Topic: Advantages of Bitcointalk over social media (Read 1479 times)

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You can't compare Bitcointalk Forum to social media platforms in any way. The primary difference lies in the nature of information shared. Social media platforms allow users to share unverified information, whether positive, negative, meaningful, or useless, without anyone challenging them.
But bitcointalk Forum focuses on verified information, fostering a community driven discussion. Members share informative and scientifically backed insights, ensuring that all participants understand the topic at hand. Strict rules govern the forum, and users are encouraged to challenge and correct inaccurate posts.

The forum maintains organized threads, keeping discussions relevant and on topic. This. approach promotes meaningful conversations and prevents misinformation from spreading. Unlike social media, Bitcoin Talk Forum prioritizes accuracy, accountability, and informed discussion.

Bitcointalk has some clear advantages over social media:
   1.   Focused Topics: Bitcointalk is all about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. This means discussions are more relevant and in-depth compared to general social media.
   2.   Privacy: Users can stay more anonymous on Bitcointalk, which is important for those who value privacy in the crypto world.
   3.   Expert Advice: Many experienced people in crypto use Bitcointalk, so you can get better advice and learn from experts.
   4.   Less Censorship: The community mostly controls the content, so there’s less outside influence or censorship compared to social media platforms.
   5.   No Algorithms: Unlike social media, Bitcointalk shows content in a more straightforward way, without algorithms pushing certain posts to you.
   6.   Crypto History: As an old forum, it has a lot of valuable past discussions and knowledge about how crypto has developed over time.
   7.   Developer Focus: For those who know about coding or crypto tech, Bitcointalk has spaces for discussions that are more useful than social media.
   8.   No Ads: Bitcointalk doesn’t push ads, which keeps the focus on crypto discussions instead of business promotions.

In short, Bitcointalk is a better place for serious, focused conversations about crypto, with more privacy and fewer distractions.

Maybe you should think that everyone who one day compares the forum with social networks will want to read this topic. Even as it's advertising, which, as they say, the forum does not need, compared with the great interest in social networks, which are very popular among young people, reading all the advantages can make someone make the right choice.
If we talk about myself, then everything concerning one-line sentences, which are full of social networks, this forum wins a hundredfold since it makes people think and therefore not turn into dopamine zombies.

Shouldn't this thread be locked already? I mean, this is Meta and not a general discussion board, and this thread has turned more into a discussion than a mere post with some info about why the forum has more advantages over social media. It should either get locked or maybe moved to a board where the discussion should continue.

No offense to OP, but I think the thread has served its purpose, and leaving it open will only allow unnecessary and repetitive responses.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

I just add that to welcome you into full member rank, I believe this would be a double congratulation to you.

This forum is way different from other social media platforms,just like the name implies 'forum', a forum is a platform where people share their thoughts and opinions about a discussion.In a forum you'll find experienced users that dedicate their time to educate the newbies about crypto or something related to Bitcoin economically and politically,but on a regular social media platform it's rare.In a forum, people share a common interest. For example, the aim of this forum is to unite Bitcoin enthusiasts worldwide to discuss and debate matters related to the crypto industry.
There are no strict punishment for plagiarism in some social media platforms, so on those platforms people just copy and paste,they act like they're the original poster of an article.But on this forum plagiarism isn't taken lightly,an account could be banned permanently for plagiarizing.This is an advantage of Bitcointalk over social media because the credit an original poster deserves should come from giving reference.

I completely agree. The Bitcointalk forum is exceptionally well organized, surpassing other social media platforms. As you mentioned, social media platforms often lack rules and regulations, allowing users to post freely without consequences, in contrast, Bitcointalk forum is rigorously programmed with clear guidelines, ensuring a structured respectful environment.

Indeed having well established rules and regulations is crucial for any organization to succeed and more forward.

One of the biggest advantage of Bitcointalk over any other social media platform is that Bitcointalk is solely focused on cryptocurrencies and you won't see discussion about other topics like you do on social media. Social media is a blend of every topic. For example, on Reddit you read about crypto on the viewport, then you scroll down and then you read someone's post from RateMe, then you read post from NoStupidQuestions, etc.
Also, Bitcointalk feels more like a community, like a small town where everyone knows each other and helps each other. Slowly, you are becoming the part of this family and it feels awesome. I'm very grateful that I discovered this forum but Bitcointalk is more than a forum.

Bitcointalk forum and social media are not even comparable. Because there is a big difference between persuading people to get recognition and sharing knowledge with those that are ready to learn, in this picture, social media is filled with people that do things based on followers, which is a space mostly recommended for lazy people. Why I said lazy people is that most bitcoin or crypto-related information in social media is in the form of audio or videos, which is different from here in the forum, moreover, in the social media you will never have a well explanation that will be easy for you to convey.

On the other hand, in the Bitcointalk forum, you can't even stay in the forum if you are not intelligent, because you have to be a good reader and a good writer to even stay here in the forum. Because in this forum there is nothing like video or audio, you have to read and do more research, which, if you are still confused, you will come back and ask questions, and you will be provided with answers immediately, because there are lots of experienced people here in the forum.

So to me, comparing these two is like a disrespect to the Bitcointalk forum, because they are not on the same page. Because it has advantages more than the social media. So bitcointalk forum suppose to be compared with search engines or even AI, because almost all information are already here.

Thats wholesome

Although some of the users here will argue that spamfest is happening  here to with signatures and some will cite the payments as the counterpart of the monetization. Although censorship is not present some snowflake will find it happening too.

But all things considered, we like the forum over social media.

Spotting the difference is something not difficult to do, if you want funny contents and time waste then other social medias  are there to render assists but for anyone who wants to go digital, technological and advanced in this era where intelligence has grown wide and where AI now rules.

It is not a time to be dummy, the forum is free to everyone instead on peeling too many time outside and gain nothing to add up, the forum can calibrate whole mindset into something more creative and entertaining simultaneously.

It really is nice to have a genuine community instead of a bot-infested, over-censored monetized spamfest (like every social media platform ever). And we are like a little village here with many old members who know and recognize other members. And everyone here loves Bitcoin.

It feels nice. Like being in a digital home with all your favorite people.

 

Actually, it's not that this forum is free from misleading content, and there is nothing of that sort, but the thing is that there are people with enough knowledge about this space who warn others and correct the misleading information so that newbies aren't misguided if they are reading the content. We have systems such as the trust system, which is used to mark scammers and suspicious people and help other users identify if someone is doing something fishy. However, whether or not someone gets scammed or deceived depends on their own understanding most of the time since even new accounts can be used to pull tricks sometimes, and people with no knowledge might fall for them.

That being said, at the end of the day, it depends on a person's point of view, whether they like this forum more or social media platforms. Some people are so fond of visuals that they can't spend a few minutes on a forum like this where you will see texts most of the time. So, such people will surely not like the forum over social media and would accept that it has more positive advantages than them.

This is true, this forum is the best place to gain knowledge concerning this crypto space in a whole, yeah social media is full with all such of misleading contents , because some are posting just to farm reactions from users they don't actually care if the information they are posting is true or not, then I also believed everything they post concerning this space until I came to this forum, and I began to see things more clearer concerning bitcoin.

So now I can easily differentiate wrong information from the right ones , because been misleaded in this space is one of the worst thing that can happen to you. Because with any wrong you information you may endup taken the wrong decision and endup regretting it later and here there are folks to correct you whenever you say something off so i will say most if us here are privileged.

Even though social media was created to help people socialize and communicate while Bitcoin forum was created to help people exchange and explore knowledge about Bitcoin.
Bitcointalk has more advantages above social media because if for instance you spend the exact time you usually spend scrolling social media platforms on Bitcointalk it will have more positive impact on your life than the social media platforms you've been scrolling lately.
 Now let dive into the advantages of  Bitcointalk :
Bitcointalk offers detailed explanation about the crypto currencies more often about Bitcoin to thereby increasing your knowledge about Bitcoin.when you have elaborate knowledge about Bitcoin you would be willing to invest and invest in Bitcoin will eventually set you free from financial burden.

It's very unfortunate to even try to compare Bitcoin forums platforms with social media platforms; one thing that impressed me with Forum is that once you abide by all the rules and regulations, you will achieve the basic knowledge of cryptocurrencies; in fact, Forum is the greatest platform I have ever seen because it makes someone become a critical thinker with lots of knowledge and expertise experiences. When you talk of social media nowadays, people keep faking information due to the unnecessary freedom there; moreover, the forum you know today is incomparable to any platforms. I regard Forum as the root of cryptocurrency knowledge.

I would like to use this medium to wish myself

Congratulations on my new member rank.

Because social media platforms have their algorithms to detect what are your favorite content types and they will automatically provide you more related contents. It will lead you to more similar favorite contents and make you harder to stop and move on to new content types. Suggested contents from social media result in addiction too, it's social media addiction and dependence.

It's more easier to read posts in text format that is more convenient to get idea expressed in posts, and it is more helpful for wrap-ups. For videos, reels, you will have to spend more time to watch them with some parts of videos, reels are unnecessary and not helpful for your interests. With texts, you can quickly scan a post back, and find what you want to get or quote from it. With a video, a reel, you will have to spend more time for watching, and it's inconvenient, time wasting experience.

Once you start seeing a video or reels, there is no stopping it. One hour is gone in a split second. That's why I try to use social media less. Because they are designed that way. I needed a new pair of shoes, so I made a search on Facebook, only once. And now I'm seeing shoe related posts, images, and videos all week. Literally after every 15 posts, they are showing ads related to shoes. And the funny thing is I just ordered a pair a couple of hours ago.

I prefer this forum over social media because forums tend to give me accurate, correct information, whereas social media doesn't. Many of the time they are showing misleading, fake news, and there is no way to verify the source or whether the information is true or not.

Exactly you have to consider the fact that the information that you find on social networks is sometimes really misleading and wrong so you have to be wary of the information that we find there, for example I always go and only in the forum to find information

Social media can be quite misleading sometimes especially if you are actually looking to get proper and quality information concerning technical things social media platforms are mainly for fun and entertainment and as a result people don't mind sharing wrong information just to get a ton of views and likes to grow their handle or profile.
Bitcointalk on the other hand was made for technical reasons so almost 100% of the time discussions are serious and on point and in addition to all these members try to make sure to get quality and valid information for obvious reasons.