Should bitcointalk account trading be banned? - page 4.

hilariousandco

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Quote from: markj113 on May 29, 2014, 12:51:45 PM

My personal view is that 99% of time the only reason someone would be looking to buy an account is to defraud and steal from other forum members.

I think you're very wrong on this. Probably 99% of people buy higher activity accounts to participate in signature deals. It's up to the community to use their wits and not trust a user with no trade history or feedback or just because he's a Snr or Hero Member. If you use escrow as you should then there shouldn't be any problems.

Quote from: HarshalTech on May 29, 2014, 04:24:55 PM

I personally dislike it, because someone could easily buy a new account and scam with it. But, I mean you should be cautious regardless of who you trade with.

Why buy one when you can just create an account? Most scammers are from newb accounts or long-conners but you can't do anything about them. Again, if you use escow you should be fine.

bitswipe

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I voted yes...It opens up the opportunity of being scammed way to much and gives them a huge advantage over those who are legitimate...making most of us easy pray.

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Quote from: Cryptopher on May 30, 2014, 04:26:38 PM

Quote from: ruggedman_dan on May 30, 2014, 04:24:25 PM

I think a lot of people want to buy Senior and Hero accounts because of the sig campaigns.

Without a doubt, and with some of the prices you see people advertising Senior accounts for (assuming that they aren't going to scam) then you can break even pretty darn quick.

Personally I reckon that scammers will take advantage of that fact.

If a scammer wanna scam he will do it with bought accounts or without them, also i dont think that a hero member with green trust will sell his account and thats the only way to scam a bigger amount

Cryptopher

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Keep it dense, yeah?

Quote from: ruggedman_dan on May 30, 2014, 04:24:25 PM

I think a lot of people want to buy Senior and Hero accounts because of the sig campaigns.

Without a doubt, and with some of the prices you see people advertising Senior accounts for (assuming that they aren't going to scam) then you can break even pretty darn quick.

Personally I reckon that scammers will take advantage of that fact.

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I think a lot of people want to buy Senior and Hero accounts because of the sig campaigns.

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I think trading of accounts is a huge negative trust indicator for the account but also for personally the buyer and seller. I would like to know who has participated in this kind of activity so that I could avoid ever doing business with either of those, the account but also all the persons involved meaning both the buyer and the seller and any facilitator to the trade. They have proven to have no backbone at all.

Cryptopher

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Keep it dense, yeah?

I think that any activity on the forum discussing account trading, whether it be via topics or private messaging, should be punishable.

The fact that somebody can buy an account that has +ve trust is flawed. That trust is earned by the person behind it, not the account. Once that account changes hands then the trust is technically meaningless, only it remains, and everyone else is blissfully unawares.

HarshalTech

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I personally dislike it, because someone could easily buy a new account and scam with it. But, I mean you should be cautious regardless of who you trade with.

Mrrr

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You shouldn't ban if you cannot enforce. An account can still be traded through a different medium even if it is no longer allowed to do so. There is no way in which the forum moderators could know. Banning would create a false sense of security, at least now it is happening out in the open and everyone knows that they should be careful if a Hero Member starts acting weird.

A better idea would be to start a list of accounts that are known to have been bought/suspect of having been bought. If somebody would take this up I'd be willing to chip in some satoshis for the effort.

EDIT: this would be quite easy to police actually. Since anyone can pose as a buyer and tip the person who keeps the list.

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I think the answer is so obvious it is slightly painful.

This is a private community which stands on a foundation of trust and reputation. It is a reasonable protection of the community to disallow the trading of identity. Enforcing this would not hamper free speech or anonymity but it would protect identity and security.

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Quote from: markj113 on May 29, 2014, 12:51:45 PM

So, seeing a lot of senior/hero accounts up for sale recently.

So should this be tolerated by the forum?

My personal view is that 99% of time the only reason someone would be looking to buy an account is to defraud and steal from other forum members.

I think it should be a defo no with a zero tolerance policy to back it up.

Interested in everyone else views on the subject.

My last post was a reply to someone who is selling his account, and just after that I found this thread.

I know that this is legal to sell it as accounts are just sort of "Digital Goods" and this is not really "ID" so .. this is legal but.

I agree with you that this is great starterpack for scammers... which makes me feel about it that it is bad thing to do.

markj113

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So, seeing a lot of senior/hero accounts up for sale recently.

So should this be tolerated by the forum?

My personal view is that 99% of time the only reason someone would be looking to buy an account is to defraud and steal from other forum members.

I think it should be a defo no with a zero tolerance policy to back it up.

Interested in everyone else views on the subject.

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