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coolcoinz

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Quote from: criptix on April 14, 2017, 12:22:31 PM

You realize we are talking about bct sig campaigns?
2 people earning a 1 btc each per month could feed a village of 200 for a month in 3rd world africa.

I think it is very likely that you are not from an industry nation yourself? So even for you 1 btc per month should be more then enough to feed yourself right?

@centuries of african welfare

So you think the african colonies were paradise?
You are a trump supporter right? Cheesy

Please learn some history. Like just spend 50$ of your 1000$ sig campaign to get some education.

Let me address some of your points:
Yes, we are talking about signatures, so I have no idea where are you taking those numbers from. Earning 1 BTC a month from a campaign? That would be one hell of a campaign.
Since when is my campaign paying $1000? The maximum is 0.01 per week, that gives you a whopping 0.04 BTC per month! A whole 48 bucks at current prices.
My education... Since we're going personal, I'll tell you that they taught me how to count, which seems to be the ability you're lacking.
Also, I'm not American, but I have nothing against Trump or his supporters.

merchantofzeny

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LOL, it'll take more than a dollar a day to be called not poor. In my country that would only buy you a cup of rice and a bit of viand. And that is in the poor areas. You go to fast food and that wouldn't be enough to satiate your hunger.

$7 dollars and there, that would probably be enough for the whole day. Assuming you don't need to pay rent, water and electricity.

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Corruption does not allow to develop business in such countries. Officials are not interested in business development and as a consequence of the emergence of the middle class. For them it is always a danger of losing their influence and opportunity to take bribes.

Mometaskers

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Quote from: HabBear on April 14, 2017, 02:38:44 PM

Quote from: Mometaskers on April 14, 2017, 08:45:56 AM

I'm basically unemployed, just tending a small store which provide our daily needs. A dollar per post might help but that's not enough to be considered rich, even in this 3rd world country I live in.

If you're getting paid, you're not unemployed. I'm glad that work from tending the small store and a bit of income from this site helps you out.

I think a lot of your are missing my point.

There are nearly 2 BILLION people that live on less than a dollar a day. These are the poor in this world. The rest of us are rich. And for those of us who participate in a signature campaign, we can make more than $1 a day from this activity...therefore we are not poor by Earth standards.

Broaden your perspective on this. Rich doesn't equal yacht. Super, uber fucking rich equals yacht. We're all rich if we have steady income and enough to put a roof over our bed, clothes on our back, and food in our mouth. There's a significant portion of people in this world we all share that don't have those basic life needs.

I'm still considered poor by my country's standards. I wouldn't be even considered middle class. Guess standards do vary. They have self-reported surveys here and when I saw some of the people being interviewed on TV, I've seen people living near rail tracks that don't consider themselves "poor". My reaction was like "My God, their house look shitier than mine!".

I guess the term I'll have to use for myself now is "surviving but not yet thriving".

Quote from: coolcoinz on April 14, 2017, 11:43:40 AM

Quote from: criptix on April 14, 2017, 11:24:11 AM

If you dont know 1000$ can feed 100 people for atleast a month in 3rd world africa.

I said a village of 200 people. What's your point?
Giving the money as charity would only hurt the business owner.

My view is that you can drown money in Africa all you want. People have been doing that for centuries and the natives used to live in clay houses and run around half naked and they will continue to do so with or without the charity.

Though I don't agree with the apparent deterministic tone when you talked about Africans, I agree with you on the effect of freebies. They don't always benefit the poor and can even do harm by putting people out of business. Aside from the feeding programs, which might be essential for some, it would be better if the money would be used to encourage entrepreneurship. They can also go sneaky and try to improve institutions if that's what's causing the poverty problem. After all, most poor countries also have high levels of corruption.

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Quote from: HabBear on April 12, 2017, 10:21:16 PM

A lot of us are making nearly a dollar a post from our activity here and being involved in a signature campaign.

There are so many people living on just a dollar a day. If only those people could a participate here they could find a way out of poverty...or at least another source of income to buy food for their family.

What do you all think about that? We're all rich here...all of us.

A documentary to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtL_nsWCo7s

Watch it, then give.

First i would like to say, that even if you are in some really good Signature Campaign, you can not become rich only with that. And i don't know any place where you can live with only one dollar a day, and when i say live i mean 3 meals a day. It is true that some people earn a bit from signature campaigns, but i didn't heard of someone who lives from it. So to live a good live, one does need to be functional and productive person in community.

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Quote from: HabBear on April 14, 2017, 02:38:44 PM

Quote from: Mometaskers on April 14, 2017, 08:45:56 AM

I'm basically unemployed, just tending a small store which provide our daily needs. A dollar per post might help but that's not enough to be considered rich, even in this 3rd world country I live in.

If you're getting paid, you're not unemployed. I'm glad that work from tending the small store and a bit of income from this site helps you out.

I think a lot of your are missing my point.

There are nearly 2 BILLION people that live on less than a dollar a day. These are the poor in this world. The rest of us are rich. And for those of us who participate in a signature campaign, we can make more than $1 a day from this activity...therefore we are not poor by Earth standards.

Broaden your perspective on this. Rich doesn't equal yacht. Super, uber fucking rich equals yacht. We're all rich if we have steady income and enough to put a roof over our bed, clothes on our back, and food in our mouth. There's a significant portion of people in this world we all share that don't have those basic life needs.

I consider myself rich only with my family. I have problems above the roof, but I still have time to live with dignity, maybe even poor.

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Quote from: Mometaskers on April 14, 2017, 08:45:56 AM

I'm basically unemployed, just tending a small store which provide our daily needs. A dollar per post might help but that's not enough to be considered rich, even in this 3rd world country I live in.

If you're getting paid, you're not unemployed. I'm glad that work from tending the small store and a bit of income from this site helps you out.

I think a lot of your are missing my point.

There are nearly 2 BILLION people that live on less than a dollar a day. These are the poor in this world. The rest of us are rich. And for those of us who participate in a signature campaign, we can make more than $1 a day from this activity...therefore we are not poor by Earth standards.

Broaden your perspective on this. Rich doesn't equal yacht. Super, uber fucking rich equals yacht. We're all rich if we have steady income and enough to put a roof over our bed, clothes on our back, and food in our mouth. There's a significant portion of people in this world we all share that don't have those basic life needs.

criptix

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Quote from: coolcoinz on April 14, 2017, 11:43:40 AM

Quote from: criptix on April 14, 2017, 11:24:11 AM

If you dont know 1000$ can feed 100 people for atleast a month in 3rd world africa.

I said a village of 200 people. What's your point?
Giving the money as charity would only hurt the business owner.

My view is that you can drown money in Africa all you want. People have been doing that for centuries and the natives used to live in clay houses and run around half naked and they will continue to do so with or without the charity.

You realize we are talking about bct sig campaigns?
2 people earning a 1 btc each per month could feed a village of 200 for a month in 3rd world africa.

I think it is very likely that you are not from an industry nation yourself? So even for you 1 btc per month should be more then enough to feed yourself right?

@centuries of african welfare

So you think the african colonies were paradise?
You are a trump supporter right? Cheesy

Please learn some history. Like just spend 50$ of your 1000$ sig campaign to get some education.

coolcoinz

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Quote from: criptix on April 14, 2017, 11:24:11 AM

If you dont know 1000$ can feed 100 people for atleast a month in 3rd world africa.

I said a village of 200 people. What's your point?
Giving the money as charity would only hurt the business owner.

My view is that you can drown money in Africa all you want. People have been doing that for centuries and the natives used to live in clay houses and run around half naked and they will continue to do so with or without the charity.

criptix

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Quote from: coolcoinz on April 14, 2017, 11:18:33 AM

Signature campaigns aren't going to change life for the better or fight world poverty. It's just scraps compared to the time you're spending on doing it, that's for one, and the funds businesses spend on campaigns each month are just a drop of water in the sea. Think about it for a while and do some numbers. A typical campaign with 20 participants pays out maybe 1BTC per month. Even if that was given to some African village of 200 people, you wouldn't even be able to give each of them a dollar per day to buy food and medicine. You need millions to make a difference in there and they will probably destroy it anyway, because that's what is happening to many of the schools and hospitals that were built in Africa.

If you dont know 1000$ can feed 100 people for atleast a month in 3rd world africa.

coolcoinz

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Signature campaigns aren't going to change life for the better or fight world poverty. It's just scraps compared to the time you're spending on doing it, that's for one, and the funds businesses spend on campaigns each month are just a drop of water in the sea. Think about it for a while and do some numbers. A typical campaign with 20 participants pays out maybe 1BTC per month. Even if that was given to some African village of 200 people, you wouldn't even be able to give each of them a dollar per day to buy food and medicine. You need millions to make a difference in there and they will probably destroy it anyway, because that's what is happening to many of the schools and hospitals that were built in Africa.

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Quote from: HabBear on April 12, 2017, 10:21:16 PM

A lot of us are making nearly a dollar a post from our activity here and being involved in a signature campaign.

There are so many people living on just a dollar a day. If only those people could a participate here they could find a way out of poverty...or at least another source of income to buy food for their family.

What do you all think about that? We're all rich here...all of us.

A documentary to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtL_nsWCo7s

Watch it, then give.

First of all, in my opinion it doesnt make sense, because signature campaining shouldnt be a job that you can rely on, there are many possibilities where you can't be able to continue that.
You should remember that people living for dollar a day are usually inhabitants of the area where you dont have internet, or sometimes even electricity.
So how could anyone there afford you pay electricity+internet bills, and sit infront of the computer to make posts in english, a language they probably dont know so well?
Also, the knowledge about bitcoin is required to post here, making non-constructive posts will make you banned for signature campainings.

There are thousands reasons I could give more, but that just doesnt make sense for people like that, I would be in a search of more attractive ways to eliminate poverty among society.

Mometaskers

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It seems what I'm earning per post is currently less than a dollar. Grin

And even with that, I don't consider my self rich. I'm basically unemployed, just tending a small store which provide our daily needs. A dollar per post might help but that's not enough to be considered rich, even in this 3rd world country I live in.

Maybe when I actually have enough for alt trading and for keeping some fiat in the exchange in preparation for buying during plunges. That's what I liked about being in this forum. I got to read and learn about bitcoin and when I finally became eligible, I was able to join a campaign. At least the money I get is enough to pay for my internet connection and the occasional dine out. Cheesy

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I am currently making $12 a week with signature campaign and am sure i will consider that being rich, Bill Gates and Zuckerberg are the rich people, I am using the signature campaign to support the little i earn from working.

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Quote from: HabBear on April 12, 2017, 10:21:16 PM

What do you all think about that? We're all rich here...all of us.

You are not rich because you wear signature, only thing you have is extra dollar from it.

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Quote from: HabBear on April 12, 2017, 10:21:16 PM

A lot of us are making nearly a dollar a post from our activity here and being involved in a signature campaign.

There are so many people living on just a dollar a day. If only those people could a participate here they could find a way out of poverty...or at least another source of income to buy food for their family.

What do you all think about that? We're all rich here...all of us.

A documentary to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtL_nsWCo7s

Watch it, then give.

Notably the cost of living in those countries is a lot lower, so the money would mean more to them as well, especially with the non-inflationary Bitcoin instead of very unstable fiat currencies.

Unfortunately, signature campaigns are only useful if they have an audience. If it's a load of people posting without wanting to spend money, they won't gain money, which would make signature campaigns pointless.

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Wow, big response from people, nice! I was beginning to worry that nobody cared.

To this comment below, if the signature campaign is the difference between you living off $1 a day or living off nothing, then you are the exception, you are poor. BUT, clearly you have a computer or a mobile phone, you have access to the internet, I suspect you may not be as poor as you let on. That said, anyone with a library access can do what we do...so the homeless can become part of these campaigns.

Quote from: dawnasor on April 13, 2017, 04:24:25 AM

Quote from: HabBear on April 12, 2017, 10:21:16 PM

What do you all think about that? We're all rich here...all of us.

I dont think so.
Even we earn 1$ a day on signature campaign we cannot say that we are rich.
What if the signature campaign will closed or finished?

popcorn1

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Quote from: HabBear on April 12, 2017, 10:21:16 PM

A lot of us are making nearly a dollar a post from our activity here and being involved in a signature campaign.

There are so many people living on just a dollar a day. If only those people could a participate here they could find a way out of poverty...or at least another source of income to buy food for their family.

What do you all think about that? We're all rich here...all of us.

A documentary to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtL_nsWCo7s

Watch it, then give.

You mean to say you been posting for money?..
Religious people always wanting money Cheesy

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I TALK FOR FREE..

Funny i was thinking as i fed my dog food just think my dog as a better life than some people do..

Then i watched this guy sailing down the 1000 islands on his YACHT with his dog looking out on the
YACHT at the 1000 islands
and i thought mind you that dog has a better life than me Cheesy

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BIG YACHT ..I was jealous of the dog Cheesy

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Quote from: FlamingFingers on April 13, 2017, 05:47:06 PM

Seriously, OP? Even if they joined this forum, and even if they joined a signature campaign (presuming that they know English, and they have a computer with an internet connection...),

Do you think there's no internet in Pakistan or Indonesia? I've seen so many Indonesian spammers in here and they don't even hide the fact they're using google translators.

Quote from: FlamingFingers on April 13, 2017, 05:47:06 PM

where are they going to spend that BTC equaling USD$1?! Poor people won't gain any significant outcome from joining a bitcoin forum (or even earning bitcoin).

They are going to exchange it to their own currency and then run to a grocery store. That's not as difficult as you might think.

Quote from: FlightyPouch on April 13, 2017, 05:57:19 PM

They earn dollar a day which is really ridiculous, you need atleast $3 to get the nutrtion you need everyday, and the big problem is they are splitting these dollar into eight, or three, or five depending on how many are them in the their family.

Not if a loaf of bread costs only 10c. Prices aren't the same around the world. In Sweden it might cost you $2 to buy bread, but in Ukraine it's only 50c.

Quote from: FlightyPouch on April 13, 2017, 05:57:19 PM

But, can they really use a computer? I guess they can't, their tool for earning is the tool they use for farming. I'm still lucky to earn something here, we all are, we must be happy to have these.

Lol really? You think all poor people are farmers? You should visit India, where people work in branches of big IT companies for a few bucks a day.

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Quote from: criptix on April 13, 2017, 06:27:40 PM

Its 2017 people.
3rd worlders are participating in sig campaigns all over this forum.
Through bots (if they are sophisticated enough) or with the help of an online translator.

I think it is very likely that atleast thousands of people (and their families) are living from bct sig campaigns.

Well we can say that. But these people can't even afford their electric bill, they can't afford their children to go to school, they can't even afford a good dress, how much more if they will be having an internet connection. They can't even buy a phone. You need to consider that many other people here in the world are not born to post on a forum and get paid for their posts, some are born, to touch people's heart and make them realize how are they doing for their life.

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