Quote from: F2b on February 14, 2019, 06:10:58 PM

Quote from: Nimiq on February 14, 2019, 03:18:28 AM

At the beginning of January, a group of users was created on Bitcointalk with the sole purpose of discrediting the project
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I would like to add yuluxugi32132, nimiq-shitcoin, wentian.cn and robin.nimiq, that weren't mentioned in your post.

Quote from: nutildah on February 14, 2019, 11:16:14 AM

Also, they're not FUDders. They're genuinely pissed off about the lack of progress being made. "FUD" implies they are attempting to discredit the project so its coin will fall in value and they can buy it for cheaper. That's not the case with what you have going on in your thread.

The term "FUDers" is maybe not the best to qualify this, but these users still want to discredit the project. I can't be 100% since I don't have many proofs, but we are suspecting them to be supporters of a competitor of Nimiq, called Webdollar.

Quote from: wentian.cn on February 10, 2019, 05:14:57 PM

There are even open source projects that have more work committed. One example is the nimiq's biggest competitor, namely WebDollar. According to its github repository, WEBD devs had over 3,000+ commits in a year with no funding or ICO shit. I guess nimiq devs need pocket money to buy cannabis

But even if it's nor FUD according to your definition, in fact it's exactly like FUD : discredit a projet to earn more (not by buying cheaper, but make the price of another project rise).

By the way, I would also like to point out one thing:
Most of these accounts registered at near dates (by groups: coinfanatic registered 6 minutes after nimiq-shitcoin; andrewjaxx, john.btc and sasha.new registered during the same morning; robin.nimiq registered one hour after wentian.cn; finally Scamiq2 registered 8 minutes after matthewgpu). And they use the same codes: big bold red posts (with caps lock), saying always the same things, repeating some words (ex: "bad bad" "dead dead"), making always the same language errors... So they are most likely the same person. To be honest, I read all of their posts, I just have the feeling that I'm reading one only person talking to himself.
I know multi-account is allowed, but here it is clearly abused to spam the thread. And generally, known multi-accounts deserve a red tag (besides, they seem to like red Tongue

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Use the advise given earlier in the thread. Lock the thread and make a self moderated thread so you can delete comments that you don't want there.

Alternatively you can read the rules and rigorously report posts that break the rules.

Just be aware that FUD on bitcointalk is not the end of the world. The site is known not to moderate poor opinion and some people with poor opinions will be very aggressive and persistent with their conduct.

Most people read right through this. Some threads just get dominated by jerk circle trolls and there is not a lot that can be done about it other than to move to a self moderated thread or just put them on ignore.

It is interesting to read some of the uneducated and plain stupid opinions by some posters - there is a whole thread dedicated to it.

Speculation on events is another thing. "Actions speak louder than words." You can make all the announcement but until something actually happens people will keep complaining about it. If you missed your roadmap deadline then meeting your target will silence your critics more than talking about it and trying to defend your position.

If someone makes false claims - only an event that proves them wrong will make them a liar. No amount of discussion will change it.

Sometimes it pays to just put some users on ignore.

The British monarchy use a "never explain, never complain" policy. This is based on that

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"Never explain your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway"

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Explaining gives power to another. When someone criticizes or insults you, gets offended by something you do or say, or questions your decisions and why youve chosen to do something a certain way, its natural to want to explain why you think theyre wrong

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If youre in a situation where a complaint will accomplish nothing, then common sense dictates that you should remain silent.

It takes restraint not to respond but:

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Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

Source: https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/never-complain-never-explain/