Request to purchase my account

[nutildah]

Well, such an account can be used to make way more than what people are currently getting from signature campaigns. Jet Cash's account means someone who may control it could easily get support from the OG's because he's among the top and highly reputed senior members of the forum.

In all likelihood it would be immediately apparent that the account changed hands. The only old accounts where its hard to tell they changed hands are the ones that were shitposters to begin with. So I wouldn't say he would "easily get support from the OGs."

I believe such a reputed member could easily get loans without any need of collateral and that might be the reason why that newbie who might be a scammer was trying to buy Jet Cash's account.

Yes I think there is a much bigger chance that a new owner could get away with doing something like this instead of enrolling in a sig campaign. But hopefully a lender would do due diligence & make them sign a message as requesting a loan would be pretty uncharacteristic of Jet Cash.

[lovesmayfamilis]

I believe such a reputed member could easily get loans without any need of collateral and that might be the reason why that newbie who might be a scammer was trying to buy Jet Cash's account.

You forgot one small detail: the buyer offers to pay "any high price." How much should an account of a person like Jet Cash cost, and how much should you take out as a loan after that? It is already clear that this request will attract attention.

[Jet Cash]

Thanks to everybody for their replies in this thread. It reminds me that my account is an unused asset, and I really ought to do something to take advantage of this. I have rented my signature in a porn forum in the past, and I even registered the domain BigSig.com to maximise this. However, most of the campaigns in signatures here are for gambling sites or exchanges. I have promoted casinos in the past, and I picked up a whale, and I made around £2,500 per month for six months. I was earning 25% of his losses, and it made me realise the damage that online gambling can do to the lives of gamblers. I've also sold so-called health products, and my biggest earner was selling "manhood enhancers" on a Chinese site. I think those were a waste of money, as most of the active ingredients are available in supermarkets at a far lower cost. Still, at least those had some minor general health benefits for people taking them.
So what ought I to do to utilise my sig. I've always felt that a YouTube channel from an 83 year old digit nomad might have some appeal, especially if it was created by a Bitcoin enthusiast with a politically incorrect opinion of World governments. If I created this channel, and I promoted Bitcoin Talk in the comments, would the forum feel that I could promote that directly in my signature, or should i promote it indirectly through a personal hosted domain?

[Mpamaegbu]

Should I do anything else?

I'm of the opinion that possibly an attempt could've been made to hack that account without success before they approached you. Maybe changing or fortifying your password won't be out of order now.

It can be banned for sending unsolicited messages.

Even if the account is banned, it's inconsequential to the user as it's a newbie account. It's as worthless as a toilet paper. However, the said "buyer" account is only a newbie account by rank, not by registration anyway. It registered in this forum in 2019. So, it's not really newbie in the true sense of it.

There's a reason mods don't like bothering themselves with newbie accounts. They don't worth much to inflict heartache or regret of action on the user. Once nuked, the user just move on and creates another one(s). Trust me, that's surely an alt account. The user dare not use their original account to do that because they know the repercussions of their action.

[Zwei]

I've always felt that a YouTube channel from an 83 year old digit nomad might have some appeal, especially if it was created by a Bitcoin enthusiast with a politically incorrect opinion of World governments.

maybe, maybe not, there's only one way to find out.

If I created this channel, and I promoted Bitcoin Talk in the comments, would the forum feel that I could promote that directly in my signature, or should i promote it indirectly through a personal hosted domain?

as far as i know, you can promote whatever you want in your signature, directly or indirectly, as long as it's not malware, a phishing link or something banned by the forum. (someone correct me if i'm wrong)

[m2017]

Hello dear since you are not much active on forum, if you want to sell your account please let me know,
our company are ready to pay any high demand. just ping me mate. Smiley

I've just received this pm from a newbie. I have no intention of selling my account, and I'm not sure if I should report the user. What is the current attitude towards selling accounts? especially if the account is for a merit source. I've given him a negative trust entry. Should I do anything else?

A negative trust rating will not harm this company, since the newbie account is just a disposable mask for them. The company itself and the accounts associated with them need to be "painted". But how do know?

To anybody else considering an attempt to purchase any of my accounts - I don't support account trading. if you want promotion, then you should earn it by supporting the forum.

It seems to me that if you hypothetically imagine that your account was in someone else's hands (for any possible reasons), it could very quickly become known, since the posting style of other people would be very different from yours. Although, with the use of AI there is a chance to "outsmart" the vigilant readers of your posts.

[Fiatless]

So what ought I to do to utilise my sig. I've always felt that a YouTube channel from an 83 year old digit nomad might have some appeal, especially if it was created by a Bitcoin enthusiast with a politically incorrect opinion of World governments.

These days one can build a large viewership showing just anything on YouTube. It will depend solely on your content development and promotion. There are many digital nomads with large followership but an old nomad will be a good clickbait.

If I created this channel, and I promoted Bitcoin Talk in the comments, would the forum feel that I could promote that directly in my signature, or should i promote it indirectly through a personal hosted domain?

As much as it's not against the rules for the forum, you can promote your channel in your signature space.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

So what ought I to do to utilise my sig. I've always felt that a YouTube channel from an 83 year old digit nomad might have some appeal, especially if it was created by a Bitcoin enthusiast with a politically incorrect opinion of World governments. If I created this channel, and I promoted Bitcoin Talk in the comments, would the forum feel that I could promote that directly in my signature, or should i promote it indirectly through a personal hosted domain?

Yes, our signature and avatar space are actually a huge asset we have got on this forum, which is why some people earn by promoting an offer or service here on Bitcointalk while engaging in meaningful discussion. However, when it comes to if will the forum allow the promotion of your YouTube channel link on your free signature space,  then I think what the forum frowns at is the promotion of "referral links,  link shorteners that require users to view an ad, and links to phishing or malware sites.". And YouTube isn't any of those. Inasmuch as the content is educative and relates with Bitcoin or this forum. It will be very much welcome.

[Odusko]

Needless to report the account for ban,, because you mentioned you already tag the account with red tag at least that is enough to warn other's from dealing with such accounts buyer's who sent unsolicited pms to high rank accounts asking them to sell off their account for whatever illegals intentions he may have in mind towards those notable accounts.

[God Of Thunder]

I've just received this pm from a newbie. I have no intention of selling my account, and I'm not sure if I should report the user. What is the current attitude towards selling accounts? especially if the account is for a merit source. I've given him a negative trust entry. Should I do anything else?

I think you already got the answer you wanted. Since they mentioned a company, I think they would put your reputation at stake and get quick attention from the community. If a reputable guy represents a service, it would be easier for the business to gain trust quickly. Also, there is a possibility that the account buyers would use your reputation to scam people.

You did a good job by tagging the account. Even if someone doesn't have a bad intention, account selling should always remain forbidden here, and I think the majority of us share this idea.

[charrles]

Thought I am completely against purchase and sale of accounts, I am sure this newbie is having budget of $250 for this purchase. lol

[Jet Cash]

Thought I am completely against purchase and sale of accounts, I am sure this newbie is having budget of $250 for this purchase. lol

Godaddy values the domain name alone as worth $12,349, the BCT account would be on top of that of course. Godaddy may have undervalued the domain name value of course.

[Synchronice]

Hello dear since you are not much active on forum, if you want to sell your account please let me know,
our company are ready to pay any high demand. just ping me mate. Smiley

I've just received this pm from a newbie. I have no intention of selling my account, and I'm not sure if I should report the user. What is the current attitude towards selling accounts? especially if the account is for a merit source. I've given him a negative trust entry. Should I do anything else?

To anybody else considering an attempt to purchase any of my accounts - I don't support account trading. if you want promotion, then you should earn it by supporting the forum.

To be honest, I think that it's okay to sell account only under one condition, it will get tagged as sold account. Otherwise, it's a very bad decision because usually scammers will buy such a reputable account to scam people. In general, I prefer to not see account trading but for me, it's okay if it gets done publicly and we know that the account is sold (every positive trust should also be removed from the account).
I appreciate that you don't plan to sell your account. By the way, how are things going in your life? Are you okay? Are things going well?

Moderator can not do anything with the person. The account can not be banned. The main really for account ban on this forum is plagiarism or after warning from something like spamming.

Why is Plagiarism more of a problem than other activities, like, account buying attempt, promoting scam services and so on?

[Mitchell]

[...]
Why is Plagiarism more of a problem than other activities, like, account buying attempt, promoting scam services and so on?

Plagiarism: You didn't write it, seen as spam, not allowed.
Account buying: Impossible to stop, thus allowed so everyone knows it is.
Scam services: Hard to moderate, since based on persons judgement, thus not moderated to prevent moderator abuse.

This is all explained in Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ.

[Perfectbaby]

It would be better you report the user who sent you such pm to the moderator so that he wouldn't for any day reason to send you such pm again or if tempo ban is issued to him after the restrictions he would never think of sending out such pm to any higher profile user here again.

If you do not want someone to send you PM anymore, you can go to Profile -> Personal Message Options to add the user to your Ignorelist. Once the user has been added to your Ignorelist, the person will not be able to send you personal messages on this forum anymore.

About reporting the person to a moderator, I have gave my own opinion, it is highly unnecessary and the person will not be banned because he did nothing against any of the forum rules.

So does it mean that what that person did is permittable?
Usually I don't think that is right to send out such messages and there should be an offence to it knowing too well that their intentions to purchase such account wasn't for a better purpose rather for an evil intention as I believe that most of the newbie are eagerly to use some of those reputable account to scam people over here as they believe those people has already gained reputation and people could likely fall to what they posted over here.

[BIT-BENDER]

It's actually not about if it is allowed to purchase an account but the fact that this guy's go for higher ranking account to ask if they can purchase it shows that they want to escape the hard work of growing and also may have negative intentions like using for example the OP's reputation to scam gullible victims

But even if selling of account is allowed maybe there should be a notification on the profile of the account that it has changed hands from the previous owner to a different person.

[Charles-Tim]

So does it mean that what that person did is permittable?
Usually I don't think that is right to send out such messages and there should be an offence to it knowing too well that their intentions to purchase such account wasn't for a better purpose rather for an evil intention as I believe that most of the newbie are eagerly to use some of those reputable account to scam people over here as they believe those people has already gained reputation and people could likely fall to what they posted over here.

I have explained everything on my first post, that the negative feedback is enough. Jet Cash has done the best thing as he gave the user a negative trust and which is enough. No need to report the user. I am 100% certain that moderators will do nothing about it.

[Perfectbaby]

So does it mean that what that person did is permittable?
Usually I don't think that is right to send out such messages and there should be an offence to it knowing too well that their intentions to purchase such account wasn't for a better purpose rather for an evil intention as I believe that most of the newbie are eagerly to use some of those reputable account to scam people over here as they believe those people has already gained reputation and people could likely fall to what they posted over here.

I have explained everything on my first post, that the negative feedback is enough. Jet Cash has done the best thing as he gave the user a negative trust and which is enough. No need to report the user. I am 100% certain that moderators will do nothing about it.

Good!
If he has already given negative feedback then fine, I believe next time he wouldn't have that space or courage to go send such pm to anyone whom their profile isn't that active on the forum to have their accounts purchased.
I don't know what most newbies are turning into, becoming too lazy to grow their accounts on their own, instead would want to have already made account. The funniest thing is that, even though they purchased an account it wouldn't waste time to be spotted out because their experience in the space can't be compared with the original owner who owns the account from origins.

[TokenTikas]

No need to report the user. I am 100% certain that moderators will do nothing about it.

If the moderators do not do anything about this issue, then it will not be right at all because the forum moderator is engaged in the work of looking after all kinds of problems in the forum. But you have already said that reporting to the forum moderators will not be of any use and you have also said it with 100% assurance. I think this is not a good aspect for this forum at all.

I don't know what most newbies are turning into, becoming too lazy to grow their accounts on their own, instead would want to have already made account. The funniest thing is that, even though they purchased an account it wouldn't waste time to be spotted out because their experience in the space can't be compared with the original owner who owns the account from origins.

I was confused for a while after seeing your post. Those who work on selling accounts in this forum are some kind of criminals. Everyone here welcomes new people very nicely. As far as I know, there are many rules in the forum and there are many big members who are working on identifying distorted accounts. Therefore, it seems that no one can run an account here for a long time. Those who waste their time buying an account today definitely do not get anything good and in the end they lose everything. That is why as a new member, I think that if you can learn slowly, this is the best way to get up.

I am a new member myself. I don't know if I will be able to achieve anything good, but I have developed a soft spot for this forum, so I will try to do something good.

[mikeywith]

For the users who say selling accounts is allowed:

It is not allowed for merit sources to sell their merit.

That implies it's not allowed to sell the account itself either.

I don't think it implies that. I think it only implies that as a merit source, you can't sell merit. It doesn't even say, "Other members are not allowed to buy those merits." It's complicated.