Giveaway threads are not allowed - page 38.

BadBear

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Quote from: RoseCoin on January 28, 2014, 04:16:16 AM

How to unlock my thread:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/annrose-rosecoinlaunched-in-rose-we-love-424241
It is NOT a giveaway thread.

Says there's a giveaway in the OP, and someone is paying.

Also looks like some are using newly created accoumts to bump their giveaway posts. Might not be a good idea to let people link them from here after all. Or not allow threads that only link to giveaways, only as an addendum in an existing thread.

Symbiont

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And why are these threads still unlocked? Both on the 1st page:

DogeCoin
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/doge-give-away-such-give-much-away-closed-for-now-374320

SocialCoin
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/giveaway-new-coin-socialcoin-only-60mhash-currently-mining-join-now-418607

RoseCoin

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How to unlock my thread:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/annrose-rosecoinlaunched-in-rose-we-love-424241
It is NOT a giveaway thread.

FiniteRed

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Thank. God.

Might actually be able to find interesting posts on this forum now

Mjbmonetarymetals

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Quote from: BulletCoin on January 28, 2014, 03:03:23 AM

Quote from: Chris001 on January 27, 2014, 07:15:07 PM

The problem is they feel altcoins hurt them and they THINK they are better because they focus on a REAL coin! You can sense it between every word. They are shooting themselves in the foot. You see this stuff everyday. I thought bitcoin people were different. Just another day I guess....

You are absolutely right. I still believe Doge did more good to the community and people are getting excited on opportunities like Bitcoin was years ago. Never underestimate the power of marketing.

You are are joking about Doge right?

A few own and manipulate the market then payoff members to spread FUD about every other coin and fill everywhere with spam threads about how great Doge is - bitcointalk, other altcoin forums and subbeddits ,news sites, utube comments........ Come on wake up - sold as coin for the kids - like selling crack from an ice cream van in bags with scooby-doo on them.

BulletCoin

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Quote from: Chris001 on January 27, 2014, 07:15:07 PM

The problem is they feel altcoins hurt them and they THINK they are better because they focus on a REAL coin! You can sense it between every word. They are shooting themselves in the foot. You see this stuff everyday. I thought bitcoin people were different. Just another day I guess....

You are absolutely right. I still believe Doge did more good to the community and people are getting excited on opportunities like Bitcoin was years ago. Never underestimate the power of marketing.

hasar

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Why not create giveaway section? I don't want leave this place for giveaways. Please.

Giveaway is nice exploring experience for noobs.

lasciv

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Quote from: dogechode on January 28, 2014, 12:06:13 AM

I totally support removing the giveaways from this forum, as I said - but this discussion has run on for too long... You made a decision why are you allowing people to keep whining in this thread about it? Just lock the thread and stand by your choice. If they want to leave, they can leave... you have said several times that you made up your mind and are sick of the complaining... I would love to see this thread locked, the issue put to bed, and the giveaway threads actually disappearing from altcoin... bc they are still spamming it up quite a bit.

I wouldn't. We are here to discuss, even if it be the meta, because this is Alt-meta.

~~I will write a rather long post about all this mess tomorrow since I feel obliged to speak up.~~

Edit: I changed my mind. This has gone too far. You're all crazy.

rnp

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I think some of the confusion/backlash came from a disagreement from the title "Giveaway threads are not allowed" and the beginning of the post, "Most Giveaway threads are no longer allowed"

From the OP, Giveaway threads are still allowed IF you don't solicit posts on the threads (including "post your address") or some other board-spamming technique.

Otherwise, as the OP says, have people go off-site to fulfill the giveaways.

That said I like the quasi-solution of using the other board.

I'm too tired to look up what I'm talking about.

Not that anyone cares what I think.

Good night.

dogechode

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I totally support removing the giveaways from this forum, as I said - but this discussion has run on for too long... You made a decision why are you allowing people to keep whining in this thread about it? Just lock the thread and stand by your choice. If they want to leave, they can leave... you have said several times that you made up your mind and are sick of the complaining... I would love to see this thread locked, the issue put to bed, and the giveaway threads actually disappearing from altcoin... bc they are still spamming it up quite a bit.

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Quote from: forzendiablo on January 27, 2014, 11:35:32 PM

good, and id add if a coin is premine it should also be locked or restricted.
enough of this crappy scams.

nearly every coin on here including BTC was ether premined / instamined lol

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good, and id add if a coin is premine it should also be locked or restricted.
enough of this crappy scams.

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Quote from: KeyserSozeMC on January 27, 2014, 11:33:13 PM

Quote from: zackclark70 on January 27, 2014, 11:30:46 PM

Quote from: theymos on January 27, 2014, 01:11:50 AM

Most giveaway threads are no longer allowed in the Alternate cryptocurrencies sections. From now on, posting or replying to such threads could result in being banned. Existing threads will be locked.

Specifically, you are not allowed to give people any incentive to post insubstantial posts in your threads. You can't offer to pay people who post their addresses, usernames, etc. You can do giveaways off-site and link to the giveaway page in a thread, but you can't give people any bonus for replying to your thread.

Similar threads are already restricted to Games and Rounds in the non-altcoin sections, but the giveaway-related post volume is so high in the altcoin sections that I've decided to just ban them entirely here.

if your getting rid of giveaways this should go as well as it promotes far more spam

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=432705.0;topicseen

You forgot primedice.

Oh.. They're paying for ads Grin

all the paid to post threads should be removed due to spam it causes

KeyserSozeMC

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Quote from: zackclark70 on January 27, 2014, 11:30:46 PM

Quote from: theymos on January 27, 2014, 01:11:50 AM

Most giveaway threads are no longer allowed in the Alternate cryptocurrencies sections. From now on, posting or replying to such threads could result in being banned. Existing threads will be locked.

Specifically, you are not allowed to give people any incentive to post insubstantial posts in your threads. You can't offer to pay people who post their addresses, usernames, etc. You can do giveaways off-site and link to the giveaway page in a thread, but you can't give people any bonus for replying to your thread.

Similar threads are already restricted to Games and Rounds in the non-altcoin sections, but the giveaway-related post volume is so high in the altcoin sections that I've decided to just ban them entirely here.

if your getting rid of giveaways this should go as well as it promotes far more spam

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=432705.0;topicseen

You forgot primedice.

Oh.. They're paying for ads Grin

zackclark70

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Quote from: theymos on January 27, 2014, 01:11:50 AM

Most giveaway threads are no longer allowed in the Alternate cryptocurrencies sections. From now on, posting or replying to such threads could result in being banned. Existing threads will be locked.

Specifically, you are not allowed to give people any incentive to post insubstantial posts in your threads. You can't offer to pay people who post their addresses, usernames, etc. You can do giveaways off-site and link to the giveaway page in a thread, but you can't give people any bonus for replying to your thread.

Similar threads are already restricted to Games and Rounds in the non-altcoin sections, but the giveaway-related post volume is so high in the altcoin sections that I've decided to just ban them entirely here.

if your getting rid of giveaways this should go as well as it promotes far more spam

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=432705.0;topicseen

KeyserSozeMC

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https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/giveaway-how-to-do-giveaways-example-with-1000-tips-sticky-435962

This is what I have in my mind. If mods agree with my solution, I'd like that ^ topic gets sticky, for good of both sides Tongue

( Yeah, sharing is caring )

Mr.V

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perfect maybe those 100% premined coins will start to die now

GreenWins

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This seem like a good thing. The real potential coins will be here to stay and we'll get less clones coins. This will drastically change the game on the crypto world.

wheatrich

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Just make a subforum for them ffs. I don't see any reason for a ban. The whole point of the giveaway is to add awareness, the only problem is when the giveaway died the topics kept getting bumped instead of locked. The giveaway threads were the good topics in the board, the bad ones were mostly all the others.

I just don't get why you can't give them a subforum if you hate them so much.

edit--seriously half the topics now are "this coin that's mostly the same as the others is best" and other topics that are only posted and argued on by people with self serving interests and THAT's what you ban?

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