[Suggestion] Dedicated sub-forum for Legendaries

Quickseller

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Quote from: botany on April 26, 2016, 06:48:04 PM

Quote from: gentlemand on April 26, 2016, 01:49:01 PM

They'd have to be some very dedicated scammers but I suppose they're out there. Sold account would get sniffed out pretty rapidly I would've thought.

Sometimes, they are discovered too late.
I am thinking of master-P's account (although there is some debate about whether it was sold or not).

The person who scammed behind master-p's account was the original owner of the account. However he sold his master-p account a few months after creating it, only to buy it back later at a higher rank only to start farming trust on it.

I don't think it is usually glaringly obvious when a high level account is sold and I don't think a legendary only sub will help with that

TheButterZone

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This might be new forum stuff, but maybe just add an option to hide all/show only posts from specific user ranks.

botany

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Quote from: gentlemand on April 26, 2016, 01:49:01 PM

They'd have to be some very dedicated scammers but I suppose they're out there. Sold account would get sniffed out pretty rapidly I would've thought.

Sometimes, they are discovered too late.
I am thinking of master-P's account (although there is some debate about whether it was sold or not).

Lauda

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Quote from: OgNasty on April 26, 2016, 01:43:54 PM

That or it may inspire spammers to step up their game to get to the Legendary board faster.

There is most likely always going to be some sort of con(s). We just have to weight the pros against them. You can't really 'step up your game' as a required amount of time needs to pass in order to achieve the Legendary rank.

Quote from: gentlemand on April 26, 2016, 01:49:01 PM

Sold account would get sniffed out pretty rapidly I would've thought.

They usually do, yes.

gentlemand

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They'd have to be some very dedicated scammers but I suppose they're out there. Sold account would get sniffed out pretty rapidly I would've thought.

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Quote from: gentlemand on April 26, 2016, 12:58:42 PM

But a special forum might inspire some quality discourse for others to learn something from.

That or it may inspire spammers to step up their game to get to the Legendary board faster.

I actually like the idea. There are so many pathetic scam attempt threads and account sales threads around here, it is surely discouraging intelligent conversation as valuable users stop wanting to sift through a haystack looking for the needle.

gentlemand

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In the next few weeks or months I'll become a legend. Is my opinion more worthy than a full or senior member? Hmm. No. I've just lurked here for longer. But a special forum might inspire some quality discourse for others to learn something from.

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Quote from: GermanGiant on April 25, 2016, 11:40:56 AM

Quote from: shorena on April 22, 2016, 12:53:24 PM

Quote from: GermanGiant on April 22, 2016, 12:32:01 PM

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I think, this will be different because lots of Legendaries are still active as opposed to donators.

What would be legendary only topics though?

Anything from block size controversy to Lightning Network implementation, but with less noise and more rationality. Right now, bitcoinTalk.org, forum.bitcoin.com, /r/bitcoin, /r/btc all are full of chaotic newbies. A Legendary, who has spent a significant amount of his online life in bitcoin related discussions, will most likely be far less chaotic than a random newbie.

I dont think the rank matters in this regard. There are less legendary users, but not everyone with a high rank knows what they are talking about.

Quote from: DaddyMonsi on April 25, 2016, 10:39:57 PM

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Other forums have this section or sub forum for Moderators and Admins where they can discuss what action needs to be taken and what are the thoughts of other Moderators and Admins and it's also a good section to police its own ranks. However, those section in other forum can only be visible to Moderators and Admins only to protect the them from members with issue and to avoid further drama.

This forum has a mod only section as well -> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=3.0

The suggestion is to open a subboard for the highest user rank and I question that it would do anything for anyone.

DaddyMonsi

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Quote from: shorena on April 22, 2016, 12:53:24 PM

Quote from: dogie on April 22, 2016, 11:14:59 AM

There is already the donators sub-forum which is essentially dead and I can't see a Legendaries sub-forum going any different. What might be interesting is a sub-forum for default trust. There are often issues which require discussion about inclusion or exclusion and at the moment the only way to communicate is to PM 10 people and spam everyone's inboxes when anyone replies. A sub-forum may organise this differently.

I think thats a good idea. It should be read only to everyone though to keep things transparent.

Quote from: GermanGiant on April 22, 2016, 12:32:01 PM

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I think, this will be different because lots of Legendaries are still active as opposed to donators.

What would be legendary only topics though?

Other forums have this section or sub forum for Moderators and Admins where they can discuss what action needs to be taken and what are the thoughts of other Moderators and Admins and it's also a good section to police its own ranks. However, those section in other forum can only be visible to Moderators and Admins only to protect the them from members with issue and to avoid further drama.

notlist3d

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Quote from: notaek on April 25, 2016, 04:34:56 PM

I wonder why OP is so concerned about this though! You have a long way to go before entering Legendary BTW.

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Quote from: GermanGiant on April 25, 2016, 11:40:56 AM

Quote from: shorena on April 22, 2016, 12:53:24 PM

Quote from: GermanGiant on April 22, 2016, 12:32:01 PM

-snip-
I think, this will be different because lots of Legendaries are still active as opposed to donators.

What would be legendary only topics though?

Anything from block size controversy to Lightning Network implementation, but with less noise and more rationality. Right now, bitcoinTalk.org, forum.bitcoin.com, /r/bitcoin, /r/btc all are full of chaotic newbies. A Legendary, who has spent a significant amount of his online life in bitcoin related discussions, will most likely be far less chaotic than a random newbie.

Best solution would be to create a thread with self moderation.
It'll eventually keep newbies away.

Only time I use self moderation is in my reviews. As everytime some try to use it as a hardware sales (it's mean for support), or they just like to spam it. I personally don't care newbie or legendary as long as they bring good information/posts. So I don't see a huge reason for trying to be just legendary.

It would create like a "club" that really would do nothing. I cant think of any topic I have I just want to limit to legendary accounts. Normally I enjoy talking to all levels, and all parts of the world. And I enjoy helping and talking to new people... so that could be why I don't see reason to have legendary board.

notaek

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I wonder why OP is so concerned about this though! You have a long way to go before entering Legendary BTW.

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Quote from: GermanGiant on April 25, 2016, 11:40:56 AM

Quote from: shorena on April 22, 2016, 12:53:24 PM

Quote from: GermanGiant on April 22, 2016, 12:32:01 PM

-snip-
I think, this will be different because lots of Legendaries are still active as opposed to donators.

What would be legendary only topics though?

Anything from block size controversy to Lightning Network implementation, but with less noise and more rationality. Right now, bitcoinTalk.org, forum.bitcoin.com, /r/bitcoin, /r/btc all are full of chaotic newbies. A Legendary, who has spent a significant amount of his online life in bitcoin related discussions, will most likely be far less chaotic than a random newbie.

Best solution would be to create a thread with self moderation.
It'll eventually keep newbies away.

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Quote from: Chris! on April 25, 2016, 11:59:22 AM

Maybe rather than based on ranking there could be a subforum where you could 'vote in' only certain people that you would like to be part of the sub-community.

Alice, Bob and Hercules all decide to open a group thread/subforum.

Bill wants in. Alice an Hercules both accept his request and he's now part of the group. You always need at least 50% of the current group to agree (or have a few set people that can vote, say the 3 originals) and with enough votes they can also get kicked out.

This would be a good way to converse with like-minded people without the worry of random signature spammers coming in with there terrible 'lol. Ya. Mining is good and such. I can has a bitcoin in a 2 yearses with the little aunt miner version 200.0.1.'

You can do that with a self-moderated thread to some extent. Not sure if adding more complication (voting) on top of it would make it any better. There is no lack of confirmation bias already in the forum.

dogie

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Voting of any kind does not work on here when there are people running multiple accounts.

Chris!

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Maybe rather than based on ranking there could be a subforum where you could 'vote in' only certain people that you would like to be part of the sub-community.

Alice, Bob and Hercules all decide to open a group thread/subforum.

Bill wants in. Alice an Hercules both accept his request and he's now part of the group. You always need at least 50% of the current group to agree (or have a few set people that can vote, say the 3 originals) and with enough votes they can also get kicked out.

This would be a good way to converse with like-minded people without the worry of random signature spammers coming in with there terrible 'lol. Ya. Mining is good and such. I can has a bitcoin in a 2 yearses with the little aunt miner version 200.0.1.'

GermanGiant

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Quote from: shorena on April 22, 2016, 12:53:24 PM

Quote from: GermanGiant on April 22, 2016, 12:32:01 PM

-snip-
I think, this will be different because lots of Legendaries are still active as opposed to donators.

What would be legendary only topics though?

Anything from block size controversy to Lightning Network implementation, but with less noise and more rationality. Right now, bitcoinTalk.org, forum.bitcoin.com, /r/bitcoin, /r/btc all are full of chaotic newbies. A Legendary, who has spent a significant amount of his online life in bitcoin related discussions, will most likely be far less chaotic than a random newbie.

Lauda

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Quote from: target on April 23, 2016, 03:20:33 AM

They do have special advantage in their signature as far as i know. Dividing us from the Legendary won't help the community grow.

Giving them a separate sub-forum is not the same as 'dividing' them from the other members.

Quote from: target on April 23, 2016, 03:20:33 AM

Lets say the admin allows it, what do they have to talk about besides the ones in the open forum?

There might be a higher chance for actual discussions without the spam seen from lower ranked members.

Quote from: target on April 23, 2016, 03:20:33 AM

would they have the advantage to which they'd be notify during the start of ICO?

It's not like people don't do this already via PM and other means of 'private' communication, right? Roll Eyes

target

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They do have special advantage in their signature as far as i know. Dividing us from the Legendary won't help the community grow. Lets say the admin allows it, what do they have to talk about besides the ones in the open forum? would they have the advantage to which they'd be notify during the start of ICO?

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Quote from: GermanGiant on April 22, 2016, 12:32:01 PM

Quote from: otrkid70 on April 22, 2016, 10:56:41 AM

What benefits does this provide to anyone?

Currently, the forum is full of low quality posts. The same question is being answered by 10 or more people for signature payment. These things wont probably happen in Legendary forum. People will get to see more knowledgeable, in-depth conversation and will learn a thing or two about bitcoin.

But over time all those accounts will all become Legendary too. I have thought about a board where there's no signature shown or posts made in there don't apply towards post count. Maybe people could be whitelisted into it posting in it. Think it would probably be easier to just restrict signatures to higher ranks like Hero or Legendary or just get rid of them all together though to be honest. Something really needs to be done. Said it before but it wont be long before the only people posting here are those from the Philippines/Indonesia etc on their ten alt accounts regurgitating the same old shit over and over again.

Lauda

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Quote from: HostFat on April 22, 2016, 09:11:49 PM

If someone will create a special sub-forum for Legendaries, please disable signatures and avatars on it, to me it even better.

I disagree. Most of the signature spam comes from members with lower ranks. It is quite rare to see a legendary member with really useless posts.

Quote from: Blazed on April 22, 2016, 05:32:14 PM

Having a DT1 sub would be pretty useless as there are not very many of us. I suppose maybe a DT2 sub might be somewhat useful to discuss ratings, but then again not sure it would get used much.

I'm certain that it would not have much activity. I also disagree with this because it could feel like DT members are having "backroom deals" for the remaining members (since they technically "control" trust ratings).

botany

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The signature restrictions for different members can be changed to give benefits to legendary members.
Right now hero and legendary are almost at par.

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