Topic: Lot of Newbies suddenly wake up after many years of hiatus (Read 461 times)

There is no activity requirement but the shillers would still probably want to build up their accounts with posts before starting their spam fest so that the accounts involved don't look brand new and just recently created. 

Is it any activity requirement for posting on ANN threads?

As far as I know there is nothing even brand new can post on ANN so they no need any activity to be increased for shilling.

Maybe they think they can gain high ranks and are still not aware that there is this magic system - the merit system that will prevent them from doing so.
Or they could be pumping their post and activity up in the off-topic preparing to shill an upcoming ICO/bounty.

Hmm... My understanding is that old accounts that hadn't been touched for many years were automatically banned as a security measure after the forum got hacked and the password hashes were leaked. In fact, I have several extremely old newbie and junior member accounts which display the below message if you try to log in with them:

It's probably account farming from a member who didn't know yet about the new merit system since merit system is almost 1 year now and most of the accounts are wake up after 4-8 years. He/she maybe know that it's still easy to rank up accounts now since most of the posts are on off-topic board.

Maybe someone is gaining something with these spams behind the scenes 😂 ... Let's just wait until they got nuked.

But they can't make any bitcoins by posting shit comments like those.So what is the motto of those spam invaders?

FUD or account farming?

Sample from the first 3 users mentioned by Baofeng:

The reason is: BTC is starting to pump up again, and they think that Bitcointalk is an easier way of gaining BTC.

   263. 1x (Jr. Member) FosterSofia (1 Merit earned (history)) Autobanned!
   264. 1x (Jr. Member) Phomology (7 Merit earned (history)) Autobanned!
   265. 1x (Jr. Member) VikVik95 (1 Merit earned (history)) Autobanned!
   266. 1x (Jr. Member) UconBit (2 Merit earned (history)) Autobanned!
   267. 1x (Hero Member) bitcoin31 (4 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   268. 1x (Hero Member) bitcoin-shark (11 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   269. 1x (Hero Member) MFahad (3 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   270. 1x (Hero Member) uneng (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   271. 1x (Hero Member) n0ne (8 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   272. 1x (Hero Member) AuroraHF (0 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   273. 1x (Hero Member) kr105 (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   274. 1x (Full Member) CaVO32 (2 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   275. 1x (Full Member) Woultries (BPIP)
   276. 1x (Full Member) waichi (0 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   277. 1x (Full Member) mrfaith01 (BPIP)
   278. 1x (Full Member) Cootie (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   279. 1x (Full Member) Tramle091296 (0 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   280. 1x (Full Member) Dainye_dyep (BPIP)
   281. 1x (Copper Member) ObscureIM (BPIP)
   282. 1x (Copper Member) romelitounknown (7 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   283. 1x (Copper Member) yco (BPIP)
   284. 1x (Copper Member) Athero (11 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   285. 1x (Copper Member) Louis21 (BPIP)
   286. 1x (Copper Member) Stratlaunch (BPIP)
   287. 1x (Copper Member) bitcoiner24h (11 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)

I checked 4 of them on BPIP, and they all changed their password in August last year. Someone has been planning his spam-army for a long time, so that the accounts don't show "password changed" when they're activated.

The list
The following users have posted x times in https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/what-do-you-think-about-electric-cars-4810134
This does not mean they're all bad users.
Merit is based on last Friday's data dump. I only show Merit if there has been at least 1 transaction. If it shows 0 Merit, that means the user has sent Merit, but didn't receive anything.
Trust is not shown on that board.
    1. 5x (Sr. Member) Artemis3 (515 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
    2. 4x (Sr. Member) (32 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
    3. 3x (Member) Johnzky (10 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
    4. 3x (Copper Member) SimonOdell (2 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
    5. 2x (Newbie) Autumn_Rain (BPIP)
    6. 2x (Newbie) Franz14 (BPIP)
    7. 2x (Newbie) MathiasCrow (BPIP)
    8. 2x (Newbie) danielmax1997 (BPIP)
    9. 2x (Newbie) Tokentalks (BPIP)
   10. 2x (Newbie) Btclick (BPIP)
   11. 2x (Newbie) Oowa (BPIP)
   12. 2x (Newbie) THARINDU2015 (BPIP)
   13. 2x (Newbie) Hexanova (BPIP)
   14. 2x (Newbie) jacsom (BPIP)
   15. 2x (Legendary) BADecker (107 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   16. 2x (Jr. Member) Descon (3 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   17. 2x (Jr. Member) Cannerald (6 Merit earned (history)) Autobanned!
   18. 2x (Hero Member) micher143 (0 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   19. 2x (Hero Member) bonker (2 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   20. 2x (Full Member) zhekinsp (24 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   21. 2x (Full Member) whirlcoin (11 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   22. 2x (Full Member) LUCKMCFLY (40 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   23. 2x (Copper Member) bchain22 (3 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   24. 1x (Sr. Member) omonuyak (18 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   25. 1x (Sr. Member) Ucy (25 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   26. 1x (Sr. Member) joshy23 (2 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   27. 1x (Sr. Member) Alpinat (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   28. 1x (Newbie) binumethus89 (BPIP)
   29. 1x (Newbie) mikey_mac (BPIP)
   30. 1x (Newbie) WhatIf (BPIP)
   31. 1x (Newbie) EndzeiT (BPIP)
   32. 1x (Newbie) NoHiT (BPIP)
   33. 1x (Newbie) Ethien (BPIP)
   34. 1x (Newbie) fuckpigs420 (BPIP)
   35. 1x (Newbie) RacingFreak (BPIP)
   36. 1x (Newbie) getinvolved (BPIP)
   37. 1x (Newbie) Buller1987 (BPIP)
   38. 1x (Newbie) jimcarryface (BPIP)
   39. 1x (Newbie) sidenine (BPIP)
   40. 1x (Newbie) Lukas3528 (BPIP)
   41. 1x (Newbie) argh (BPIP)
   42. 1x (Newbie) Rintila (BPIP)
   43. 1x (Newbie) SheEpYWolf (BPIP)
   44. 1x (Newbie) jiro180387 (BPIP)
   45. 1x (Newbie) holland4001 (BPIP)
   46. 1x (Newbie) seekthegeek (BPIP)
   47. 1x (Newbie) vhgisdead (BPIP)
   48. 1x (Newbie) TeddyJames (BPIP)
   49. 1x (Newbie) SevSeth (BPIP)
   50. 1x (Newbie) klimaxor (BPIP)
   51. 1x (Newbie) into phantoms (BPIP)
   52. 1x (Newbie) rogersykes0 (BPIP)
   53. 1x (Newbie) tiknack (BPIP)
   54. 1x (Newbie) santiago607 (BPIP)
   55. 1x (Newbie) Rocco170 (BPIP)
   56. 1x (Newbie) premiumdigitalgoods (BPIP)
   57. 1x (Newbie) Humein_hg (BPIP)
   58. 1x (Newbie) stegos4privacy (BPIP)
   59. 1x (Newbie) Shani khan (BPIP)
   60. 1x (Newbie) hegermati (BPIP)
   61. 1x (Newbie) Bill2244 (BPIP)
   62. 1x (Newbie) princewilliam_ (BPIP)
   63. 1x (Newbie) thankyou123 (BPIP)
   64. 1x (Newbie) KAR9821 (BPIP)
   65. 1x (Newbie) dss.123 (BPIP)
   66. 1x (Newbie) harpahut (BPIP)
   67. 1x (Newbie) valentinoquo (BPIP)
   68. 1x (Newbie) sodalime (BPIP)
   69. 1x (Newbie) jerome892 (BPIP)
   70. 1x (Newbie) tudorjur (BPIP)
   71. 1x (Newbie) Nesferattu (BPIP)
   72. 1x (Newbie) JosefinaMallari (BPIP)
   73. 1x (Newbie) viovio00 (BPIP)
   74. 1x (Newbie) MaJes-ty (BPIP)
   75. 1x (Newbie) earlytrade24 (BPIP)
   76. 1x (Newbie) Toby Powell (BPIP)
   77. 1x (Newbie) Agnatez (BPIP)
   78. 1x (Newbie) Tonnakyray_21 (BPIP)
   79. 1x (Newbie) MollyWalk01 (BPIP)
   80. 1x (Newbie) YanaVorob (BPIP)
   81. 1x (Newbie) Jessika L. (BPIP)
   82. 1x (Newbie) Elijah Jackson (BPIP)
   83. 1x (Newbie) axel20 (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   84. 1x (Newbie) Luqui (BPIP)
   85. 1x (Newbie) mixail.BTC (BPIP)
   86. 1x (Newbie) Md.Tanvir Ul (BPIP)
   87. 1x (Newbie) orange_marmalade (BPIP)
   88. 1x (Newbie) Kaufman22 (BPIP)
   89. 1x (Newbie) AlligatorBites (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   90. 1x (Newbie) udin941 (BPIP)
   91. 1x (Newbie) Cryptosupermen (BPIP)
   92. 1x (Newbie) boeingpaperplane (BPIP)
   93. 1x (Newbie) dante1265 (BPIP)
   94. 1x (Newbie) JRoth (BPIP)
   95. 1x (Newbie) Aweasadbek (BPIP)
   96. 1x (Newbie) PNB-1S:4S (BPIP)
   97. 1x (Newbie) mymarketinghub (BPIP)
   98. 1x (Newbie) ManoPrimitiva (2 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
   99. 1x (Newbie) Gioia (BPIP)
  100. 1x (Newbie) Indominus123 (BPIP)
  101. 1x (Newbie) yosero (BPIP)
  102. 1x (Newbie) AskMeOff (BPIP)
  103. 1x (Newbie) cryptoAB (BPIP)
  104. 1x (Newbie) AANBALAN (BPIP)
  105. 1x (Newbie) Rakwaan (BPIP)
  106. 1x (Newbie) Rbarana (BPIP)
  107. 1x (Newbie) Sahasraya (BPIP)
  108. 1x (Newbie) geard (BPIP)
  109. 1x (Newbie) Ferde (BPIP)
  110. 1x (Newbie) @boy76et (BPIP)
  111. 1x (Newbie) Glamionti (BPIP)
  112. 1x (Newbie) Chipsermans (BPIP)
  113. 1x (Newbie) dofega (BPIP)
  114. 1x (Newbie) wagemuhm (BPIP)
  115. 1x (Newbie) havito (BPIP)
  116. 1x (Newbie) Cryphunter18 (BPIP)
  117. 1x (Newbie) varun1022 (2 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  118. 1x (Newbie) rakoon26 (BPIP)
  119. 1x (Newbie) Jcena55 (BPIP)
  120. 1x (Newbie) jazz007 (BPIP)
  121. 1x (Newbie) Instoken_Official (BPIP)
  122. 1x (Newbie) MarbCoin (BPIP)
  123. 1x (Newbie) owbronzetv (BPIP)
  124. 1x (Newbie) RANWAN (BPIP)
  125. 1x (Newbie) kiamankudos (BPIP)
  126. 1x (Newbie) Slipmanndark (BPIP)
  127. 1x (Newbie) Sundayspecial (BPIP)
  128. 1x (Newbie) matutana10 (BPIP)
  129. 1x (Newbie) MikeGarden (BPIP)
  130. 1x (Newbie) Brandonkimm (BPIP)
  131. 1x (Newbie) 1978lover (BPIP)
  132. 1x (Newbie) daycrypto (BPIP)
  133. 1x (Newbie) awakdroe (BPIP)
  134. 1x (Newbie) Gregarious Marco (BPIP)
  135. 1x (Newbie) sample6 (BPIP)
  136. 1x (Newbie) TiceOwil (BPIP)
  137. 1x (Newbie) Teriyanone (BPIP)
  138. 1x (Newbie) lebekkk (BPIP)
  139. 1x (Newbie) TruthOfficial (BPIP)
  140. 1x (Newbie) sonnybonnyq (BPIP)
  141. 1x (Newbie) KASUD36 (BPIP)
  142. 1x (Newbie) anhhungxadieu0402 (BPIP)
  143. 1x (Newbie) DelricoFabien (BPIP)
  144. 1x (Newbie) Elliot82 (BPIP)
  145. 1x (Newbie) JoBoo (BPIP)
  146. 1x (Newbie) guruge87 (BPIP)
  147. 1x (Newbie) 97bj91 (BPIP)
  148. 1x (Newbie) KIROMATH (BPIP)
  149. 1x (Newbie) Dreamrone (BPIP)
  150. 1x (Newbie) Diyannice (BPIP)
  151. 1x (Newbie) MADUWAN (BPIP)
  152. 1x (Newbie) Giardesano (BPIP)
  153. 1x (Newbie) CuapCuap (BPIP)
  154. 1x (Newbie) namrog84 (BPIP)
  155. 1x (Newbie) afala (BPIP)
  156. 1x (Newbie) lailasamat65 (BPIP)
  157. 1x (Newbie) Pearl Harbor (BPIP)
  158. 1x (Newbie) WageBooster (BPIP)
  159. 1x (Newbie) Thexder_ (BPIP)
  160. 1x (Newbie) gandaneel (BPIP)
  161. 1x (Newbie) grungelife182 (BPIP)
  162. 1x (Newbie) killpotts (BPIP)
  163. 1x (Newbie) lucasz87 (BPIP)
  164. 1x (Newbie) ciphzara (BPIP)
  165. 1x (Newbie) @bamaricibo (BPIP)
  166. 1x (Newbie) maxwellfreeman (BPIP)
  167. 1x (Newbie) bintakarina (BPIP)
  168. 1x (Newbie) lessaul (BPIP)
  169. 1x (Newbie) driversax (BPIP)
  170. 1x (Newbie) Deto0x (BPIP)
  171. 1x (Newbie) cooldepact (BPIP)
  172. 1x (Newbie) nandaprana (BPIP)
  173. 1x (Newbie) cptinsan0 (BPIP)
  174. 1x (Newbie) formulab (BPIP)
  175. 1x (Newbie) Invisible Burning Man (BPIP)
  176. 1x (Newbie) khoipm (BPIP)
  177. 1x (Newbie) bulletsof (BPIP)
  178. 1x (Newbie) dahlai (BPIP)
  179. 1x (Newbie) sonypower (BPIP)
  180. 1x (Newbie) audiodef (BPIP)
  181. 1x (Newbie) Noisetezz (BPIP)
  182. 1x (Newbie) mockcooleat (BPIP)
  183. 1x (Newbie) J0033 (BPIP)
  184. 1x (Newbie) jeanetteLine (BPIP)
  185. 1x (Newbie) watson13 (BPIP)
  186. 1x (Newbie) kumablack (BPIP)
  187. 1x (Newbie) feren6 (BPIP)
  188. 1x (Newbie) rmilly (BPIP)
  189. 1x (Newbie) jazz777 (BPIP)
  190. 1x (Newbie) lilian123 Autobanned!
  191. 1x (Newbie) Robert D Autobanned!
  192. 1x (Newbie) Goldleader (1 Merit earned (history)) Autobanned!
  193. 1x (Newbie) Mr.lucky Autobanned!
  194. 1x (Newbie) Zolmevminer Autobanned!
  195. 1x (Newbie) Mideafan Autobanned!
  196. 1x (Newbie) 0x000216 Autobanned!
  197. 1x (Newbie) carmenanderson11 Autobanned!
  198. 1x (Newbie) ShexedeArtia Autobanned!
  199. 1x (Newbie) dodot343 Autobanned!
  200. 1x (Newbie) nusakuy37 Autobanned!
  201. 1x (Newbie) stevanby982 Autobanned!
  202. 1x (Newbie) Nancy24 Autobanned!
  203. 1x (Newbie) ICOpulse Autobanned!
  204. 1x (Newbie) Bagroth Autobanned!
  205. 1x (Newbie) rkzone1 Autobanned!
  206. 1x (Newbie) Ghost251 Autobanned!
  207. 1x (Newbie) KarolinaMontoiaH Autobanned!
  208. 1x (Newbie) Nahdatullah Autobanned!
  209. 1x (Newbie) Balkirikk Autobanned!
  210. 1x (Newbie) assa90 Autobanned!
  211. 1x (Newbie) rain road Autobanned!
  212. 1x (Newbie) joker6756 Autobanned!
  213. 1x (Newbie) avbitx (1 Merit earned (history)) Autobanned!
  214. 1x (Member) a0n0pz (BPIP)
  215. 1x (Member) flash101k (0 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  216. 1x (Member) Bitcoin Smith (11 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  217. 1x (Member) 50 Cent (26 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  218. 1x (Member) DigitalCyberius (11 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  219. 1x (Member) Ciscopro2000 (10 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  220. 1x (Member) MathGame (10 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  221. 1x (Member) virendarnagpal (12 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  222. 1x (Member) mersal (4 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  223. 1x (Member) playboy654 (18 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  224. 1x (Member) honghe99 (BPIP)
  225. 1x (Member) engesi (0 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  226. 1x (Member) imToken (4 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  227. 1x (Member) xprince1996 (0 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  228. 1x (Member) Squishy01 (16 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  229. 1x (Member) markstivn98 (13 Merit earned (history)) Autobanned!
  230. 1x (Member) Lintormi (1 Merit earned (history)) Autobanned!
  231. 1x (Legendary) daarul50 (21 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  232. 1x (Legendary) Vaskiy (4 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  233. 1x (Legendary) seoincorporation (375 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  234. 1x (Legendary) trollercoaster (1 Merit earned (history)) Autobanned!
  235. 1x (Jr. Member) ClassyDancer (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  236. 1x (Jr. Member) goldSkylark (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  237. 1x (Jr. Member) IndigoRed (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  238. 1x (Jr. Member) Impulseboy (4 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  239. 1x (Jr. Member) pavlooster (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  240. 1x (Jr. Member) BTCx7777 (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  241. 1x (Jr. Member) daneal stev (2 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  242. 1x (Jr. Member) EMS_REP (2 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  243. 1x (Jr. Member) sebastianluv (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  244. 1x (Jr. Member) anatolijiii (2 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  245. 1x (Jr. Member) tiptravel (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  246. 1x (Jr. Member) puffy smoke (4 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  247. 1x (Jr. Member) Areding (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  248. 1x (Jr. Member) gembirdprivate (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  249. 1x (Jr. Member) primer61 (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  250. 1x (Jr. Member) DeluxeJR (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  251. 1x (Jr. Member) lokkytan (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  252. 1x (Jr. Member) YellowSunny (3 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  253. 1x (Jr. Member) Naginiya (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  254. 1x (Jr. Member) St_3179 (2 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  255. 1x (Jr. Member) amaraportia (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  256. 1x (Jr. Member) Gaselemeg (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  257. 1x (Jr. Member) vabalkazh (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  258. 1x (Jr. Member) norther90 (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  259. 1x (Jr. Member) arion6868 (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  260. 1x (Jr. Member) abhibtccc (3 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  261. 1x (Jr. Member) Sukarjo (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)
  262. 1x (Jr. Member) karmusbio (1 Merit earned (history)) (BPIP)

I see no threat to them anymore I think. Maybe they are just reawakened because of bumping or maybe because of spamming.

I think those accounts will be reported and banned (maybe).

Data breaches will eventually push out the most weakly-secured accounts. I'm willing to bet that what's happened is that we're seeing various Newbie accounts reactivate due to their low barrier of entry.

Higher-ranked accounts were most likely cracked earlier due to their value and (expected) higher security.

I see similar activity with "Veil" ads/banners often these days...

but the posts are soo close to the edge;  I don't report em....  Don't wanna tarnish my 100% accuracy on post reporting if ya dig.

They are all transparently the same person today. I can't think of any other reason why they would all have the same posting patterns, be posting in the same threads, and all be posting exclusively no effort posts.

I don't see the value in selling nor buying them, but it would not be the strangest trades in the Invites & Accounts section. They could have at one point been hacked if weak passwords were used.

Something is phishy about them because they all have nearly 25 - 29 Posts and activity !

Maybe an account farm has selling them or bought them !

I don't see risks fro them if they did not scam in the past 8 or 9 years (it seems they did not); because nowadays it is so hard to scam other users in the forum with newbie accounts. Especially when there are lots of scam hunters like ICOethics, and others. Additionally, the topic in which you listed them all, decrease chance to scam others by using those accounts.
I guess there are two possible reasons:
- They are from past account farm(s), that woke up recently.
- They from someone whom own hacked accounts, now use them to spam or run bumping service.
Thanks for listing them here.

I reviewed all of their post histories and they all are making very low quality replies in the Off Topic sub. They are mostly posting in the same threads, and none of them are putting any effort into any of their recent posts.

I reported a handful of the threads they are posting in for attracting no effort replies. I strongly suspect they are hacked by someone who is planning on doing something not good with them.

I've noticed last week newbies suddenly waking up:

TeddyJames - Wakes up after 8 years
hegermati - Wakes up after 5 years
killpotts - Wakes up after 8 years
RacingFreak - Wakes up after a year
cooldepact - Wakes up after 6 years
binumethus89 - Wakes up after 7 years
formulab - Wakes up after 6 years
klimaxor - Wakes up after 8 years
Lukas3528 - Wakes up after 5 years
audiodef - Wakes up after 8 years
bulletsof - Wakes up after 6 years
jazz777 - Wakes up after a year
seekthegeek - Wakes up after 5 years
cptinsan0 - Wakes up after 8 years
EndzeiT - Wakes up after 7 years
argh - Wakes up after 8 years
holland4001 - Wakes up after 5 years
namrog84 - Wakes up after 8 years
gandaneel - Wakes up after 5 years
Deto0x - Wakes up after 6 years
jimcarryface - Wakes up after 4 years
getinvolved - Wakes up after 7 years
thankyou123 - Wakes up after 5 years
mikey_mac - Wakes up after 7 years
vhgisdead - Wakes up after 8 years
dahlai - Wakes up after 8 years

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And there's still a lot of accounts out there, I will report them later. They started to post in this thread, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4810134.260 minutes after one another, that caught my attention. What I'm afraid of is that this account might buy/trade some merits to rank up to be able to join bounties later.