Topic: New form of shit-posting - page 2. (Read 542 times)
Don't waste the time of the mods and the members who actully read threads - Just ban the fuckers and stop them coming back.
It appears that when-ever there is a rule someone tries to find a loophole so they can continue to put in minimal effort to farm accounts or meet signature quotas.
Example 1
Example 2
Effectively copy and pasting with an attribution. Then a minimal comment to make the appearance of "discussion".
The purpose is not to start discussion. It is a case of merit and account farming.
The type of CCN.com articles posted to Bitcointalk have little benefit to the form. As if bitcoin users cannot read cnn themselves.
I doubt that the constant repeated copy and pasting falls within the category of "fair use" when it comes to copyright - even with attribution to the original article.
I can see this becoming the next level of problem if it is not halted. - Unless others don't see this as a problem.
Perhaps tagging them with negative trust or clarification of whether it constitutes a "low quality post" or "copy and pasting" would be a solution.
Example 1
Example 2
Effectively copy and pasting with an attribution. Then a minimal comment to make the appearance of "discussion".
The purpose is not to start discussion. It is a case of merit and account farming.
The type of CCN.com articles posted to Bitcointalk have little benefit to the form. As if bitcoin users cannot read cnn themselves.
I doubt that the constant repeated copy and pasting falls within the category of "fair use" when it comes to copyright - even with attribution to the original article.
I can see this becoming the next level of problem if it is not halted. - Unless others don't see this as a problem.
Perhaps tagging them with negative trust or clarification of whether it constitutes a "low quality post" or "copy and pasting" would be a solution.
NOTE: This is meant to serve as a reference/educational/informational thread, NOT a rock solid list of rules.
1. No zero or low value, pointless or uninteresting posts or threads.
23. When deciding if a user has broken the rules, the staff have the right to follow their interpretation of the rules.
This rule is meant to prevent from users exploiting possible loopholes in the rules or some interpretations that follow the literal meaning of the rule rather than the meaning of what it truly wanted to prevent.
33. Posting plagiarized content is not allowed
This includes both copying parts or the entirety of other users' posts or threads and copying content from external sources (e.g. other websites) and passing it as your own.
1. No zero or low value, pointless or uninteresting posts or threads.
23. When deciding if a user has broken the rules, the staff have the right to follow their interpretation of the rules.
This rule is meant to prevent from users exploiting possible loopholes in the rules or some interpretations that follow the literal meaning of the rule rather than the meaning of what it truly wanted to prevent.
33. Posting plagiarized content is not allowed
This includes both copying parts or the entirety of other users' posts or threads and copying content from external sources (e.g. other websites) and passing it as your own.
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