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Topic: Unique way to cheat the forum- Paid bumping - page 2. (Read 575 times)

legendary
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I think the argument that Quickseller is on referring too is that if an announcement thread was trashed for this without offering an incentive to post competitors of the ICO/Altcoin could sabotage other projects like this.
These are of course valid arguments. But meanwhile many threads have thousands of useless comments, all competing to be on the first page. Worst spammer wins!

Suggestion
Would it be possible to ignore Newbie-posts when sorting on "Last post" in the Altcoin boards? That would make it impossible for a Newbie to bump a thread (while they can still post). If needed, this can be increased to higher ranks too.

That would work. It would make the use and throw accounts created just for the purpose of bumping ineffective.
But it seems to be a solution tailored for this particular problem. You would introduce a layer of complexity, without attacking the root cause.
legendary
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Thick-Skinned Gang Leader and Golden Feather 2021
I think the argument that Quickseller is on referring too is that if an announcement thread was trashed for this without offering an incentive to post competitors of the ICO/Altcoin could sabotage other projects like this.
These are of course valid arguments. But meanwhile many threads have thousands of useless comments, all competing to be on the first page. Worst spammer wins!

Suggestion
Would it be possible to ignore Newbie-posts when sorting on "Last post" in the Altcoin boards? That would make it impossible for a Newbie to bump a thread (while they can still post). If needed, this can be increased to higher ranks too.
staff
Activity: 3304
Merit: 4115
Nice, so all such threads can do this outside this forum and getaway with this excuse.

I think the argument that Quickseller is on referring too is that if an announcement thread was trashed for this without offering an incentive to post competitors of the ICO/Altcoin could sabotage other projects like this. Of course, if the replies don't get removed then it would be giving them free advertising and be pretty counter productive.  

I think it's just best to report posts that are bumping the thread individually unless, the team is offering an incentive for posting in their threads and then the announcement thread would then be removed which effectively deals with both issues.
newbie
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How do you know anyone related to the project is behind this?
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Nice, so all such threads can do this outside this forum and getaway with this excuse.
copper member
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That should merit a ban for the AAN OP no? Other company accounts too?
How do you know anyone related to the project is behind this?
legendary
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Merit: 2262
BTC or BUST
That should merit a ban for the AAN OP no? Other company accounts too?

Sure would put a dent in their eBIT game.. Anywhere to get short on it?
jr. member
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Merit: 2
Thread in question:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-airdrop-free-airdrops-ebit-3rd-of-7-rounds-2275080

They have created a listing on a micro job site to bump their thread.

Proofs:





The link in second image is https://goo.gl/rVtz5T which points to above thread. Current task status in image 1 is above 200 which means that more than 200 replies on that threads are paid bumps. If you check posts there, most replies are from new accounts and some even raised doubts on that thread.

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