Quote from: jonald_fyookball on November 26, 2015, 01:46:55 PM

You have to ask: What's the point of this forum?

I say its to have fun, meaningful, informative
dialouge...AKA BITCOINTALK.

How does buying and selling of accounts contribute
or support that in any way, shape or form?

It does just just the opposite, IMO, and I haven't
seen a good argument to the contrary.

"People are gonna do it anyway" isn't a good argument.
I still think it should be discouraged.

People either buy an account to make themselves
appear as someone they are not (either a noob
who wants to appear a seasoned veteran, or an outed
scammer who wants a fresh start)... OR MAYBE, just
maybe they plan to use the account to participate
in a signature campaign, which puts their main
intention as making money, not contributing the
to the forum.

And thats the same mentality behind selling accounts.
Its just selfish profiteering that has no legitimate
purpose for everyone else that just wants to talk
about Bitcoin.

People complain about the quality of posts here.
Well, this sure ain't helping and as long as
the powers that be keep me on default trust,
I'm sure not gonna support it.

Neotox,if you want to stop selling accounts, I'll
remove the negative.

I don't believe in double standards either.
If there's someone else selling accounts, PM
me and I'll do the same.

It doesn't mean I'm agreeing to police anything,
but if its brought to my attention and its
blatant as it was here, I feel perfectly justified in leaving
my opinion via negative feedback.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Thanks for that statement.

The forum is also a marketplace, whether you like/use it as such or not. Accounts are used as collateral. People leave the forum and sell their account for a few coins. Its all selfish, yes. Bought accounts cause spam, yes. So do other "self grown" accounts. I understand your goal, but what you are doing will not help you reach it. Sure you might stop Neotox, but others will see this and just create a fresh newbie account to sell an account. Account trades will have more risks involved. An estiblished account has an incentive to stay honest, they have build a reputation they can lose. A newbie has nothing to lose.

You are not harming the spammers, you are also not harming the scammers. You are harming those that use their main account and risk their reputation, those that can be held accountable for their actions.

Quote from: jonald_fyookball on November 26, 2015, 01:59:31 PM

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Are you saying its a good thing that a newbie can come on the forum,
pay a few satoshis, instantly appear more trustworthy, and then
use that appearance to start a business where people will be
sending them money?

This is EXACTLY the kind of thing I'm trying to discourage.

But because account trades happen openly you know you cant trust an account just because it has a high rank.