Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on Today at 10:30:54 AM

Not responding to an accusation (and getting a lawyer) might be prudent when you're dealing with the police, we're not talking about the judicial system here. It's been my observation over the years that if someone is called out in a thread--and assuming the accused is aware of the thread--a non-response usually does imply guilt. The same goes for an accused member showing up in a thread and then sort of rage-quitting, followed by a disappearing act. I've seen that one a few times.

If the accusation was made against me by a senior and/or respected account, I would be inclined to post at least once but other than that I would not bother entertaining the attention seekers especially if they were on my ignore list or clearly had a personal vendetta against me. In this particular case, your observation over the years is correct, it does imply what you concluded.

Since you mentioned it, I would add along with the rage quitters there are those that come along to defend various comments and/or allegations before going out calling the forum unfair promising never to return (however they have other accounts to keep them busy). As the saying goes and has been mentioned in the forum many times before: where there is money to be made

Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on Today at 10:30:54 AM

And Jesus, naim027 again? I thought I'd seen the last of that username, but I guess if there's money to be made here even a disgraced member can't bear to permanently leave. I haven't read the rest of this thread yet, but I bet by the time I'm done there will be decent evidence (or absolute proof) that Learn Bitcoin is indeed an alt of his. Let much egg be on my face if I'm wrong.

I am extremely confident naim027 is operating several accounts here, hopefully names will be posted in due course. The fact he is employed by at least one campaign manager to check spreadsheets and be his sidekick shows there could be far more to the suggestion he is aware of the farmed accounts enrolled in campaigns he manages. If that is the case, those companies are paying the wrong campaign manager as there could something more sinister going on.

As for conclusive evidence, several members have mentioned in public and PMs that naim027 is getting better at trying to ensure there is no link between his farmed accounts but there are giveaway signs from time to time that clued up members would accept whereas others would want something more substantial.

Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on Today at 10:30:54 AM

Quote from: JollyGood on December 22, 2024, 02:24:47 PM

Well, he sent a PM effectively stating he does not want to engage therefore it certainly does not look good on his part.

OK, that's definitely not a good start. Reputation is everything here, since we're all basically anonymous forum members to each other. I know if I got accused of something serious in a thread, I'd be damned if I'd be silent. I'm not sure if being an alt of naim027 is super serious, but if Learn Bitcoin leaves it unaddressed then that's what people are likely to believe, and that could tarnish his reputation unnecessarily.

Learn Bitcoin made it clear he would avoid engaging and even in those PMs there were elements of naim027 Grin

Having said that, I was not the only member that suspected him for quite some time but giving frivolous reasons for not wanting to engage is pointless all the while continuing to post in order to meet his campaign quota to collect the pay.

Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on Today at 10:30:54 AM

Quote from: JollyGood on December 22, 2024, 02:24:47 PM

Why does everyone act like admins and mods are toooooo busy and running multi billion dollar corporations? Most are regular people not too busy doing much of anything.

Lol. They've always been treated that way not because they're highly-paid CEOs or whatever but because of the enormous job they're expected to do. There's so much shit to clean up on this forum that I can't imagine it's an easy task.

Anyway, may I also just request you all take it a little bit easier on yahoo62278? He's been here roughly the same amount of time I have, and I can tell you that it's very easy to forget usernames and even harder to remember the details of their forum doings, especially as time goes on. Sure, he could have done a search for naim027 before commenting....but just give him a little bit of a break, eh? He's not the bad guy here.

You attributed that quote to me when I did not make it, yahoo62278 posted it in a different thread, I just reposted it Wink

I agree. My posts in the thread demonstrate exactly what you pointed to. From time to time we all have forgotten names, posts and threads we have seen or have posted in or have even mixed them up and made errors recalling situations. He has been around here a long, he definitely is not a bad guy and I hope he will be around for many years to come.