The forum has come a long way and newcomers have always been and will be different. Fraud detectives have also been and will be. If you check old themes, you will be surprised that one person can own a farm with hundreds of alternative accounts.
Newbies are always under scrutiny since in the history of the forum it was they who were scammers, cheaters, etc. The forum is familiar with deception, therefore, "once you get burned on milk you blow on water"
For example, here are a few past topics where dozens of newbie accounts were exposed, abuse of transfer of merit, and more.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.49708048https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.46990586https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.47498423So stop building drama. The insults that you say about Ratimov are much rougher than what he laid out against you. Are you inviolable?
On the contrary, I was surprised by Ratimov's good nature, with which he generously distributes merit to newcomers, who later went into the ban. And then we see an experienced The Pharmacist looking suspiciously at newcomers. Since the proverb about milk fits here too.
lovesmayfamilis, I have always respected anyone in the forum, including you, and we have also had some exchanges in the article. I have now cancelled the bad words in this post.But this time I think you are too partial to Ratimov, you did not consider the problem from the perspective of me or a newcomer. At the same time, you are not a victim of this incident, so you cannot understand how the victim feels, how angry the victim is.
For example, to change you to my position, think about it in another way. You have just come to the forum for more than a month. You spend a lot of energy writing articles here every day, publishing an original article every day, and then spending a lot of energy communicating with friends who reply to the article. Gradually you have accumulated a certain reputation in the forum. Then, suddenly one day, a person ran out. He spent 8 days fabricating various data, and finally told everyone loudly: lovesmayfamilis, you are a big liar, you have formed an alt army, you are embezzling the forum Merit, you are deceiving the forum's assets. Then dozens of people swarmed up. This is a big liar, kill him. Then everyone takes a magnifying glass to check each of your posts, verify whether each sentence is plagiarized, and then if there is a sentence that is consistent with the one on the Internet, immediately say that this is a plagiarism, report to the administrator, and put its account Sealed.
Then there are various ways to chase, intercept, and want to kill this account. Isn't this the attack I have encountered in the past two days?
Through this post, the attacker generated a huge sensation, gained more than 50 merits, and gained praise from countless people on the forum. However, I became a liar that everyone shouted and beaten for no reason.
Would you feel angry if you were in this position? Still, it doesn't matter, I can register another account.
During this attack on me, @kxwhalexk was involved. He came to the forum in the past few months and achieved excellent results. As a result, he was regarded as my alt account because the account was blocked for the first post it posted. Why didn’t you close his account on the first day? But after he has worked so hard to create value for the forum for three months and then banned him because of his posts on the first day? Isn't this banning potential newcomers because they are involved in the struggle?
This is the hard work he has achieved in the past three months, but he got involved because of others attacking me. If you stand on my side, won't you be angry in your heart? Are you not disappointed in the forum? Such an excellent newcomer was directly banned because of the attack?
This is why I am complaining here, why the old people of the forum should do everything in their power to suppress the potential newcomers in the forum. This is why I am so disappointed this time. But in the future, I will try my best to adapt to the culture here, because I am a big fan of Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is certainly worthy---so focus on bitcoin.
"peaceful coexistence" doesn't include calling other forum members "scumbags".
"is this the culture forum? A culture of bullying newbies"
Most of us have been newbies and somehow made it through.
I'm a long time member of quite a few forums---I read more than I post on most of them.
I'm also a member of a couple scooter forums----I love motorcycles AND scooters. I grew up around bikers (the type that some may consider "hardcore") and let me tell you...
those scooter forums can get friggen' ruthless.
_Miracle, hello, I have removed that word now. In the text above, I have described my mental state. I came to bitcointalk with a very sacred attitude. I hope to work with my friends here to promote the idea of Bitcoin and the spirit of Bitcoin. Therefore, I spent a lot of time and energy trying to write and reply to articles every day. To perfect my philosophical thinking about Bitcoin, I have slowly accumulated a certain reputation. However, I was slandered suddenly, saying that I was a big liar and abused the forum's merits. I am really very angry. I feel very disappointed here too. Maybe it was because I thought this place was too bright at the beginning, and I didn't expect the coldness and darkness here. After this incident, I will slowly adapt to the environment in the future. In any case, I am the most loyal fan of Bitcoin.
To respond to OP title:
Newbie status in the forum does not always reflect that the person behind the account is actually a beginner, especially in this forum. Some ways of writing beginners can be identified that they are actually old members of the forum, or several accounts belonging to one person. So, basically can't be sure whether the newbie account is personally owned by the newbie. That's why there's no difference in privilege between the ranks to be suspect.
To respond to OP accusation.
Because after all sMerit is valuable, and very regrettable if distributed to the wrong people (if proven). You are not constrained to deny accusations as best you can with honest evidence. Sometimes there are things that are impossible to prove because of a principle (eg anonymity) and your evidence can be rejected by some members (perhaps subjectively judged). The final judgment is based on the point of view of each member and the fact that some people don't care about one's reputation.
By the way, will these accusations (account farming) prevent you from writing articles? And after all you write articles for everyone, right? I think this kind of accusation is only disturbing if the accused has a business.
Hello, noorman0, thanks for your suggestions. What I want to express here is that although I have given some sMerit to some novices, more of the sMerit are given to higher-level people. At the same time, although I gave it to some novices, I was serious and responsible for every sMerit I sent out. Because they all created effective and valuable comments and conducted various valuable exchanges. I will also organize these comments one after another for everyone to see. Let everyone see if I am sending merits to some spam replies. All my merit records are open and transparent.
Similarly, I write articles and exchanges here every day in order to accumulate my reputation and become friends with more users in the forum. Various businesses will happen in the future. So, when others directly slandered me as a liar, I was very angry.
But no matter what, after this incident, I will continue to write and share my in-depth thinking about Bitcoin. I hope that more friends can share my articles and share the ideas of Bitcoin, because my articles are for everyone in the forum.
