I knew it was a mistake to open this thread. The all caps title is still a good indiction of a low value unreasoned opening post.
I'm grateful to the posters who actually read the article, and who indicated that it isn't worth reading.
Topic: FAKE TRUST AND MERIT SYSTEM ON BITCOINTALK - page 2. (Read 666 times)
Quote from: http://archive.is/PTB8W#selection-227.98-227.131
However sadly it’s also corrupted.
BitcoinTalk the system itself does not have anything to do with corruption (I really do not know what you mean). There are few members who can make mistakes that does not mean the the whole system and the community takes the blame for it. Come on man! For one or two or few members (may be), you are undervaluing a whole community of 1,008,300 active accounts.Quote from: http://dev.martinlawrence.ca/bpip/
Active Accounts: 1,008,300
By the way, the whole article is poorly written without giving any number, statistics, data. It's a made up article which reflects your personal thinking, frustration in most cases. Lot's of misleading/wrong information. I am sorry, you have a long way to go before you understand the whole BitcoinTalk.org community.
PS: By the way, I understand this tactics of spreading negative vibe about something to get traffic on someones own webpage or article. It's an old trick.
I took the time to read your article and I have a few problems.
This is the "poison" you refer to. These deals are terrible as they give other users the impression that they are dealing with someone who either provides valid advice or has gained knowledge through experience by the time they have spent in the crypto environment. It's not currently a perfect system, but it does work.
Your idea of these deals would create a much shittier environment... in my humble opinion.
The system isn't perfect. All that red trust really gets you is rejected from SIG campaigns. Especially when there is a reference users can make up their own mind about the person they may deal with.
You are also mistaken as it is only the DT1 and maybe 2 trust that shows up as red for all to see. Where you are almost close to right here is that non DT trust isn't shown in any way unless users check for it, I do understand why it's not but I wish more people looked into it.
The idea behind it is that they all feel you are doing something untrustworthy... which you were. It's no different than going to some other Forum and asking people to come here and give you fake positive feedback or Merit for nothing.
EDIT: Oh I did forget as a Full Member, I have no power lol. As far as I know I can't do anything that others can't do or pay a small fee to do. It only really shows I've been here for about a year in my case.
Quote
How to solve the problem?
Users can either trade Merit (send it to each other) or buy old accounts of people who no longer use Bitcointalk and want to sell them.
How ever these same old users are poisoning these type of deals by giving fake negative trust points to these people. They are really ready to do everything, in order not to take any more new people into their little club.
Users can either trade Merit (send it to each other) or buy old accounts of people who no longer use Bitcointalk and want to sell them.
How ever these same old users are poisoning these type of deals by giving fake negative trust points to these people. They are really ready to do everything, in order not to take any more new people into their little club.
This is the "poison" you refer to. These deals are terrible as they give other users the impression that they are dealing with someone who either provides valid advice or has gained knowledge through experience by the time they have spent in the crypto environment. It's not currently a perfect system, but it does work.
Your idea of these deals would create a much shittier environment... in my humble opinion.
Quote
This may seem as a good system to warn people of scammers, however old Bitcointalk users have found a way to poison this as well. Most negative trust rating is given not because a person really scammed someone, but because they are doing something what the old simply don’t like.
The system isn't perfect. All that red trust really gets you is rejected from SIG campaigns. Especially when there is a reference users can make up their own mind about the person they may deal with.
You are also mistaken as it is only the DT1 and maybe 2 trust that shows up as red for all to see. Where you are almost close to right here is that non DT trust isn't shown in any way unless users check for it, I do understand why it's not but I wish more people looked into it.
The idea behind it is that they all feel you are doing something untrustworthy... which you were. It's no different than going to some other Forum and asking people to come here and give you fake positive feedback or Merit for nothing.
EDIT: Oh I did forget as a Full Member, I have no power lol. As far as I know I can't do anything that others can't do or pay a small fee to do. It only really shows I've been here for about a year in my case.
I wrote an article about fake Trust and Merit system on Bitcointalk and how old Bitcointalk users who hold all the power abuse it.
I'm sure lot of "Newbies" will understand this problem.
https://medium.com/@filip.poutintsev/fake-trust-and-merit-system-on-bitcointalk-dabfa854edae
I'm sure lot of "Newbies" will understand this problem.
https://medium.com/@filip.poutintsev/fake-trust-and-merit-system-on-bitcointalk-dabfa854edae
Jump to: