Topic: Don’t Buy Bitcointalk Account as a Newbie (Read 698 times)

But why will someone want to buy an account in the first place if their sole intention is not to use it to scam others or outsmart the forum users? If it's because of the posting limit, like others might use as an excuse, the forum offers a copper membership, whose features are almost equivalent to member rank.

Unless it's for the purpose of using the bought account to join a campaign, which it's still like that the buyer will ruin the account because it will be life living the life of someone else impersonation, it's not easy, which is why they could easily get caught.

That's why in this forum the rule "buying or selling accounts is allowed, but not recommended" applies. This has a broad meaning for those who think long and hard, things will happen that can harm other people financially or mentally. for that reason, crawling from childhood to adulthood is a normal thing for those who are intelligent.

Quite a few of the accounts here that were bought were drowned, because of their actions which could harm many people, I have also done that, maybe I have destroyed dozens of accounts that were bought because of their own actions, Therefore, learn from childhood to adulthood, it will have a positive impact on beginners, where slowly it will become a certainty.

The Bitcointalk account is pretty much easier to register, for anyone willing to own an account on the platform because I believe they have grown past the issues of regional restrictions and VPN access to its sites.
This forum is quite easy to access and open to the public, so I see no reason why anyone should buy an account just because they want to try to benefit, without having to make an effort to learn the subject of cryptocurrency and Bitcoin of which is a major topic herein.
Even if one is well informed in matters of cryptocurrency, at least, being able to not be a show-off or too-know is a thin line that must be learnt to walk on, or one risks being given a negative trust or worse.

The OP has posted here twice and on both occasions he received no merits therefore he might not posting here again unless to deflect from this post. Does it make sense for a relatively new account who should not even know anything about account buying/selling to make a thread about it? I had no idea accounts were traded until weeks (maybe months in to my journey here) yet after we learn about it we move but the OP created a thread about it with sub-headings.

It seems as though it was designed tin the hope of receiving merits but failed. The "Don’t Buy Bitcointalk Account as a Newbie" thread should have been "Don’t Buy Bitcointalk Accounts" instead.

You are right on the side of tagging account sellers because I can remember one user that go about sending PM to people for account sales, he has been tagged by many DT members but it would have been better if such accounts are banned if the forum really do not want account sales. That was the aspect I was referring to.

Don't your think you are contracting yourself here? The only thing that is a crime is a violation of the laws governing a given system and without such violations, no one can be charged of a crime. So many reasons were given on why account sales is allowed in the forum so we don't have to feign too much righteousness about it so we will stick to the forum rules as the standard and not our emotions.

Not a problem does not mean it is allowed to be done, but it goes back to each person because there are also people who do not like the process so buying an account becomes an option and people who buy an account because they want to get income quickly either by following a signature campaign or others that can be evil such as to scam other members.

Not only as a newbie even a higher rank would be better not to do that for whatever reason.

true and undeniable, signature campaign is one of the biggest incomes when joining this forum.
but keep in mind, a manager will also see the performance of the account he chooses. even though the rank is high and even legendary, if the quality of the post is not as it should be. of course the manager will not look at you again.
so that is the importance of a process.

it is better to start from the beginning of a small rank but continue to be persistent in learning crypto. rather than buying a high rank just to follow the campaign.

the point is knowledge and understanding are more important than just ranking on the forum.
sorry if there is a higher rank than me disagree with this.

I think you are wrong about the part where no one is paying attention to the account sellers because the forum account of those account sellers that are proven to be a seller is tagged as account sellers although it won't completely stop them from selling account since they can create new accounts to sell again. There is no law about it as you have said but it is frown upon doing so it kinda means that it's not allowed to buy accounts even though there's no rule about it.

There have been so much talk about people buying accounts and much of the people at the receiving end are the buyers but no one is paying attention to the sellers and how they grow those accounts to sell. If someone specialises in account selling, then it means the person is abusing and cheating system including the merif system because it is only a merit source that can farm such accounts for sell. I know it will not be easy finding the sellers but it is a moral burden on us to discourage people from selling accounts because if there are no sellers, buyers won't see any account to buy.

By the way, I learnt the forum does not have any law against buying and selling of accounts so I do not see a problem here.

Some people might think there's a great advantage in buying bitcointalk account but there isn't. Buying account is frown upon in this forum and the account will most likely get tagged when it's proven to be an account that is bought from someone else and it will only cost the buyer some money and to only have a worthless account because of the tag. It's better if a newbie would just created an account themselves because that way it will be safe and cost free plus you can start a journey from being a newbie to legendary rank forum member when they earn merits through contributions.

Why buy an account when you can easily create an account? If you are buying an already ranked account, then probably you just want to jump into the signature campaign, or you have other motives for it, you don’t really care about the forum, and what you care about is just what you will earn from the forum, or maybe you want to use the account for illegal activity.
 
I am not saying it’s bad to participate in signature campaigns, but if you want to do that, then make contributions to the forum and build your account yourself. You don’t have to buy an account, if anyone can buy a forum account, then I will say the person isn’t having a good intention towards the forum, because most people who purchase accounts do use them for either scams or just to make money from the forum. 

Buying an account is pretty much wasting the money spent for it, I don't find any reason for someone to sell sn account that has potential and took lots of efforts. But most of the sold accounts were dormant since 2016 and even if you buy it now, you need to start from the scratch because no campaigns currently accepting users who are not active, not recieved decent merits in the last 120 days.

Of course it is a stupid thing to do, because at the end of the day you will be detected and you will lose the account. There is a reason why there are different ranks in the forum. Each rank is to prepare you for the next one so that when you get there you can live up to expectations and produce quality in your posting.So when you jump protocols it becomes very easy to detect. As your way of reasoning/posting will be entirely different from the initial owner. And another thing is that account you didn't grow yourself, you won't know the value of it and you might not treasure it that much. But when you grow your account on your own and pass through the process, you won't ever try to do anything that will ruin the account. Because you have known the hard work and energy it took you to get that far.

I have read some of your post history and though others will come to their own conclusions, to me it seems highly unlikely you are new to this forum even though you are operating a newbie account. By that I do not mean you have been browsing beforehand, on the contrary it seems more likely this "xbartoni" account is not the only one you operate.

That is one of the major side effects of this account buying, someone who’s a scammer might buy an account from someone who has a reputation of been trustworthy and legit but now cos people just easily follow up on his usual updates, a scammer might jus use that to deceive people and cost them their hard earned funds.

it's all because of posting habits, the style of language used, and also the knowledge of each person is different.
not only for Newbies, those who have been in the forum for a long time should also pay attention to this. buying an account or borrowing an account will not end well for anyone.

although I have also seen many cases related to this, but it seems that this practice of buying and selling accounts is still going on. I'm sure their main reason is to increase their ranking which is very difficult or takes a long time. while their needs are to join the campaign and get paid in a short time.

As a newbie I am also not in favor of buying an account. We newbies have very little experience so I disagree that we should buy an account.Although there is no ban on this in the forum. Maybe we can take experience from senior people in the forum on how to manage an account. We need to practice more and more forum posts to implement the natural process of increasing an account. We can also take advice from people with experience in Bitcoin investment.How they are buying Bitcoin and holding it for a long time. Gaining knowledge about these things as a newbie is between responsibilities and duties.

Borrowed accounts from others, we who are new will face a difficult problem in increasing the continuity of that account, because we who are new will not be able to manage our accounts the way an experienced person manages his account. So we who are new should move forward by accumulating experience.

Everything if not built by yourself will certainly not be satisfying, in fact later not more careful and even tend to use it for fraud, it is better to start from zero to create an account let this flow naturally because it will be more satisfying for yourself. Indeed buying an account on this forum is not prohibited but it is also not recommended because buying an account is not good for the forum.

In addition, starting from zero is not difficult as long as you have discipline, persistence, and hard work. Starting your own account will actually benefit yourself with the account you have in the future. Because of course buying an account will have many risks to bear, it can be seen in the reputation section that there have been many victims of people who bought accounts in the end what happened was that the account was stamped with a tag and even banned.

To bad for them if the account they bought is hacked and the original owner claims that they owned that account then they cannot get anything and the seller will just scam them. We don't know the real reputation of those people so to avoid getting any much issue regarding on this matter. Better to deal with their own accounts, although it may take them for years to reached their desired ranks. But if they are eager and fully committed to  build their account then learn from it thru experiences they encounter, provably this is good combination and with these they can also learn a lot of thing from everything they do also their experiences gotten thru the whole process of creating and try to rank up their account thru the real efforts they do.

That is right buying account on this forum is not needed and can actually cause problems. Forum allows it but skipping normal process of growing your account can hurt its reputation. New members especially those new to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies may find it hard to live up to expectations of experienced member. And I also think buying account can lead to embarrassing situations like asking simple questions that experienced member should already know. And you said that transferring of account is acceptable due to health issue so I Think this is also risky. Because you know better that how you can grow account but other one can not. I don't know the reason why you are saying this acceptable but in my point of view this is not.

Buying of account in this forum is totally unnecessary, even though the forum is not against it, but it'll be like not following the due process to grow the account. Especially for newbies who don't have any experience about Bitcoin and altcoins, they'll find it very difficult to cope with the expectations of a ranked up member. It'll be ridiculous if the newbie were to ask a question that the bought account should know, and it'll make a mockery of the account.

The only instance that I can imagine for an account to change Hands is if the owner of the account perhaps for health reasons can not continue to be active in the forum. Maybe he can let somebody else that will have the experience to post on the level of rank of the account to take over, since the forum allows it.

The simple truth is that you can get to buy an account but you see that hard work that you are scared of, you will definitely end up doing it one way or the other because the possibility of the account surviving the pressure from being undetected still falls down to how hardworking you are which ofcourse one can never be too careful and at the long run you just end up losing the account and still not get accepted into a signature campaign or even worse your spirit to continue with a legit means would be broken to the core.

What do you expect?  it's the internet and such act is normal as no one can verily place that such person condemned aslo did same thing. It's a common feat for humans to condemned something that they are also part of especially when they have gone free with the same act but just like you said, the truth is you can buy an account and yet still not meet your goals because whether you like it or not you must learn and posting of quality is a must to ensure campaign and besides the merits don't hang around forever which is a very interesting part of this community as we tirelessly get to contribute to stay updated.

Before someone decides to buy an account in the forum the person is already aware of the dangers of having an account that is originally owned by someone else and the person intention is nothing but to get what he or she didn't wo3k hard for which is the opportunity of getting in to a signature campaign to make money. Scam is possible if the person is smart enough to convince and deceive other members but I think from the writing of some accounts it is still very easy to dectate an account that has changed hands and I'm happy we have some good members who takes time to fish out those accounts that has actually changed hands.

This community is for everybody that I have passion in Bitcoin but the process whereby you does not have a passion in Bitcoin I don't think that there is any needful for you to join the community so the community is meant for people who have interest in Bitcoin on the who is ready to create an impact that will elevate Bitcoin in future and they make it to be well known...... for the aspect of buying account by a beginner I don't think that is encouraging for someone who is a beginner to buy account, so I want to ask what will be the objective of the Beginner Who mindset is to bought account that means the person is not interested to learn anything that relate with Bitcoin the motive of the person is to milk the community

The selling of accounts is discouraged by the forums. Someone can sell their account only when they have multiple ones and can not handle them. However, some complications may arise because of the new owner. The old user maintained a high profile and quality posting, but the new owner may not maintain that quality, which could drop the value of the account. There are many other aspects that could be disturbed, and I would not advise a newbie to buy a high-ranking account because they are inexperienced and do not understand the value of merits and the dignity of the forum. It would be advisable for them to work on their account, gaining experience and information about the forum, and gradually increasing its level.

I don't think the next account handover user will be honest as much as previous real owner of account with other members on forum and I guess anyone who takes the quick route to get a higher rank easily without learning anything from here either sr-legendary member by buying with the purpose of enrolling into sig campaign or to grab other benefits like loan service etc cannot be trusted imho.

Seeing weak post from high ranking accounts sometimes obviously shows there are some inconsistencies around such accounts and it should be checked but sometimes it could still be laziness to researching. For newbies it's not an ideal thing to do, that you will get engaged in buying of an account already grown to a good rank, you may actually encounter reputation issues when it becomes obvious that there's a change in ownership of such accounts.

Not only newbies but also other members because when you buy an account, they are many things involved. Like the way the real owner was handling the account will be different from the new owner. And once detected, it will attract tags. Then was the first owner handled the account clean? And if is no and another issue again. I don't advise anyone to buy account because you will face many things in the forum. And if you are not a good poster, you will end up damaging the account. If the person was a good poster and you are not then problem starts from there before other changes. Some will say, you have damaged your brain and that is why you are not posting like before again.

It is not too hard for newbies to manage bought accounts with high ranks if they are simply spamming in the forum. It's different that they intend to buy high rank accounts for joining good signature campaigns that always require quality from applicants then participants.

Newbies who are unable to rank up their accounts, but found solutions of account purchase, will not be able to make quality post. Hence they will not be able to join good campaigns.

In their efforts of trying to make good and quality posts, they can try to make foolish threads, posts that catch attention of forum members. It brings side effects and forum members after checking these suspicious accounts, can find evidence of bought accounts. When it is reported, these accounts will become more or less useless.

It is safe to assume that there is still a market for Bitcointalk accounts given how much time and effort it takes to reach for example the Sr. Member rank, let alone Hero or Legendary (the latter takes approximately 3 years).

If I had to guess why, it's probably either for joining signature campaigns or attempting to scam someone, which is much easier to do with a high rank account.

This is good advice for everyone here, both newbies and the senior members, especially newbies, that they didn't know anything about how the forum works. I will never advise them to go and buy an account from there followers member; it is a wrong decision, because if a newbie buys an account like a full member account, it will be very hard for him to proceed with the account. The reason is that it will know the background on how the forum operates, talk less of replying to a thread.

Honestly buy an account is just like some that jump in to the college without having Nursery or primary knowledge, and what can we think it will be the end of person that buy account a background knowledge i think at end of the day the account will getting banned by the moderators of this forum.

The DT members of the forum are not foolish to not notice that an account has changed hands. One thing i have known about here in the forum is that there is nothing hidden under the sun. But sometime because of minor mistakes people tend to link accounts that are not theirs to their own. Irrespective of the proves that are being shown, sometimes the verdict is wrong, and a tag will be giving to such person. What am saying in essence here is that, when it comes to buying/selling account. Of course, the buyer and seller have different ways of reasoning and perhaps a sense of humor. One way or the other member will figure it out that the account owner has changed.

This depends on what you mean by reputable. A true owner of an account can still not have a good reputation in the forum. If he violates other forum rules, he still will receive equal punishment like another.

Before the forum introduced the merit system, all it took to reach any rank was time and posts, and there are certainly thousands of accounts from that period that could potentially be made available at some point. Today, without merits, you cannot reach a single rank, so that "job" is quite difficult for those who "make" accounts in order to sell them.


Newbies have some limitations and that's true, but some of them can be bypassed if they buy Copper rank or just get 1 merit and become Jr. Member.

As for whether or not it's stupid to buy a BTT account, you obviously haven't read all the posts in this thread - because ranks are supposed to show your level of knowledge and skills - and if you buy a Hero or Legendary rank today and continue to act like a Newbie, isn't that stupid?

Is people still buying bitcoin talk account for what ? Old account that shows the date of joining to impress colleagues that i trusted bitcoin from early days to flex like they are og's in crypto or something or was just smart enough to invest in bitcoin way back then,  joining for sig campaign for earning some penny purpose?

In general i don't think taking off someone's effort who built good reputation over here buying that account for earning purposes from signature campaign will not work forever will get trust red painted atleast anyway at end if the pattern of writing style looks suspicious to the DT members or else. Afaik trustless account has no value. And i guess a newbie who works out on his own to build his/her profile from scratch will probably be seen more trustworthy in the end.

I agree. This might be the only reason to buy a reputable account and shield their potential campaign to run (can be scam). If an account that old and good in standing becomes someone account its quite hard to dispute that one unless the new owner can proof his the legit owner by signing, but what if he can and sign it comes with a package of the account for sale inclyding wallet associated with it.

We can now only hint based on post style.

I didn't know that bitcointalk accounts can be bought and sold. Does someone work so hard to achieve a high rank to sell an account? Newbies can't reply properly. So if you think about it, the reach of a high-ranking account will be completely down. Will that user be considered a signature competent later? I think buying a bitcointalk account is not a stupid thing to do?

Your are right Buying or selling accounts is discouraged here. If anyone is new here so he/she should focus on learning about Bitcoin and its market first. If they want to participate in signature campaigns so they should make helpful posts and this they need to understand Bitcoin. They should give time to learn basics and they should follow forum rules. Good posts require knowledge and effort. Invest time learning and they will contribute well and succeed in signature campaigns. If they come only to earn money this place is not for them. They should learn and help others if they really want to succeed.

I think it was easy before, but after adding 2FA as an additional layer of security in the forum, attempting to hack accounts has become more difficult.. I am certain that those who sell these accounts have somehow hacked them. With the continued restrictions on those who sell these accounts and the spread of fraud cases of people who bought accounts and their seller was able to recover them through the Bitcoin address listed in the sold account or through other security methods or after these people obtained accounts of bad reputation, or after they paid money and got nothing in return, people's certainty has increased that whoever sells forum accounts aims to make money in illegal ways.

If he had a Full, Sir, hero or legendary account, why didn't he use it to earn some money by posting valuable content? Everyone started from the first rank and with time was able to develop his account through effort and high-quality contributions. There is nothing difficult or impossible for those who challenge themselves to succeed, and whoever wants the easy will undoubtedly be a victim of fraud one day and may lose the respect and trust of the community.

These are some good points and I don't think till now I saw any topic like this before so yeah it's a good topic for everyone to avoid buying and selling accounts. What's the real point in buying accounts besides the buyer wants to get accepted in some campaign. He/she won't learn anything like you said a newbie buying hero or legendary rank account and asking about newbie rules like merits, activity, or what BTC blockchain is then that is total disaster.

Then to save themselves they will use AI and will get caught easily. To be honest, I did not saw much cases about people getting caught after long time that they aren't the real owner although saw some topics started in marketplace where they tried to sell account and I saw one site too where they listed accounts (not details) but only rank and price.

Bitcointalk forum is one forum that holds the reputation of it's members at a very high esteem. Account buying in this forum should be highly prohibited because such transactions doesn't only put the buyer at risk, but every member of this forum will also be at risk. This is because, a new member with a questionable reputation will be added to the forum through the back door. If he turns out to be a scammer, some members of this forum might innocently fall victim to such scams thinking they are dealing with the account they used to know. Trust will obviously be lost in the forum

It is very beneficial for newbies to create their own reputation by themselves. Account buying does not erase the bad reputation of the previous person (if he has one). Imagine inheriting a bad reputation from another person simply because you do not want to start from the scratch, the aim of buying the account might not be achieved.

Why even buy an account when you can build one if you have the forum in mind, or if you really want to learn about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency? This forum is the best place to learn about Bitcoin and crypto with the right and accurate information and orientation because almost all the information shared in this forum is verified. After all, the forum members will have to look at it and discuss further about it.

Anybody who buys an account in this forum has only one aim, which is to earn money and not knowledge.
People selling the accounts also have their own faults because your effort to build a good and maybe reputable account will be in vain because the account will be no longer relevant again once noticed.
Newbies, be patient enough to learn and interact in the forum, ranking up will be easier once you understand the forum, and you also keep contributing positively to the forum.

Regardless of your position, it's still discouraged in the forum to buy or even sell an account. Most especially for newbies where you should focus more on acquiring basic knowledge and information so you can understand the nature of bitcoin and its market itself.

Now, if your purpose is to participate and earn from a signature campaign, then the more that you should know bitcoin well and take the learning process.

Remember that, signature campaign aims to provide quality and valuable posts that will educate the reader itself, and any newbie in position won't be able to achieve that without taking much time learning and understanding not only the forum but most especially bitcoin and all its stuff that revolves around the crypto market.

From the title, it seems that only beginners should not buy BTT accounts, and what about others who are much more experienced? To be honest, it was never normal for me, but even there before 2015 it was quite normal to publicly buy and sell BTT accounts, things changed only after that.

I remember one case where a Legendary member was caught in plagiarism, and then he claimed that the plagiarized posts were from the previous owner, which was even proven by the forum administration.

In any case, you cannot forbid anyone from selling/buying BTT accounts and merits, and this is certainly happening in the background, the only question is to what extent.

It will be very easy to dictate a high-ranking account that a newbie handles. The level of knowledge about discussions, especially regarding the forum will be very shallow. These newbies can do research and engage in discussion but it takes time to understand the forum's culture. Sometimes you just see a high-ranking account applying for a campaign even when it is clearly written CFNP. Most of them do not understand these terminologies because they are not the owners of their accounts. Their intention is just to aim for money, so they just apply for these subscriptions without understanding. Buying an account is like building a house from the roof instead of starting from the foundation.     

Those who are in a haste to acquire an already established account raise questions. What exactly is their motive? Are they seeking benefits or trying to scam people by appearing trustworthy?

You know it's not easy to build a reputable account in the forum; it requires time, energy, and dedication. For someone to want to bypass this process, there's already a red flag. Similarly, when someone sells their established account, it raises suspicions. What went wrong after working hard to build it? Why sell it off?

Buying an account is not advisable because both parties usually have ulterior motives, which are unclear. It's best to take your time and work your way up the ladder. It's more profitable and safe.

Come on . Are you pretending now, or are you trying to pretend to be someone who doesn't know all the benefits of high ranks?
Everyone understands perfectly well that to raise an account to good ranks, not only knowledge is required but also time. Even those people who can write good posts, those who receive a sufficient number of merits, cannot quickly get the rank of legend. And here such "benefactors" come to the rescue, ready to sell an account with a high rank.
There is a big difference in the interests of people coming to the forum. Someone comes out of interest in Bitcoin, and someone is going to use the forum to earn money, and there are most of them. The one who buys an account will most likely be detected; on the other hand, to attract the attention of the company's signature manager, active participation in the forum is necessary. So even with a purchased account, getting into the company's signature is quite a difficult task for such accounts today.

That's true; the buyer has no idea all the transactions committed by the seller. You may be buying a scammer account and you will shoulder all the bad actions the seller has taken so its high risk buying an account because you have no idea what's the whole history of the account.
Its better to start with fresh new account and work your way to the ladder; there's a feeling of satisfaction for every rank you achieve, so challenge yourself and go to the process.

They can use their money to buy accounts but they must know risk of get reported in Old Accounts That Have Likely Been Hacked/Traded. Account change hands can trigger forum security to lock that account too.

If you are an account buyer, you will nearly not able to prove that your original owner and claim your account back through account recovery procedure in the forum. It's biggest risk by spending money for purchasing account, and at the end, it's locked and becomes useless.

If it won't be locked, you will not be able to use it too well because forum members will report it in the shared thread.

It's been frown upon to buy accounts, and this is the very reason why the merit system was introduced way back in 2018 to curb this practice.

So not sure if there are still people who buy accounts here.

Perhaps one reason though is to run a scam, specially if they will buy like a old Legendary account. Nevertheless, most of us here have been in this community for the last 7 years that we can smell if a account is bought and there are a lot of great members here who can do a full investigation and see that it really change hands already.

Well, you may be right about the versatile experiences of the campaign managers especially in selection of accounts based on quality posting but am not really sure they can always decipher which account is a bought account or not in the selection process except for where recent posting quality drops or a pattern change in posting style is suspected which is something any old forum member can also easily identify.  Having said that, I also believe not all bought accounts are identified in the course of time as there are persons who get smart enough to get away with it.

Well as starter if you buy some will tagged that account as purchased account. Though buying and selling is allowed the DT system doesnt permit it at least for users who has compassion on dont having multiple account.

Maybe for expert one already in here and got familiarity probably he/she can mind or handle it the only thing is how can he prove its not bought account.

there's always this stigma that comes with buying of account and it mostly suggest that you're the kind of person that doesn't follow due process and if that's the case, the likelihood that you bought the account to carry out scam activity is going to be high.

If there's a need to have an alternative account for some genuine reason of maybe expressing yourself in matters you wouldn't want to do with your main account like I've observed from some top forum members, I don't think that's against the forum rules but buying account generally is not the best of practice and will even make it look like all the people that struggle to build their account and reputation from scrash are being  foolish. Make the sacrifice of building your account from scrash, learn about the forum and Bitcoin and in the process of doing so  you're going to have the best of journey on the forum going forward.

So, does it mean buying an account as an user who already familiar with the forum is advisable, good and correct decision?

I don't see a good reason to buy Bitcointalk account even it's for participating in signature campaign because post frequency, quality post, merit history etc are important, just because you have a legendary account without negative trust, there's no guarantee you will be accepted.

More importantly, someone can use your account to commit scam, which harm your personal life if the victim is serious to find the owner.

One thing about buying an account is that is makes you shift your focus from learning to wanting to earn.

Buying that account requires you money and the typical human being will want to recover his money back therefore, it would lead to him being more interest in ways to earn from the forum and quick for that matter, this will lead to low quality posts from the users and in most cases 'spam'.

The forum isn't against account buying but you're going to get into lots of trouble from the community. It's quite easy to spot an account that has changed hands because the data are publicly available so if you have thought about buying one, give it a rethink.

There isn't a trusted market out there on account buying so you'll be dealing with scammers most of the time and you might end up getting scammed. It isn't worth it as building your account will benefit you in all angles from the knowledge part to the experience you get.

Such actions will only make things more difficult for yourself in the end, it will look premature trying to be at a high level without going through the process from the initial stage. Sometimes choosing shortcuts is not as effective as expected due to limited knowledge levels which can hinder the interaction process in the forum. If we talk in the context of Beginners, anyone can buy an account, but they will find it difficult to produce quality posts due to lack of knowledge.
The reason may be because they want to be accepted quickly into a signature campaign with higher pay, but who can guarantee that the campaign manager will accept them, especially since the level of competition is getting tighter.

If they want to join signature campaigns paid in bitcoin, that are good campaigns, they will not be able to join these good campaigns with bought accounts. These campaigns are managed by professional and experienced so they have enough skills to detect bought accounts and surely they will not accept bought accounts with low quality post history.

People who bought accounts can only join signature campaign in altcoin bounties, that don't require quality post history, and it is more easily for account buyers to join.

Asides cheating,I can help you with one major reason among many. Which is, they want to jump the gun! They think it's stressful growing an account in the forum from scratch and they just needed an already made, so in no time they can get acceptance into a signature campaign.

If not for a signature campaign what else could make a newbie or anyone buy an account when he can freely create one and grow it even as the user will gradually also grow in knowledge too.

Funny thing is, even users with bought account could still make it to this thread and make condemnation replies about account buying. Lol

Buying and selling accounts is allowed by forum rules but it is discouraged by forum rules and forum community because if a person does not want to be an organic member, there is something suspicious with bought account, for scam, for gain trust, for spam ...

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We should also consider if and why the forum supports buying of account because to me it's like giving a passage for impersonations.
Other hand, if concluded,then anyone can always buy an account and study through on due processes of mastering how the forum works. Inclusively, newbies buying of high ranked accounts may not really know what it takes to build an account from scratch in the forum and so may lost cautiousness and the qualities of appreciating such a beared top acquired rank member in other to be utilized.

Perhaps you wrote highly of the disadvantages of buying a Bitcointalk account which equally means that it's advantage would probably be high too but I'm my opinion there is no advantage to buying an account that has been there for long mean while you can skip the limitations on a brand new account by purchasing the copper membership.

I don't see any reason why someone would want to buy an account in this forum except for cheating or selfish reasons that are probably going to be scams.

The forum is open to all as much as Bitcoin itself is open to all but there are some things that shouldn’t be done.

Buying an account as a newbie is like jumping high school to go to college ( you’ll just be floating)

Some of the effects of buying an account includes;
1. No Proper Knowledge:
A while back there was this post where a hero member was asking a question about merits which he isn’t supposed to, his question just exposed him and proved that he didn’t grow that account. In his defence he said he’s been away for a long time but no matter how long, if you’re truly the owner who got to Hero member level you won’t forget how the merit system works.
You miss the learning process, where you gather all confidence, Rules and regulations, experiences, a whole lot.

2. You Risk Loosing the Account:
Plagiarism which is a big offense in any write up, dissertation, Projects and publishing is also not acceptable here in the forum. The previous owner might have done one or two offenses in his/her early stages which you’re not aware of and this might cost you in the long run.

3. Reputation/Scam:
Depending on the level of account you purchased, I think You might not be able to keep up with the reputation of the person cos no two minds are alike.
Some people can even use it to scam other individuals, based on the reputation of the previous owner.

4. Making Low quality posts:
The experience and creativity garnered during the growing process will be lacking. Sometimes you see some posts from high level members looking weak and poor, due to laziness to properly research.


I think there are so many other Reasons why you shouldn’t buy an account but this is just as I’ve known.
It’s not advisable as a newbie to buy an account.

You can add other general disadvantages that concerns everyone.