Dont know exactly but can be that you maybe got the same problem as here https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/5185059.0

Except for the fact that I wasn't giving away some new fancy shitty altcoin. My giveaway was in well-established altcoin which is currently having market cap of 318M. I know people abuse giveaways through their newly created tokens but giveaway in listed top 50 cryptocurrency is as good as bitcoin giveaway.
Also if people are allowed to giveaway physical coins and even Lamborghini in games and round section, what harm dogecoin is doing to attract 30 days ban.

You're literally answered your own question in the first sentence.

That doesn't matter, it's not allowed for any coin other than Bitcoin.

Mods don't check all threads. If you think any of those topics violate forum rules, click "Report to moderator" and explain why it should be deleted.

I know there is not a single word about marketcap in rules. But I was just implying that it's a kind of dumb to cover all altcoins in this definition when real abuse was due to giveaways launched by ICO coins.


Giveaway is pretty common in Games and Round section. I'm not the first one to create giveaway thread.



So you saying, my one page thread contained more insubstantial posts than this 78 pages holy thread: https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/5138787.0 !! Just because he is giving away money in Bitcoin, he should be allowed to create the thread containing 1550 insubstantial posts and counting?
I was giving away in dogecoin (a coin having market value just like Bitcoin), not some shitty self-created ICO/Airdrop coin.

I still think 30 days ban is kinda harsh on me. I know I broke rule due to the complexity of rules but 7 or 14 days would been a more appropriate in my case. I have thread to maintain, since I can't reply to people's queries anymore on forum it's lose-lose for both me and forum members having genuine concerns.

I think you have a point there, but how do you suggest to implement this? I do suggest you create a topic in Meta after your ban to discuss changing this rule. Don't create that topic now, it'll be ban-evasion and get you permanently banned.
The only way I can think of to stop abuse while allowing on-forum altcoin giveaways would be if there's a minimum dollar-equavalent value per post. Say $0.50 minimum on average. That stops giveaways where each post pays for instance 1 Doge, and it could also stop the "post 5000 different numbers to win 5 times $50 in Bitcoin" spam threads.
But I highly doubt theymos would want to control amounts given this way, and without clear restrictions altcoin-giveaways can't be allowed without being abused.

You could consider updating your topic title from "Why am I banned?" to for instance "I think my ban is harsh: can it be reduced from 30 to 7 days?".

Suggestion taken.
And I completely agree with your unquoted text.


Yes, I am!


I think you don't know the meaning of 'obligation' and 'not mandatory'.
Earlier signature campaigns used to have the condition of posting in ANN but since theymos banned it, managers started adding line like this:
"we will appreciate participants to post in ANN"
There's nothing wrong with it unless you manipulating users to write biased posts. In my case, users were free to write whatever they deemed fit and most of them did post constructive criticism.

I was the one who issued the ban - 30 days to the OP and 14 days to each participant. I have a zero tolerance policy for people running or participating in altcoin giveaways. Unless it's an edge case where the definition might or might not cover it, a new rule or a new broader interpretation of an existing rule, I issue 30 day bans (on the first offense, that is) to anyone who either creates or sponsors the creation of on-forum altcoin giveaways. Unless theymos explicitly modifies the "no altcoin giveaways" rule to exempt certain altcoins, I will continue to ban people at the same severity level as for any other coin or token.

Ban duration reduction appeal denied. You're free to appeal it to the head admin, theymos, but that's my final decision.