Topic: Petition to introduce minimum activity count for ANN thread starters - page 2. (Read 4605 times)

Voted.

Whatever happened to that campaign to stop scamcoins? I totally wanted to be part of that

well what about re-instating the old rule but instead of only being able to talk in the Newby section
we could have new guys only able to post in the normal section (and not the ANN section)

see what i mean when comparing the new idea with the old rule that was previously abandoned ? (after i signed up)

i am talking about the restriction that was enforced on me and others when i signed up..
and that went as follows..
simply put, i was not allowed to post in the Main ANN section until my post count got to 16 comments or something like that.
and i think what the majority is saying is lets do that but for just the ANN section..
as in you can't create a topic in the ann section unless you have a certain amount of comments already.
this HAS to be possible because it was ALREADY like this when is signed up LOL

I know, right?

Now we have another brand new account trying to raise 500BTC to fund his new coin, the Xcloudcoin.

You know, if Satoshi's first posts in the old sourceforge forum or Bitcointalk had been about IPOs, Bitcoin would be a stillborn.
Instead, he/she/it/they spent years of his/her/its/their life developing Bitcoin.

A lot of people care about alt coins. Even those who stuck their noses up at alt coins should at least utter a quiet word of thanks to alts. Alt coins have brought a lot of positives to Bitcoin and the world of crypto in general.

According to some, Bitcointalk.org had a similar restriction on the Alt section previously. Are you saying that is not true?
Besides, I've been on other boards where certain sections are off-limits to members below specific qualifying thresholds.

There is no difference between being able to create a thread, and being able to create and ANN thread. So what you are asking, is for people to not be able to create threads until a certain activity count, which wont happen.

This is very important, and is a good policy of the forum.

If the mods/forum were to attempt to delete any obvious scam that pops up on this forum then by default anything that is not deleted could be deemed to be considered "safe" and as a result a lot more scams would be successful. The vast majority of scams are not obvious that they are scams, but only turn out to be when more questions are asked.

I think the 75 it's the right number 

you realize that places like Facebook have turned into a super power from nothing but popularity right ?
the Bitcointalk Altcoin forum has been popular.. get it ?

oh and.. ad revenue ?

oh and mods don't make coins or run misc altcoin services ?

and the whole 1 out of 100 Mexicans can sneak past the border patrol so we should drop guarding the border mentality
it's as bloody stupid as the first time i heard it online.. intelligence = epic fail lol

more Crypto-Excuses™

want to see the top 5 dumb excuses most leaked out of the corners of scammers mouths in crypto ?

[STFU] - Crypto Excuses™ = Shut your Dick Holsters !

Even if we did have a min activity then purchased accounts like Free Hugs aka tradefortress could still create threads.

So Satoshi couldn't have posted about Bitcoin?

Nobody cares about alt. crypto, you should appreciate Bitcointalk even hosts that section. I'd like to see the whole section locked.

that is brutal rugrats wow lol

A few hours ago, Bittrex suspended trading for ELITE, a new alt coin with a 20k supply cap released by a brand new dev account.

Reason?

"balance" : 22342.69416214,
    "newmint" : 0.00000000,
    "stake" : 0.00000000,
    "blocks" : 4427,
    "timeoffset" : -7,
    "moneysupply" : 94868.97591348,

That's an effective premine rate of 2,100%.

well said that last sentence is crucial !
give us something to research !
forcing guys to use one well known account *should i think increase accountability..

If I may paraphrase you Sony, I think extreme is the keyword here.
Complete deregulation = lawlessness.

Here's an analogy.
Some strongly believe that the medical profession should not be overly regulated.
However, almost everyone agree that medical professionals must be licensed.
That is not a contradicton.

Similarly, I think it is perfectly reasonable to expect that the community is provided with the opportunity to evaluate coin developers' coding abilities, grasp of economics and most importantly, integrity, through their forum discourse.

With regards to your example on drugs, even the most liberal regulations in the world is still, well, regulated.
To be clear though, we are not imposing any regulations here.
These developers are still able to produce their coins according to their own schedule.
However, to enjoy the privilege of announcing their coins on the most influential and lucrative crypto board in the world, they must first become part of the community to ensure they do not exploit community members.

Community members must still conduct their own due diligence before investing - but they will now actually have something to research about.

I doubt it is something as extreme as blaming the victim. Giving power to a few people to govern the larger has never led to any good anywhere.

Just follow the incentives. Scammy coins are popular because there is an incentive to make them. Making it harder to make them (aka min activity, etc) will not remove the incentive. It will only make the pot sweeter and more intelligent and higher quality scams to prevail. So long as there are uninformed idiots buying a coin with the intention to sell it higher to the next uninformed idiot, "hype" and scams will prevail. Cutting off the incentives for making shit coins requires an effort from the "customer" side, not punishment to the "provider" side... ie "people need to stop giving a damn", NOT "scammers need to stop making shitcoins".

Taking the easy way out by regulating the flow of shitcoins, you are inadvertently giving people an incentive to STAY ignorant.  You are artificially shielding them from being accountable for their actions. Its a billboard saying "Do not bother, I will think for the both of us".

A good example for some perspective, is drugs. Making them illegal, made the supply small and demand stay the same. Priced ranged from 30 - 300x the "old" price. This profit margin brought in the incentive to get bigger better smarter more organized people into the scene and the "punishment" drove away the small timers. Fast forward 30 years, you have more potent more addictive more expensive drugs, more crime to pay for the use, and overall blanket fucked up ness that started with the regulation. Now imagine the screnario if the resources spent on enforcing the regulation was spent on reducing the demand.

Its the same with shitcoins. Nothing is going to stop it from balancing it out until the demand for it dwindles. Besides, Bitcointalk is just a medium to announce. Take that away (or limit it) and you are essentially putting forth a void for the next five smart asses to compete for a platform and provide a new better Bitcointalk to fill the void. Which... coming to think of... is not all that bad. The forum structure, navigation, UI, and all is so very 90's and could use an overhaul.

My goodness!

moved and buried lol

caveat emptor

wow the excuse train rolls out with the classics as usual  

heard em all before..

and being a noob or not does not change what he said.
i am not a noob and i agree with him and have said the same as him previously lots.
and so have many others.

Your core defense guys is blaming the victim..
A women gets raped ? well she dressed like a slut.. that's about it really.
..pathetic.

I am entitled to scam people it's my right is all i'm hearing..
And NO it's not !

Also it goes way beyond scammyness..
Hell i don't even look at the ANN section since 2014 now.. it's pointless
if there is a good coin in there it's buried to page 30 quick by guys spamming this place with scam coin propaganda
and elaborate games and lies.. one guy recently admitted here he created 60+ accounts simply to pretend to like some new coin.

Either your ignorant and don't know what is going on or your playing dumb .
Either way you guys are a part of the problem.. hell your not "part" of the problem, you ARE the problem.
No reasonable decent human being defends these scammy stunts.. you guys should be ashamed of your selves your despicable !


This is not my web site and they can run it how they want.. and i can ask for it to be improved or warn them they may be in legal trouble soon.

Game over guys.. enjoy your little Scam Free Market™
Because it's rapidly disintegrating and will be virtually destroyed soon enough and those of you that destroyed it WILL be held responsible i will make sure of it !

TheCloser, I take it you are comfortable with anonymous 'devs' dominating the ANN thread with their coin releases? I'm not.
To be honest, I'm not sure what research or education anyone can obtain from these new accounts.
I would rather have known developers launching coins. Only then can we conduct proper research.
Yes, there are inherent risks in crypto, but I'd like to think it's more than just the blind luck of the draw.

Anyway, the "wild west of crypto" is not something we should be proud of.
The romanticization of the wild, wild, west - the American frontier - often makes people forget the savagery, lawlessness and ignorance of the era.

Really? Your account was created in December of 2013. A mere 18 days from being a "2014 newbie".....