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Re: Stellar account with more than one million stellars

#41

Post by gojomo » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 8:14 AM UTC

SandroG wrote: post #39

dang wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is the definition of hearsay. If you have evidence, post it and give it an accurate and neutral title. Until you do, the claim is groundless, and groundlessly accusing people is not ok. Ragebait titles aren't ok either.

Here is the exchange: https://www.dropbox.com/s/enh05r5xj85i2b7/Photo%20Aug%2002%2...

That wording, especially in an informal text message not necessarily crafted as an official statement, isn't a strong confirmation. It can be read more like, "we're investigating the person said to be gaming", rather than "we confirm that gaming is indeed happening with this particular person".

Re: Stellar account with more than one million stellars

#42

Post by wlv » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 8:34 AM UTC

everettForth wrote: post #25

Hi everyone, I'm just excited about Stellar, and buying it early on. I'm also a software engineer, so if anyone has some cool ideas for things that could be built with a large stellar wallet, please let me know. I'm especially interested in things Greg Brockman has been talking about lately, like this gateway, and making up his own currency: https://stripe.com/blog/bitcoin-the-stripe-perspective

    SandroG 1 hour ago
    
    I'm in touch with Stellar developers, and they confirmed
    that this individual is indeed gaming the system.

Response? Sounds like defamation.

Re: Stellar account with more than one million stellars

#43

Post by everettForth » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 8:48 AM UTC

wlv wrote: post #42

everettForth wrote: post #25

Hi everyone, I'm just excited about Stellar, and buying it early on. I'm also a software engineer, so if anyone has some cool ideas for things that could be built with a large stellar wallet, please let me know. I'm especially interested in things Greg Brockman has been talking about lately, like this gateway, and making up his own currency: https://stripe.com/blog/bitcoin-the-stripe-perspective

SandroG 1 hour ago I'm in touch with Stellar developers, and they confirmed that this individual is indeed gaming the system. Response? Sounds like defamation.

I almost didn't even want to comment on this, but it really isn't a big deal. It looks like a screenshot taken out of context of someone who sent a private message asking someone to look at my account.

Re: Stellar account with more than one million stellars

#44

Post by joeyspn » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 9:02 AM UTC

dlubarov wrote: post #36

ghshephard wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They can't be new facebook accounts, need to have been around for a while.

There are plenty of people in the black hat community with aged Facebook accounts that they're willing to sell.

And also there's the "click farms" where they have millions of fake profiles for selling likes and build followers.

Facebook estimates that between 5.5% and 11.2% of profiles are fake [0]. With 1.32 Billion user base that means that up to 134 Million user profiles are fake.

Someone is going to earn A LOT of stellars soon.

Talk about fair distribution... this has been a dumb move by the stellar team. Ethereum guys have been smarter in this one..

[0] http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2014/02/03/facebook-estimates...

Re: Stellar account with more than one million stellars

#45

Post by alex1 » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 9:37 AM UTC

Why did Stellar decide on using Facebook accounts to enforce the one account per person rule, instead of something better like mobile numbers? There are more people with cell phones than there are with Facebook accounts. Acquiring large batches of phone numbers to game the system is harder since it costs money and is more easily detectable.

Even if this guy isn't gaming the system with fake Facebook accounts, I'm sure others already are.

Re: Stellar account with more than one million stellars

#46

Post by everettForth » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 9:42 AM UTC

alex1 wrote: post #45

Why did Stellar decide on using Facebook accounts to enforce the one account per person rule, instead of something better like mobile numbers? There are more people with cell phones than there are with Facebook accounts. Acquiring large batches of phone numbers to game the system is harder since it costs money and is more easily detectable. Even if this guy isn't gaming the system with fake Facebook accounts, I'm sur…

Facebook has nothing to do with this.

If everyone on Earth were given 5000 Stellars right now, how many people do you think would be willing to sell all of their Stellars for a beer?

It's basic economics.

Re: Stellar account with more than one million stellars

#47

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 10:14 AM UTC

gojomo wrote: post #41

SandroG wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here is the exchange: https://www.dropbox.com/s/enh05r5xj85i2b7/Photo%20Aug%2002%2...

That wording, especially in an informal text message not necessarily crafted as an official statement, isn't a strong confirmation. It can be read more like, "we're investigating the person said to be gaming", rather than "we confirm that gaming is indeed happening with this particular person".

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Re: Stellar account with more than one million stellars

#48

Post by wlv » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 10:18 AM UTC

EarthLaunch wrote: post #5

Now we might see whether it's centralized.

They locked his forum thread temporarily and then decided against it. I wonder if they froze his account too.

Re: Stellar account with more than one million stellars

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 10:21 AM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #47

gojomo wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That wording, especially in an informal text message not necessarily crafted as an official statement, isn't a strong confirmation. It can be read more like, "we're investigating the person said to be gaming", rather than "we confirm that gaming is indeed happening with this particular person".

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Re: Stellar account with more than one million stellars

#50

Post by DanBC » Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 10:24 AM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #47

gojomo wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That wording, especially in an informal text message not necessarily crafted as an official statement, isn't a strong confirmation. It can be read more like, "we're investigating the person said to be gaming", rather than "we confirm that gaming is indeed happening with this particular person".

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"Here's a gallery of nude images. To get access go to (URL) and sign up for Stellars. Then send them to me. I then email you the access password."

(It'd be useful if anyone has historic information about the affiliate points that the photographer Lithium Picnic (NSFW) accrued during his time at SuicideGirls (also NSFW).)