Topic: After Joining as a beginner what keeps you going on this forum? - page 2. (Read 350 times)

There are a few things that make me visit daily: The wealth of expertise here.  So many members with extensive crypto insights that far exceed my comprehension.  also, BitcoinTalk is like a massive cryptocurrency news aggregator.  I stay continually updated on the latest developments in the industry.  Between the knowledgeable community and comprehensive content, BitcoinTalk offers an unparalleled crypto resource.

I believe that every member that didn't have crypto knowledge before joining this forum, felt out of place in the first few months, the biggest challenge that I had was that there is too many terminologies in Bitcoin and the crypto space in general. If a newbie is focused on genuinely learning with the aim of gaining crypto knowledge in the forum, then it'll be easier to cope in the forum.

One of the reasons why newbies gets frustrated in the forum is because most of them heard that members earn in the forum, and it's getting merit that'll rank them up to be eligible to be in signature campaigns to also earn. They join and despite their posts that they think is quality, merits don't start to pump as expected, they'll want to give up, my advice to them is to focus on learning in the forum to increase their knowledge for free, merit will come eventually.

There is little financial stimulation as to why we can survive for a long time on the forum and if we are not hypocritical it will be difficult to consistently be on the forum without making money. As long as we don't blame the applicable regulations then I don't think this is a big problem because everyone needs money. This applies to almost all forum users and there are many other benefits that we can achieve by being on the forum with consistency. The point is to do something we like and enjoy every process so that we will get the benefits.

If you want to progress while on the forum, the concrete step you need to take is reading because by reading we will become more knowledgeable and gain a lot of knowledge. So it will be easier to interact with each other, because there is a lot of discussion material where we can exchange opinions, especially since the forum is a discussion, so insight into the material we will discuss is really needed.

Hunger for crypto knowledge as you so put it is not supposed to be an afterthought or something you decide to do after creating a bitcointalk account. If learning about cryptocurrencies wasn’t your motivation for joining the forum to begin with, then you will have difficulty finding reasons to stay. The forum has a variety of topics and broad discussions, post wherever you have an interest in. You may discover you’re mostly interested in topics in a particular board than you’re in others.

The beginning is always difficult but sometimes we don't have to look back when the road is difficult but we have to try to conquer that difficult road. We should always have a positive mindset as I joined this forum as a newbie and I don't know the forum rules or other things well thinking that if I get lost from the forum then I lose one of the challenges.  Never be defeated by a challenge and have to plan at the time. If others can, why can't I be there? Imagine your place where there are older members of the forum who once had your opinion and they hold on and patiently stay in the forum but they have reached such a stage in the forum. You also have to keep in mind that one day you too will reach that position in the forum like that person. If you can think like this then something good can be achieved from this forum.

Yes I agree, I also used to have the principle that knowledge is lightly carried anywhere in the head of each person, bitcointalk forum in my opinion is a forum that is an easy place to understand, if described, you can choose according to your wishes, abilities and levels of each person are different in understanding. I was interested in the forum because I wanted to have insights that were then taboo and raw in my ears, it was my guess that crypto would become a necessity of life because of the age of digitalisation for me investing in any project could be an added value even if it was free. I am grateful to at least understand the basics, how it works and know between chains which makes it very easy . And the rest I am interested in what is happening in social, environmental both fud, fomo and ongoing events. Forum for me is the best tool. Because most of the contributors here are very insightful and know the source of the truth that each person is talking about (rank up). many goals and motivations of each person and even so bitcointalk is my favourite forum.

Even though I am no longer a newbie but what makes me continue what I do in this forum is I can share what I have learned and also learned new things that I haven't learned yet. This forum also have discussions about latest news and drama for example which I have enjoyed very much when I read it. Aside from that, I am also earning money from campaigns as you can see in my signature space and avatar. The main point is that I can still continue joining discussions like this and helping newbies here in the forum.

Joining this platform gave me a reason to continue with Crypto because I have got a lot of knowledge and information coupled with skills and experience since I identified with this platform. To be frank I gained insight into crypto by reading threads, topics and other important post that members pasted here. Tips on how to go about your activities here, Crypto projects and other engagements as it concerns blockchain technology.
The major thing I love most here is the fact that members are always open to sharing ideas and opinions with one another which is very much educative and entertaining to all who cares to read it.

Soon it will be 9 years since I joined Bitcointalk, so, it's good question what keeps me here. First I think that now spend here much less time than in early years. It's not that I check most boards here daily like I used to do. Simply don't have that much time because of real life stuff, but also probably got a bit bored with crypto.
What keeps me is probably that habbit that I made in all these years to check forum at least few times a day. Now it would be difficult to get rid of such habbit, something similar like quit smoking .
Also, what a l like here is community and projects, initiatives made by them. This is one of things that I like about Bitcointalk most. And another thing which is also factor - money, it would be stupid to lie.

I will not be hypocrite here, i'd start here because of the earning i can accumulate especially i'm just a student when i started here, but time passes by it gives me more knowledge financially, technically and almost everything lol. So, how come i will not keep going if i can earn the same time i can share knowledge and learn as well. It's just a matter of time, dedication and patience.

What keeps me going in this forum is that I am playing my role to make bitcoin achieve its going. I am like a tiny piece of the whole. The first time I heard about the HODL, it was from a news source and they said it originated from this forum.

There are countless times that this topics, comments or discussions from this forum has been featured in major online websites like Forbes, bitcoin.com, and others and even on TV. This is what keeps me going knowing that I am a piece of the whole that is contributing positive to the growth and adoption of bitcoin worldwide regardless of how small it is. Therefore, I'll keep going.

Two instances -

• 1. HODL

• 2. Pizza for bitcoins?

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after learning about this forum from my friend, i started to find out various things about this forum and then started registering and starting to read the various rules in it. at first it was quite difficult for me to understand how this forum works and what the rules are in it, but after asking my friend and he told me as much as he could, i started to understand what i needed to do in this forum and started to be interested in being able to discuss it in it.

to be honest, after being more involved in this forum and coupled with my luck in finding a signature campaign, i started to become more interested in discussing on this forum and that made me even more enthusiastic. this forum is not only a place for me to discuss and find various topics to increase my knowledge, but it can also provide me with additional income which is very useful for me, and i am grateful for that.

The ability to work and earn few satoshis if I rank up was the number one thing that keep me motivated, and secondly I was able to learn along the way because I was privelage to have some spear cash then to buy few bitcoin and as that becomes my reality I became interested in discussions as related and regards to bitcoin since I already have some good amount of my savings in bitcoin and at risk of losing if I lack knowledge.


So that becomes very important point for me because I always running after the knowledge and experience of others who I engage in discussions with here in the forum.

Wow, your experience is motivating seen the level you have gotten to now, and knowing fully well you struggled at first, this will give me an extra motivation that will keep me going and hoping someday I will have the knowledge you have now about crypto, and maybe the level you are too, thanks sir.

Why do you or a beginner join a forum will decide what you or that beginner do next.

If joining to learn knowledge about Bitcoin, this forum will be very insightful and you will addict it because it's helpful for your learning.

If participating in this forum to earn money, it can cause disappointment if you feel no chance to earn money here by reasons like forum rank stucks, can not get merit to rank up and other reasons.

Merits shouldn't be a booster to you as a newbie, and don't prioritize your aim of being in the bitcointalk forum just on chasing merits.
If I may ask, why do you need the merit? Because if I can remember, the platform is prioritized on discussing bitcoin matters. So I hope you don't stay tuned here on competitive matters of how you would rank above other forum users?
Since the forum has been an open and transparent platform by which we can at some points have access to look at other users profiles,  I guess you must have come across beginners offering prospective contributions that even higher rank users never thought about which is highily rated useful to the users in need of the informations that covers the newbie or beginners posts.

That's basically what keep beginners going and as the case may be generalized, that's what keep forum users going while in the forum.
Contributing meaningful in the forum is a credit and a pride for the entire forum. You can attest to scale how useful you're to the forum by either compliments and contents of replies by other users in the same passage of threads with you.
Literally your constructive meaningful posts as that would could as well attract you merits and that usually comes at your unaware.

Message to the beginners: Dear newbies and beginners find tangible reasons to stay positive and reliable while in the forum hence this platform is prioritized on bitcoin discussions while others attached are just exemptional.
Think about if you can gather the whole merits in the forum while you're not doing well with your bitcoin investment which is primarily why we're all here.

I never found any difficulties with that because my aim was clear, I needed to learn as much as I could about this industry which kept me interested and intrigued at all times as a newbie.


Why would one feel like giving up? Are you on a mission here? You shouldn't be chasing merits or ranks if your aim behind joining the forum isn't earning money, and if that is your aim, you don't need to twist the words and say it clearly, and that should be enough motivation for you.


See? You are contradicting yourself. First, you said sometimes you feel like giving up because your posts aren't getting merits, and then you are saying hunger for knowledge keeps you going. Why would getting no merits make you feel like giving up when you are here to feed your hunger for knowledge?


Let me tell you, if you are interested in growing in this space/forum, don't worry too much about merits because that will cloud your thoughts. Focus on learning, the more you learn, the better your posts will be, and the better your posts will be, the more merits you will get.

A newbie who is interested in crypto knowledge will not be discouraged if after a while they are not able to get merit because their focus is mainly on the knowledge they can get on crypto if they consistently keep coming to the forum. If you are a beginner who was introduced to the forum as a way to make money, you will easily be discouraged from continuing if you are unable to get merits to grow your account. If it is also a newbie who is interested in learning about crypto but the drive to learn about crypto is not sustainable, the newbie can lose interest in learning. As a newbie who plans to keep going in this forum, you need to develop a sustainable interest in crypto knowledge.

Newbies get frustrated when their posts are not getting merits. I think this frustration stems from a place of ignorance because for some reason newbies believe that every post they make should have merits which is totally wrong btw. Even older members do not get merits for every single one of the their posts.

This causes them to create topics about technical discussion or guides in order to seem knowledgeable when in fact they are still struggling with the basics of cryptocurrency. So 6 out of 10 newbies plagiarize or use AI just to make “good” posts.

Everyone wants something in this forum. Let’s be honest, the bigger picture for most newbies is to rank up and join signature campaigns, many of them were introduced to the forum as a means to earn money so their perception of Bitcointalk is misguided and they end up making mistakes that may cost them their account.

Everyone that is new to the crypto space have experienced something like this, as a beginner you don't have to get tired of what you want to learn because it will help you in future. The crypto space is so large to the extent that it can contain the whole 8.1 billion people in the the world. Planning to achieve the bigger pictures from the crypto space is good but you need a solid knowledge of Bitcoin (crypto) before you can achieve that. That's the reason why you don't have to be tired of learning, even though you are getting it difficult to understand, there are other crypto beginners that have been scammed before now (more than 1 time) but they are still inspired to learn more about Bitcoin (crypto currency) because they believed that if they understand they can be able to recover all their losses.