Can anyone explain what’s been going on with MoneroForum lately?

@Nebuchadnezzar_II Yes, many red flags with so called "Chinese" uers. For one Chinese people do not type like that, their level of English is shit. Many Chinese people cannot even pronounce the alphabet and in all my years travelling Asia, i have not met one native Chinese who:

• knows about xmr (red flag, really red flag...who within China's Firewall will risk even looking up XMR let alone wanting to be part of it? I know my kin...they have been whipped into submission for generations)
• cares for cryptocurrency other than being an "investment"
• has the clarity and common sense to pursue the path of freedom...i have personally met people from Hong Kong who ran away during the convid scam...native Hong Konger's who fled home to come to England. WHat i was told was that even in HK, people are very careful when it comes to activities that may land them in the CCP ironsights.

So yeah all these fantuan (wtf does that mean) and the wanq guy (wank indeed) may be shills. Many weirdo lurker breathers here.

@Nebuchadnezzar_II

@BraveSmoke To be specific—as I’ve mentioned before—I am 15 years old, and my English is quite poor. I rely on Google Translate and Firefox to read your discussions and to translate what I want to say, including this message and everything that follows. Furthermore, I am planning to earn some cryptocurrency; relying on "begging" for crypto is rarely successful and yields very little. Last month, I held a vote within my own community regarding donations, which passed with a 97% approval rate (based on 110 votes). I have also registered an account on another forum (https://monerouserforum.com/), where I’ve outlined my plan for handling future donations: using an exchange API to automatically convert contributions into Monero (XMR) and deposit them into my wallet, after which the funds will be split between myself and another developer.

@Nebuchadnezzar_II Yes, there are many red flags with so-called "Chinese" users. For one, Chinese people don't type like that—their English is absolute shit. Many Chinese people can't even pronounce the alphabet, and in all my years traveling across Asia, I’ve never met a single native Chinese person who:
knows about XMR (a red flag—a major red flag. Who, living behind China’s Great Firewall, would risk even looking up XMR, let alone getting involved with it? I know my own people... they’ve been whipped into submission for generations.)

To address your first point—which I already touched on above, so I won’t belabor why I type the way I do—let’s talk about XMR. I personally use it to purchase HRT (hormone replacement therapy) medication. In fact, XMR was the very first thing I encountered when I started exploring this space. After I first learned how to bypass the Great Firewall, I wanted to remain anonymous to protect my privacy—I’ve always detested the real-name registration system. I asked ChatGPT what the most anonymous option was, and that’s how I discovered XMR. As for the people in my country, I see them as generally quite conservative—you can see this in the prevailing homophobia and transphobia. Even so, many sexual minorities within China still strive to pursue their own freedom.

The reason I turned to ChatGPT was that I was a complete beginner at the time. Before I even managed to bypass the Great Firewall, I’d heard plenty of stories about how overseas online communities often tell people to "RTFM"—and honestly, using a search engine felt like too much of a hassle. So, I figured it was just easier to ask an AI; unlike those communities, an AI’s first instinct is to actually look up the information for you, rather than just tossing you a link and a curt "RTFM." Plus, within the Chinese-speaking community, most discussions about AI revolve specifically around ChatGPT—there’s very little talk about alternatives like Claude. On top of that, ChatGPT is easier to sign up for, and in many cases, you can even start a conversation with it without needing an account at all.