Quote from: the_end_is_near on May 02, 2017, 08:47:59 PM

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 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 nonsense and nonsense is sensible.

It's hilarious to see how delusional you are in your apparent "intellectual superiority", berating anyone who disagrees with any of your opinions (e.g. your fetishistic levels of attraction towards decentralizing everything, whether it's actually viable or not). You seem to derive nearly ecstatic pleasure from touting your own horn about how intelligent you are, how your IQ is so much higher than those around you and how everyone that doesn't recognize that is an "idiot". Since you're so well-educated, I don't think you'll have any issues in digesting this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect. I find it rather fitting when talking to someone who's all bark and no bite (ping me when one of your decentralized forum projects takes over the industry). Also, is this your final-final-final clarification or should I get more popcorn for the next one?

Quote from: the_end_is_near on May 02, 2017, 08:47:59 PM

Thus the policy of Bitcointalk.org is that expertise is trolling.

Expertise isn't. Your self-righteous rants about how great you are are.

Quote from: the_end_is_near on May 02, 2017, 08:47:59 PM

Effectively the policy and your idiocy is to create 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.

Nope, it's to maintain a free space for constructive discussion, rather than allow a single person to dominate discussions via fallacies, pointless ad-hominem filled rants or outright spam.

Quote from: the_end_is_near on May 02, 2017, 08:47:59 PM

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 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 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.

Oh, I'm quite aware of your stance on centralized systems as well as it's decentralized counterpart's advantages. However, as with all theoretical systems, quite a few fall apart in practice due to unforeseen social issues. You keep mentioning setting up your own moderators that would apply filters to the content you want to see but you seem to assume that an average person using the internet isn't lazy (which is one of the reasons why quite a few of such systems still haven't gained wide mainstream acceptance (e.g cryptocurrencies) and why successful commercial consumer systems often prioritize convenience above all else (e.g. Twitter, Google, Tinder)). A rather close to home example of such laziness is the general use of the Trust system, which was meant for users to set their own "trusted users" yet ended in most people simply using DefaultTrust. But hey, you're the expert here - if you manage to solve this and gain mainstream acceptance, I'll add in "successful" alongside "self-entitled and self-righteous smug hypocrite with a massive ego" whenever I refer to you (not that you would care about what an "idiot" does, right?).

Quote from: the_end_is_near on May 02, 2017, 08:47:59 PM

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.

No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. - Winston S. Churchill. Until someone develops a superior community system (and by that I mean that not only does it not have unique significant technical or social (including wide acceptance) flaws of it's own but also fixes the main issues of the best currently available system), I'll tolerate the flaws of the best system we currently have.

Quote from: the_end_is_near on May 02, 2017, 08:47:59 PM

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 choice.

Have you ever tried to order "one size fits all" clothing.

Aren't you getting a clue of how incredibly dumb you are.

"Everyone that disagrees with me is dumb and I shall lead those who follow me to salvation". For someone who keeps touting decentralization, you oddly remind me of a cult leader, who's going to have his followers commit mass suicide to ascend to a spaceship that'll carry them to heaven, rather than a "visionary developer".

Quote from: the_end_is_near on May 02, 2017, 08:47:59 PM

Shelby is not @Traxo nor @John Titor, nor any other user that has posted in this forum. He has no sock puppet accounts in reserve.

You're delusional and trying to reaffirm your confirmation bias.

Nor have I claimed otherwise. There's a reason my post contained a line separating the list of quotes and my responses.

Quote from: the_end_is_near on May 02, 2017, 08:47:59 PM

Shelby has never advertized any signature spam on any of his accounts.

You're delusional and trying to reaffirm your confirmation bias.

Again, not quite sure how this applies to you.

Quote from: the_end_is_near on May 02, 2017, 08:47:59 PM

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. Roll Eyes

Dude I think you've dropped all the marbles out of your skull.

For a man of your "intelligence" you sure are having a lot of difficulty in understanding that possible scams aren't moderated to allow the community (or in some cases official authorities) to make their opinions on what is a scam and what isn't. Or are you trolling again (something you claimed you weren't doing, but merely providing "expertise")?

Quote from: the_end_is_near on May 02, 2017, 08:47:59 PM

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.

Need ointment for that butthurt?

Quote from: ArticMine on May 02, 2017, 11:04:53 PM

I must say that I am very saddened that Shelby Moore III has been treated in this fashion here on BCT.

I have had many valid and stimulating discussions with him here on serious technical and design issues that impact Bitcoin. He is in my opinion one of very few people who has spent the time understanding the serious issues that Bitcoin faces with:

1) The Fixed blocksize.
2) The unproven fee market that is supposed to replace block rewards in Bitcoin.
3) Miner centralization and the host of attacks that are possible because of the fixed blocksize.
4) Many of the serious failings in the solutions that have been presented, including but not limited to Bitcoin Unlimited.
5) What may be a fundamental design flaw in Bitcoin.
6) A host of other technical issues and attack vectors in Bitcoin.

My take is that banning Shelby Moore III amounts to nothing more than shooting the messenger when the message is both very valid and very unpalatable to many in the Bitcoin community.

I will request that this ban be reversed.

Thank you.

Even though the chances of his ban getting revoked after he demonstrated and continues to demonstrate complete disregard for order within the forum are near zero, I'd suggest forwarding this appeal to someone who can issue (and preferably reverse such bans) - theymos and/or Cyrus. Just because someone is "intelligent" or "insightful", doesn't grant him the license to do whatever he pleases. If an MIT professor came to my home and kept shitting all over my furniture while explaining to me how the latest neural network tech allows for synthesizing realistic voices, I wouldn't just brush it off and say "Well, I mean he really helps me to fully grasp how neural networks operate via practical application". No, I'd kick him out, never let him back in and find a different way to acquire said knowledge.