on this thread.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5262257.msg54797791#msg54797791

He is asking how to delete his account and his massive post history. I sugges hire, someone to delete it for him, I never thought he could do it in a jiffy.

Even if he deleted a bunch of his posts I don't thin his activity is also justified in that cast. I mean this account was registered in 2015 and he should probably be a Legendary rank by default right now.

He was a legendary prior to posting the thread I shared aboved. But as usual as activity depleted no matter it was delete by mods or him, your rank will drop depends on the required activity with each rank.

Nevertheless he can rank up fast like the normal process but this time, the activity will not follow the 14days activation since he already made those post befor. He can reach Hero rank again as long as he completed required activity of 480. Let's say he posted 480 in 20days. He will rank up on that day for sure. Activity wouldnt wait 14days apart for that, since he reaches it before.

But Im still confuse what's his purpose to delete his post history that much.

[tranthidung]

But Im still confuse what's his purpose to delete his post history that much.

He disappointed for some reasons only he know and wanted to abandon the forum. Why did he do so (delete nearly all his posts, clear thread to empty ones)?

I think he do love the forum and he is not sure that he will not come back to the forum, and reuse his account if he does not destroy it. For people who spend too much time on the forum, for years like BBL, I am sure he will do miss the forum.

I remembered another case: mdayonliner who did not delete most of his posts. Indeed, he did something like what described In the process of willingly locking mdayonliner

[amishmanish]

The weirdness lies more in what exactly led him to such disliking about his interactions at the forum that he deleted EVERYTHING. Even the topics that he started, he diligently deleted the content. Is there an automated way of doing this, btw??

His parting post says that he will continue to participate in the BTC Observer thread but has no desire to interact with the people here anymore. That is kindda sad. It looks like he must be an old participant in the bitcoin community and is disillusioned by the interactions here or the productivity of discussions therein, for himself individually and for bitcoin in particular. So he decided to retreat to the Ivory Tower i guess.

[YOSHIE]

I guess the user of @BobLawblaw, a long time member and familiar with this forum.

Who knows what's on @BobLawblaw's mind, he deleted all the old and current posts.

From the history he got the merit also seen deleted.

Who knows what the purpose of @BobLawblaw, only he knows...!

How can a member have this posts-merits rate?

He is a frustrated member, he is not a new member.

I remember the topic @BobLawblaw created: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5262257.msg54797360#msg54797360

http://archive.is/wip/muxVu

once complained, about the deletion of the account ... that's the reason, maybe, what's happening now to @BobLawblaw.
@BobLawblaw, doesn't want to be in this forum anymore, he wants everything to disappear including his account.

[Upgrade00]

We may be thinking too much on the member's motives and its implications. He/she has the right to clear out their digital footprint on the forum if they wish to, drawing attention to it and digging through their profile does not help then achieve that privacy.

[rhomelmabini]

We may be thinking too much on the member's motives and its implications. He/she has the right to clear out their digital footprint on the forum if they wish to, drawing attention to it and digging through their profile does not help then achieve that privacy.

Those topics aren't easy to delete by himself so he left it blank and if those has been quoted by another member/s then footprint will still exists unless he really pm the admin to delete his account and theymos would allow that.

This is the only comment I've seen on theymos in regards for deleting an account but I don't know if it still relevant to this day.

Delete any posts you don't want to exist after I delete your account, and then PM me with the name to credit your remaining posts.

[LoyceV]

It seems to be a bug from forum.
Once a user changes the password, changes the email address, wakes up, etc, it should be shown on Security log.

Email changes aren't reported in seclog. It only shows "password reset via email".

I have all unedited (or deleted) posts made by BobLawblaw, but I started collecting this data only a year ago. I also have most older posts by now, but it's going to take me a while to sort it per user.

Deleting posts, especially from OP, is quite disruptive to a forum, but it's just one of the many freedoms this forum offers.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

It’s not hacked, it’s not sold. He took great offence to something that happened on a private platform that a select bunch of us are on. He got upset & paranoid about OpSec so quit the other platform, he then continued his annoyance here in the WO which is where many of us post regularly.

It’s a shame, I had a lot of time for Bob, I like him a lot but this is the internet. None of us really know each other do we, he’s within his rights to do what he wants with his account.

Once again, I guarantee you it’s not a hacked or sold account. It’s a sort of rage quit & an attempt to delete all traces of who he is or may be, every microscopic trace of who he is removed.

It’s a shame but it is what it is.

[Timelord2067]

Not sure what to make of all of this (other than my previous post in this thread) but I have seen a couple of users asking about ways to delete their accounts.  I do recall that shorena had a "service" where they would "clean" a UID - quite literally by deleting each and every post.  I'm not sure how shorena was able to delete any threads a user would start (unless they were a mod/had help from a mod) but that would be a sticking point for anyone wanting to self delete rather than be nuked.

As to sabotage, that would be a possibility if a connection were made to the recipients of the merits handed out recently.