Quote from: theymos on Today at 10:30:01 PM

- Forum accounts that are obviously run by mixers are not allowed. *
- Mixer announcement threads are not allowed. **

* Existing accounts will be banned from posting, but will be allowed to continue sending/receiving PMs for at least a few months so they can settle any business.
** Existing threads will be locked and archived.

This is not a good solution. It is necessary to enable them to communicate directly and publicly with their users.
The most frequent complaints about the problem come from newly registered users of the forum and it is certain that they will not come to Meta to check these conditions. How the hell will they know that support is active if the ANN thread is locked?
By limiting communication to PM, the strength of this community is completely marginalized, and it was often of crucial importance for the final and correct solution of certain problems.

Quote from: icopress on Today at 09:03:46 PM

I admire how you subtly illuminate what I shared with you (although I did this because sooner or later I would have been asked, and also because I support openness). Perhaps, thanks to your efforts, a lot of trolls will join this discussion, and this annual event will lose another sponsor.

First of all, I didn’t say that I received approval, I said that “I asked”, although I would call it "leniency" .. besides, this is a temporary measure until I announce the results of the event (for now that's all I can say).
It’s good that you mentioned the campaign .. if you noticed, my signature includes information about sponsorship and an extremely accurate advertising slogan of what Jambler essentially is (namely software, and the opportunity to make money on short-term investing).
Jambler existed in the form in which it exists now even before the ban, so it makes no sense to talk about some kind of loophole.

Obviously, I went too far with the assumption that you have a guarantee from theymos that Jumbler is in compliance with the new ban and above censorship. My assumption is based on the fact that you will not enter such a complex situation without the official approval of the owner of the forum.
This is not an invitation for trolls, given that the whole thing obviously gives new features to the Bitcointalk forum I would like to hear the opinions of reputable members. Also, don't blame me if this annual event loses its sponsor, I'm not the one who introduced the ban. On the contrary, I am expressly against the mixer-ban rule and I give full support to Jambler and its partners. Finally, to all legal mixers/services.

If the Sinbad mixer caused all of this, wouldn't the measure of banning the person behind that mixer be sufficient, and every return is considered ban evasion (the rule that, after all, applies to all banned users)?
Even earlier, there were suspicions and links that Sinbad was the successor to Blender, shouldn't the administration have reacted then?