What's the general consensus about thread bumping services?
If pertaining to a scam, it may fall into the "Shilling scams" category.
However, if there's a chance a project isn't a scam, it might fall into either of these categories:
- ANN bumping
- Colluding
There's some pretty obvious giveaway signs about such behavior:
- Accounts are created in clusters, frequently less than one hour apart from one another
- Accounts tend to comment in the same threads together
- More often than not these accounts have zero merits, are all created in the last year, and have less than 100 posts
Do you guys think if a batch of accounts fill all of these criteria are they worth giving a red trust?
I'd like your input on this because I think in general its less-than-decent behavior and obviously manipulation of the forum for the sake of profit, but I want to get some feedback before I go on a tagging spree.
Here's an example for your reference:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5095486All of these accounts are bumping this thread, which is for a coin with no team and a plagiarized white paper:
name date registered
suzannelavonna May 27, 2018, 03:18:37 PM
joyalesley May 27, 2018, 03:35:30 PM
emeritaduncan May 27, 2018, 04:47:39 PM
esmeraldajenee May 29, 2018, 05:44:24 PM
vedaji96 May 29, 2018, 06:32:36 PM
sharondakathrine May 29, 2018, 06:53:53 PM
madisongisele42 May 29, 2018, 07:05:13 PM
shawnnaalita June 11, 2018, 05:46:59 PM
jacintoleesa June 11, 2018, 05:54:25 PM
fredericakarissa June 11, 2018, 06:18:44 PM
maricacarley June 23, 2018, 11:56:39 AM
collinbessie June 23, 2018, 12:09:47 PM
randellcorine June 23, 2018, 12:25:42 PM
pearliejanis571 June 24, 2018, 10:26:14 PM
sixtajanie June 24, 2018, 10:38:33 PM
fredricphyliss June 24, 2018, 10:57:23 PM
adrianscotty7 June 24, 2018, 11:03:51 PM
kristoferhershel June 24, 2018, 11:58:44 PM
tarakai September 20, 2018, 03:36:55 PM
Linda Lunar September 20, 2018, 08:34:43 PM
Hartanyan September 20, 2018, 10:04:14 PM
Serabyan September 20, 2018, 10:37:04 PM