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legendary
Activity: 1789
Merit: 1008
Keep it dense, yeah?
March 04, 2014, 10:35:25 PM

Look at his signature space, "This space can't be bought, just like it's owner" or whatever.
They're just like 90% of everyone else in this thread trying to make advertising cheap, and people earning money for advertising cheap.
"Oh, so you're earning a few extra cents per month? Scum of the earth, I presume."
It's someone trying to "Prove a point" about his own signature space, and implies that if you sell yours you have sold your soul.


Technically speaking, I'm not against using the sig to represent or even advertise a 3rd party...

It's what is being advertised is what catches my eye. Nothing but scams or skimming sites, rigged gambling sites (where rigging got so normal, they even openly admit or advertise with it) and other questionable "services".

Not far down the road, and people would advertise for human trafficing, drugs, slaves and any other contraband if they could just get away with it - just for as long as they make a little profit off it.

You'll never find me questioning anyone giving his sig to a good cause. Why should I ?
It's the complete absence of morale and ethics - sold out for a few Satoshis - that I point my finger at.
I simply won't have warm&nice words to folks who count money with a grin on their face, earned by assisting to channel unsuspecting people into places where they get skinned left&right.

At this point its not satoshis, its 0.1-0.5 BTC per month (average)...

Varies due to referrals?

Well if you use Stunnas sig, it varies with the amount of posts.

But you use referral in your sig, don't you? That must net you some coin Tongue

No, I dont. That link just came with the signature.

Fair play, although it is an affiliate link for somebody - even if it isn't you who is reaping the rewards, somebody is haha. A fixed payment scheme would much better suit my intermittent activity on Bitcointalk - though unfortunately I don't see that option being made widely available for obvious reasons.

I always thought that Stunna (and co) should employ a whitelist approach - have a team of say the top 5-10 trusted participants and only let them take part. After all, they would likely make up more than half of all posts. Just a thought.
legendary
Activity: 1092
Merit: 1000
nahtnam.com
March 04, 2014, 10:29:07 PM

Look at his signature space, "This space can't be bought, just like it's owner" or whatever.
They're just like 90% of everyone else in this thread trying to make advertising cheap, and people earning money for advertising cheap.
"Oh, so you're earning a few extra cents per month? Scum of the earth, I presume."
It's someone trying to "Prove a point" about his own signature space, and implies that if you sell yours you have sold your soul.


Technically speaking, I'm not against using the sig to represent or even advertise a 3rd party...

It's what is being advertised is what catches my eye. Nothing but scams or skimming sites, rigged gambling sites (where rigging got so normal, they even openly admit or advertise with it) and other questionable "services".

Not far down the road, and people would advertise for human trafficing, drugs, slaves and any other contraband if they could just get away with it - just for as long as they make a little profit off it.

You'll never find me questioning anyone giving his sig to a good cause. Why should I ?
It's the complete absence of morale and ethics - sold out for a few Satoshis - that I point my finger at.
I simply won't have warm&nice words to folks who count money with a grin on their face, earned by assisting to channel unsuspecting people into places where they get skinned left&right.

At this point its not satoshis, its 0.1-0.5 BTC per month (average)...

Varies due to referrals?

Well if you use Stunnas sig, it varies with the amount of posts.

But you use referral in your sig, don't you? That must net you some coin Tongue

No, I dont. That link just came with the signature.
legendary
Activity: 1789
Merit: 1008
Keep it dense, yeah?
March 04, 2014, 10:28:13 PM

Look at his signature space, "This space can't be bought, just like it's owner" or whatever.
They're just like 90% of everyone else in this thread trying to make advertising cheap, and people earning money for advertising cheap.
"Oh, so you're earning a few extra cents per month? Scum of the earth, I presume."
It's someone trying to "Prove a point" about his own signature space, and implies that if you sell yours you have sold your soul.


Technically speaking, I'm not against using the sig to represent or even advertise a 3rd party...

It's what is being advertised is what catches my eye. Nothing but scams or skimming sites, rigged gambling sites (where rigging got so normal, they even openly admit or advertise with it) and other questionable "services".

Not far down the road, and people would advertise for human trafficing, drugs, slaves and any other contraband if they could just get away with it - just for as long as they make a little profit off it.

You'll never find me questioning anyone giving his sig to a good cause. Why should I ?
It's the complete absence of morale and ethics - sold out for a few Satoshis - that I point my finger at.
I simply won't have warm&nice words to folks who count money with a grin on their face, earned by assisting to channel unsuspecting people into places where they get skinned left&right.

At this point its not satoshis, its 0.1-0.5 BTC per month (average)...

Varies due to referrals?

Well if you use Stunnas sig, it varies with the amount of posts.

But you use referral in your sig, don't you? That must net you some coin Tongue
legendary
Activity: 1092
Merit: 1000
nahtnam.com
March 04, 2014, 10:26:44 PM

Look at his signature space, "This space can't be bought, just like it's owner" or whatever.
They're just like 90% of everyone else in this thread trying to make advertising cheap, and people earning money for advertising cheap.
"Oh, so you're earning a few extra cents per month? Scum of the earth, I presume."
It's someone trying to "Prove a point" about his own signature space, and implies that if you sell yours you have sold your soul.


Technically speaking, I'm not against using the sig to represent or even advertise a 3rd party...

It's what is being advertised is what catches my eye. Nothing but scams or skimming sites, rigged gambling sites (where rigging got so normal, they even openly admit or advertise with it) and other questionable "services".

Not far down the road, and people would advertise for human trafficing, drugs, slaves and any other contraband if they could just get away with it - just for as long as they make a little profit off it.

You'll never find me questioning anyone giving his sig to a good cause. Why should I ?
It's the complete absence of morale and ethics - sold out for a few Satoshis - that I point my finger at.
I simply won't have warm&nice words to folks who count money with a grin on their face, earned by assisting to channel unsuspecting people into places where they get skinned left&right.

At this point its not satoshis, its 0.1-0.5 BTC per month (average)...

Varies due to referrals?

Well if you use Stunnas sig, it varies with the amount of posts.
legendary
Activity: 1789
Merit: 1008
Keep it dense, yeah?
March 04, 2014, 10:25:59 PM

Look at his signature space, "This space can't be bought, just like it's owner" or whatever.
They're just like 90% of everyone else in this thread trying to make advertising cheap, and people earning money for advertising cheap.
"Oh, so you're earning a few extra cents per month? Scum of the earth, I presume."
It's someone trying to "Prove a point" about his own signature space, and implies that if you sell yours you have sold your soul.


Technically speaking, I'm not against using the sig to represent or even advertise a 3rd party...

It's what is being advertised is what catches my eye. Nothing but scams or skimming sites, rigged gambling sites (where rigging got so normal, they even openly admit or advertise with it) and other questionable "services".

Not far down the road, and people would advertise for human trafficing, drugs, slaves and any other contraband if they could just get away with it - just for as long as they make a little profit off it.

You'll never find me questioning anyone giving his sig to a good cause. Why should I ?
It's the complete absence of morale and ethics - sold out for a few Satoshis - that I point my finger at.
I simply won't have warm&nice words to folks who count money with a grin on their face, earned by assisting to channel unsuspecting people into places where they get skinned left&right.

At this point its not satoshis, its 0.1-0.5 BTC per month (average)...

Varies due to referrals?
sr. member
Activity: 252
Merit: 250
Sentinel
March 04, 2014, 09:55:50 PM
To me, the price paid makes no difference. What it's being paid for is the issue.
What they say is true... Almost everyone has a price.

But it must be said, it's a harsh world and everyone is free to choose.
legendary
Activity: 1092
Merit: 1000
nahtnam.com
March 04, 2014, 09:51:51 PM

Look at his signature space, "This space can't be bought, just like it's owner" or whatever.
They're just like 90% of everyone else in this thread trying to make advertising cheap, and people earning money for advertising cheap.
"Oh, so you're earning a few extra cents per month? Scum of the earth, I presume."
It's someone trying to "Prove a point" about his own signature space, and implies that if you sell yours you have sold your soul.


Technically speaking, I'm not against using the sig to represent or even advertise a 3rd party...

It's what is being advertised is what catches my eye. Nothing but scams or skimming sites, rigged gambling sites (where rigging got so normal, they even openly admit or advertise with it) and other questionable "services".

Not far down the road, and people would advertise for human trafficing, drugs, slaves and any other contraband if they could just get away with it - just for as long as they make a little profit off it.

You'll never find me questioning anyone giving his sig to a good cause. Why should I ?
It's the complete absence of morale and ethics - sold out for a few Satoshis - that I point my finger at.
I simply won't have warm&nice words to folks who count money with a grin on their face, earned by assisting to channel unsuspecting people into places where they get skinned left&right.

At this point its not satoshis, its 0.1-0.5 BTC per month (average)...
sr. member
Activity: 252
Merit: 250
Sentinel
March 04, 2014, 09:49:19 PM

Look at his signature space, "This space can't be bought, just like it's owner" or whatever.
They're just like 90% of everyone else in this thread trying to make advertising cheap, and people earning money for advertising cheap.
"Oh, so you're earning a few extra cents per month? Scum of the earth, I presume."
It's someone trying to "Prove a point" about his own signature space, and implies that if you sell yours you have sold your soul.


Technically speaking, I'm not against using the sig to represent or even advertise a 3rd party...

It's what is being advertised is what catches my eye. Nothing but scams or skimming sites, rigged gambling sites (where rigging got so normal, they even openly admit or advertise with it) and other questionable "services".

Not far down the road, and people would advertise for human trafficing, drugs, slaves and any other contraband if they could just get away with it - just for as long as they make a little profit off it.

You'll never find me questioning anyone giving his sig to a good cause. Why should I ?
It's the complete absence of morale and ethics - sold out for a few Satoshis - that I point my finger at.
I simply won't have warm&nice words to folks who count money with a grin on their face, earned by assisting to channel unsuspecting people into places where they get skinned left&right.
(this is exactly what a banker does to its clients or a slimy insurance agent that tries to talk elderly people into a contract - people here actually compete with those)
legendary
Activity: 1789
Merit: 1008
Keep it dense, yeah?
March 04, 2014, 08:51:53 PM
Here is a prime example on what goes on in threads. People go off topic on threads about things that can be discussed through PM's. This unnecessarily bumps old threads.

hehe, indeed...

After all, they need the posts as they get paid by them.

Also nice to see how quickly they softball each other to keep the illusion of meaningful posts/replies alive.

What matters here is, would any of this conversation since nahtnam's interjection have happen had myself and/or apsvinet not had paid signatures?

Of course not, because people are quick to pounce on honest members while spam bots, actual spammers and scammers roam the boards.

If members of this community wouldn't get so butthurt over paid sigs then perhaps we'd make some progress with the real issues around here.

This thread wouldnt exist if it werent for paid sigs. Even I have a paid sig, BUT I have a personal deal. I get paid a set amount of money no matter how much I post, I really dont have an incentive so I dont spam, but you on the other hand get paid per post which gives you a huge incentive to spam. Im not saying that you are a spammer, but it would be great if you didnt go off topic on threads. Anything off topic should be through PMs.

It just irks me that paid sig (per post) users get scrutinised so much more than any other member, despite so many other users constantly going off-topic or breaking some other rule.

I mean the speed in which you responded to my reply suggests that you were monitoring the thread, waiting for a moment to make comment. You were right, it did go off-topic, but I just don't believe that it would have been jumped on were I simply a regular sig user.
legendary
Activity: 1092
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nahtnam.com
March 04, 2014, 08:47:29 PM
At this point, I am going to ignore any posts that are not relevant to the topic.
full member
Activity: 224
Merit: 101
March 04, 2014, 08:44:27 PM
Here is a prime example on what goes on in threads. People go off topic on threads about things that can be discussed through PM's. This unnecessarily bumps old threads.

hehe, indeed...

After all, they need the posts as they get paid by them.

Also nice to see how quickly they softball each other to keep the illusion of meaningful posts/replies alive.

What matters here is, would any of this conversation since nahtnam's interjection have happen had myself and/or apsvinet not had paid signatures?

Of course not, because people are quick to pounce on honest members while spam bots, actual spammers and scammers roam the boards.

If members of this community wouldn't get so butthurt over paid sigs then perhaps we'd make some progress with the real issues around here.
Look at his signature space, "This space can't be bought, just like it's owner" or whatever.
They're just like 90% of everyone else in this thread trying to make advertising cheap, and people earning money for advertising cheap.
"Oh, so you're earning a few extra cents per month? Scum of the earth, I presume."
It's someone trying to "Prove a point" about his own signature space, and implies that if you sell yours you have sold your soul.
legendary
Activity: 1092
Merit: 1000
nahtnam.com
March 04, 2014, 08:43:13 PM
Here is a prime example on what goes on in threads. People go off topic on threads about things that can be discussed through PM's. This unnecessarily bumps old threads.

hehe, indeed...

After all, they need the posts as they get paid by them.

Also nice to see how quickly they softball each other to keep the illusion of meaningful posts/replies alive.

What matters here is, would any of this conversation since nahtnam's interjection have happen had myself and/or apsvinet not had paid signatures?

Of course not, because people are quick to pounce on honest members while spam bots, actual spammers and scammers roam the boards.

If members of this community wouldn't get so butthurt over paid sigs then perhaps we'd make some progress with the real issues around here.

This thread wouldnt exist if it werent for paid sigs. Even I have a paid sig, BUT I have a personal deal. I get paid a set amount of money no matter how much I post, I really dont have an incentive so I dont spam, but you on the other hand get paid per post which gives you a huge incentive to spam. Im not saying that you are a spammer, but it would be great if you didnt go off topic on threads. Anything off topic should be through PMs.
legendary
Activity: 1789
Merit: 1008
Keep it dense, yeah?
March 04, 2014, 08:40:21 PM
Here is a prime example on what goes on in threads. People go off topic on threads about things that can be discussed through PM's. This unnecessarily bumps old threads.

hehe, indeed...

After all, they need the posts as they get paid by them.

Also nice to see how quickly they softball each other to keep the illusion of meaningful posts/replies alive.

What matters here is, would any of this conversation since nahtnam's interjection have happen had myself and/or apsvinet not had paid signatures?

Of course not, because people are quick to pounce on honest members while spam bots, actual spammers and scammers roam the boards.

If members of this community wouldn't get so butthurt over paid sigs then perhaps we'd make some progress with the real issues around here.
full member
Activity: 224
Merit: 101
March 04, 2014, 08:39:22 PM
Here is a prime example on what goes on in threads. People go off topic on threads about things that can be discussed through PM's. This unnecessarily bumps old threads.

hehe, indeed...

After all, they need the posts as they get paid by them.

Also nice to see how quickly they softball each other to keep the illusion of meaningful posts/replies alive.
Once given the flashlight, they react like typical cockroaches that immediately demand to be left alone as they seek the darkness.

But given the overall state of the Bitcoin community - they're generally in good company.
It's the only place outside Wall St. where you can see wildlife sharks trying to torpedo other sharks and scammers openly trying to compete for fresh victims on a daily basis.
If I was asked to judge people with Bitcoin as an example... the term civilizatory decay would come readily to mind. I never before saw so much scum and the lowest of human greed concentrated in one place before outside the banking system. Should Bitcoin ever fail, it will likely not be Bitcoin's fault - but caused by the people around it.
Hah, implying we're soft balling each other, and implying that even if we did it would be something bad. As stated above I don't 'need' the money as it's not my regular income, but then again it is an incentive, and I'm not denying that.
Speaking about people looking out for each other, helping each other and working together - then speaking about the human greed and scum? I'm not sure what you're referring to.
sr. member
Activity: 252
Merit: 250
Sentinel
March 04, 2014, 08:26:54 PM
Here is a prime example on what goes on in threads. People go off topic on threads about things that can be discussed through PM's. This unnecessarily bumps old threads.

hehe, indeed...

After all, they need the posts as they get paid by them.

Also nice to see how quickly they softball each other to keep the illusion of meaningful posts/replies alive.
Once given the flashlight, they react like typical cockroaches that immediately demand to be left alone as they seek the darkness.

But given the overall state of the Bitcoin community - they're generally in good company.
It's the only place outside Wall St. where you can see wildlife sharks trying to torpedo other sharks and scammers openly trying to compete for fresh victims on a daily basis.
If I was asked to judge people with Bitcoin as an example... the term civilizatory decay would come readily to mind. I never before saw so much scum and the lowest of human greed concentrated in one place before outside the banking system. Should Bitcoin ever fail, it will likely not be Bitcoin's fault - but caused by the people around it.
legendary
Activity: 1092
Merit: 1000
nahtnam.com
March 04, 2014, 08:25:26 PM
I'd vote for keeping things as they are...

I find is useful that poeple who mindlessly rent their sigs as spam openly demonstrate that they can be bought dirt cheap and have no principles or conscience.
It tells alot about someone who does that, thus I consider it useful info.
When I was advertising for bit777 he only had a few people so he checked everyone thoroughly. I made 298 posts and got paid for all of them.
It's easy to not spam and still post a lot, you just have to have opinions and know stuff to answer people's questions, or participate in discussions. I joined Primedice today and I've made about 35 posts, none of them would qualify as spam imho.
The change is some sort of collective punishment, for a few nutjobs spamming for their lives to get cash.

Yeah, I don't even set a quota or anything. If I have something to say, then I'll say it. Some days I don't even post.

Getting into conversations definitely helps! I think that I'll be a full member within a few weeks, just got to wait it out Smiley
Hah same, it's not my regular income, it's just nice to get something as a reward for doing something that you otherwise enjoy.

Precisely! Likewise too - do you trade?

I have a window open at work with the exchange up - though I'm sure that it only stresses me out haha.

Here is a prime example on what goes on in threads. People go off topic on threads about things that can be discussed through PM's. This unnecessarily bumps old threads.
We were on topic and discussing the subject matter till that response, of which I could've decided to answer with a PM.
The forums are there for people to be able to communicate, and just as well as he didn't have to post that you did not have to read it.
Can people stop behaving like babies that needs to be taken care of constantly and mind themselves instead?

The whole point of this thread is that people are getting off topic on the forum because of the sig programs. This is exactly what just happened. Im not judging on how you would respond, I am saying that it is happening across the forum.
full member
Activity: 224
Merit: 101
March 04, 2014, 08:19:38 PM
I'd vote for keeping things as they are...

I find is useful that poeple who mindlessly rent their sigs as spam openly demonstrate that they can be bought dirt cheap and have no principles or conscience.
It tells alot about someone who does that, thus I consider it useful info.
When I was advertising for bit777 he only had a few people so he checked everyone thoroughly. I made 298 posts and got paid for all of them.
It's easy to not spam and still post a lot, you just have to have opinions and know stuff to answer people's questions, or participate in discussions. I joined Primedice today and I've made about 35 posts, none of them would qualify as spam imho.
The change is some sort of collective punishment, for a few nutjobs spamming for their lives to get cash.

Yeah, I don't even set a quota or anything. If I have something to say, then I'll say it. Some days I don't even post.

Getting into conversations definitely helps! I think that I'll be a full member within a few weeks, just got to wait it out Smiley
Hah same, it's not my regular income, it's just nice to get something as a reward for doing something that you otherwise enjoy.

Precisely! Likewise too - do you trade?

I have a window open at work with the exchange up - though I'm sure that it only stresses me out haha.

Here is a prime example on what goes on in threads. People go off topic on threads about things that can be discussed through PM's. This unnecessarily bumps old threads.
We were on topic and discussing the subject matter till that response, of which I could've decided to answer with a PM.
The forums are there for people to be able to communicate, and just as well as he didn't have to post that you did not have to read it.
Can people stop behaving like babies that needs to be taken care of constantly and mind themselves instead?
legendary
Activity: 1789
Merit: 1008
Keep it dense, yeah?
March 04, 2014, 07:40:26 PM
I'd vote for keeping things as they are...

I find is useful that poeple who mindlessly rent their sigs as spam openly demonstrate that they can be bought dirt cheap and have no principles or conscience.
It tells alot about someone who does that, thus I consider it useful info.
When I was advertising for bit777 he only had a few people so he checked everyone thoroughly. I made 298 posts and got paid for all of them.
It's easy to not spam and still post a lot, you just have to have opinions and know stuff to answer people's questions, or participate in discussions. I joined Primedice today and I've made about 35 posts, none of them would qualify as spam imho.
The change is some sort of collective punishment, for a few nutjobs spamming for their lives to get cash.

Yeah, I don't even set a quota or anything. If I have something to say, then I'll say it. Some days I don't even post.

Getting into conversations definitely helps! I think that I'll be a full member within a few weeks, just got to wait it out Smiley
Hah same, it's not my regular income, it's just nice to get something as a reward for doing something that you otherwise enjoy.

Precisely! Likewise too - do you trade?

I have a window open at work with the exchange up - though I'm sure that it only stresses me out haha.

Here is a prime example on what goes on in threads. People go off topic on threads about things that can be discussed through PM's. This unnecessarily bumps old threads.

Good job that we have you here, nahtnam to police such a terrible crime!
legendary
Activity: 1092
Merit: 1000
nahtnam.com
March 04, 2014, 07:36:41 PM
I'd vote for keeping things as they are...

I find is useful that poeple who mindlessly rent their sigs as spam openly demonstrate that they can be bought dirt cheap and have no principles or conscience.
It tells alot about someone who does that, thus I consider it useful info.
When I was advertising for bit777 he only had a few people so he checked everyone thoroughly. I made 298 posts and got paid for all of them.
It's easy to not spam and still post a lot, you just have to have opinions and know stuff to answer people's questions, or participate in discussions. I joined Primedice today and I've made about 35 posts, none of them would qualify as spam imho.
The change is some sort of collective punishment, for a few nutjobs spamming for their lives to get cash.

Yeah, I don't even set a quota or anything. If I have something to say, then I'll say it. Some days I don't even post.

Getting into conversations definitely helps! I think that I'll be a full member within a few weeks, just got to wait it out Smiley
Hah same, it's not my regular income, it's just nice to get something as a reward for doing something that you otherwise enjoy.

Precisely! Likewise too - do you trade?

I have a window open at work with the exchange up - though I'm sure that it only stresses me out haha.

Here is a prime example on what goes on in threads. People go off topic on threads about things that can be discussed through PM's. This unnecessarily bumps old threads.
legendary
Activity: 1789
Merit: 1008
Keep it dense, yeah?
March 04, 2014, 07:35:32 PM
I'd vote for keeping things as they are...

I find is useful that poeple who mindlessly rent their sigs as spam openly demonstrate that they can be bought dirt cheap and have no principles or conscience.
It tells alot about someone who does that, thus I consider it useful info.
When I was advertising for bit777 he only had a few people so he checked everyone thoroughly. I made 298 posts and got paid for all of them.
It's easy to not spam and still post a lot, you just have to have opinions and know stuff to answer people's questions, or participate in discussions. I joined Primedice today and I've made about 35 posts, none of them would qualify as spam imho.
The change is some sort of collective punishment, for a few nutjobs spamming for their lives to get cash.

Yeah, I don't even set a quota or anything. If I have something to say, then I'll say it. Some days I don't even post.

Getting into conversations definitely helps! I think that I'll be a full member within a few weeks, just got to wait it out Smiley
Hah same, it's not my regular income, it's just nice to get something as a reward for doing something that you otherwise enjoy.

Precisely! Likewise too - do you trade?

I have a window open at work with the exchange up - though I'm sure that it only stresses me out haha.
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