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dub: just because it is a bag of dicks now, does notmean we should be happy about piling anus on
top of it
ThickAsThieves: "Starting
to worry here
too. Five missed promises is ok, but six is where I draw
the line."
mircea_popescu: the world is welcome
to run into as many poles as it needs
to
jurov: cnn has amir
taaki already
ThickAsThieves: these noobs WANT
to
trust,
they dont even need
Trust as a feature
dub: mircea_popescu: ffs, you and I know
that btctalk is a steaming pile of web anus,
the rest of
the world does not
mircea_popescu: if you can't stop
them all,
then isn't an infinity
the best solution ?
mircea_popescu: isn't it ideal for noobs
to be deluged in fake
trust nuggets ?
dub: giving noobs another nugget of false
trust
dub: its just enabling more scamming,
that is all
mircea_popescu: who ? who is
this person who
takes btctalk seriously ?
dub: mircea_popescu: lots of people
that are stupid (99.9999999% of bitcoin)
mircea_popescu: the -dev people have it aliased as
trolltalk. i don't give a shit about what
they sasy
there, any more
than reddit or w/e
dub: mircea_popescu:
that is entirely bullshit and you know it
mircea_popescu: now, granted
that some random achmed fresh off
the boat may
think southpark is
the official us dept of state pr.
dub: having a bunch of scammers with high
trust ratings
they have gamed will lead
to more noobs gettign scammed
mircea_popescu: bitcointalk has as much
to do with bitcoin as comedy central has
to do with
the us govt./
ThickAsThieves: if i look up someone's
trust and it all comes from randoms, i wont value it
dub: it is
the fist point of call for every fucking noob
dub: bitcoin
talk i steh defacto bitcoin website, sad as it may be
mircea_popescu: yea, what you should explain is why you rthink
this is important.
dub: I feel retarded for having
to explain
this
ThickAsThieves: smarter people will be no more affected
than smart people using wot
dub: they will because
they are retarded
mircea_popescu: people are so retarded
they're MORE likely
to
trust it if it's broken
ThickAsThieves: Dub, if btctalk doesnt allow
Trust
to actually be
trustworthy, people won't
trust it
dub: im using
that
thread as evidense
jurov: but only accounts registered before feb 19 get
these ripples
ThickAsThieves: you make it out
to be like
Trust as afeatrure will create more crimes and more criminals
fiat500: i
think he means where shit
tends
to happen
jurov: dub, wrong link.. unless you want
to say we have sockpuppet altcoins now
mircea_popescu: dub how
the fuck is bitcointalk "the official" anuything ?
dub: realise
that
there arethousands of fake accounts in
that one alone
ThickAsThieves: yeah all i need
to do is win
their retarded ad auction
fiat500: dub: you are pulling numbers out of your ass
though
dub: its kinda funny
that you have a problem with reality
ThickAsThieves: it's kinda funny,
the idea
that
there would be as many or more socks
than real people
dub: hes
the fuckwit running bitcointalk
fiat500: i am just
theymos in disguise
dub: someone is gamign
the ripple
thread with an automated process
jurov: yes, dub and
theymos are
the only real accts
there
dub: look at
the ripple claiming
thread if you need convincing
fiat500: scammer is
the modern with hunt
jurov: or
theymos forget
to do it
jurov: i wonder how it works
together with scammer
tag
dub: they wont,
they(mos) will continue
to be a retard
fiat500: as you can
tell where
the ratings are coming from
fiat500: one
thing about wot is it is plainly obvious if its being gamed
ThickAsThieves: maybe
they will
tighten up socking or create othe rmitigating features
fiat500: 22:21 <
ThickAsThieves> wot is just as hackable no?
dub: what we have now is
the official bitcoin website giving scammers good
trust ratings
jurov: kakobrekla, i propose
to put into
topic: Our scammers are smarter.
ThickAsThieves: even if i wanted
to accept
that (which is quite debatable)
that doesnt make btctalk
Trust a "fucking horrible idea"
dub: but
theres a much higher BTE so users are more savvy
to fake rating
mircea_popescu: consequently... who cares. another web
thing
that doesn't work.
mircea_popescu: dub i don't have a problem with it specifically because
they don't call it wot anything
dub: it will lead
to more scams, more bitcoin hate
dub: they wont check
that someones >9000
trust rating is comprised entirely of sockpuppets
dub: forum users are dumber
than wot users
ThickAsThieves: what is
the core flaw in comparison
to regular otc wot?
dub: its a fucking
terrible idea
Namworld: It's just
to leave feedback, OTC style
dub: wats
this new
trust widget on
the forum
taub: by you spamming
the channel making me pay
taub: and
that pricing seems like it could be exploited
taub: yea
that was
the keyword i was missing, html
dub: theres a bunch of log2html
type apps around