Topic: Thanks theymos, Bruno has VIP status & a custom title - page 3. (Read 2408 times)

What about the account of Zepher?
I just visited the account and his custom Title is still Copper Member...
I think it should be the same as Bruno's Account.

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For these users who have died, Rest in Peace.

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Edit:

I deeply suggest to have those account to be permanently locked.

Thank you for this. Rest in Peace, Bruno.

Yes it is confirmed I would say. I have seen the news in more than one site. So I do not think there will be any confusion.


 
I feel emotional after seeing such honer for Bruno. He deserved it. I hope after death in the eternal life people can see what we are doing in the earth. Seeing such things hopefully make him feel good if there are such things of course.

When I created this topic to request you, I did not have such thing in mind. I am not sure how we take this if we find out the account is active again and it was by a next of kin of Bruno? Surly that will have a completely different character.

May be for members who are Hero/Legendary and have long history of helping the community, we can honer them. Like Hal, and Zepher too. Extra ordinary personality stands out, handful of users will cry for them. We have seen it in Bruno's case.

There are good number of users who were voluntarily working to spread the news of Bruno's last wish and all of them did it out of love. If Bruno was not extra ordinary and loved by a major group then we would not see such activities from users around.
Ref:
By me and a lot of others in this campaign: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/closed-brunos-final-exit-scam-signature-campaign-5236906
xhomerx10, signature and avatar design: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.54131739
nutildah: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/the-bruno-kucinskas-trilogy-part-i-phinnaeus-gage-5236861
TECSHARE: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/phinnaeus-gage-exit-scam-2020-limited-run-wood-rounds-now-free-for-donors-5236972
OgNasty: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ended-phinnaeus-gage-fundraiser-please-read-inside-5237243
Timelord2067: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.54223894
A lot of donators in this topic: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5236380
and many more.

By the way, thanks theymos to hear the community.

Hello theymos, I'm sure all appreciated your kind gesture for Bruno.

May I ask if you can do the same for two other members who passed away and helped the forum in the past? Meaning Zepher and Paraipan.

Thank you theymos.

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Yesterday, I visited the statistics center of the forum and saw two accounts of Bruno in the list of top 10 posters. I think it is good to bookmark it for him and for his family because there will be other accounts take place those positions in the future.

https://www.boersmafuneralhome.com/obituary/Bruno-KucinskasJr

Is it 100% confirmed that he died? That everhere.com site kind of looks like a scam... Though based on Bruno's recent posts, it seems plausible.

If he did die, it's a great loss for the forum - one which I feel personally. I didn't know him that well, but I did know him for a long time, and that on its own leaves an impression. He was here since 2011, dedicated to busting scams and to livening the place up. I sometimes say that the early Bitcoiners (including myself) were "mixed nuts", and Bruno really exemplified that culture of fun, active, exciting eccentricity. Since I was only 20 in 2011, in the early years of the forum especially I sometimes viewed him as my senior, a source of wisdom. Years ago, he suggested that he and I go fishing someday: I kind of regret that it never happened.

Rest in Peace.

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In general, giving titles/badges to users who died is difficult/problematic. It's almost a sort of "KYC", since death is inextricably linked to one's physical identity. It also opens several cans of worms: for example, should the account be locked after the person died? If so, it prevents their heirs from accessing PMs or even selling the account (which is allowed). If not, then you'd have users actively posting while wearing "RIP" badges.

I'm not going to do it regularly, but I'll make an exception here and give VIP status & a custom title to Phinnaeus Gage and Gleb Gamow. However, I know that these accounts changed hands in the past, and maybe arrangements have been for this to happen again in the future; therefore, if either account ever posts in the future, I will remove this stuff from the account.

Good idea, there's no room for abuse for this one. Also, there should be proof the person has gone "home", such as in the news or the obituary if this is applied

The requirement should be that the account is locked so to prevent this kind of incentive. There could also be a requirement that this would only be applied to legendary, high profile accounts who have a long history of contributing to the community.

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I would propose that all of Bruno’s publicly known accounts be banned with a ban message saying to contact theymos if his next of kin wants access to his PMs. I think a custom title such as “Bruno” being applied to all his alts that are public would be enough to honor him.

Objectively speaking, I think Bruno contributed enough to deserve some kind of honor, especially considering the number of years he has contributed.

Either it will be custom title or badge, I don't see any reasons why it would be bad idea. It's always sad to hear about Bitcointalk member passing away, but that's a life and we can't do anything about it. Members who left their mark in Bitcointalk history, like Bruno or Zepher should be honoured.

gmaxwell has a point. I believe a custom title would be better than risking trivializing it with a lighthearted icon. I do agree that this is a heartwarming way of saying farewell to our friends, but what would be considered proof for this to be applied? I'm not suggesting Bruno, or any previously deceased members have done this, but would there be an incentive to future users to fake this in order to make their account stand out, and then returning after a while, trying to sell the account or even possibly trying to get out of trade deals. I guess, permanently banning the account when giving the custom title would prevent this.  

I'm terribly sorry to hear the news of Bruno, and wish his family, and friends the best in this difficult time.

The logo that you provided in my opinion is very suitable for bruno's account and the word buster starts with letter b which bruno did so many times busting scam projects and Bruno starts with letter b too so, the letter b can be Bruno, Buster and Bitcoin Enthusiast in this forum.

I already put in my p.text what I think is most appropriate. It could be used on many different places in a profile.
BTW if you want you can send flowers to Bruno's family...

Theymos Today at 01:29:34 PM
Can we hear you big man? 😀

This is really a nice idea and is implemented by most social medias. There accounts can be achieved, locked and they be given a special badge of honor! This forum is promised to stay for decades, as long or even more than till bitcoin lives. In this way, these people's legacy will be long held!

This might be better off as a dedicated thread than a whole subforum.

We could create a specific section, Obituary, a thread is opened for each person who sadly dies and therefore there is a full record of his life in the forum and the closest users can say goodbye to the deceased one last time.
It could be divided into two parts, a section for forum members and another section for people related to the world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

After going through his posts, it hit me that it was him who posted several photos of his surgery some time back.

I didn't know Bruno, but I remember him most by his avatar, which unfortunately I never suspected had anything to do with the disease. Given that he was active on the forum until the last day, and that he wrote messages in very difficult health conditions, I totally agree that the forum should give him some recognition in custom title or badge. I think it's the least that can be done, and it costs nothing but a little effort and time.

The little tombstone icon seems rather playful-- I'm reminded of old shareware rpgs-- for something that should be at least somewhat sombre. Maybe a unicode block instead of an image at all:  █