Quote from: hilariousetc on August 13, 2018, 01:05:35 PM

And this shouldn't be acceptable or the way it is expected to be. If someone lost the key to their house and their landlord said "forget about it, you shouldn't have lost it, go be homeless", do you think that would be acceptable? Absolutely not. Maybe they might have to wait a day or two at most to get a copy of their key cut but not weeks/months/years and it should be a priority. If their landlord doesn't have time to get keys cut and deal with these things then employ someone who can do it for you.

I agree, but the reality is that most of us didn't lost any key!. Our houses were occupied then the intruders changed the locks so the keys that we always used to open the door do not match, neither work the regular recovery attempts. What is unacceptable is that the landlord doesn't realize it, ignores our complaints, claims and proposals! to him everything seems to be "ok".. His passive attitude make us believe that he is plotting against us / being at the side of the hijackers.

Quote from: hilariousetc on August 13, 2018, 01:05:35 PM

I've almost clicked on phishing and dodgy links before when deleting posts. Anyone can fall victim to them in numerous ways and that shouldn't mean the end of your account here. If there was better security measures in place here most people wouldn't lose their accounts or they could be prevented from being lost.

I can speak about my case stating that I never was hacked/lose access to any service ever before, my Bitcointalk account hack is unacceptable do to the fact that I'm not the regular kind of victim. Saying that, I can tell you that the fault was and still is the user forum database that the hacker is exploiting. Why I am so sure? Because I always follow some habits / countermeasures against any dodgy links / phishing attempts / social engineering, etc. tactics. Some examples: I always use bookmarks, generate 23 characters random passwords with symbols using LastPass to LogIn + 2FA (when it is available), I run anti-ads scripts on all of my web browsers as well as other useful add-ons such as PrivacyBadger, Disconnect, GreaseMonkey, EtherAddressLookup, also I run several proxy scritps on the web-browsers + on top of that another layer of security via a VPN on a LAN wired connection (not wifi), I always use the same PC to LogIn from the same secure connection / setup that I carefully clean and take care of it. I even run a pfsense logging and filtering all the ports. I also changed my password back in 2015 and I regularly update/change the passwords of most of my accounts every 1-2 years.
The fault was not mine, neither all of the fellas that already lost access to their accounts. If it were better security measures adopted (just like a simple 2FA that everyone knows and use it daily) those hacks could be prevented, as simple as that.

Quote from: hilariousetc on August 13, 2018, 01:05:35 PM

Is he? He barely responds to me at all. I don't want him to get annoyed at me for constantly messaging him either. I managed to get a list of the top reporters for Bitcoin Discussion from him last week so we can give that board a dedicated mod, but no response after that. How long does it take to implement a mod? A few clicks probably. I've been suggesting there needs to be at least one there for years and still nothing. Simple things just don't get done and the forum becomes exponentially more spammy and less usable/readable as time goes on.

Maybe it is time to move on, abandon this titanic. Migrate to other existing platform or create a new one. The captain is blind and deaf, we could leave him sink or maybe kick him / replace / putsch.. Perhaps hiring a hacker to hack his account too... I don't know something different than sitting here doing nothing.
I'm upset and tired of this bullshit. Rising Admins attention should be easy not a nightmare.