Of all the Bitcoin related chat rooms I enjoy spending time in, I think
http://coinvisitor.com/chat was one of the best. I say
was because it does not exist anymore. (I heard it might come back) I think that the community that goddog and kev cultivated there really was something special. It truly was a haven for all types of internet citizens who were interested in all things Bitcoin. From newbies to veterans.
Other chat rooms began to try to emulate what goddog and kev had created. Ultimately by this I mean "a chat room that pays you Bitcoin for chatting there". Of course then it was not to long until someone decided to put together a website where the main focus was the chat room itself - rather than the room just being a single feature of the site.
I am of course referring to
http://coinchat.org I tried it out. I went in as "teamfresh" I was banned after about 5-10 minutes of being in there, and for no reason that I could
clearly see. I say
clearly because there are no FAQ or TOS on the site, so it is hard to know what is overstepping the mark. In my short time there I posted one link. I asked mods if I could post it before I did, I was told I could so I did. then I carried on chatting. A few minutes later someone opened up a "one2one" with me, and asked me if I could sell Bitcoin. I said maybe I could, and I began to explain how I could if I did decide to sell. (it was a small amount discussed 0.5 BTC) He had not heard of my method of payment before but before I could explain it to him I was permanently banned from the website without any kind of warning. As I said I did not know if this kind of conversation was acceptable on the website as there are no FAQ or TOS!! but I am not some big time bitcoin seller, the guy approached me.
The only other reason I can think of as to why I was banned, is because I own
https://easybitco.in a website that has a chatroom
https://easybitco.in/Chatroom that pays it chatters "easycoins" to chat. (the easycoins can convert to USD and in turn the USD to BTC so it pays chatters USD or BTC its up to them) This chatroom is not the main focus of the website, it is just a single feature of the site. However, I cant see this as being the reason I was banned either because that just seems silly to me.
To finish I would like to say that I cant even email the admin there to ask why I was banned or if I can be un banned, because along with the FAQ and TOS, the website email address or support email address is not displayed anywhere on the website. Besides I'm not even sure I want to be un banned because chatting there means I have to pay to style my text!? and be told how to format my chat entries!? Well I guess it is a model I know nothing about, but I'm now not interested. I might have been if there was a bit more respect in the situation. Needless to say, if you chat in my room it is free to style your text and you can chat pretty much however you like. You can also post images and YouTube videos directly into the chat, and you certainly wont be banned permanently without being warned first - and if you are banned I would make sure you knew why.
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