Topic: Bitcointalk Accounts for sale (Read 63 times)

According to one of the rules of this forum, Bitcointalk account sales are allowed but it should be discouraged. That is what the rule says.

Do you know the reason Bitcointalk account sales should be discouraged? I have a topic about it. Let me quote it for.

I could have posted this on meta board but here can make it more accessible to newbies, it is about selling of bitcointalk accounts. To sell bitcointalk account, it should be discouraged, it is even included in bitcointalk unofficial rules number 18 but does not mean if you still think you have to buy already ranked account but if anything happen to the account that got your bought account not able to access this forum again, you will have to face the consequences.


I have been thinking for the reasons account sales should be discouraged, I know there will be reasons for such statements that we members must abide to. I think very well and find these reasons useful why accounts sales should be discouraged.

Reasons why accounts sales must be discouraged
I hope newbies will like to now know the reasons, they need to read these before attempting to buy bitcointalk account, this article will educate them why they should avoid to by ranked membership account.

1. Not supported by bitcointalk admin
There has been thread before about bitcointalk forum to be selling ranked accounts in the past, but according to theymos it will not happen.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.39398356

Bitcointalk is not in support of account sales, then why want to buy one underground because people that boldly want to sell account here if noticed will be tagged red which to me if proper.

2. Hacked accounts can be sold
There are in history of this forum some members account are hacked and taken control over by the hackers, the hackers will not think twice in many cases to sell the account as be sold. The person that bought the account will happily make his first post while the account owner will report that his account has been compromised. If he signed staked address he will be given back the account thereby leading to the buyers to lost money.

3. Other fraudulent activities
The above is just a single fraud reason while there are still many other fraudulent reason s account can be bought, it can be bought by scammers to make people to trust the account and be used against good members on the forum. This type of scam can range from using the account to borrow bitcoin, do escrow service and take the bitcoin and exit to anything you can possibly think of scammers can achieved through that. This is the main reason I even hate sales of account. And the reason I proposed official seeling of account by admin which can possibly lead people selling account underground not to be able to again.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5310026

But this led to downturn because of some good reasons provided by some good members.

4. New members not knowing about the forum at all
Newbies do not know about the forum at all, all they know if what they read online that bitcointalk signature can be used to earn up to 0.0003 btc per post like I read it online in 2020. From the same site you I read that a member can have up to 10 accounts, that you can buy account at a cost of $500 for legendary, $400 for hero and $300 for Sr member, though I do not fully remember the amount but appropriately correct. All these are lies, the merit system do not make it easy to have two accounts because building two accounts is difficult.

5. Bought accounts can be banned and most likely will be banned
I was wondering before why legendary account and hero accounts are banned, later I noticed some can be bought accounts, newbies do not know about the forum, bought ranked membership account and was banned because he violate the forum rules which likely to occur to newbies, this is likely common the reason you should pass through the newbie period by opening newbie account for good.

6. Thinking they will buy account and join signature campaign quickly
Newbies know nothing about this forum, all they think is that they will buy account and join signature campaign immediately, not knowing all signature campaigns have one same rule, that a member to participate he must have at least 5 merits received in the last 120 days, but to get the merit will be difficult for newbies that bought account. Also that is just the rule, you will see campaign managers only taking people that have more than 50 to 100 merits while leaving the rest because slot are very limited, then when will you get up to that merits. Psychologically thinking, account sellers even leave no smerits at all and the account do not have single merit in the last 120 days.

Newbies, build your account yourself than buying what that might not be real, do not put yourself at risk, buying bitcointalk account is dangerous because you will still post like newbies.