A clear change in the posting pattern.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

The profile of junder caught my attention seeing that he writes quite long and detailed posts, but he has only gained 3 merits since the merit system was introduced.

Looking at his post history I see that he used to write short posts and mostly in the alts sections, until May 2018. Then there was a gap until October this year and the writing style is totally different, apart from the fact that the posts are now in bitcoin sections, mainly gambling and economics.

The account could have changed hands but without more data we can't say for sure.

I open thread in case someone else wants to take a look and finds something.

[crwth]

For those who want to check the posting pattern, it is on page 54 (as of posting).

I checked it and there seems to be a change in how it is posting and after 5 years, there should be at least a coming back statement or something. That's just how I view it if you are an active member of the forum or something. Idk. Probably hacked or sold?

I'm not sure if this can be proven or not though.

[Despairo]

Based on modlog, he only woke up, there's no password or email changed. Maybe, he's just an alt account from someone else? as we know to join Stake campaign only need to make long shitpost in gambling section without need to earn merit.

I guess if he can sign a message, case closed?

https://twitter.com/junder472/status/832559443959128065
https://www.facebook.com/thejunder/posts/284599165290081

Address: 14HowH3Z2ycXXPYRWmtWEoN1DnbSW7kbEm

I checked it and there seems to be a change in how it is posting and after 5 years, there should be at least a coming back statement or something.

Nah, either you create a coming back statement or you stay silent, if someone feel something suspicious, you're ended up in the same fate. Take a look on this thread.

[nutildah]

I think you're on to something here, and it appears this account has changed hands possibly twice over the years. However, the thing is, its always belonged to a shitposter, and for whatever reason that's less offensive to me than when an account that used to post intelligent stuff gets into the hands of a shitposter. So without conclusive evidence its not really worthy of any kind of tag IMO.

It looks like in its early days it was primarily used to enter contests -- probably part of an account farm all entering the same contests/raffles together.

[crwth]

Nah, either you create a coming back statement or you stay silent, if someone feel something suspicious, you're ended up in the same fate. Take a look on this thread.

The Majority of the posts look very different from before and after but that's just what I observed on the account. Well, It really wouldn't make a difference. I think the lesson is just to make sure you have the right email addresses so that you can recover your account and use the signed addresses etc to prove you are who you are. That's it.

[SmartGold01]

I don't know more of account changing hands but just as crwth said, there should be a welcome note or something that says " is been long all this while" or using their regular posting format and worlds that they like using while posting as i believe everyone here has their own perfect ways of posting.

That's just how I view it if you are an active member of the forum or something. Idk. Probably hacked or sold?

The only way to know if actually was sold account is to ask owner to sign a message with address he used within 2016 or 2017 I tried to view the profile using Ninjastic.space and i find out the wallet used since and that is only wallet it filtered out. So who knows if he still has access to wallet.

[PytagoraZ]

It is very difficult to detect people's habits based on their language and posting habits. What's more, since he's using a stake signature, he's probably chasing his posting quota and bonuses. Since he's still active, it's better to just wait for his confirmation, there's no need to look too negatively, especially since he has no indication of deceiving anyone.

[robelneo]

Nah, either you create a coming back statement or you stay silent, if someone feel something suspicious, you're ended up in the same fate. Take a look on this thread.

The Majority of the posts look very different from before and after but that's just what I observed on the account. Well, It really wouldn't make a difference. I think the lesson is just to make sure you have the right email addresses so that you can recover your account and use the signed addresses etc to prove you are who you are. That's it.

Checking some of the posts, he takes forum posting to a whole new level just look at this
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5456632.msg63389484#msg63389484, the word count is enough for a blog post.

I'm not questioning his posts but he is highly motivated to come out with a long post, could this be because of the grading system and the top posters of the week contest coming from his current campaign, if there's no change of password or email and he can prove ownership of the wallet he is using here, then he is clean.

[zaim7413]

Checking some of the posts, he takes forum posting to a whole new level just look at this
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5456632.msg63389484#msg63389484, the word count is enough for a blog post.

I'm not questioning his posts but he is highly motivated to come out with a long post, could this be because of the grading system and the top posters of the week contest coming from his current campaign, if there's no change of password or email and he can prove ownership of the wallet he is using here, then he is clean.

Based on several of his posts after getting the opportunity to join the currently promoted campaign, my assumption is that he is very obsessed with the Extra Bonus on offer.

EXTRA BONUS
♦️ Every week we will be picking the 4 best quality posters to win $35 each.
♦️ You have to reach the minimum campaign requirements.
♦️ Only Gambling section posts will will count for this bonus.
♦️ The more you post, the higher your chances.

He is trying to win the $35 offered every Sunday which can be won by four members. Increasing the quality of posts or different posting styles is otherwise part of the desire to get extra bonuses. Regarding other suspicious activities, nothing was found that could make him involved in the case of changing hands in any way.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

I agree that if nothing else, we cannot say with certainty that it has changed hands, although the change in the form of posting is obvious.

He could prove that he is the original owner by signing a message, but we can't force him to, nor does it look like he's going to come to this section. And even if he has changed hands, he has no previous trust, he's not in DT and all he's trying to do is earn a few quid on the forum, albeit in a different way.

So without anything else I don't think it's worth a tag either, I agree with nutildah.

[Razmirraz]

I agree that if nothing else, we cannot say with certainty that it has changed hands, although the change in the form of posting is obvious.

He could prove that he is the original owner by signing a message, but we can't force him to, nor does it look like he's going to come to this section. And even if he has changed hands, he has no previous trust, he's not in DT and all he's trying to do is earn a few quid on the forum, albeit in a different way.

So without anything else I don't think it's worth a tag either, I agree with nutildah.

An assessment of the change in the form of posting cannot prove that the account has changed hands. Signing the message is one way to prove that he is the original owner of the account, I agree with you, we cannot force it in any way without strong proof that the account has changed hands. He is just trying to find additional weekly pay from the bonuses offered in the currently advertised Campaign. So far what has been explained here is only a guess which can be seen in the difference in the quality of posts from shitposters to being more diligent in writing at length.

[OgNasty]

This is such a strange thing to notice or be worried about.  My understanding is that the user writes long detailed posts, which for some reason made other people suspicious of them and now they're being looked at as a potentially bad user?  How does someone find the time to worry about things like this?  I could see if he was trying to scam or harassing people, but now you can become suspicious by writing detailed posts?  Seems a little bit like the FBI investigating parents that go to PTA meetings...  Maybe I'm missing something.

[Vaculin]

For those who want to check the posting pattern, it is on page 54 (as of posting).

I checked it and there seems to be a change in how it is posting and after 5 years, there should be at least a coming back statement or something. That's just how I view it if you are an active member of the forum or something. Idk. Probably hacked or sold?

I'm not sure if this can be proven or not though.

I guess this account is most likely sold to another member. You can't just post something that you don't know about and it's quite lengthy to be exact, so most probably this new user is actually a good poster in the forum as well. Well, that's just also my speculation, once investigated by the forum admin, that would be the time that we will know the truth.

But whatever it is, as long as the change is for the better, then that won't have any problem.

[CryptSafe]

I believe there is room for individual development although I have read through the comments and replies here I noticed same too on that account. If the owner has gone to develop him or herself at least the owner of the account should have be able to do a welcome back  by signing of signature with details to explain so that members would understand just as the opinion of members here so no one would think otherwise. But it is now obvious there is discrepancy in style and pattern of posting between the time gap and interval before the account became active again.

[SamReomo]

I think a person can learn a lot of things in years and that can be the case of the guy, he might have learned about Bitcoin and found gambling board as a good place to learn and share information. I have seen many members at gambling board who make very long posts and I believe that the ones who apply Stake's signature are among those members who often make detailed posts in gambling board.

I believe that the members who mostly make posts in gambling boards don't receive many merits as the board is known for low merited posts and only a few posts get merits at that board. The ratio of users who get merits at gambling board is quite low as compare to other boards. I think it's better to hear what the user says before coming to any conclusion. If someone tells the user about this thread via a personal message or via Telegram then it would be much better because if he isn't aware about this thread then he may never say a word.

[Upgrade00]

This is a very light reason to accuse a member off of and bring them under some scrutiny.

If I look at my social media posts from 5-10 years ago and compare them to now, there is almost no similarities between the person who made those posts and me now, doesn't mean my social accounts have changed hands.
The user could of course have sold the account to someone else, but in the absence of any other evidence, there's nothing to discuss.

[348Judah]

Only a change in writing style over a long period of time does not mean to being under a completely changed of hands, though people cannot be predicted in this, but we need to have a convincing and tangible evidence to proof this if it's true, people can change and also determine when to, he may once be a bounty hunter for instance and later change to be posting on bitcoin discussion boards and gambling after exploring the forum or see a need for doing that, or maybe who knows maybe a brother to him has completely taken hold of the account after which he freely give it to him, alot of reasons could have caused this to happen, but if there's enough evidence, we cyen completely accept for a change in hand over the user.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

After seeing the opinions of the community, I agree that there is no point in going any further and I am going to lock the thread. If something relevant comes up, which I don't think it will, I could reopen it.