Hello folks,
I would never believe that I would witness such ignorance, resulting in multiple risks for bitcointalk users and several blatant DT abuses from a DT1 member.
This screams to me that not matter how hard you built your trust, if you don’t know such basic inner workings of this forum, you don’t belong on this end of the DT ladder as you can inadvertently do more harm than good.
If you do know how things work down here and did it knowingly, then it’s even worse.
krogothmanhattan (DT1) has an alt account,
krogoth (DT2
![Roll Eyes](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif)
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I’ll refer to the user behind both profiles as “krog”
1/ Default Trust abuse krog is abusing the Trust system.
Main account is in DT1 and the other in DT2, user ends up with “2 inclusion votes” for the Trust system.
This is unfair towards the rest of the forum users.
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FU2CoUZp.png&t=665&c=04bhpIi0iDU7Hw)
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https://loyce.club/trust/2022-03-19_Sat_05.10h/181253.html)
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https://loyce.club/trust/2022-03-19_Sat_05.10h/1000199.html)
What’s the reasoning behind giving a Trust inclusion to his alt from his main, and another Trust inclusion to his main from his alt ?
Both accounts are currently in DT… Wonderful
![Roll Eyes](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif)
Can I do that as well ?
![Roll Eyes](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif)
krog is also abusing the feedback system as he left himself a positive feedback from his DT1 account to his alt.
This results in an artificially pumped feedback score on his alt account.
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=181253)
WHY does krog
intentionally make his ALT account look more trusted than it is ? ? ?
![Huh](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/huh.gif)
This feedback should have been neutral like johnyUA’s one.
Doing so defies the purpose of using an alt as this alt is used for trading purposes.
In this situation, If the alt account is compromised because the user logged in from a compromised network/device (which is the “purpose” of an alt really);
it is nearly as bad as if the main account was compromised.
If you are a “trusted” user around here, what is the purpose of using an alt account on Bitcointalk ?
Well it’s to mitigate the risk of other users getting scammed by your negligence when you’re about to login on a compromised network/device.
krog, care to explain your thought process ?
You should have already taken the steps so your alt does not end up in DT2.
2/ Using both accounts to Trust exclude a single userWell, this speaks of itself :
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FVWfU5xI.png&t=665&c=ywyaqQCVeaEuNQ)
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I’m at a loss of words.
Can I do that as well ?
I believe that krog is dangerous as he puts other’s people funds at risk, demonstrating his nonchalance towards DT / taking steps so his alt account created “FOR UNSECURE CONNECTIONS” is DT2
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I do not understand what have I done to deserve such treatment from this user.
After seeing several demonstrations from this user, it is quite obvious that not only would I not trust them, I also tend to seek to prevent other users from possibly losing their BTC.
I mean, he is more than trustworthy when it comes to buying or selling an item, or even escrowing funds for other users, but this is not what my point is about.
Thank you everyone.
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