Shelby (aka @AnonyMint) claimed the opposite up-thread.
He claims he was banned originally because he wrote critically about Monero and Ethereum and because he was insulting (those who were also insulting Shelby) influential anonymous members such as @gmaxwell
1, @Foxpup, @stereotype, @Lauda, @iCEBREAKER, etc..
Shelby claims that the original multi-posting allegation (which he entirely stopped doing a long-time ago) is something everyone does (
look here is a link to (archived
here) @aliashraf doing it yesterday) and was a fabricated reason to silence him because he is the one who speaks with the most critical technological rigor on the entire forum.
A clear indicator that he is a
delusional troll. If you believe that he has made anything more than a couple *decent* technological remarks, then you are equally delusional. All he does is post walls of technical gibberish which require too much valuable time to address given their size and repetitiveness (ad naseum).
Fact is, he broke rules for which others also get warned/temp. banned (perm. banned for continuity and/or ban evading).
The solution is simple I feel from here.
Anonymint makes an agreement directly with Theymos to reactivate one of his legendary accounts ... maybe the anonymint original or which ever AM wants on the basis he WILL follow the rules as they are.
Then in future ONLY Theymos can ban him, but then if banned will not return.
This may seem like special treatment for AM but then sometimes if someone has put in exceptional effort for the board then they can have a bit of special consideration from the board owner.
Completely disagreed. For the super majority of people we wouldn't even consider
bending the rules this much. The forum needs to dedicate its resources to combating the issue with spam and not debating whether the banned troll should be unbanned temporarily (and given their behavior, they'd get themselves banned again relatively soon).
That is your opinion Lauda and you are entitled to it and you could be correct that he would be banned again.
Then this is the acid test. Give anonymint back his primary legend account and if Theymos has to ban him again then you were right that he would simply get banned again.
Let's be frank this forum could reduce 90% of spam and bots with several simple solutions. One of which I have suggested already. Wasting time with manual reporting and moderation is never going to work.
You have to accept many persons here (and actually lots of the most proven talented and smartest here do not wish to see him banned). His effort in posting here has earned him such respect with those people and this to me does warrant special treatment above and beyond what you would be willing to bend for others who have not invested even 1% of the effort he has into this board.
Surely this is how life should work ... you put more effort in and you will get more in return right?
I think it's quite clear that if a person has put in extreme time and effort above and beyond 99% of this board then they will be seen by the majority here to warrant another chance from this point on. I mean he was not a scammer, or some serious actions that caused harm to many here. Multi posting (yes uses board resources) but if it is useful to cross post things for other readers who may have missed that post on another thread ...there is argument for wondering if this is even comparable to the 90% shilling and spam filling endless threads all over the main board wasting far far more resources..
But yeah fair enough if Theymos says NO then we have to accept that he makes the rules and sure we stick by it or banned. However it is at his discretion to give another chance if he thinks its a good idea.
I think in this case Theymos should give him his primary account back and see how we go. That is just my opinion on it of course I am just one person but I can see many others think the same.
Many think people support AM because he is way smarter than them but I think it is because he is also quite interesting and in some ways quite a vulnerable person who gets targeted sometimes to get a rise out of him. He also comes across as very honest and open talking about his life and past. On a psychological level people sense this and like to read his stuff.
If Theymos bans him again himself after deciding himself it is a warranted ban.... then fair enough.