Advantages of Bitcointalk over social media

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Quote from: NotATether on October 17, 2024, 12:57:44 AM

Wrong

Facebook existed since 2003 or something if I recall correctly. And there was also MySpace. And AIM!

Thanks for correcting me and it wasn't 2003 but Feb of 2004. I also forgot Orkut was much popular platform before Facebook and after Facebook was launched Orkut lost its charm and got closed.

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Quote from: pakhitheboss on June 27, 2024, 08:08:31 AM

Bitcointalk started before social media came into existence.

Wrong

Facebook existed since 2003 or something if I recall correctly. And there was also MySpace. And AIM!

Generally speaking though, most forums have outlived several of the social media sites which we hear about now. Most were created in the 2010s, whereas most forums were made in the 2000s or even the 90s.

Back then it was much easier to make a forum with say phpBB or SMF or the like than it was to roll your own social platform from scratch. Besides, most people were not interested in doing that, as smartphones had not been invented yet.

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Theirs thing's we misunderstood in the forum towards reputation, when you say reputation to members, you're talking about the users that have legacy in forum and can be trusted, reputation doesn't been determined by how long you have stayed in the community of bitcointalk, someone who registered in bitcoin two days ago maybe brilliant about ore
bitcoin than someone who has been in bitcointalk for long time, so someone knowing about bitcoin more than someone who doesn't know much about bitcoin, its doesn't mean that the one that knows bitcoin better is more reputable than the one who has been in the community for years but not brilliant enough to know the secrets behind technologies of bitcoin

Reputation is all about your legacy you showcase to people who is in same environment or community with you. Other points you reference or compare bitcointalk.org with other social media's is cool with me, but on the reputation aspects, I think their's some little misconceptions there.

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The two are not the same and don't fall under the same category.
While social media might be somewhere you go to meet new people, do business and have fun,
The forum is mainly an educational space and don't give much room for fun. Most of the things that goes on here are strictly business related and Bitcointalkforum sure did take it with lots of seriousness.
This becomes of some real advantage as, it’s highly monitored for contents and works within a set of rules as well as, the many benefits already outlined in the OP.

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Quote from: l99l on October 15, 2024, 12:11:01 PM

I respect people who don't use social media more, I don't know why, even though I don't think about it.
The blessings you can find on the Bitcointalk forum are not even comparable to those on social media, in my opinion.
The information here is great blessings, the ones on social media are platforms full of pollution and bots and nonsensical redirects, so I'm not interested in social media either.

We’re generally in a different era people think differently about social media and I always disagree, social media is not beneficial in terms of learning but I’m also interested in social apps for fun activities nothing much as a means of education etc. Bitcointalk forum can’t be compared with social media mostly in terms of written words, learning, even if we claim to prove some certain points about social media not all are true and it also depends on the kind of activities you view while making use of different social apps. My point of view concerning social pollutions is the kind of freedom displayed meanwhile this forum works differently, the forum was never created for entertainment views that’s why it’s more suitable for everyone.

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Quote from: Peanutswar on July 02, 2024, 05:24:44 AM

This forum consists of different information related to crypto and of course the bitcoin itself, you can easily ask a question related to crypto and people answer with the prior facts and opinions we can discuss here with the information we've seen and share so we can identify which is the truth, these days tons of information we can search in the internet and its quite hassle to me personally which one is reliable so if there's other created a thread already its more easier to us to confirm the information if no one else created yet we are freely to create a new topic to discuss.

Bitcointalk is a source of legit and reliable information, while this social media is full of unreliable information that will mislead you if you don't take some time researching and studying about the facts. However, this social media is also advantageous if you use it in a positive way, but mostly it's only a place of scams and misleading information from unreliable sources.

Both social media and this forum has their cons and pros. Even if I base my judgement on your reply, you will still notice some kind of inconsistency. For instance;

Are there no people that misinform others here?
Are there no scammers here?

It all boils down on we knowing what we want, going for it and improving ourselves. But in all, forum is like a certain community with a limited and defined purposes while social media is broader with wider purposes.

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Quote from: l99l on October 15, 2024, 12:11:01 PM

I respect people who don't use social media more, I don't know why, even though I don't think about it.
The blessings you can find on the Bitcointalk forum are not even comparable to those on social media, in my opinion.
The information here is great blessings, the ones on social media are platforms full of pollution and bots and nonsensical redirects, so I'm not interested in social media either.

The problem is that not a lot of people think like us. Social media is full of visual illusions, and people like that. This forum doesn't have many visualizations; we are more into texts, which is considered traditional by most people these days, unfortunately. They don't know what they are missing out on though, regardless, it is tough to convince people that this forum is instrumental, especially those who are very much into social media platforms.

I have often heard such people saying that they get bored surfing around such forums, which is why they don't like it. Some would even say they get a headache after some time reading all the texts and barely having any visuals to see because they are used to watching videos and images while scrolling down through their Facebook and Instagram feeds.

From where I see it, we could be the first and last generation having interests in things such as this forum. People might like, adopt, and use Bitcoin in the future, but they will barely care about the forum where it all began because for them, it won't be anything more than an investment asset to be used for earning purposes.

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Quote from: mindrust on June 27, 2024, 10:39:56 AM

I don’t use any social media at all. People say this forum is a spamfest but they probably haven’t seen twitter. Twitter is almost 90% bot fest. I read posts in twitter because people share twitter links a lot. I don’t post anything on twitter and I don’t read anything there in my free time. I deleted my facebook long time ago and never used Instagram. The forum used to be a better place of course but it is still far better than any social media crap out there.

I respect people who don't use social media more, I don't know why, even though I don't think about it.
The blessings you can find on the Bitcointalk forum are not even comparable to those on social media, in my opinion.
The information here is great blessings, the ones on social media are platforms full of pollution and bots and nonsensical redirects, so I'm not interested in social media either.

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Bitcointalk is not social media rather place more better than social media which every learned person would like to involved themselves with, I can see the usefulness of this forum over social media although there are other benefits which they offers as well but here is more for a normal people instead of a usual reckless people on social media. Since I found myself here i make it hard to come on other social media even if I does I don't waste my previous time over there instead i would come back here to continue reading and also involving myself in some of the discussion which I think I can.

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Quote from: TheUltraElite on July 10, 2024, 06:33:31 AM

Bitcointalk is also full of scams spam and whatnot. Sometimes going to the excessive misinformation from rotten brains because there is little involvement from the administration to prevent it beyond spam, because scams are not moderated. On social media, reports usually get solved quickly, but are also sloppy at times.

I think the forum is pretty well-moderated if we consider the fact that there are limited mods and we don't have algorithms filtering words and stuff and restricting scams and related stuff because social media platforms mostly work on algorithms, some reports might be handled by humans if they are manually reported but that isn't always the case and this is the reason why scammers and advertisers of shady businesses always find a way to escape or bypass those algorithms and automated systems and still somehow manage to promote their products and services.

Quote from: TheUltraElite on July 10, 2024, 06:33:31 AM

I would say that no place is 100% clean, this needs maturity and reasoning from the side of the viewer.

You are right about this, people need to have a brain when it comes to scams and frauds because they can't be saved by moderators or filters or algorithms all the time and will need to have some general knowledge and understanding about these things and about what can and cannot be true and right.

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Quote from: Finestream on July 09, 2024, 06:46:12 PM

Bitcointalk is a source of legit and reliable information, while this social media is full of unreliable information that will mislead you if you don't take some time researching and studying about the facts. However, this social media is also advantageous if you use it in a positive way, but mostly it's only a place of scams and misleading information from unreliable sources.

I would disagree to this.

Bitcointalk is also full of scams spam and whatnot. Sometimes going to the excessive misinformation from rotten brains because there is little involvement from the administration to prevent it beyond spam, because scams are not moderated. On social media, reports usually get solved quickly, but are also sloppy at times.

I would say that no place is 100% clean, this needs maturity and reasoning from the side of the viewer.

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Quote from: Peanutswar on July 02, 2024, 05:24:44 AM

This forum consists of different information related to crypto and of course the bitcoin itself, you can easily ask a question related to crypto and people answer with the prior facts and opinions we can discuss here with the information we've seen and share so we can identify which is the truth, these days tons of information we can search in the internet and its quite hassle to me personally which one is reliable so if there's other created a thread already its more easier to us to confirm the information if no one else created yet we are freely to create a new topic to discuss.

Bitcointalk is a source of legit and reliable information, while this social media is full of unreliable information that will mislead you if you don't take some time researching and studying about the facts. However, this social media is also advantageous if you use it in a positive way, but mostly it's only a place of scams and misleading information from unreliable sources.

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Quote from: Davidvictorson on June 26, 2024, 03:15:28 PM

What are like more about bitcointalk forum when compared to other social media platforms is that it is a place to clear any misinformation and disinformation. Whenever I read about some crypto news, I usually come back here to fact check. I check the accuracy from the comments of most users which helps me to identify what information is a false narrative, a conspiracy theory, or the real information. I do not even need any other source to verify any information because the users here would have verified the credibility of the information sources.

Bitcointalk forum is social media forum certified to produce authenticated informations and providing educative measures across its audiences. Users here can always be confided with benefits of clarities at where one feels doubts or trying to o pave a way at your own quest and definitely with the quality of reputations this forum has attained, the forum is worth better to be google world of its own because informations spread here are legit and any misguiding once are tackled a d trashed. While the outside social medias are more of entertainment and spreading of invalid informations which could be false as well.
That is the uniqueness between the bitcointalk forum and the outside social media.

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Quote from: CryptopreneurBrainboss on July 07, 2024, 06:15:30 PM

Social media is all about the clicks and engagement (as the saying goes, do anything for the engagement).

Definitely true. Social networks, I would add, also talk more about likes and subscribers. Many people know those joyful moments when the number of subscribers and likes on your channel increases. People simply go crazy to please their vanity. Being a celebrity with no restrictions on privacy and showing your life without curtains is a completely distant topic compared to this forum. Therefore, comparing this forum to any other social network is absolutely incomparable.

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But come to think of it, is there any need for a comparison and how helpful is the post going to be to users that reads it. Anybody here already has a reason why they're here and just few minutes of participating in the forum either through reading or writing, you'll already know the forum is different from other social platforms out there. You shouldn't be comparing a forum to social media but a forum to a forum. The discussion here are more about educating and informing the audience but on social media you get more of entertaining discussion than educating. In fact if you don't share the educating messages in an entertaining manner you mightn't have any engagement. Social media is all about the clicks and engagement (as the saying goes, do anything for the engagement).

Bitcointalk is also a social media as a forum is a form of social media too that's why I said the comparison isn't making any sense to me. There's more value on Bitcointalk than on other social media or forum and all this is because of the thoughtful members here that put quality over any other things and new recruits are having to accept this belief or go elsewhere.

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Quote from: tread93 on July 06, 2024, 01:01:19 PM

Quote from: Floxynice on June 26, 2024, 01:18:38 PM

INTRODUCTION:

I was introduced to this platform few weeks ago. The graphics of this place wasn't pleasant to me. I honestly was struggling to get acquainted to this place until I discovered how important (unique) bitcointalk is and the level of information it carries. One of the game changers for me was when I read a thread made by Satoshi himself in this forum, I knew I was at the right place. And again BlackHatCoiner dropped me my first merits (4), this actually did hit me differently, throughout that day, I was joyous.
I decided to make this article to outline ways in which bitcointalk is better than social media in sourcing for information about bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Please I will need your feedback incase of any misinformation.

1. USERS REPUTATION:
In bitcointalk, users build reputation overtime where the most reputable users are those with years of experience who participate actively in the forum. These reputable users are most likely to give accurate information about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as a whole.
WHILE;
In social media, reputation is often determined by the numbers of subscriptions or likes, which can be misrepresented as these subscriptions and likes can be manipulated using bots.

2. ORIGINALITY OF RESOURCES:
In bitcointalk, you will read from the original resources and catch the fun in it, such as I AM HODLING. Also read from the Ann threads of the projects themselves e.g Ethereum thread.
WHILE;
In social media, such originality is often not available.

3. CHECK AGAINST SPAM:
In bitcointalk, there are moderators who check for spam posts, such posts are often deleted. This responsibility is not left for the moderators alone as other community members also show interest in reporting spam to the moderators. This keeps the community clean and sane as much as possible.
WHILE;
In social media, spam is rampant because of less moderation and this posses difficulty in filtering posts by quality.

4. COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE:
In bitcointalk, even as a newbie, you will have the chances of getting help from even the most experienced users who could be developers or miners. You can continue to get this help if you remain active and you can even send a direct pm.
WHILE;
In social media, getting direct help for technical problems is always a problem and most times no one is willing to give a solution without requesting for some bucks.

5. EXCELLENT ARRANGEMENT:
In bitcointalk, topics are often arranged perfectly into dedicated boards, sub-boards and threads. Topics which are posted to inappropriate boards or threads are often moved to the appropriate board. This arrangement enhances research and focused reading/learning.
WHILE;
In most social media, there are no such arrangements as there are often general discussions with no dedicated thread for a particular topic.

6. ROBUST ARCHIVES:
This forum has a large data of past threads and posts which dates back to the early days of bitcoin. These archives could be referenced for research purposes.
WHILE;
This is not available in social media. Most social media even references the forum.

CONCLUSION:
This is a great forum for getting information about bitcoin and cryptocurrency. I am glad to have been introduced in this forum and I do wish that one day I can become established, knowledgeable and reputable here to contribute immensely here.
Thank you all for reading.

Congratulations to me! I'm now a junior member.

I love to see posts like this. Thanks for this break down I think its really nice to see folks who appreciate this forum, especially a newcomer like yourself. I gave you a few merits to help bump up your rank Tongue

I hope that you continue to post and contribute to the forum in a positive way. As you grow and develop I hope that you always keep an open mind to new innovation and post about it! Good luck!

Thanks so much, I truly appreciate. This is coming when I least expected it, I am glad we have people like you here who encourage newcomers like us to put in our best. As long as I remain in this forum, learning and acquiring new knowledge, I will continue to post and contribute to the forum in a positive way.

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The main difference I see while comparing this forum to regular social media platforms is that with this forum, you get information that's related to Bitcoin and other areas that touch on finance only, and because of how it's being regulated such that random posts don't just fly in and out, it's a better option to consider while sourcing for any information about the decentralized system.

In the same way, we have boards and sub-boards and even local boards on the forum, the regular social media also have groups and pages where crypto discussions also go on and if you're lucky enough to join the right group that's being controlled by the right admin, you might see something close to what we have here. The difference that's unique about Bitcointalk.com is that because it's the first and largest cryptocurrency ecosystem, it has built a reputation that's strong and has great admin that is up and doing in ensuring that the forum is as clean as possible and regardless of the new faces that keep joining the forum almost on a regular base, the forum remains the surest source of getting legitimate information about the general Bitcoin ecosystem.

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Quote from: Floxynice on June 26, 2024, 01:18:38 PM

INTRODUCTION:

I was introduced to this platform few weeks ago. The graphics of this place wasn't pleasant to me. I honestly was struggling to get acquainted to this place until I discovered how important (unique) bitcointalk is and the level of information it carries. One of the game changers for me was when I read a thread made by Satoshi himself in this forum, I knew I was at the right place. And again BlackHatCoiner dropped me my first merits (4), this actually did hit me differently, throughout that day, I was joyous.
I decided to make this article to outline ways in which bitcointalk is better than social media in sourcing for information about bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Please I will need your feedback incase of any misinformation.

1. USERS REPUTATION:
In bitcointalk, users build reputation overtime where the most reputable users are those with years of experience who participate actively in the forum. These reputable users are most likely to give accurate information about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as a whole.
WHILE;
In social media, reputation is often determined by the numbers of subscriptions or likes, which can be misrepresented as these subscriptions and likes can be manipulated using bots.

2. ORIGINALITY OF RESOURCES:
In bitcointalk, you will read from the original resources and catch the fun in it, such as I AM HODLING. Also read from the Ann threads of the projects themselves e.g Ethereum thread.
WHILE;
In social media, such originality is often not available.

3. CHECK AGAINST SPAM:
In bitcointalk, there are moderators who check for spam posts, such posts are often deleted. This responsibility is not left for the moderators alone as other community members also show interest in reporting spam to the moderators. This keeps the community clean and sane as much as possible.
WHILE;
In social media, spam is rampant because of less moderation and this posses difficulty in filtering posts by quality.

4. COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE:
In bitcointalk, even as a newbie, you will have the chances of getting help from even the most experienced users who could be developers or miners. You can continue to get this help if you remain active and you can even send a direct pm.
WHILE;
In social media, getting direct help for technical problems is always a problem and most times no one is willing to give a solution without requesting for some bucks.

5. EXCELLENT ARRANGEMENT:
In bitcointalk, topics are often arranged perfectly into dedicated boards, sub-boards and threads. Topics which are posted to inappropriate boards or threads are often moved to the appropriate board. This arrangement enhances research and focused reading/learning.
WHILE;
In most social media, there are no such arrangements as there are often general discussions with no dedicated thread for a particular topic.

6. ROBUST ARCHIVES:
This forum has a large data of past threads and posts which dates back to the early days of bitcoin. These archives could be referenced for research purposes.
WHILE;
This is not available in social media. Most social media even references the forum.

CONCLUSION:
This is a great forum for getting information about bitcoin and cryptocurrency. I am glad to have been introduced in this forum and I do wish that one day I can become established, knowledgeable and reputable here to contribute immensely here.
Thank you all for reading.

Congratulations to me! I'm now a junior member.

This information is very accurate. I remember when I used to be obsessed with social, laughing at every joke, watching every reels and wasting my time on social media while gaining very little or no new knowledge, bitcointalk.org has greatly changed my perception about how I view social media. Bitcointalk.org is a forum of knowledge and anyone who is serious would not see the need for visiting social media platforms except on business grounds.

Social media is flooded with all sort of people with majority of them engaging in spamming, plagiarism and posting of irrelevant contents. Most of these social media enthusiasts can not cope in bitcointalk.org due to strict rules and how organised the forum is as opposed to how social media functions. Thanks OP for breaking this down.

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Would love to get Theymos take on r/bitcoin vs the forum,7-8 years ago and as of these days. Feel like both have changed a lot.

The forum is far superior than any social media for learning and asking questions, not even close.

As for naughty words and bullies, not a ton here. We even once had a great philosopher, well known for their poetic bitcoin discourse. Shakespearean esk .:some would even say. Here’s a nicely gathered catalog of some of their best work -> https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/poetry-by-tman-5138619

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Quote from: NurseHub on July 05, 2024, 06:14:51 PM

One thing about forums is that they give you space to think and want to come up with something sensible and motivate you sometimes to do research on, like, some social platform.

In forums, there's no bullying, and on other social media, there'll be times you have to be very strong to post even your content because of the amount of bullying there. I love my privacy and believe the forum gives me the room to express myself without being bullied but corrected.

Privacy can be considered also, I believe social media is also a place you can find all types of content creating just for fun and abusive words as mentioned. It’s obvious people while away their time on social media but, I can’t say same when it comes to the forum, when it comes to forum discussion my first thought is learning, like what’s the center of discussion although anyone can easily differentiate between social media and forum discussions, the rules here also is more strict meanwhile on social media everyone is allowed to post freely with zero value. It’s left for you to understand what’s the difference between correction and bullying because personally I don’t think you’ll experience such fear here.

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