Can someone check if there is something wrong with this?

[Poker Player]

I will explain in chronological order.

First I see this thread opened in the Serious Discussion board: What is merit? I've been about to report the thread because the subject has been discussed many times and I don't think it's suitable for that board. OP should have done research before opening the thread. If that's a newbie in the Newbies and Help section it's OK I think but not there for a junior member.

But then I go and see his profile and I see the account whas created in May, 2016. It wrote only one post then and the account was not used until last December when it started to apply for bounty campaigns.

Then, I check the trust but there is no feedback whatsoever.

But finally, I look at the merit and I see he was given 10 merits in a short period of time by the same guy who has been given negative trust by @marlboroza:

   " March 08, 2021, 09:49:30 AM: 3 from Hobo66 for (Deleted/Off-limits/Ignored)
    March 08, 2021, 09:48:53 AM: 3 from Hobo66 for (Deleted/Off-limits/Ignored)
    March 08, 2021, 08:55:29 AM: 4 from Hobo66 for (Deleted/Off-limits/Ignored)"

To me this smells like a sale of an account and that the same guy who sold him the account has given him the merits to rank up. I have no way to prove it but it looks very suspicious to me.

What do you think?

[iamsheikhadil]

It's very much possible, and I think the mods should reverse those merits if possible, it's not even showing properly for which posts the user recieved merit for so I guess that the topics were deleted to bury the posts. To be honest, these things aren't rare, but very common, account sales etc, I have seen in past in some sites demanding bucks for btctalk merits lol. I guess there should be more evidences to prove account connections before tagging for it as simple merit sending might not be that much of an evidence. 

[isaac_clarke22]

Using LoyceV's Search Tool for Deleted Posts/Replies
I got these:

[1]

Binance is one of the best exchanges for buying dogecoin as it has a large infrastructure and very low fees. The same can also be said of Changelly, ShapeShift and Bittrex.

[2]

Investing or trading in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies can be intimidating at first. There is frequently news about scams and people losing money. While this is true, and many scams have happened and continue to happen, it has never been so simple to invest in and safely trade in cryptocurrency as it is today.

[3]

I certainly doubt that we will see ETH going to 100k in this hype cycle as this is just too much when you evaluate the market cap that it will be if it reaches such price levels. True, that there is most likely going to be a lot of demand for ETH on exchanges like Coinbase, Primexbt, Kraken due to staking which will result in a lot of ETH getting locked which will diminish the circulating supply and end up in ETH being more scarce than usually.

These posts are all merited by the user you mentioned, but was deleted for some reason.
Not sure if sold account, as I don't think there's point in selling a Newbie rank if he/she only posted a single reply in 2016 or I could be missing some lines in here.

It looks a bit sus from the merits though, in my opinion. Those posts ain't worth 3-4 merits.

[Poker Player]

It's very much possible, and I think the mods should reverse those merits if possible, it's not even showing properly for which posts the user recieved merit for so I guess that the topics were deleted to bury the posts.

AFAIK, merits given are not reversible, not even by the mods. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

[suchmoon]

To me this smells like a sale of an account and that the same guy who sold him the account has given him the merits to rank up.

Or no sale, just someone sending merits to rank up their sockpuppet because their main account is red-tagged.

AFAIK, merits given are not reversible, not even by the mods. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

Admins (or maybe just theymos himself) can reverse them but it's only done in very rare cases - I know a couple of examples, one was abuse by a merit source, another one was a hacked account. This is probably not one of such exceptional cases. In the long run these few merits won't matter. This user is unlikely to get any more.

[libert19]

Can one know if post was deleted by himself or mods? If himself (posts look of good quality), it would prove the point.

[Poker Player]

To me this smells like a sale of an account and that the same guy who sold him the account has given him the merits to rank up.

Or no sale, just someone sending merits to rank up their sockpuppet because their main account is red-tagged.

I don't think that's the case here because he's opened a stupid thread asking about what merit is in the serious discussion board. It looks to me as someone who bought the account and is lost. Moreover, the other account was red tagged almost three years ago.

AFAIK, merits given are not reversible, not even by the mods. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

Admins (or maybe just theymos himself) can reverse them but it's only done in very rare cases - I know a couple of examples, one was abuse by a merit source, another one was a hacked account. This is probably not one of such exceptional cases. In the long run these few merits won't matter. This user is unlikely to get any more.

Txs, I didn't know that.

Can one know if post was deleted by himself or mods? If himself (posts look of good quality), it would prove the point.

Good idea.

[rosenbauer02]

It still accusation and it will be that hard to prove. I know what you have been thinking because in my mind too this is something unusual and I can also smell something fishy in both account.

It could be that the guy own the same account and wishes to get back in the forum bounty hunting and instead of creating new account he then just remember the old account and get it active so that he can use it like whatever purpose it may be.

Second, the account was sold and has been provided with merits as part of the of the sales.

Whatever the purpose of doing it there will time for that guy to become busted by the wrong doings. It might not be now but probably in the future. There will be always be time for that when he becomes completely unaware and does courageous things violating forum rules and regulations.

For now, all we can do is to observe both users and report when there will be something that can point out their wrong doings that if the both users still completely unaware of this post.

[Bitfort]

Using LoyceV's Search Tool for Deleted Posts/Replies
I got these:

[1]

Binance is one of the best exchanges for buying dogecoin as it has a large infrastructure and very low fees. The same can also be said of Changelly, ShapeShift and Bittrex.

[2]

Investing or trading in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies can be intimidating at first. There is frequently news about scams and people losing money. While this is true, and many scams have happened and continue to happen, it has never been so simple to invest in and safely trade in cryptocurrency as it is today.

//bitfort edit
orig. source: https://www.investopedia.com/best-crypto-exchanges-5071855

[3]

I certainly doubt that we will see ETH going to 100k in this hype cycle as this is just too much when you evaluate the market cap that it will be if it reaches such price levels. True, that there is most likely going to be a lot of demand for ETH on exchanges like Coinbase, Primexbt, Kraken due to staking which will result in a lot of ETH getting locked which will diminish the circulating supply and end up in ETH being more scarce than usually.

//bitfort edit 
orig. source: https://www.quora.com/Can-Ethereum-reach-100k

These posts are all merited by the user you mentioned, but was deleted for some reason.
Not sure if sold account, as I don't think there's point in selling a Newbie rank if he/she only posted a single reply in 2016 or I could be missing some lines in here.

It looks a bit sus from the merits though, in my opinion. Those posts ain't worth 3-4 merits.

In addition two of them were plain copy paste (added sources).
If loyce.club can be considered trusted source then we have a proof of plagiarism.

Obviously these merits to user fortune1002 were bought or exchanged for some service and posts were made solely for such purpose.
IMO some merit seller requires making any posts that looks like informative/usefull but also has a condition to delete it after (to sweep the tracks).

[isaac_clarke22]

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Binance is one of the best exchanges for buying dogecoin as it has a large infrastructure and very low fees. The same can also be said of Changelly, ShapeShift and Bittrex.

All of them were copy paste, as this one came from this article as well.
https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/09/where-can-i-buy-dogecoin-for-the-best-price-14042867/

[Poker Player]

In addition two of them were plain copy paste (added sources).
If loyce.club can be considered trusted source then we have a proof of plagiarism.

Obviously these merits to user fortune1002 were bought or exchanged for some service and posts were made solely for such purpose.
IMO some merit seller requires making any posts that looks like informative/usefull but also has a condition to delete it after (to sweep the tracks).

All of them were copy paste, as this one came from this article as well.
https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/09/where-can-i-buy-dogecoin-for-the-best-price-14042867/

But we don't know if either of them deleted those posts, do we? I take it it was one of them, otherwise @fortune1002 should have been banned.

After this, I take it that some mod is going to ban @fortune1002, for copy-pasting but I am not so sure if they are going to do anything with Hobo66 because we lack evidence. I've tagged both of them.

[fortune1002]

In addition two of them were plain copy paste (added sources).
If loyce.club can be considered trusted source then we have a proof of plagiarism.

Obviously these merits to user fortune1002 were bought or exchanged for some service and posts were made solely for such purpose.
IMO some merit seller requires making any posts that looks like informative/usefull but also has a condition to delete it after (to sweep the tracks).

All of them were copy paste, as this one came from this article as well.
https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/09/where-can-i-buy-dogecoin-for-the-best-price-14042867/

But we don't know if either of them deleted those posts, do we? I take it it was one of them, otherwise @fortune1002 should have been banned.

After this, I take it that some mod is going to ban @fortune1002, for copy-pasting but I am not so sure if they are going to do anything with Hobo66 because we lack evidence. I've tagged both of them.

Please Don't do anything. So I can banned. Please I am a bounty hunter so I bought Merit for Earning not for any other purpose. please don't Report me .
Please.
I hope you understand my feeling.

~

Binance is one of the best exchanges for buying dogecoin as it has a large infrastructure and very low fees. The same can also be said of Changelly, ShapeShift and Bittrex.

All of them were copy paste, as this one came from this article as well.
https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/09/where-can-i-buy-dogecoin-for-the-best-price-14042867/

I only copied my first 3 posts which were deleted. Because I was newbie i did not know what have I to post for merit. That's why I copied from site. But Now I understood What I have to write So you can now see my all Posts are not copied from anywhere all are Written by me.

I will explain in chronological order.

First I see this thread opened in the Serious Discussion board: What is merit? I've been about to report the thread because the subject has been discussed many times and I don't think it's suitable for that board. OP should have done research before opening the thread. If that's a newbie in the Newbies and Help section it's OK I think but not there for a junior member.

But then I go and see his profile and I see the account whas created in May, 2016. It wrote only one post then and the account was not used until last December when it started to apply for bounty campaigns.

Then, I check the trust but there is no feedback whatsoever.

But finally, I look at the merit and I see he was given 10 merits in a short period of time by the same guy who has been given negative trust by @marlboroza:

   " March 08, 2021, 09:49:30 AM: 3 from Hobo66 for (Deleted/Off-limits/Ignored)
    March 08, 2021, 09:48:53 AM: 3 from Hobo66 for (Deleted/Off-limits/Ignored)
    March 08, 2021, 08:55:29 AM: 4 from Hobo66 for (Deleted/Off-limits/Ignored)"

To me this smells like a sale of an account and that the same guy who sold him the account has given him the merits to rank up. I have no way to prove it but it looks very suspicious to me.

What do you think?

Please sir close this topic and let me go.
I already told that I am a bounty hunter so I bought merit for doing work on signature compaign. Please let me go

[moderator's note: consecutive posts merged]

[lovesmayfamilis]

Please sir close this topic and let me go.
I already told that I am a bounty hunter so I bought merit for doing work on signature compaign. Please let me go

How great you thought of everything. You are not only smart but also cunning. Very, I will say fast speed. Someone tries and earns merit, and you decide to buy everything. What have you bought so little? It was necessary to immediately buy a legend, and go spam.
Tagged.

[fortune1002]

Please sir close this topic and let me go.
I already told that I am a bounty hunter so I bought merit for doing work on signature compaign. Please let me go

How great you thought of everything. You are not only smart but also cunning. Very, I will say fast speed. Someone tries and earns merit, and you decide to buy everything. What have you bought so little? It was necessary to immediately buy a legend, and go spam.
Tagged.

What have I done wrong? Please let me go I am very poor so I want to earn money. That's why I am working on bounty. Is this my mistake that I bought merit? But it's not big crime.



I apologise to you all for my mistake. I promise I will not repeat it. You can check after that I tried my best to answer all questions properly in threads. Now I understood About Bitcointalk.
Please Now let me go. If from Today You See me in doing any spam activity than you can direct Report me.

I apologise to all

[moderator's note: consecutive posts merged]

[lovesmayfamilis]

What have I done wrong? Please let me go I am very poor so I want to earn money. That's why I am working on bounty. Is this my mistake that I bought merit? But it's not big crime.

Show me the rule that allows buying merits, and I'll let you go right away.
If the purchase of merit is allowed on the forum, then you probably would not be the only one who would take advantage of such opportunities.
Alternatively, you had to read the rules and buy a copper member

[fortune1002]

I already Apologized for my mistake mate. And I also said that now I will not repeat this.

[acroman08]

I already Apologized for my mistake mate. And I also said that now I will not repeat this.

you may have had apologized but the negative tag will certainly stay. you could've just put a little effort into contributing to the forum then you would've to have earned merits. not sure if bounty campaigns accept an account with a negative tag but I hope they don't.

[fortune1002]

I already Apologized for my mistake mate. And I also said that now I will not repeat this.

you may have had apologized but the negative tag will certainly stay. you could've just put a little effort into contributing to the forum then you would've to have earned merits. not sure if bounty campaigns accept an account with a negative tag but I hope they don't.

Please don't do this

[examplens]

I already Apologized for my mistake mate. And I also said that now I will not repeat this.

I changed my first negative trust to neutral. I thought maybe I shouldn't ruin your reputation after all but now I see that you are still broke all possible standard rules of conduct here in the forum. Plagiarism, merit trading...

What have I done wrong? Please let me go I am very poor so I want to earn money. That's why I am working on bounty. Is this my mistake that I bought merit? But it's not big crime.

how do we decide what is small and what is a big crime? I'm pretty sure you knew what you were doing when you bought the merit or copy/paste your posts.

[fortune1002]

I already Apologized for my mistake mate. And I also said that now I will not repeat this.

I changed my first negative trust to neutral. I thought maybe I shouldn't ruin your reputation after all but now I see that you are still broke all possible standard rules of conduct here in the forum. Plagiarism, merit trading...

What have I done wrong? Please let me go I am very poor so I want to earn money. That's why I am working on bounty. Is this my mistake that I bought merit? But it's not big crime.

how do we decide what is small and what is a big crime? I'm pretty sure you knew what you were doing when you bought the merit or copy/paste your posts.

I really didn't know. It is right or wrong. Now I knew that it was wrong. So Now What Can I do For solve my mistake.
Please Don't give me negative trust. If you give me negative Trust then I will not be able to participate in any bounty. Is there any other solution of this problem? If yes please tell me I will agree for that.