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Topic: bounty BOTs on Bitcointalk (Read 366 times)

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imagine me
September 20, 2018, 09:59:38 AM
#16
There are bounty campaigns that doesn't require hunters to post their social media links. Some hunters behave like bots by posting what is not required and they are breaking the rule in bounty section.

This is what they are breaking:
Anyone posting info from their bounty application (usernames, addresses, etc.) or anything alongside the lines of "joined X", "looking forward to getting X", "thanks for the opportunity", "filled out form", "signed up for X", "applied", "following / liked / retweeted X" when such data is not required or the requirement is against the forum's rules risk having their account banned. These are extremely low quality posts that generate massive amounts of spam, drowning out any legitimate discussion these threads may posses.

This is how I report their posts after asking their bounty manager if posting social media link is not really required:
Code:
Posting social media links on the bounty thread is not required by the topic starter, and this user has broken this rule- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2284371.0
Their posts will be gone the next day! But I'm not sure if they're perma-banned or temp-banned though.
legendary
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September 20, 2018, 08:55:29 AM
#15
Using bots is allowed, but the same rules apply as for humans: spam is not allowed.
That being said, I would say almost all "bounty reports" are spam, but somehow they're not moderated.

I agree come kind of bots can be allowed (utility bots), but the real question people who uses bot to cheat on bounty and for this reason the post thousands of reports on the forum created by social media bot are also allowed?
Keep in mind those accounts also uses signatures and get money for their shitpost.
jr. member
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September 20, 2018, 07:46:55 AM
#14
in my opinion, these accounts should be permanently banned. because in my opinion, this forum is not just a bounty but also a place for discussion.

I often find lots of BOTs, especially in airdrop threads
legendary
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September 20, 2018, 07:27:31 AM
#12
That being said, I would say almost all "bounty reports" are spam, but somehow they're not moderated.

Exactly, bounty reports equal to spam. They can use Google form for report. Actually post a report help them to bump thread partially. It can't be control because it's easy for managers. But manager can force them delete report after update spreadsheet every week. So soo many post will reduce. There is no guidelines for managers from forum side. There should be something.  I am making a draft regarding that. Will post soon

Any official statement here? It would be very satisfying to ban and remove high rank abusers using this method.

Nothing even unofficial. PM to moderators with details they can trashed total thread. I have experience, ANN thread trashed many time if there is so many spam. So write directly to moderators.
legendary
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September 20, 2018, 07:18:28 AM
#11
Using bots is allowed, but the same rules apply as for humans: spam is not allowed.
That being said, I would say almost all "bounty reports" are spam, but somehow they're not moderated.
hero member
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September 20, 2018, 07:08:40 AM
#10
If you see bots report them in the reputation system bro,  every little helps make this forum a cleaner and better place to be in. The forum has definitely lost quality since bounties started to become popular, or maybe Theymos shoul just create a seperate forum for them.
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September 20, 2018, 05:51:56 AM
#9
I think this is the job of Bounty Managers not the forum moderators,

Bounty managers are paid to detect bots and spammers and remove them from their campaigns or even give them a red tag.
Many BMs don't care about who join their campaigns they just calculate the stakes and send the report to the project team which is kind of cheating.
legendary
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September 20, 2018, 04:36:26 AM
#8
Any official statement here? It would be very satisfying to ban and remove high rank abusers using this method.
Better ask mods about this, you could pm mods from bounty section or just post you inquiry on Welsh's  [Guide] Reporting effectively thread, he always answer when someone posts their inquiries about reporting.

I'm asking to mods, hoping to get one answer soon or later! Cheesy
member
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imagine me
September 17, 2018, 10:58:43 AM
#7
Any official statement here? It would be very satisfying to ban and remove high rank abusers using this method.
Better ask mods about this, you could pm mods from bounty section or just post you inquiry on Welsh's  [Guide] Reporting effectively thread, he always answer when someone posts their inquiries about reporting.
legendary
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September 17, 2018, 10:05:24 AM
#6
Any official statement here? It would be very satisfying to ban and remove high rank abusers using this method.
hero member
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September 17, 2018, 04:56:07 AM
#5
You need to report those accounts and most likely it will be permabanned if Mods found that they were bots used for spamming because of the signature campaigns.
They will be permabanned if they are found spamming the forum but that will be harder to do from now on because they'll need 1 merit in order to spam for bounties.
now they no longer can have signatures until they get one merit so OP you can now lock this thread.
It is pretty easy for them to obtain 1 merit if they want to, they'll only need 1 constructive post anyway to get that merit requirement met. I believe we haven't seen the end of those people who use bots for the bounties.
hero member
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September 17, 2018, 01:47:11 AM
#4
I think this Enhanced newbie restrictions & requirements is the solution to stop the bounty bots from our forum,now they no longer can have signatures until they get one merit so OP you can now lock this thread.
member
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September 16, 2018, 03:10:18 PM
#3
All you can do is report it to the mods and those bots will be permaban in this forum but I think there will be new accounts that will be created to continue what they do over and over (I think).
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September 16, 2018, 02:48:16 PM
#2
What is the policy of the forum against people who use bots to perform the activities for the bounties in the forum?

I found a lot of them, what should I do? Are those account will be permabanned?
You need to report those accounts and most likely it will be permabanned if Mods found that they were bots used for spamming because of the signature campaigns.
legendary
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September 16, 2018, 02:40:58 PM
#1
What is the policy of the forum against people who use bots to perform the activities for the bounties in the forum?

I found a lot of them, what should I do? Are those account will be permabanned?
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