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hero member
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October 20, 2017, 06:25:03 PM
But can you teach me your methods of looking for farmed accounts? They are starting to invade the signature campaigns and there might be some managers that are tricked in accepting them.

No sig manager is tricked. They are all theymos controlled, all playing their role, all lining their pockets above real bitcoiners, all cashing in on your misery.

My method was simple and foolproof, but if you cannot see it, you probably cannot be taught. Funny, no one else seemed to see it either.

Bit like looking up to the sky. No one else (i should say not many) see's the problems coming our way. Have you looked up lately?  Have you seen the sun? Really?

I should not be here, but it is nice to see a few old faithful members. Twitchy - full respect to you - an honest and dedicated member. Loyce v - respect to you sir, the pharmasist, actmyname still banging heads on brick walls - respect for that. bbc.reporter you unwittingly led my research here.

theymos will pay for his crimes. But look up guys, look at what is important right now.


legendary
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October 20, 2017, 01:45:16 PM
I'm sure you can look through the post history of applicants and see how their posts are mainly in Games & Rounds, Altcoin airdrops, Off-topic or some other trash farm-filled board of the forum.

Off-topic is always filled with shitposts like "What is your motto in life?", "Are you open minded?" or people quoting philosopher or other pretentious crap just to make it look like they're not shitposting. And threads that ask for "best this and that".

Politics is always filled with "Do you this and that" shitpost.

These crap just makes me want to participate less in the discussion and just buries good threads.



I agree and I've had those sections on ignore since probably 2015 when I joined the forum.  I assume people post there just to rank up easily and have nothing to say about bitcoin.  Still, I think off topic threads give the forum more character, because some people like to talk about politics and all that stuff.  This particular forum is bad, though, because of the account farmers and people who don't understand or write English.

I've been reporting shitposters like a madman lately, and they usually lay their eggs in the huge spam threads.   They're pretty easy to spot and I suspect a lot of them are farming accounts in addition to sig spamming.
legendary
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October 20, 2017, 01:38:46 PM
rizzlarolla used to check alphabetical naming and the close proximity of uids, but there's not really much point in doing that anymore. Even now, if you just look through 2 (most likely just one) pages of a person's post history then you'll know whether the account is farmed or not. But usually in that case, the campaign managers would probably outright decline the participants (if they're any good).

There isn't much point in checking alphabetical names (or some similar strategy) to find a single farmed account.

But...(!)

Once you find a single farmed account, there's a good chance that this type of strategy will reveal a shit load of other farmed accounts.  Some of which might not otherwise become obvious for months/years from now.


legendary
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October 20, 2017, 05:48:01 AM
Another thing Maybe  implementing Seniority / Post Count ratio,  from 1 to 5 ( 5 being red "overactive member" lot of post, new member.
1 Being black ( inactive member )  few post, high seniority.
I see no reason to assume a 5 year old account with 50 posts has better post quality than a 1 year old account with 1000 posts.
Based on your suggest, hilariousandco would have a dark red ratio with 13 posts per day.
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October 20, 2017, 04:41:18 AM
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people quoting philosopher or other pretentious crap just to make it look like they're not shitposting.

Careful with that, some people and some cultures might appear like shitposting to others. Not everyone has a straight-to-the- point anglo saxon mentality

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  i wish bitcointalk had a subforum or subsection of boards that required either a payment or a stake.  though i doubt that will ever happen.  Sad
   Yeah not really, exclusive low volume forums are terrible. might as well move to facebook.


One thing they can't fake is Seniority : what I would do is evualuate the seniority and make it at least as visible as the the actual "star/ranking" system. 
I don't see any cons in that, it could expose every Sr Member shitposters that registered 3 months ago, and take some money/value off these  recently farmed accounts since accounts with seniority would have more "street value/credit" so to speak.
 
Another thing Maybe  implementing Seniority / Post Count ratio,  from 1 to 5 ( 5 being red "overactive member" lot of post, new member.
1 Being black ( inactive member )  few post, high seniority.


That would be one non-coercitive way to fight the problem.
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October 19, 2017, 10:59:12 PM
I'm sure you can look through the post history of applicants and see how their posts are mainly in Games & Rounds, Altcoin airdrops, Off-topic or some other trash farm-filled board of the forum.

Off-topic is always filled with shitposts like "What is your motto in life?", "Are you open minded?" or people quoting philosopher or other pretentious crap just to make it look like they're not shitposting. And threads that ask for "best this and that".

Politics is always filled with "Do you this and that" shitpost.

These crap just makes me want to participate less in the discussion and just buries good threads.


copper member
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October 19, 2017, 09:42:55 PM
But can you teach me your methods of looking for farmed accounts? They are starting to invade the signature campaigns and there might be some managers that are tricked in accepting them.
I'm sure you can look through the post history of applicants and see how their posts are mainly in Games & Rounds, Altcoin airdrops, Off-topic or some other trash farm-filled board of the forum.

rizzlarolla used to check alphabetical naming and the close proximity of uids, but there's not really much point in doing that anymore. Even now, if you just look through 2 (most likely just one) pages of a person's post history then you'll know whether the account is farmed or not. But usually in that case, the campaign managers would probably outright decline the participants (if they're any good).
legendary
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October 19, 2017, 08:23:31 PM
But can you teach me your methods of looking for farmed accounts? They are starting to invade the signature campaigns and there might be some managers that are tricked in accepting them.
hero member
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October 19, 2017, 12:57:29 PM
@rizzlarolla. Do you want to start looking for farmed accounts again? They are starting to invade the signature campaigns and they sometimes get accepted by some managers who might be unaware.

Please check this account and the rest that are connected to it https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/sayulita-120945

Hey bbc.reporter.

With respect to you, No, i do not intend to start looking at farmed accounts again.
I could, and have, found many more farmed accounts than i published. I have proven my point.

That point being theymos is the master scammer here. He wants to steal your Bitcoins. Everybody's Bitcoins.
There is no point me being here now. A massive % of accounts here are under his scamming control.

The account you ask me to look at?
Since i busted theymos's farming scam ring, he needed new techniques - hacked accounts.
I also publicised that scam.

For every account taken down by "us" theymos has 100 more.
theymos is the enemy here. theymos is an enemy of Bitcoin. theymos is 100% scam.

Don't waste your time here bbc.reporter. This place is a distraction.
Prepare for change on a global scale. You don't have long.

I bid you good luck. May your God be with you.




legendary
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October 18, 2017, 08:25:06 PM
@rizzlarolla. Do you want to start looking for farmed accounts again? They are starting to invade the signature campaigns and they sometimes get accepted by some managers who might be unaware.

Please check this account and the rest that are connected to it https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/sayulita-120945
sr. member
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October 02, 2017, 04:13:06 PM

i wish bitcointalk had a subforum or subsection of boards that required either a payment or a stake.  though i doubt that will ever happen.  Sad

Been reading this thread and I do agree on having a section where it either is pay to access or a section that sig spammers do not get paid to post in. If and when that happens, users and i mean real users would find meaningful conversation in there.

But then again, I'm just a lowly scrub and my opinion does not matter most of the time.
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July 28, 2017, 04:26:44 AM
so i've turned off signatures and ignore people more frequently now.. ya, account farming is a problem.

i wish bitcointalk had a subforum or subsection of boards that required either a payment or a stake.  though i doubt that will ever happen.  Sad

I have suggested something like this before. Either as a perk included in more donator ranks, or a board where signatures and possibly posts do not count towards post count and activity. Sig spammers and account farmers would likely then leave it alone unless they actually had something worthwhile and constructive to say.
hero member
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July 28, 2017, 04:12:29 AM
so i've turned off signatures and ignore people more frequently now.. ya, account farming is a problem.

i wish bitcointalk had a subforum or subsection of boards that required either a payment or a stake.  though i doubt that will ever happen.  Sad
legendary
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FUD Philanthropist™
July 10, 2017, 08:25:55 PM
Somebody must be getting close to a major expose - Theymos has restricted the number of topics that can be searched to just five at a time.

Doubtful it could be anything other than they have something to hide.

Trust profiles were not loading for users with a long list..
Lots of noobs in crypto last few months and all services are getting overloaded because of it.

I also recall staff or theymos himself maybe saying to use Google instead.. long ago.
Because it is faster and gives better results. (or some shit like that)
I think there was mention too it can be a server load burden.

So as much as i am all for a theymos conspiracy theory i think he is just trying to lower the server load.
Don't believe me ?
See my topic called did theymos hack Cryptsy ?
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/poll-did-theymos-steal-cryptsys-coins-1664935
The POLL results were surprisingly close too  Shocked
legendary
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July 10, 2017, 07:10:30 PM
Somebody must be getting close to a major expose - Theymos has restricted the number of topics that can be searched to just five at a time.

Doubtful it could be anything other than they have something to hide.


...and overnight the Trust system has been further eroded with the removal of a person's trust scores inside the actual trust wall - further clouding who can be trusted and who's entries hold weight or not.
legendary
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July 10, 2017, 07:10:53 AM
Somebody must be getting close to a major expose - Theymos has restricted the number of topics that can be searched to just five at a time.

Doubtful it could be anything other than they have something to hide.

Seeing as it's been ten to twelve hours and no-one's come up with any other explanation, how about one for the tin-foil hat brigade:

Theymos has done a "deal" with the FBI (or similar Govt agency) to "allow" them to take control of BCT so that the FBI can investigate all the scammers - by giving them an unfettered playground to fester in, then when the FBI has the information they need to start prosecutions, the whole gaping wound will be shut down.

Then again, there's these:

http://i.imgur.com/zaGv1fu.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yUwg7wB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/RvoRpin.jpg which speak volumes for how distorted from reality this forum has become.

As always, archived for future reference: http://archive.is/tdB0N#selection-5593.0-5629.42
legendary
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July 09, 2017, 07:52:03 PM
Somebody must be getting close to a major expose - Theymos has restricted the number of topics that can be searched to just five at a time.

Doubtful it could be anything other than they have something to hide.
legendary
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July 09, 2017, 07:55:55 AM
When I started here there was no such thing as an ICO.. Or a. SIG campaign.
I also was stuck in the nooby jail section.

Things have changed drastically

And the lack of a show of force makes it look like theymos approves of it all.

There is a variety of problems ongoing that seem to grow larger..
And all I know is I vote "punch in the fucking head" ahahahah
Oh yeah I forgot.. And account banning etc too LOL

It's a forum for fuck sakes not a business.
Or is it?
If theymos let's everyone else monetize this place then it's fair to speculate he is getting a slice of the pie above the donation money
Which I was told in 2013 was over a million dollars back when BTC was sub $50.

In other words it seems like he likes it this way.
I'd be curious what his thoughts are on some of these common complaints..
legendary
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July 09, 2017, 07:27:35 AM
You have any idea how many flippant snotty NOOBS told me they have been here for many years but never registered?
Indeed.

Murder is impossible to enforce so should we simply drop the law?
That's the current policy on account sales, among other things.

IMO, buyer and seller get perma-banned, IP banned and as Spoetnik put it so delicately:

a hard punch in the fucking head..
Along with all their accounts; I concur.

The escrow should get 1 warning (30 day ban?) to never touch this shady crap ever again, then if they circumvent that they also get the same treatment.
Why? They are perfectly aware of what they're doing and should be aware of the forum rules. I know a few individuals that are willing to escrow that crap.

legendary
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July 09, 2017, 07:15:50 AM
Guys it's fine. Everything will be fixed on the new forum in 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018. Smiley Keep calm and HODL on.



Ideally sales would be permanently bannable all involving parties (buyer, seller and escrow if available). This would destroy most of this shady *endeavor*.

IMO, buyer and seller get perma-banned, IP banned and as Spoetnik put it so delicately:

a hard punch in the fucking head..

The escrow should get 1 warning (30 day ban?) to never touch this shady crap ever again, then if they circumvent that they also get the same treatment.

So bullshit.
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