So this has turned into a discussion wherein the mod of Altcoin Discussion (the subforum where Shelby did most of his posting over the years), is explaining that he is clueless and delusional. So I think this deserves one final clarification for the official record, so when we look back on this some years later, we will realize that Shelby was correct about this issue at hand, and @mprep had his head so far up his asshole that he couldn't even see the bark on the trees, not to mention seeing over the weeds. Even the biblical must acknowledge Jesus said he came bearing a sword, and of course wise parables for those whose eyes were open. Don't expect me to be nice to idiots who steal the property of others even (or especially) when they don't even realize they are doing it. I've found in the past that in order to have an amicable relationship with idiots, I must just nod my head and keep my IQ to myself. I was quite a popular person when I did this in high school and college, but here on this forum I was doing serious work and speaking about serious matters, so unfortunately the strife with idiots will proliferate. The only way to avoid this is to do what I am doing, which is preparing to disrupt the centralized paradigm wherein idiots have exclusive control over anything. Of course, I have no qualms about idiots having control over their own circle jerk self-destruction zone. And this is why Shelby will never come back to Bitcointalk.org under any circumstances. Let's just set the record straight and be done with this discussion.
@mprep, you're delusional. Let's explain why. Of course, none of this explanation will make any sense to you, because you are a clueless idiot and so for you sensible is nonsensical and nonsense is sensible.
According to other mods who dealt with his antics (I've merely reported one of his alts), he's been banned multiple times under numerous other accounts for trolling (which ended up with him finally getting a permaban and thus him ban evading to circumvent that). He has shown a complete disregard to the forum's rules to such a degree that I don't think any sort of reputation is going to help him.
1) So the underlying reason for ban is trolling. It's such a convenient rule that can be applied basically to every user here. Still there are thousands of users who are not banned.
2) What I have noticed is that he doesn't have patience for Dunning Krugers, so if he lets you (the general you) have it (and as he often does, quite bluntly so) perhaps instead of getting offended and taking the easy way out by labeling it as trolling you might consider evaluating your own knowledge about the subject and perhaps getting wiser by the process.
That would require people eating the humble pie though and knowing the human nature that won't happen so we are where we are. You can't force people to accept what they want to deny. We'll just have to wait and see how the things will play out eventually.
1. That's why this guideline exists:
Thus the policy of Bitcointalk.org is that expertise is trolling.
Effectively the policy and your idiocy is to create a forum which has the least common denominator of expertise. This is the Chinese Communism where no one dared lift their head above the poppy seeds so to speak, i.e. no one dared disagree and display their expertise publicly.
You're so clueless that you still haven't figured out that the salient distinction is that with a decentralized forum, all centralized power is vanquished, and therein if you can't stomach my superior expertise then you can choose to filter my posts from your view of the decentralized database, but in no case will idiots like you have any exclusive power to steal the property of others just because you're offended by their vastly superior expertise.
My statement above will be a confirmation for you of all the justification you think you have for doing the inane, worse-than-useless, destructive, corrupt, thievery busywork that you do.
Note this isn't a complaint. Rather it is myself finally coming to accept that I must write software to provide a place where idiots like yourself can't do the destruction that you do.
Lol, then why don't you get that Bitcointalk.org is fragile and is destroying itself. I can only imagine it must be because you are an idiot.
Shelby doesn't respect your centralized piece-of-shit forum, your centralized moderation, your rules, nor other idiots like @dinofelis, @Dorky, and a long list of others. That is his prerogative; and the fact that you can stop him and others from having our own choices is the reason that Bitcointalk is dying and it will be replaced by a decentralized vehicle wherein you idiots can have your choices separately from Shelby and his followers from their choices.
Have you ever tried to order "one size fits all" clothing.
Aren't you getting a clue of how incredibly dumb you are.
[X] Call someone "disgusting human being" because you disagree with how they manage a privately owned forum.
[X] Make sure to finish off the post with another guilt trip, since your opinion is always right.
Shelby is not @Traxo nor @John Titor, nor any other user that has posted in this thread. He has no sock puppet accounts in reserve.
You're delusional and trying to reaffirm your confirmation bias.
[X] Ignore this, as well as countless efforts by global mods to reduce sig spam while still maintaining a free space for constructive discussion.
Shelby has never advertized any signature spam on any of his accounts.
You're delusional and trying to reaffirm your confirmation bias.
Why aren't you banning @smooth, @Icebreaker, @generalizethis and all the Monero supporters who have continuously complained about Dash.
You're stating that the forum policy is to disallow discussion about possible scams.
Dude I think you've dropped all the marbles out of your skull.
You seem to not even have understood a single word I wrote about a decentralized forum future.
You're the one who decided to be a mod for an inane, centralized clusterfuck. That was your choice.
@mprep, you're delusional. Let's explain why. Of course, none of this explanation will make any sense to you, because you are a clueless idiot and so for you sensible is nonsensical and nonsense is sensible.
Why was 'iamnotback' banned in the first place? He has been a significant contributor on this forum for many years, highly respected for his analysis, and he has educated many forum users on a wide range of topics. He deserved more respect, looks like you banned a significant and important 'voice' in the crypto space just because what he says and does annoyed you ... that's weak & cowardly.
According to other mods who dealt with his antics (I've merely reported one of his alts), he's been banned multiple times under numerous other accounts for trolling (which ended up with him finally getting a permaban and thus him ban evading to circumvent that). He has shown a complete disregard to the forum's rules to such a degree that I don't think any sort of reputation is going to help him.
1) So the underlying reason for ban is trolling. It's such a convenient rule that can be applied basically to every user here. Still there are thousands of users who are not banned.
2) What I have noticed is that he doesn't have patience for Dunning Krugers, so if he lets you (the general you) have it (and as he often does, quite bluntly so) perhaps instead of getting offended and taking the easy way out by labeling it as trolling you might consider evaluating your own knowledge about the subject and perhaps getting wiser by the process.
That would require people eating the humble pie though and knowing the human nature that won't happen so we are where we are. You can't force people to accept what they want to deny. We'll just have to wait and see how the things will play out eventually.
1. That's why this guideline exists:
However, trolling isn't allowed. If a user is habitually posting obviously false nonsense ("obviously false nonsense" to an outsider, NOT to someone who follows or is involved in the discussion) just to stir up trouble, then it's considered trolling, which is prohibited.
Thus the policy of Bitcointalk.org is that expertise is trolling.
However, his demeanor and current actions (habitual ban evasion) signals me that it isn't far from the truth. Me labeling him as a troll wasn't because he disagreed with me, the forum's rules or the validity of his ban, it's because alongside the aforementioned actions and demeanor, he seems to behave like one whenever he hangs around here (e.g dismissing opinions because he "created million user software businesses all by himself" so other people's "words are useless", while continuing to instigate pointless, nonconstructive conflict for the heck of it).
Effectively the policy and your idiocy is to create a forum which has the least common denominator of expertise. This is the Chinese Communism where no one dared lift their head above the poppy seeds so to speak, i.e. no one dared disagree and display their expertise publicly.
2) Just like he dislikes people who think they're superior based on their position rather than capability (not quite sure why moderating the forum based on guidelines provided by the owner would make me that but who am I decide), I can't stomach self-entitled and/or self-righteous smug hypocrites with massive egos.
You're so clueless that you still haven't figured out that the salient distinction is that with a decentralized forum, all centralized power is vanquished, and therein if you can't stomach my superior expertise then you can choose to filter my posts from your view of the decentralized database, but in no case will idiots like you have any exclusive power to steal the property of others just because you're offended by their vastly superior expertise.
My statement above will be a confirmation for you of all the justification you think you have for doing the inane, worse-than-useless, destructive, corrupt, thievery busywork that you do.
Note this isn't a complaint. Rather it is myself finally coming to accept that I must write software to provide a place where idiots like yourself can't do the destruction that you do.
While I agree that he makes some valid points (e.g. the general fragility of any centralized system),
Lol, then why don't you get that Bitcointalk.org is fragile and is destroying itself. I can only imagine it must be because you are an idiot.
I can't respect someone who neither respects (both verbally and with his actions) the forum, it's moderation team nor me (the other side of the discussion) while also exhibiting the aforementioned character traits.
Shelby doesn't respect your centralized piece-of-shit forum, your centralized moderation, your rules, nor other idiots like @dinofelis, @Dorky, and a long list of others. That is his prerogative; and the fact that you can stop him and others from having our own choices is the reason that Bitcointalk is dying and it will be replaced by a decentralized vehicle wherein you idiots can have your choices separately from Shelby and his followers from their choices.
Have you ever tried to order "one size fits all" clothing.
Aren't you getting a clue of how incredibly dumb you are.
Wow, the mods of Bitcointalk really are disgusting human beings. Banning one of the only good posters they had left, but leaving signature campaigns alive and well, and doing nothing about the litany of scams being pushed through their site since early 2014.
mprep and Theymos, you are both terrible human beings and you are deliberately slowing down the advancement of crypto through your actions.
I don't know how you guys sleep at night
mprep and Theymos, you are both terrible human beings and you are deliberately slowing down the advancement of crypto through your actions.
I don't know how you guys sleep at night
[X] Call someone "disgusting human being" because you disagree with how they manage a privately owned forum.
[X] Make sure to finish off the post with another guilt trip, since your opinion is always right.
Shelby is not @Traxo nor @John Titor, nor any other user that has posted in this thread. He has no sock puppet accounts in reserve.
You're delusional and trying to reaffirm your confirmation bias.
Banning one of the only good posters they had left, but leaving signature campaigns alive and well, and doing nothing about the litany of scams being pushed through their site since early 2014.
[X] Ignore this, as well as countless efforts by global mods to reduce sig spam while still maintaining a free space for constructive discussion.
Shelby has never advertized any signature spam on any of his accounts.
You're delusional and trying to reaffirm your confirmation bias.
[X] Ignore explanation why possible scams aren't moderated and instead of reporting them to the authorities actually equipped with dealing with such matters, complain about it in a random thread.
Why aren't you banning @smooth, @Icebreaker, @generalizethis and all the Monero supporters who have continuously complained about Dash.
You're stating that the forum policy is to disallow discussion about possible scams.
Dude I think you've dropped all the marbles out of your skull.
If you don't like it here, feel free to start a new forum, get it popular and then fairly handle each and every scam accusation when there's hundreds of reports coming in every day, most of whom contain shaky/untrustworthy evidence, questionable witnesses while also lacking the capabilities the authorities have (e.g. valid court orders to discover identity of users or retrieve evidence, countless of highly-trained professionals in different fields (judges, investigators, etc.), several hundreds to sometimes thousands of years of laws and judicial practice governing how each case should be processed), who with all that power, still struggle to decide on who's guilty and who's not.
You seem to not even have understood a single word I wrote about a decentralized forum future.
You're the one who decided to be a mod for an inane, centralized clusterfuck. That was your choice.