Re: Appeal of Ban Appeal: “hacker1001101001” spammer-sockpuppet menagerie
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The origin of the word “spam” in the context of Internet spam.
ICO bump services:
- Are incentivized posts on threads which are totally off-topic in the only forum where incentivized posts of any kind are allowed (i.e., Games and Rounds).
- Are usually paid in shitcoins.
- Have no conceivable design purpose other than to evade the limitation on the frequency at which a topic OP is allowed to bump his own topic.
In addition to being definitional paid spammers, ICO bumpers thus violate multiple explicit rules of this forum:
Boldface is mprep’s; the emphasis is only hereby relevant insofar as bumped ICO topics are obviously not in Games and Rounds:
I request that the rules list be reviewed and updated with appropriate guidance to users about the form of spam known as ICO bumping.
It is obviously spam by any reasonable (or even useful) definition of the word. I don’t think anybody can reasonably argue that users should not already expect to be banned for it, just as for any other form of spam. Nevertheless, on grounds that more user education is usually better than less, I suggest that it would be wise to give this issue an explicit treatment in the unofficial rules list that everybody is supposed to read.
Unfortunately, I myself do not know and could not readily find any relevant quotes from administrators or staff on this issue; I would appreciate if somebody could provide some.
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That's already covered by the list of rules since it:It is obviously spam by any reasonable (or even useful) definition of the word. I don’t think anybody can reasonably argue that users should not already expect to be banned for it, just as for any other form of spam. Nevertheless, on grounds that more user education is usually better than less, I suggest that it would be wise to give this issue an explicit treatment in the unofficial rules list that everybody is supposed to read.
Unfortunately, I myself do not know and could not readily find any relevant quotes from administrators or staff on this issue; I would appreciate if somebody could provide some.
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1) Limits thread bumps to once per 24 hours.
2) Prohibits users from incentivizing posting (or, consequently, participating in such incentivized posting) in one or more specific threads if the incentive is an altcoin.
3) Limits incentivized posting to Games and Rounds (where only Bitcoin giveaways are considered on-topic)
Here are the corresponding rules:
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2. No off-topic posts.
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13. Bumps, "updates" are limited to once per 24 hours.[2]
14. All altcoin related discussion belongs in the Alternate cryptocurrencies and it's child boards. [3][4][e]
15. No on-forum altcoin giveaways. [6][e]
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Games and rounds (child board of Gambling) - "Spreadsheet games, forum-based games, and discussion of individual rounds/games on other sites." All Bitcoin giveaways, raffles, contests also go here.
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13. Bumps, "updates" are limited to once per 24 hours.[2]
14. All altcoin related discussion belongs in the Alternate cryptocurrencies and it's child boards. [3][4][e]
15. No on-forum altcoin giveaways. [6][e]
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Games and rounds (child board of Gambling) - "Spreadsheet games, forum-based games, and discussion of individual rounds/games on other sites." All Bitcoin giveaways, raffles, contests also go here.
Therefore:
- Forum users should be guided accordingly.
- Investigators should report ICO bumpers and their posts for rules violations.
- I urge the administration to review the case of a longtime spammer who was granted leniency for plagiarism!
Thanks for the replies, Jay. My forum time is strictly limited now; some other time, I will need to catch up with your replies here and elsewhere. Your thorough posts are read and appreciated.
More generally, I may be gone from the forum on and off for at least the next few weeks. I will be going back through to reply on multiple different topics that I recently seem to have been ignoring, and catching up with some folks in PMs that deserve my undivided attention.