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Topic: I reckon more warnings are necessary to protect newbies from ICOs (Read 211 times)

sr. member
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I reckon it's necessary that thread starting posts from newbies should include red warnings in them in any altcoin subforum.

Not the worst idea in the world, but sure sounds like an eyesore.

How about Newbies can't post threads except for in Meta and beginners?

Sounds like Meta will become an eyesore too. Tongue

Based on the new merit system, maybe newbie restrictions should extend to Jr. Members as well. So, you need a minimum amount of merit to escape newbie jail.

How about Newbies can't post threads except for in Meta and beginners
Newbie jail should come back.

Why was it taken away to begin with?
hero member
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Merit: 753
The altcoin subforum has become a sea of shills that are adamantly bombarding that subforum with new ICO threads everyday. To make matters worse, they also have made farmed accounts to bump those threads, trying to make it look like there's interest in them.

I reckon it's necessary that thread starting posts from newbies should include red warnings in them in any altcoin subforum.

Agreed. Especially if the OP of the thread is known to be operating or participating in paid thread bumping in the past, or is a newbie/junior member that just registered their account for posting the ANN thread.

I reckon something like a disclaimer that we see for newbies who send us PMs would work fine.

The altcoin subforum has become a sea of shills that are adamantly bombarding that subforum with new ICO threads everyday. To make matters worse, they also have made farmed accounts to bump those threads, trying to make it look like there's interest in them.

I reckon it's necessary that thread starting posts from newbies should include red warnings in them in any altcoin subforum.

The Altcoins sections are flooded with shills from every corner of this universe. They think themselves as MeKnowEverything about crypto and start spreading FUD everywhere. The social media are the breeding grounds of shills - I have tried to warn people many times in several places not to trust the social media because its full of shills a good example of which is the reddit channels.

Anyway back on discussion, there are some ICOs which are using ICO Bumping services to make them look legitimate and create a false sense of popularity among the viewers so as to get more attention. They can be reported to the "Reputation" section for DefaultTrust to check and neg tag these accounts appropriately those which are associated in this "ANN Shill Bumping"

The thing is, newbies sometimes don't even know how the trust system works. That's why I see a lot of people handing over their savings to known scammers.
copper member
Activity: 2562
Merit: 2510
Spear the bees
How about Newbies can't post threads except for in Meta and beginners
Newbie jail should come back.

Let me add another board to that mix: Technical Support. Beginners & Help is too much for most people who hang around in the technical sections to deal with, so this would be a better compromise (for those that are just concerned about some problem in bitcoin).
Anything in Marketplace shouldn't matter. If a Newbie wants to sell something, then let them buy a Copper Membership. Wink
legendary
Activity: 2898
Merit: 1253
So anyway, I applied as a merit source :)
The altcoin subforum has become a sea of shills that are adamantly bombarding that subforum with new ICO threads everyday. To make matters worse, they also have made farmed accounts to bump those threads, trying to make it look like there's interest in them.

I reckon it's necessary that thread starting posts from newbies should include red warnings in them in any altcoin subforum.

The Altcoins sections are flooded with shills from every corner of this universe. They think themselves as MeKnowEverything about crypto and start spreading FUD everywhere. The social media are the breeding grounds of shills - I have tried to warn people many times in several places not to trust the social media because its full of shills a good example of which is the reddit channels.

Anyway back on discussion, there are some ICOs which are using ICO Bumping services to make them look legitimate and create a false sense of popularity among the viewers so as to get more attention. They can be reported to the "Reputation" section for DefaultTrust to check and neg tag these accounts appropriately those which are associated in this "ANN Shill Bumping"
newbie
Activity: 6
Merit: 0
I would appreciate limiting newbie thread posts. The shill is unreal
copper member
Activity: 103
Merit: 7
How about Newbies can't post threads except for in Meta and beginners?
legendary
Activity: 3122
Merit: 1492
The altcoin subforum has become a sea of shills that are adamantly bombarding that subforum with new ICO threads everyday. To make matters worse, they also have made farmed accounts to bump those threads, trying to make it look like there's interest in them.

I reckon it's necessary that thread starting posts from newbies should include red warnings in them in any altcoin subforum.
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