Constantly advertising gambling sites, ponzi schemes, and other low end concepts, not only debases Bitcoin, but it also reflects badly on the forum.
That's true as well, but those sorts of sites (and the odd exchange as well) seem to be the only websites that can afford to spend thousands of dollars advertising on their website or service. If the forum wanted to show ads from interesting bitcoin startups with a lack of cash, they could consider opening a few more ad slots for auction, as that would drive down the price per slot, making it more affordable for startups. However, that's a completely different topic from this, so I'll just stop it there to prevent this thread from getting derailed. 
Topic: Account selling - A suggestion (Read 2502 times)
Why not ban signature campaign so that people like you stop creating nonsense and redundant threads.
That would be a very poor financial move for the forum. Signature campaigns increase traffic to the website, and in turn, the number of impressions that are seen by ads. Removing campaigns would result in a drop in traffic as well as a drop in ad revenue for the forum.That's not completely true. If you improve the quality of the posts, and of the active members, then the advertising becomes more valuable. Constantly advertising gambling sites, ponzi schemes, and other low end concepts, not only debases Bitcoin, but it also reflects badly on the forum.
I'm sure there is a balance to be met there. I think it's fair to say that signature campaigns do generate a good deal of traffic. The forum also has an interest in not appearing to be overrun by spammers.
To the OP's idea, I'm guessing buyers/sellers would just take matters to PM. Everyone has got a price.
Why not ban signature campaign so that people like you stop creating nonsense and redundant threads.
That would be a very poor financial move for the forum. Signature campaigns increase traffic to the website, and in turn, the number of impressions that are seen by ads. Removing campaigns would result in a drop in traffic as well as a drop in ad revenue for the forum.That's not completely true. If you improve the quality of the posts, and of the active members, then the advertising becomes more valuable. Constantly advertising gambling sites, ponzi schemes, and other low end concepts, not only debases Bitcoin, but it also reflects badly on the forum.
Providing that work is done on the quality of posts here, I can't say I would see the need for this to come into place.
I don't see the need for it either, but I wouldn't mind going either ways at this point. There aren't that many 'real reasons' for which one would need to engage in account sales.In addition, I feel that it may simply be useless work for Staff members; if the seller has any sense he will sell the account using an anonymous Newbie account. Banning this will do nothing but waste the time of Staff.
Indeed. It may end up being a lot more work than its worth it. In any case, I don't see the forum policy shifting towards that direction.Yes and unfortunately members with positive feedback and specially the old members can do more scams if they want to.
We can't educate everyone on how to avoid scams on time.At least selling some accounts must be restricted or publicly announced. I do not know why this rule does not modified.
I'd say because it is near impossible to enforce properly and may not do that much good either.From experience, I see that those of higher ranks write more constructive posts than lower ranking members.
That's not a general thumb rule. I've seen users of high ranks write posts of very poor quality. A common misconception by ignorant users. There is zero reason for one to trust an account by default just based on their rank.
It's not really a misconception. From experience, I see that those of higher ranks write more constructive posts than lower ranking members.
High ranks or not, this forum is flooded with spammers.
U're totally right. This "traffic" is useful to no one.
A common misconception by ignorant users. There is zero reason for one to trust an account by default just based on their rank.
It's not really a misconception. From experience, I see that those of higher ranks write more constructive posts than lower ranking members.
A common misconception by ignorant users. There is zero reason for one to trust an account by default just based on their rank.
Yes and unfortunately members with positive feedback and specially the old members can do more scams if they want to. At least selling some accounts must be restricted or publicly announced. I do not know why this rule does not modified. 
We could however, make it bannable and thus more risky for the people who engage in these trades (issue a permanent ban for both the seller and buyer).
Providing that work is done on the quality of posts here, I can't say I would see the need for this to come into place. While account trading is inherently untrustworthy, and should by no means be supported by anyone, providing that an account follows the rules of the forum and has no prior reputation (E.G Positive trust/DT etc) I do not see a problem with it changing hands.In addition, I feel that it may simply be useless work for Staff members; if the seller has any sense he will sell the account using an anonymous Newbie account. Banning this will do nothing but waste the time of Staff.
A common misconception by ignorant users. There is zero reason for one to trust an account by default just based on their rank.
The fact that this misconception exists however shows that it is a problem, regardless of the stupidity of it. Both account sales (multi accounting included),and campaigns should be straight out forbidden.
While we may be able to enforce a signature campaign ban (at least to a reasonable degree), I don't see how we could enforce a ban on account sales. We could however, make it bannable and thus more risky for the people who engage in these trades (issue a permanent ban for both the seller and buyer).How? Bitcointalk does not know when an account is sold.
The best that one can do is determine whether it is probable that an account changed hands.Since Sr. members and higher accounts are more prone to be trusted and do scam.
A common misconception by ignorant users. There is zero reason for one to trust an account by default just based on their rank. we all know forum accounts are sold and bought here frequently and we all have differnt opinions on it.Some of us are in favour of it and some completly oppose it while others have neutral views.
I have a suggestion that might go well with everyone.Disallow selling of account below Sr.Member.This will reduce the number of creating multiple accounts for account farming to aome extent.Whats your thoughts?
Bro this can only increase the spams and farming even more. Higher rank needs more posts and more time. More time to wait for an account to rank up, more time for them to use it in farming.I have a suggestion that might go well with everyone.Disallow selling of account below Sr.Member.This will reduce the number of creating multiple accounts for account farming to aome extent.Whats your thoughts?
we all know forum accounts are sold and bought here frequently and we all have differnt opinions on it.Some of us are in favour of it and some completly oppose it while others have neutral views.
I have a suggestion that might go well with everyone.Disallow selling of account below Sr.Member.This will reduce the number of creating multiple accounts for account farming to aome extent.Whats your thoughts?
Bro this can only increase the spams and farming even more. Higher rank needs more posts and more time. More time to wait for an account to rank up, more time for them to use it in farming. I have a suggestion that might go well with everyone.Disallow selling of account below Sr.Member.This will reduce the number of creating multiple accounts for account farming to aome extent.Whats your thoughts?
Disallow selling of account below Sr.Member.
How? Bitcointalk does not know when an account is sold. Why not ban signature campaign so that people like you stop creating nonsense and redundant threads.
You are not wearing signature because you are a newbie and not many campaigns available for your rank.I am sure you would also join some campaign if accepted.Dont blame it on my signature.I created it because I thought that would help remove some trash
we all know forum accounts are sold and bought here frequently and we all have differnt opinions on it.Some of us are in favour of it and some completly oppose it while others have neutral views.
I have a suggestion that might go well with everyone.Disallow selling of account below Sr.Member.This will reduce the number of creating multiple accounts for account farming to aome extent.Whats your thoughts?
I have a suggestion that might go well with everyone.Disallow selling of account below Sr.Member.This will reduce the number of creating multiple accounts for account farming to aome extent.Whats your thoughts?
Banning account trading isn't enforceable. As have been mentioned throughout the thread, there is no 100% verifiable way to prove original ownership of an account, nor any way to stop anyone from transferring over "ownership" of an account to another. Unless you can provide us a means to employ fingerprint verification, retinal scanning, DNA verification, or a combination thereof as a way to access the accounts, then your suggestion is pretty much meaningless.
If you're still having trouble understanding, then consider the case of MMORPGs. High value accounts are sold everyday despite the various efforts made by large (and medium-sized) companies to hinder the act. If account trading in general can be stopped in an efficient and non-disruptive way, then it would have been done a long time ago.
U're totally right. This "traffic" is useful to no one.
Not true. When theymos runs auctions for ad spaces on the website, he also includes data as to how many impressions previous ads have seen. Removing signature campaigns would decrease the impressions that ads see, and in turn, the amount of money brought in from ads for the forum.U're totally right. This "traffic" is useful to no one.
Both account sales (multi accounting included),and campaigns should be straight out forbidden. Quality over quantity. Until then, it's wild west.
I agree with you on the possibility of banning account sales. I think that would do good around here to cut down on the number of signature spammers there are going around posting absolute trash and cluttering up topics. The problem with banning account sales is that you're banning the sale of Bitcointalk accounts on this forum. There's nothing stopping these dealings from going on elsewhere, and accounts still changing hands.Both account sales (multi accounting included),and campaigns should be straight out forbidden. Quality over quantity. Until then, it's wild west.
I don't agree with you on banning signature campaigns. Although there are lots of users simply spamming for satoshis, there are plenty of users who actively contribute valuable content to the website and who wear paid signatures too. It makes sense to me - if you're already going to be posting on this website, why not get paid a little bit for doing what you're already doing?
I think you're wrong. That's why i also said "quality over quantity" ; While it's true that paid posting increases the number of impressions, it's also true that most of the users
in such campaigns are not interested in the ads themselves. (They are not part of the targeted audience)
I would like to see something like a test period of let's say 3 months where all signatures would be disabled, and only forum ads were left alive. - That would show the correct path to follow.
U're totally right. This "traffic" is useful to no one.
Not true. When theymos runs auctions for ad spaces on the website, he also includes data as to how many impressions previous ads have seen. Removing signature campaigns would decrease the impressions that ads see, and in turn, the amount of money brought in from ads for the forum.U're totally right. This "traffic" is useful to no one.
Both account sales (multi accounting included),and campaigns should be straight out forbidden. Quality over quantity. Until then, it's wild west.
I agree with you on the possibility of banning account sales. I think that would do good around here to cut down on the number of signature spammers there are going around posting absolute trash and cluttering up topics. The problem with banning account sales is that you're banning the sale of Bitcointalk accounts on this forum. There's nothing stopping these dealings from going on elsewhere, and accounts still changing hands.Both account sales (multi accounting included),and campaigns should be straight out forbidden. Quality over quantity. Until then, it's wild west.
I don't agree with you on banning signature campaigns. Although there are lots of users simply spamming for satoshis, there are plenty of users who actively contribute valuable content to the website and who wear paid signatures too. It makes sense to me - if you're already going to be posting on this website, why not get paid a little bit for doing what you're already doing?
However, I would like to state that logged-in users make up about 12.5% of the total impressions, and perhaps ~40% of those are in signature campaigns? (Hard to tell.) That would not cut off too much traffic relatively, though it would be noticeable.
U're totally right. This "traffic" is useful to no one.
Not true. When theymos runs auctions for ad spaces on the website, he also includes data as to how many impressions previous ads have seen. Removing signature campaigns would decrease the impressions that ads see, and in turn, the amount of money brought in from ads for the forum.U're totally right. This "traffic" is useful to no one.
Both account sales (multi accounting included),and campaigns should be straight out forbidden. Quality over quantity. Until then, it's wild west.
I agree with you on the possibility of banning account sales. I think that would do good around here to cut down on the number of signature spammers there are going around posting absolute trash and cluttering up topics. The problem with banning account sales is that you're banning the sale of Bitcointalk accounts on this forum. There's nothing stopping these dealings from going on elsewhere, and accounts still changing hands.Both account sales (multi accounting included),and campaigns should be straight out forbidden. Quality over quantity. Until then, it's wild west.
I don't agree with you on banning signature campaigns. Although there are lots of users simply spamming for satoshis, there are plenty of users who actively contribute valuable content to the website and who wear paid signatures too. It makes sense to me - if you're already going to be posting on this website, why not get paid a little bit for doing what you're already doing?
That would be a very poor financial move for the forum. Signature campaigns increase traffic to the website, and in turn, the number of impressions that are seen by ads. Removing campaigns would result in a drop in traffic as well as a drop in ad revenue for the forum.
There's a balance to found in there somewhere. If every single poster is posting junk in search of dust, that's not going to make the advertisers any money. The more committed users will become disenchanted and shop elsewhere.
U're totally right. This "traffic" is useful to no one.
Both account sales (multi accounting included),and campaigns should be straight out forbidden. Quality over quantity. Until then, it's wild west.
That would be a very poor financial move for the forum. Signature campaigns increase traffic to the website, and in turn, the number of impressions that are seen by ads. Removing campaigns would result in a drop in traffic as well as a drop in ad revenue for the forum.
There's a balance to found in there somewhere. If every single poster is posting junk in search of dust, that's not going to make the advertisers any money. The more committed users will become disenchanted and shop elsewhere.
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