[Tips] How to cheat the system (Tbt receiving)

[Barbara]

I just want to address a few things here before people start going on C+P sprees or filling spoilers with loads of repetitive nonsense in order to earn more TBT bells. Both of these things actually go against our rules and guidelines concerning post quality, and it should definitely go without saying that plagiarizing anything is a big no no, especially as a means to exploit the system and gain TBT bells from words that aren't actually your own. People have been suspended from the forums and had their TBT bells wiped for doing things exactly like this, so please use common sense when posting. Of course it's okay to make long posts when you actually have something contributory to say and are taking part in an actual discussion, but again, copypasting articles you find on the internet or posting a nonsensical tirade in order to gain more TBT is not.

Not to be too much of a funsucker here, but we strive to make TBT an environment where most discussions (barring in certain boards like The Basement) are meaningful and substantive, and doing the things mentioned above certainly doesn't fit into this. If we notice someone doing this or see it becoming a pattern of any kind, they can expect a TBT wipe and either an infraction or ban, depending on how many times they've done it and how much ill begotten TBT bells they've banked as a result.

Thanks!

I completely j understand and agree, alright? But seriously, look at the length of your post. The irony.

 

[Alolan_Apples]

I just want to address a few things here before people start going on C+P sprees or filling spoilers with loads of repetitive nonsense in order to earn more TBT bells. Both of these things actually go against our rules and guidelines concerning post quality, and it should definitely go without saying that plagiarizing anything is a big no no, especially as a means to exploit the system and gain TBT bells from words that aren't actually your own. People have been suspended from the forums and had their TBT bells wiped for doing things exactly like this, so please use common sense when posting. Of course it's okay to make long posts when you actually have something contributory to say and are taking part in an actual discussion, but again, copypasting articles you find on the internet or posting a nonsensical tirade in order to gain more TBT is not.

Not to be too much of a funsucker here, but we strive to make TBT an environment where most discussions (barring in certain boards like The Basement) are meaningful and substantive, and doing the things mentioned above certainly doesn't fit into this. If we notice someone doing this or see it becoming a pattern of any kind, they can expect a TBT wipe and either an infraction or ban, depending on how many times they've done it and how much ill begotten TBT bells they've banked as a result.

Thanks!

I got a question. Is it possible to get a six-month ban for abusing TBT bell systems (like selling duped items for TBT or using incomplete quote tags to make TBT)? Or is that tough of a punishment only for severe offenses?

 

[Amy-chan]

is this contributing to a thread?
If you do not know what contributing is look it up a dictionary.com which is a website on the Internet.
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This is intended to be a brief, necessarily cursory and incomplete history. Much material currently exists about the Internet, covering history, technology, and usage. A trip to almost any bookstore will find shelves of material written about the Internet. 2
In this paper,3 several of us involved in the development and evolution of the Internet share our views of its origins and history. This history revolves around four distinct aspects. There is the technological evolution that began with early research on packet switching and the ARPANET (and related technologies), and where current research continues to expand the horizons of the infrastructure along several dimensions, such as scale, performance, and higher-level functionality. There is the operations and management aspect of a global and complex operational infrastructure. There is the social aspect, which resulted in a broad community of Internauts working together to create and evolve the technology. And there is the commercialization aspect, resulting in an extremely effective transition of research results into a broadly deployed and available information infrastructure.
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Holy I laughed so hard while reading this masterpiece

 

[Oblivia]

I completely j understand and agree, alright? But seriously, look at the length of your post. The irony.

You got me. I only did it for the bells.

I got a question. Is it possible to get a six-month ban for abusing TBT bell systems (like selling duped items for TBT or using incomplete quote tags to make TBT)? Or is that tough of a punishment only for severe offenses?

We take many factors into account when issuing a ban, but it's very unlikely we'd ban someone for half a year for the things mentioned above unless they were doing it repeatedly and after having been previously warned. It'd be more likely that we'd remove the TBT bells that were gained from these means and give a verbal warning, assuming it was a first time offense.

Never say never, though!