What I've learned from making this post is that a lot of people who are actually part of sig campaigns don't like the impact they've had on the community en masse. I've participated in a few sig campaigns myself. There's a small minority of sig campaign posters that aren't spammers.

The chosen ones at it again. "God told me to commit ethnic cleansing so I could trap the Palestinians in cages"

This is a very good point. Hopefully we can come up with better solutions in the future. There will never be a way to mitigate DDoS attacks, however, I fear.

One form of censorship is moving peoples' posts to the Off-topic subforum simply to please some of the biggest shitposters on this forum. I think we need to address this issue immediately.

I am a consistent VPN user. One of my pet peeves is that a majority of websites flag VPN users as spammers, which is unfair, but completely understandable as most spammers will of course, use VPNs when their main IP has been flagged/banned.

So, on sites like Wikipedia, Facebook, etc, it is difficult to sift through and filter the spammers from the non spammers, especially if both parties are using VPNs, even if it is for different reasons (For me, it is for privacy reasons. For spammers, it is, well, to spam)

I believe crypto has offered a great solution to this. For example, on Bitcointalk, TOR users aren't outright banned, as they would be on any other forum of this size. Instead, you use crypto to verify your pseudoanonymous identity, after which you'll be allowed access, and will be allowed to post.

As we progress further, I think the ability to sign messages to verify identity will allow for sites like Wikipedia to open up editing to VPN users as well (Yes, there are many issues with this right now, but we could resolve them with time, I think)

I do not understand why Bitcointalk users still judge post quality by quantity. You could convey a lot through fewer words if you have great vocabulary (like me), or you could make the same statement in eight paragraphs. Also, this type of judgement gives value to the posts of people who copy paste articles from news sites, over people who make original posts that are short but relevant.

This isn't an attack on you, by the way, it's just an observation I made going through this thread.


Ban evasion is against forum rules.

I didn't mean have them stop posting, I just mean, stop paying them once they've earned their $5 (Which is a couple of meals in the countries where most shitposts come from)

I also paid for domain privacy protection which cost $9.99 plus tax. So it wasn't just $5. The thread has been made for information sake.

I mean it's no secret that people shitpost for sig campaigns. I think if we put a cap on their earnings, for example, once you've earned $5, you need to stop posting.

Also, impose bans on account sales on Bitcointalk, so people don't buy accounts to bypass restrictions on Newbie users that are there for a freaking reason

I mean, if you can buy higher ranked accounts, well that kinda defeats the point of having ranking systems now doesn't it?

Sorry, I'm gonna keep this brief. I know there's been plenty of talking on this issue already.

It got moved because spammers like you gave the moderators the impression that it was off-topic.

"I used them for years - actually over a decade - and never had any problems with them other than they frequently wanted to renew my services."

Nobody actually gives a shit about this. Make your own thread about how you never had problems with them. This is a thread about how I was scammed.

Seriously, wish the mods were more serious about stopping spam on Bitcointalk. All this shitposting for a few cents.

Great news. You should now lock this thread so we know the matter has been resolved.

Trust: -3

Now I see why you're so mad bro

If this was the case, then they would have showed me how the mistake was on my end. They did not do so, however, because again, they "don't do that", according to their Customer Service, which I did call.

I should have made this a self moderated thread, so spammers wouldn't come in here and troll about how GoDaddy is so great

What happened::
I bought a domain with GoDaddy and they canceled the domain without sending any written correspondence about it. Contacted them on social media a while later and they said they sent the refund, which is a lie that I have disputed. They have been unable to provide any receipt as proof that they did indeed give a refund, and the lady on the phone yelled "We don't do that". Shady business practice, to not have invoices of any sort. The reason they "don't do that" is because they didn't refund my money, they kept it.

I strongly caution Bitcointalk users against using GoDaddy, use any other service that takes Crypto instead.

Amount Scammed:
Approximately $500 USD
This includes the ~$5+ cost of the domain, plus a couple hundred dollars for time wasted on dozens on phone calls, as well as the cost of making those calls (phone bills), and of course, the emotional distress the situation has caused me ($495 tops)

Payment method: Prepaid credit card (Vanilla Mastercard)
Proof: Emails from Godaddy which show clearly that I bought the domain
(They do not mail an invoice)



Warning, don't use GoDaddy!

"This man is NOT Muslim as his name clearly suggests it"

This is a textbook example of an assumption mate. You literally assumed this man isn't Muslim simply because of his name.  I don't know how much more I can dumb this down tbh.

Sect really doesn't matter. Your objection is that the exchange is Un-Islamic. However, here, you make it about the exchange not following your particular sect of Islam.


Don't make foolish assumptions. Not every Muslim has an Arab name. There are people with Arab names like Usama who are not Muslim. Maybe he converted some time later during his life. Judging by your gross arrogance/ignorance about this matter, I sense that you may be a Muslim of the Arab nationalist variety, probably of the Salafist/Wahabbi school of thought. I won't make assumptions though, so that's merely a guess. You should specify which sect you are expecting the exchange to be.

Your other points are quite relevant though. There can never be such a thing as an "Islamic bank" or "Islamic exchange", because capitalism is Un-Islamic by its predatory nature.

It's the closest thing that actually exists compared to what OP has asked for, though. If OP is looking for a list of every single user on here with a negative trust, you would need a compressed text document stored elsewhere (I'd expect to be a couple hundred megabytes at least)

Shitposts are a regular part of being on Bitcointalk though. It is the price we pay for having a forum where we can talk about practically anything and everything. For example, Reddit has shitposts on it all the time. It only becomes a problem when you don't have a mechanism for filtering the shitposts from the high quality, superior vocabulary and ingenious intellect posts like mine, self moderated threads are an example of such a mechanism.

SaitamaX, when you signed up for Cloudbet, it was your responsibility to read and acknowledge the ToS.

Quoting Section 5.1.5:
"5.1.5. You authorize us to use any means that we consider necessary to verify your identity and creditworthiness with any third party providers of information."

Section 5.5.8 elaborates on identification procedures:
"5.5.8 Your winnings from settled bets are credited to your account and may be withdrawn in accordance with our withdrawal policy and if required by us, upon provision of the below materials to our satisfaction:

a copy of valid photographic identification (passport, driver's license)
proof of address (recent utility bill)
credit/debit card to our satisfaction
photo of yourself containing proof of date and identification materials"


It is clear that Cloudbet has remained consistent with their ToS. Yes, it is a shady practice to ask for identification merely upon requesting a withdrawal of big winnings, however, it is not a scam, because their ToS clearly states this practice and elaborates on it.


However, that does not mean Cloudbet is entirely innocent, either. It is understandable that a post like this was made, given the mountains of accusations leveled against this particular website:

Thanks for the advice. I'll stick to reddit. You're right about BS/scam being all over the place.