While I *in principle* agree with the spirit of what @rizzlarolla is saying, perhaps there are other scenarios that should be explored, for example who would want to discredit BitCoins? Real Banks or even law enforcement who might perceive (without understanding the power of BlockChain), that crypto currencies are a threat?
Interesting assertion. The situation is most surely damaging to the ecosystem.
Especially if an
Alt Farmer TM were commissioned by a third party to actually create thousands of Alts to destabilise BitCoinTalk.org - the farmer is already paid for the entire crop, not just one cherry off the tree at a time.
That would not be a problem - unless theymos supported it.
That "Real Banks or even law enforcement" farmer could easily be detected and stopped.
If theymos thought his forum was being destabilised, he could have banned my farmed accounts before i had even found them! Easy. Problem solved.
(or well on the way to being solved)
In theymos's position, i could identify many, many more farmed accounts. If i had his access and tools, i could find them much quicker. Like he can.
(i have already found a few hundred other farmed accounts - unpublished - i have a job IRL)
theymos has Known of all my farmed accounts before i did.
He does not act because this is how he want's it.