This has been something that I've been thinking for a while now - I've been reporting some threads were clearly it goes against the rules such as selling of Revolut accounts and such but whenever I encounter a thread that's clearly selling bitcointalk accounts the first thing that comes to my mind is why is this even allowed / why are the rules so "open to interpretation" that such "business" can be started.
I have been wondering the same thing since I registered on this forum, and I must admit that it is not yet completely clear to me why such activities are not completely banned. What should be emphasized is that buying/selling BTT accounts was completely legal until 2015 (let someone correct me if I'm wrong), and only then did it become something that was pushed into the gray zone.
...I just dont' think that it's good for the forum to have this economy being promoted right here in our own "home". Perhaps we do let it happen here so that we have a closed control and perhaps we could trace what accounts where bought and terminate them?
I agree that the current situation around buying selling BTT accounts does not send a good message to all those who come to this forum for the first time - because it all comes down to how well someone can perform the whole operation and become a Hero or Legendary overnight. For me, buying such an account is almost identical to plagiarism - because the new owner actually takes over all the content of the old owner and presents it as his work. Someone will say with the consent of the previous owner, but this is definitely not ethically correct with everything else that comes from such purchases.
What surprises me even more is that those who sell BTT accounts or buy them are
rewarded with negative feedback, while some reputable members who participate in such agreements as escrow do not bear any responsibility - at least a very strange attitude of those who lead the main word in DT. If they want to discourage this kind of trade, then everyone involved in it is equally guilty and should bear equal responsibility.