Topic: Selling StackOverFlow Reputation (Read 434 times)

what else can you get from having these badges ?
can the badges you give us be removed for any reason ?
have you sold any to anyone on here that can give you a review for this service ?

Another Stack Overflow employee here. I'm the Director Of Community Management. Here's my SO profile:

http://stackoverflow.com/users/50049/tim-post

We routinely catch this sort of thing every day, and what upsets me the most is people spending their hard earned money on stuff like this. I played a major part in designing the system that catches this, and I can almost guarantee you - it's going to catch you. Remember, there's a really big human component to this, which could be someone merely glancing at your profile and flagging because they're suspicious of the bounties that you received, or a striking difference in the language used from an established account to ask or answer questions. Stack Overflow users are that thorough, and there are literally millions of them.

You don't want to boast something that could any day say you're indefinitely suspended for cheating.

If you want to get rep on the site but you're having a hard time, you can just email me directly for some coaching and guidance. I'm tpost at (well you guessed it) stackoverflow, and I will do my best to help you.

Don't give this person your money, it's like having a fake diploma - if you get interviewed they'll see right though you. If you want to level up and get better, use the site honestly. If you can't seem to get that right, contact me. My team and I can help you, and maybe make Stack Overflow better based on what you tell us.

Seriously, don't waste your money - I'm going to feel really bad once I match this (which I will) and take action.

Buying or selling reputation or badges on Stack Overflow is not permitted.

Stack Overflow is powered by the generosity of the global dev community, and reputation reflects the help that developers have gotten, thanks to their peers.

We will indefinitely suspend any accounts we determine to have bought or sold reputation or badges. I'll be the first to admit that almost no system can detect all abuse, between our community and algorithms that detect unusual patterns, we've become fairly effective at finding real abuse. At a minimum, I'd think twice about paying for something with at least pretty good odds of getting you suspended.

I have 11 points so I think only one or two votes are needed to be able to make questions there but anyway thanks for the offer I will think and let you know soon.

> asks click-bait-y question
> links to discussion of said question that suggests the service pitched is useless
> ...
> Profit ?

lol how did you manage to do that ? Really smart if you find a bug in their systems.Being a regular Stack Overflow Contributor,I know how easy it is to get reps with 6 badges I think.Answer a basic few JS/Theoretical questions and you're sorted.However I don't know how do you manage to get Gold and Silver badges.I will be interested in getting them provided you prove it wouldn't affect my rep anytime in the future.

There is no vouch but I can give a discount to first customer.
I will give 3 badge 1 gold ,1 silver and 1 bronze at the price of a gold.
Pay for one gold and get 3 badges.

Naturally this is a good service but i will advise the op to at least have some questions for the intending client in order to actually have good people with good reputations on that site to avoid abuse.

This is a good service, especially for those that have just registered an account there and cant make any post, are you going to provide any vouch?

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