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This was a terrible idea from the start. And I've been hearing from lots of folks that the influx of "users" attracted to scammy stuff like this have been haras

This was a terrible idea from the start. And I've been hearing from lots of folks that the influx of "users" attracted to scammy stuff like this have been harassing other Keybase users via DMs. Congrats on ruining your service, Keybase.

duelingjello 7y ago
I don't know if it's "scammy," but it comes off as desperate. The "scammy" part seemed to be phony users registering to grab cash.
kstrauser 7y ago
Yeah, I got this one: https://twitter.com/kstrauser/status/1199040190980845575 https://twitter.com/kstrauser/status/1199040190980845575 I went from about 25 followers to over 50 in approximately a month, after being there more or less from the launch. Those first 25 were largely people I've personally met in real life. The rest are entirely fakey.
- twothamendment 7y ago
  Until Stellar, I've never been followed or contacted by some rando. Now if I see either from a person who only has stellar and bitcoin attached to their profile I just block them. Hopefully this Dec 10th announcement returns some peace and quiet to keybase.
JonathonW 7y ago
On the other hand, if Keybase continues to grow, network abuse (spam and harassment) is something they'd have to solve eventually anyways. This has just forced them into coming up with a solution now rather than waiting a few more years when the network's larger.
dredmorbius 7y ago
Keybase/Steller incentivised spam has also apparently been the inducement for much of the vacuous-but-annoying "great post" and "hello" comments infesting HN in recent months (per exchange with admins). So yes, it's had an effect here as well.
- yabadabadoes 7y ago
  Yeah, I think their fundamental error was making a definitive way to join a future airdrop. They should have just given coins to existing active keybase users. They would have had healthy increase in users based on regret and fear of missing out again.
dexterdog 7y ago
I received one unwanted DM which was removed when the user was deleted by keybase an hour later and I have been on keybase since the early days. I've replaced most of my slacks with it and use it as my shared drive, static web server and personal git. I don't use the wallet.

duelingjello 7y ago

I don't know if it's "scammy," but it comes off as desperate. The "scammy" part seemed to be phony users registering to grab cash.

kstrauser 7y ago

Yeah, I got this one: https://twitter.com/kstrauser/status/1199040190980845575 https://twitter.com/kstrauser/status/1199040190980845575 I went from about 25 followers to over 50 in approximately a month, after being there more or less from the launch. Those first 25 were largely people I've personally met in real life. The rest are entirely fakey.

twothamendment 7y ago
Until Stellar, I've never been followed or contacted by some rando. Now if I see either from a person who only has stellar and bitcoin attached to their profile I just block them. Hopefully this Dec 10th announcement returns some peace and quiet to keybase.

JonathonW 7y ago

On the other hand, if Keybase continues to grow, network abuse (spam and harassment) is something they'd have to solve eventually anyways. This has just forced them into coming up with a solution now rather than waiting a few more years when the network's larger.

dredmorbius 7y ago

Keybase/Steller incentivised spam has also apparently been the inducement for much of the vacuous-but-annoying "great post" and "hello" comments infesting HN in recent months (per exchange with admins). So yes, it's had an effect here as well.

yabadabadoes 7y ago
Yeah, I think their fundamental error was making a definitive way to join a future airdrop. They should have just given coins to existing active keybase users. They would have had healthy increase in users based on regret and fear of missing out again.

dexterdog 7y ago

I received one unwanted DM which was removed when the user was deleted by keybase an hour later and I have been on keybase since the early days. I've replaced most of my slacks with it and use it as my shared drive, static web server and personal git. I don't use the wallet.