[...]over such a little thing as account sales[...]
Not a little thing.
Sure, the money you get is pocket change, but the damage it has caused to the forum is serious.
If the bitcoin community is judged by this forum, we're nothing but a bunch of bumbling crooks and inept street hustlers, stealing as much or more from each other than from outsiders.
I realize you're new, but please read some of the posts from the early days of this forum, and compare.
It's an embarrassment. I, for one, am embarrassed. And I'm sure Satoshi would not be proud
Thank you, you are actually expressing why you think its embarrassing. I now understand what you mean. First off, the Bitcoin forum is not the bitcoin community. It is a forum managed by a single person, not by the bitcoin community as a collective. The larger problem is that people judging the Bitcoin community don't know what they are judging. When Charlie Shrem was arrested, news articles read "CEO OF BITCOIN ARRESTED" my point being, you can't change people's perceptions. If you mean that by officially banning account selling so that people looking in will have a better impression, you might be right. But, as far as the internals, we have explained why it causes issues. It is unenforcable in a fair way. Your argument has been, just because its hard to enforce doesn't mean you shouldn't try, if I'm now understanding you correctly. That just isn't the case in this situation. Officially banning accounts couldn't discourage account sellers in any way. If we ban their accounts, they would just make another. They aren't motivated by a single account that we could ban, they are motivated by a collection of accounts that they own.