I know this is crazy, but I figure that I would at least put it out there....maybe these projects could not offer bounties for posting in their ANN threads.

Am I missing something? You can't do any sort of giveaway for any altcoin on bitcointalk? Or just in an ANN thread?

As highlighted by Moderator that's the rule .. Any Bounty offered for posting on ANN is considered as Giveaway which is not allowed in an sections.

It is not allowed as long as the bounty is something other than bitcoin. If you are offering bitcoin as a bounty then your thread will belong in games and rounds.

I think moderator has right to Lock without notice .. else imagine they keep giving notice to every-other project and so many projects come up each week. Project teams need to do due diligence to abide the rules

Bounties is very broad term which includes certain activities and tasks which you undertake like Facebook Like/Share/Comment, Twitter Like/Retweet, Blogs, youtube, Articles, Signature Campaign on Bitcointalk etc.
Excluding Signature campaign all others are external activities which are not undertaken on bitcointalk thread and thus help in controlling the quantum of posts and messages (SPAM) under each thread. 
That's why comment on ANN or specific thread in not considered as bounty as per rules because it will increase spam and unnecessary or unrelated post. Moreover the use of Bounty is to increase awareness regarding certain projects for general masses so the comments on ANN thread doesn't really help in doing so as it might be flooded with fake post which might create a good/bad reputation for that project.

I think we should extend this rule to all alt coin campaigns as well and ban any that don't pay out in bitcoin. Paying people to post whatever crap they like without any checks is far worse and it effects the whole forum not just the shitcoin section.


Posting in a thread is hardly a bounty. It's not only breaking the alt coin giveaway rule but they're also evading the one bump per 24 hours rule.

The original rule applied for the altcoin section, where you were not allowed to make giveaways in altcoins. Since they are in the marketplace section, it is qualified as a micro-job. Moreover, no address is posted in the thread, and there is no pay stated at the advance. This is just like corruption, it needs a defined amount for a defined service.

No as this is an application for applying for a signature campaign while only giveaways requesting these details are not allowed. People only posting their addresses for free cash. Applications are not banned.

I also want to ask if it is allowed to submit the links to facebook and twitter retweets on the Bounty threads.
I think it should not come under "no on-forum altcoin" giveways rule, because it is people confirming their proof of work, I am right ?