sembt.com clones entire Bitcointalk topics

[CODE200]

Not for nothing, but who could have guessed its country of origin?  No offense to any Chinese here who might not be in favor of counterfeiting, but....

Here's China again trying to copy something and trying to make it their own, this happened with Clash of Clans too back in 2022 if I recall correctly although they didn't need to copy the whole game, they want to move it to a different server so it's only Chinese players, I'm winging it here with the reason that China is copying Bitcointalk but I think they want to do the same thing as Clash of Clans, they want a Bitcointalk forum of their own but seeing how they're being conspicuous and that you need to use a VPN or Tor to browse their website, I feel like this is just something to scam other people that have no idea that this forum exists, a lot of things can be done in a clone website after all.

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[LoyceV]

Looks like this specific clone was made in China, and maybe they wanted to create fake conversation mixed with their own posts.

Not for nothing, but who could have guessed its country of origin?  No offense to any Chinese here who might not be in favor of counterfeiting, but....

I don't think it's the Chinese government doing this, just someone who had "a great idea" to make money. It happens in many other countries too.

[NotATether]

I don't think it's the Chinese government doing this, just someone who had "a great idea" to make money. It happens in many other countries too.

Where does the money for this "great idea" come from? Ads? I can't see any. (Or maybe that's because I have my adblocker on.)

[LoyceV]

Where does the money for this "great idea" come from? Ads? I can't see any. (Or maybe that's because I have my adblocker on.)

This meme-format comes to mind:
Step 1: copy content.
Step 2: get visitors.
Step 3: ....
Step 4: Profit.

Now that I think about it: I'll remove the clickable link I created in this topic. They don't deserve a backlink.

[Timelord2067]

Users might want to stear away from those fake forums entirely.

You may be able to mask your I.P. via Tor, but not details surrounding your browser, screen size and similar which would be linked to the profiles you visit while on that site (which would usually be your own user profile).

(And some of you have identified what the random profile name is you have been looking at that corresponds with your profile here).

[LoyceV]

You may be able to mask your I.P. via Tor, but not details surrounding your browser, screen size and similar

Although off-topic: this is exactly what Tor browser helps prevent.

[Pmalek]

I just found they cloned some of our local members Pmalek and FatFork, they became timothy617 and alex720.

They should have given me the name Timmy instead of Timothy. Those who watched South Park back when it was worth it, they know who I am talking about.