Theymos has clearly said copy and paste is not a perm ban in all cases. We are not robots here. Depends on the context.
Theymos also said this:
- Plagiarism: If you copy some text from somewhere, then you should have a good reason for it, and you must link to the source. Doing otherwise is plagiarism. Changing a few words around doesn't matter. If we find that you plagiarized, then you absolutely will be permanently banned, even if we find it years after you did it.
I will rely on his most recent thoughts on the matter. Not that they are mutually exclusive anyway. He seems a very fair person and I would try my best to get my case in front of him to make the final decision. If then he says ban we can be sure it was not one that had enough merit to balance his mistake.
I would hope that he will receive a punishment of some sort as a warning to others but a perma ban seems harsh unless a large proportion of his participation is just motivated by financial gain.
Legends of all persons have contributed the most so I would expect at least a bit of a review into this should be given.
The more you put in the more you get out. That is my feeling on all things. I've never heard of this legend and has a very low post count but still he may have done some important work here in the past.
I would estimate here 60% chance of perm ban. Because it is clearly for financial reasons. If it were just to answer a question someone asked or as a joke or any reason not obviously for financial gain and he had a good history other than that I would think this would drop to 20%. Still worth pushing for a decision from the top if possible. Legend accounts will not be growing on trees now.
This forum is a great place. Lot's of lengends (and others before 2017 swarm) were all part of a good community. I support the work of these reporters in general especially toward this latest wave of financial spammers. However legends and heros were never initially here for that reason. Most are here to support decentralised trustless and transparent projects and many here have done their best to stop scams taking over and ruining the image of this entire arena.
This guy must have been suffering some kind of breakdown to copy and paste that pile of shit. It is garbage anyone could spew in 3 seconds or less. He must be kicking himself potentially losing a legend account over that. I bet he would never do it again if was reduced to snr. Even reduced to full but to lose your account fully is crushing. All your posts gone your entire history deleted.
If i were him i would not give up so soon. There is some hope I think of a slap on the wrist and a kick up the ass but full termination is not something to just accept without doing your best to avoid.