Topic: As A Bitcointalk Member (Read 890 times)

If you have been doing that and is helpful to other members, I'd say please continue doing that because I have come to a conclusion that we all have ways of contributing to this Forum even if some of our works ain't recognized by so many upper hands but what matters is doing the right thing and letting others know what they don't know, after all we're all here to learn and dispose useful information.

Does translation counts as contribution in your sense? If yes, then I can say, I did translations from other language into my local language. The translations greatly helped spread important topic throughout all sorts of people. The topics itself were of great knowledge. Anyone with English difficulties could read these translations from their own language. How good is that!

I consider contributive chats and points stated as a worthy contribution to the forum. Also, the newbies section where people tend to give worthy counsel on navigations and also informing people on how best to only contribute to conversation with synchronisation is also part of it.

There are also those who contribute wholly to the forum by being merit sources as well. Those who also bring in campaigns are part of those contributing firmly.

In short some newbies didn't think how to rank up cause all they want to do is to earn small amount of money from bounties and we can not deny the fact that some newbies prefer to joins bounties rather than making good and quality post in order to reach milestones here in our community and like what you said above mate that they can also earn money through signature campaign if thier rank is eligible for it.
In my own I think those accounts participating in bounties are some of them are in one hand, maybe some people have multiple accounts in thier cause you imagine how small the payment is if you are working on it so there's a possibility that they created multiple accounts so that they can join and earn much bigger amount.

The newbie was working in the bounty now with the Facebook or Twitter accounts in the Facebook or Twitter campaign.So forum now the working platform for the new people to the forum.If the newbie made the good posts,they easily update their rank to the high rank and had an opportunity to work in the Signature campaign.But some new people come to forum and they try to miss use of the platform by multiple accounts.The forum give us the chance of earning opportunity,So it should be used wisely and no miss use of the chance in the community.If the newbie not made post longer it became the inactive account and became useless.If the newbie contributed to the community,they get rewarded for the same.

I think I understand your point. Some people might be speaking so pumpus and arogant or even looking for who to report in any slightest opportunity. but thats by the way in place like this forum you'll meet different set of human being like haters, arogant, discriminators or racist. Satoshi Nakamoto used his time to produce a reasonable thing like bitcoin and also created a room like this for communication and bringing out the best in people sothat they might be productive and also think of innovative ideas that will make the world a better place. But many choose to dig deep in people's case and find error and report to become a good person, perhaps I don't think that is a good approach. There are still better things one can do for people to respect you. If you check Satoshi bitcointalk profile you'll see that he has less activities but he is always remembered for what he has done.

The only award those set of people get is merit to their outstanding style of post and newbies let's say some of them don't really care about what goes on in the Forum like they post without checking if the post is in the right place or not (we all make sure errors), some of these users careless of their account is just annoying, because they're the ones who open account to go against the rules of the Forum and when tagged they see it as nothing and they continue doing what they're doing.

 @Op Different members in this forum are famous in different ways. Some have been with the forum for a long time so they are famous, and I see some people who are willing to work for the forum. If I say (you-me) I can only discuss and provide information of importance to the forum. Many gamblers are leaving credits on forums so different people are leaving credits on forums in different ways. But the biggest achievement is sticking with the forum for a long time. and using and broadcasting bitcoins.

They are many user out there still doing that  kind of habits, but in bounties board only,  in the global board such meta beginners and help then there are many newbies or users here in our community who are improving a lot such us they contributed very well and then earn some rewards and ad we can see there are many newbies who have earn a lot of achievements because of their contribution. But we can bot deny that there are also a lot of newbies don't care thier account as long as they can make a post.

That's another side of showing how good or should I say important in terms of contributing to the Forum. That's  where we have so many members who post and go off like nothing happened, from what you said these set of users don't put it to heart, they do their thing and go but with some when told them about how good their post has been helpful it will get into their head and with time you see them losing that ability to post useful contents.
As for newbies they're just getting into play so with time they'd realize that they need to straighten up.

Although I haven't been here long enough but during my short stay here, I think the difference is clear with some members of the community and other members but what I will just like to clear out is that not all member actually needs to be the so called prominent because even the circle of life states this, because they need to be a balance of things as some people need to commit mistake, some correct those mistake and so many other things that needs the balance of life and since here is a community it's actually normal because there is always a level of higher rank and common member of the community.

Being a prominent member in the forum has to do with the contribution you’ve made in the forum. There is no tag attached to anyone for being a prominent member in the forum. For all members in the forum I see as prominent is based on my own personal experience/encounter on their posts, their contributions to the forum and how often I come across their informative posts in the forum. Being a prominent member is just a name you decide to use for members you feel have such potentials, I might have a different meaning to that, but people I regard and hold with high esteem in the forum are my most prominent members here that I look up to.

It's you that choose such a name prominent people in the forum,  what we have in the forum that's well known is a reputable members in the forum, and been reputable is based on your transaction with people and how sincere you are in the forum..and theirs a very big symbol shown that you have transact with this person and it can be recommended to another person base on how sincere is the person

So it's call Trust and it shows green colour in which I know quite well, so what I want you to know is that everyone in this forum is equal and what different you from another person is how sincere you are and trustworthy you are. Theirs some people here their objective is to make sure they have scammed people and that's their motive as well...while others their motive is to read and learn things about bitcoin.

Well, the forum has enough traffic already and yeah a new member won't be increasing the traffic levels a lot but if someone who is keen to learn about Bitcoin and want to share his/her idea to others then this is the right forum for that person. I still think it's somewhat risky to invite your closed ones into the forum because they can cause trouble for you if they aren't really positive about Bitcoin.

Btw, private invitations aren't going to cause any risk to you as long as you don't introduce them yourself but surely each new member can bring something new so it's good to have new members on the forum. Let's say that if someone invites 10 members and out of that 10 members 3 to 4 of them become contributing members of the forum then it's a win-win situation I guess.

Agree with this mate there are many users here in our community who are posting without knowing that their post is not just useful like for example in bounties board there are many high number of post but still newbie cause all of thier post is spam. But there's a users here in our community who are posting very good and contributed well In this community they make useful topics in order to teach  forum members.

There is nothing special in inviting people to join Bitcointalk and i don't think the forum is lacking in traffic or number of users. Notwithstanding, if you know people who have an interest in Bitcoin or have questions regarding Bitcoin and other whatnots, you definitely have to invite them to come here, the problem is when you begin to invite people who have zero interest in Bitcoin and who think they can pick up some quick money here, that's how we get more trolls, bounty hunters and low-level spammers.

Sharing the Forum with others like inviting them and telling them about Bitcoin, how to trade or investing on Bitcoin to make profit e.t.c is that how you mean?
People are still doing that and to me if I have a way of detecting thoso who have negative intentions while joining I'd just kick them out. Is good to create awareness but bad eggs are much in the Forum than good one, and with that it wouldn't speak good of anyone who's here to do crazy things that ain't connected to the growth of this Forum.
The Forum is huge and is even getting bigger every single day with people joining, I don't think there's another way of inviting people to join other than the way you inform others, make the invite, you need no permission to do that but invite those who can make this place better not by doing wrong. Becoming recognized start with that.

The next best thing to posting good content here is sharing this forum with others. This has exponential effect because if people you have shared with also like the content, they will share further. This can result in mass awareness and adoption of crypto. Many here are for other purposes like interested in services. If the forum owner could encourage such members also to share the forum with friends and family, this forum can see huge growth.

You don't need to earn any title before you see yourself in that category (from the way you're saying it), all you need to do is keep your head up high, continue letting yourself know that you have a lot to do while you're doing your thing on the Forum.
I don't think you should talk about your post not in any way of high quality, I believe members here are the ones who can tell if you're doing well or not (which to me you are), for me I'd say do your thing and let your work speak for you.
If you're real with your words? Does speaking ill about people's errors included 😁?
And we shouldn't always talk much about earning, is there already and is like is bad to post and earn some Sats like you said. To me posting and correcting some errors by other members should be considered other than making those in any campaign feel like they're in the Forum only to earn.

Well, some members of this forum have really developed a few things in the forum, and as such, they become respected members or prominent (like you said) of the forum, but some people too did not actually develop anything in the forum, but they are still respected members of the forum. How is that possible? It's possible because they have been doing what you just called post, and you said it's just a normal thing. Of course, it's normal to post, but this time around, there has been a less of good quality posts, but those other prominent members who have only been making posts have been making quality posts. They don't create threads all the time unless there is actually a very good reason to do so. These people have been dedicated to the forum for a long time, and they are known based on the fact that they don't do shitposts and don't make unnecessary comments where they're not necessarily needed.

I know most members but don't want to call their attention. They are respected members here because of their consistency and how productive their ideas can be on threads.

I have not earned any titles yet, but I don't consider myself a bad poster here. Although not all my posts are of the highest quality, I am always real with every comment I leave. Again, it's a matter of time to determine how consistent one is in terms of quality posts and not just posting to earn some SATs.

If you remove posting then even prominent member shouldn’t be called prominent since all their contribution is an the form posting. Forum is alive because there’s users like us that keep posting that gives activity to the forum because if only few posting here then it’s very hard for the forum to stay alive.

Our activity in the form of discussion to make the forum interactive is the best contribution we can give here. Those exceptional contribution such as being good on technical discussion is just a higher form of contribution but still our normal post that interact with other user is still counted.

For me though, I do not know what you mean by some people having the title "prominent" by their name, but what I do know is that, each and every one of us here, regardless of rank, merit, or activity, are in one way or the other, contributing to the general activity and global ranking of the forum.

Even those who simply visit the forum, spend some time reading a post of two, have been counted among the visitors of the forum for that day, and the higher this number, the higher bitcointalk is ranked globally in terms of most popular and most visited sites worldwide.

Yes I absolutely agree with you on keeping the Forum clean by staying on course, not going against the rules and regulations because by going against it the forum would be in total mess. But when you start keeping the rules and regulations in check don't you think you need something more outstanding to make you recognized by many in this Forum at large?
Why I'm saying that is because we have 95% of the Forum members who only come here, obey the rules make quality post and then dash offline. At least that's their main concern. I know what I'm thinking is not what others are thinking but adding extra positivity is needed to show much loyalty to the Forum, because this community has ways of elevating people.

Keeping the rules of the forum is good enough for the growth of the forum, what the forum require from members is to abide to the laws of the forum and this will be better growth from the forum. The purpose of the forum is to make quality discussions and if members of the forum can make quality discussion it will affect the growth of the forum for good. Any member who can do what is needful of the forum by keeping the rules it is the best development any member can contribute in the growth of the forum.

Countless numbers of contributions and developments that are well identified, if you remember well how the selection of merits sources are, forum moderators, staffs and DT as well, this are people who have done something tangible to the development of the forum to have deserve holding such title or position.


Though you've already stated that aside posting, but i think that posting aspect of it should be the most considerable one because there's nothing you can do to the forum without you first posting it, through your post you can suggest new ideas, this is totally different from posting to fulfill a signature campaign requirements, that is just by the way, there are many people on campaigns and are cotributing well to the forum growth.

You can also consider user like powerglove, who has been always consistent in bringing new technical ideas to the forum and this is because he's very good at that, some other members bringing varieties of contest, learning kits, news updates, signature campaigns, community awards, lending service and every other consistent development i may not remember are also part of what makes this large community keep growing, not to even talk about bitcoin discussion itself, which is the main purpose for this platform.

These set of members that make post without minding if the post is making any sense or not are the types we have more in the Forum than the ones who take their time to make a quality posts.
They don't care about what goes on in the Forum all they know is make post and go off, they can't be seen showing much dedication to the growth of this Forum and that's where I believe some members don't want to be in (the less concerned members). With the other members who give us something to learn from, I'd say they should continue because the newbies have so much to learn from.

I honestly can't say that I am a user who has contributed much to this forum - but I was taught to contribute from day one even though I was still at the backward order among the other contributors. I don't need anyone's credit or confession for what I've done for the forum - but one of the most useful things for the forum is reporting spam and low quality posts as well as rule breaking posts from some users which in turn can make the forum look cleaner.

Not all reputable users are forum gems - some of them got them because of trade between users, others got them because of their active contributions as knowledgeable users. You just need to be yourself instead of thinking about how to be someone else - it's a good way to appreciate the only person you see when you're in front of the mirror.

There are two type of members in this forum, the members who just make post not minding if they make any sense or not and then the forum members who are very careful and intentional with every post they make. Many prominent and high ranking members of the forum are know for their quality contributions, so they are not just posters. By regularly contributing meaningfully to this forum, we contribute to the growth of the forum

OP, this topic: [Voting 2022] Bitcointalk Community Awards 🏆, can be a basic reference for you, in assessing someone who you think is more prominent and the best in this forum, whether they are someone who is considered a: hero and so on.

Here are the results: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.61693732, which has been done by some members who have earned nicknames and advantages in this forum.

From the two data and sources above, you can see and assess what they have done, so that they can achieve something that you think should be done and achieved, but you need to do what you need to know is: for the community here, maybe it is more appreciated by other members who are here, rather than you having to force yourself to do something you don't actually know. do the skills you have, that's better.

This is a discussion community everyone here has a contribution in one way or the other, the growth of this forum is a cumulative effort of the community, even newbies have contributions, without them asking about a subject, there would be no discussion to explore.

There are members who extend more on their contribution these are knowledgeable people who contributed a lot on specific subjects, they go further by doing research so they can come out with the best possible answer, thus making them prominent members of the community, honestly for me, rank is not the parameters for becoming prominent members there are members I admire that are lower ranks but their contributions are enough to consider them prominent.

Don't take posting so lightly. Without people posting there will be no twitter, no reddit, no websites, no blogs, no bitcointalk — nothing for search engines to gather data from. Can you imagine empty Internet?

Any thing that user does contributes to the forum, even if they are mere unregistered visitor, I have no idea about SEO stuff but I'm sure it helps in it some way.


Check their topics, merit history — you'll come to know why they are prominent.

Op, People are here with different motives they must not be whatever you think they should be in this forum and to whatever title that should display beneath their username the commons were just staff and the rest but not assigning a title according to their input towards this forum, you should know that here is a school were we learn and teach people, if I am not mistakenly people do use here as reference place to what great news that holds bitcoin and it's deeper discussion as I can remember or recall vividly that here is one of the most reliable place to source out information that strictly talks about bitcoin and it's growth. Most people do not value title and especially users wants to remain anonymous without someone knowing their actions and capacity towards the forum.

I'm not sure I've seen any member with that title, except you're trying to hint us that theymos is cooking up something in that regard.

Anyway, talking about prominence; I think there are a few members here who've shown cause to that effect by the way they've carried themselves and made relevant contributions in helping other users get it going. Some have proved their trustworthiness and dependability over the years. It takes a lot to get people online to trust you in an anonymous forum like this. If anyone is able to do that, then they can be called prominent. Again, there are those who've developed one software or the other to ensure that this forum runs smoothly. Some are old members while others are new who just got on board and went straight to work like the user who created the "OP" tag that appears on every topic starter.

Their is things that's disgusting and unacceptable in any means, spamming and scamming is one of them, anyone who is identify that is involve in scamming I think that have a questionable character, so we can't stand to say that scamming is good in society or good in the forum...the thing is that people especially young youths seen scamming as one of favourable way of making money in which is admirable and acceptable.

Every individual in the forum have its goals and objectives of coming to the forum..people who make quality posts their terms and words is very formative, so they choose of making educative post in order to transmits information to people who is unaware of certain information, while some people educate people technically base on the information they use, such as coding and programming.. so forum is full of different talents of yours depending the area you know better is where you will concentrate and make your own discussions.

Some people who is here for weekly and monthly subscription in the forum is interested in any contributions that will be of help to the community, they only concentrate to meet up their weekly posting quota so you don't expect them to have something meaningful or positive to the community, it's when you have forum in mind or you are web designer or technical person it when you will be fully support to the forum.

But the major aim of this forum is to have you conversation with people according to the areas you know better in the forum, like many people engage in conversation they don't know anything, I think from my perspective it's prohibited involving in conversation you don't comprehend anything concerning them.

We have a lot of users who choose to stay that way, I mean by keeping things the way they are by not spamming or engage in scamming people but I'll ask you, do you think that's enough? To me is fine but I feel is kind of normal because we have many members who only choose to come online drop quality post and then they're off and you think that's enough contribution to the forum?


At some point haven't you thought about doing something that's different from all what you have been doing on the Forum? I know everyone have to do things according to how the Forum is but haven't thought of a way to see yourself well known by what you have done like DdmrDdmr (he's among the best), for doing something bigger than coming and getting your job done (posting) and you're off again.
Well you have your way of doing things on the Forum.

Op asked yourself while or the reason the bitcointalk.org is  created, the reason bitcointalk is been created is discuss and interact about bitcoin, so I know quite well that the impact a forum user can bring in the forum is to be innovative and ensure that it has not engaged in any act of illegality, so when you have not engaged in such act of illegality such as scam and spam in their forum you have contributed meaningful through your innovation.

Everyone will not be a dictator in the forum and everyone will not be a moderator, but everyone can a good initiator to the forum for the development and well-being of the forum, we have many disciplines in the forum, so as an individual been a helping hands of forum, that did not really mean that its an official position assigned by theymos .

So in forum everyone do things at its detriment, because its what you choose to do, so therefore I believe whatever you are doing in the forum is your personal assistance for the development and coordination of forum to keep moving forward for future.

You mean title a unique one? Like the event voting before. I doubt there are specialty about this. Being a user who contributed to a lot of discussion makes him a valued member of the forum regardless of his rank or hierarchy on the users which I doubt have any impact at all. I did shared on my locals some tutorials and even some altcoin related topics preferably retroactive airdrops and bounty before which I think some appreciated. Depends on someone will how they will recognise your effort here. Even tried to share some scam projects on that sections which i believe helped some to avoid with. Probably many shares their experience and contributions on different approaches.

What exactly do you expect of us? You’re the one who brought up the topic of members having a “prominent title” (which doesn’t exist btw) and yet you asked the rest of us to tell you how they got that title and the legitimacy of that title. At first, I was thinking you’re referring to badges but it dawned on me that you may be referring to popularity and fame. If you want to be a popular figure or a prominent member as you put it, you will have contribute more than the average member in bitcointalk. A good example would be the user Powerglove, his contributions set him apart from the crowd even when he was still a newbie. 

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Can I say I’m also a prominent member my community and this forum pls  done do many things over the years. Spent almost 9 years and counting with 200 plus days on this forum.   

Those names and more to be mentioned have done so many things to improve this Forum or to get it to this very height, they deserve it and is just something many need to learn from, like teach others how to go about business on this Forum to make is better.
You on the other can't really say you have done something but I believe from all you have said you guys do in your community I feel those that have gained much from your contribution will tell if you have done something or not, from what I have seen you work will definitely speak for you.

Since you asked I won't say I have done a huge or a PROMINENT contribution unlike many others like PowerGlove, Tryninja, joker_josue (Talkimg), LoyceV, DdmrDdmr to name the few.

But yes at our local board I started a Pak Community Fund (Funcoin Karobar) where we collect Funds/Coins, which will be distributed at the end of the year among the Top and Quality Posters of the local Board. As of today we have collected $128 (USDT) . We are running this award since 2021 and in last two years in 2021 and 2022 we distributed around $250 among the top contributors of the forum on our local board.


2021 k most active members:

2022 Most Active Members:

This is the status of our current Bitcointak's Pak Community Fund:

What exactly do you want every user to do without posting, and of course people post here to share their ideas thought and knowledge and those who has created some tools to explore important things.
And I believe only those who are routed into programming and the rest, however peoples contribution depends on your strength and capacity of your knowledge and the area of interest I mean field of study. You can't expect those who have experience on Agriculture to be active on the technical board while they have area of specialization. So people contribute to forum according to the area's of specialization.

I'm not referring to anyone in particular but there are users in this Forum that are seen as, how do I put it, ok let me call it very special set of people, they have done something that even the new members see them and acknowledge them. If you refer it on ranks I don't think is all high ranked members that have done something for the growth of this Forum.


These set of people you mentioned above are the true MVP because is not easy for them to devote their time to fish out those annoying scammers and others who just choose to make the Forum unhealthy for users, I'll always acknowledge them for that.


Is best to always put them to heart other than mentioning them because the list to me won't end here, like they always say in my country (Nigeria) "you can't tell yourself you're beautiful, people around you are the ones to cherish your beauty" that's what you really mean by their work speaks for them.


That's true I quite agree with you on that, started early on the Forum and being old here makes them look outstanding without doing much for the growth of the Forum, to me I can't see such persons as prominent. To me before you own that you might have done something that's important or should I say helpful on the Forum.

We can't eliminate the importance of those who are impactful in catching spammers and cheaters, they are true heroes of the forum as long as they are true to the course.

And for others with "prominence" tags outside this, my research shows that some are truly deserving of it, but are very few. I checked a whole lot about many of them and it shows that their work speaks for them indeed.

But for most others, they are only lucky to join the forum earlier or have amassed many merits one way or the other, which is why they believe they are prominent, but I can't find anything outstanding they've done.

I'm not sure what you mean by that.  Who's got what title dancing by their username?  Are you referring to Legendary members or some other thing?

I'm not sure I've helped this forum "grow" at all.  Growth implies increased traffic, new members, and that sort of thing--and if that's the question you're asking, I couldn't even name a single member who's helped in that capacity.  That's not to say there aren't members doing that, just that I don't know who they are. 

If you really want to give a shout out to growth drivers, aim it in the direction of projects/exchanges/whatever that run signature campaigns and bounties here, because those are the things that attract new members by the hundreds, perhaps thousands.  Not that I think they're always doing something positive for bitcointalk, but I have zero doubt they're responsible for the forum's popularity worldwide.

Compared to them, I haven't done jack shit.

I think making quality posts included lot of research and correct information is the primary activity of Bitcointalk. I start journey here with a newbie, learned from seniors and now I am aware of many new things about btc and crypto which would have been impossible without this forum. We are seeing lot of traffic on this forum , joining new members everyday because this is the place where one can get real valuable knowledge of crypto.

If we teach our community especially newbie and do valuable discussion here than we can say that we are somehow contributing well here. There are few members who's contributed in extra ordinary manner and make this forum very interesting and easy to perform some action in which Loycev, DdmrDdmr, TryNinja, Rikafip, Bitmover and Ratimov are remarkable.

As a Bitcointalk member, I have tried many newbies in our local board to teach them about different things and I knew some members who started with zero knowledge and now they are valuable member of this forum. besides this I contributed in scam accusation section but getting a Prominent is not as easy we think and the member who get it spend lot of time here and contributed their best they can.

This forum wouldn't be nearly as successful if no one participated in their own little way. It is the genuine participation that counts, not the rush to earn ranks or merits that subjects newbies most times to post low quality gist or make comments that are off point.

Besides being a good lead to newbies and sharing research or new findings about technological advancement or innovation in the world including the decentralized world, as a Bitcointalk member, it is expected we improve on our vocabulary and present our words and sentences as simple and clear that anyone can easily comprehend.

Well, you used the right word as some of the old users of this forum are being addressed. Assuming you used legendary members in place of the prominent, I would have come in from a different perceptive. This is because, it is not all old users of this forum are prominent and it is not all prominent are very old.
But then, to become a prominent member you must have spent time here doing one or more of the following;

• Teaching newbies
• Sharing helpful information
• Fairly distributing merits 
• Answering questions
• Reporting spam

And lots more. Someone who has spent upto 3 years might have done these things better than someone who is barely few months old.

I'm in a no way an expert to know that why that title is given to the members of the forum and I don't really have internal information from the manager or sponsors who want such members to be part of their campaigns, but I'll try my best to explain what I think about those members. I guess that title is especially for the members who have been contributing to the forum for a long time. There are members who have been active on this forum for many years and through out all those years they have got trust of other users due to their contribution on the forum. The prominent member is someone who is known by majority of users and such members are known due to their contribution on this forum. The contribution can be in the form of threads, posts, or reporting the spam, AI spam, plagiarism, and scams, etc.

If I'm not wrong then the prominent members who have earned that title due to their consistent contribution on this forum are somehow rewarded by the campaign mangers in one way or other. Those members are accepted as contributing members of the forum because they have posted some very informative and useful threads and helped the forum and the member's in one way or another. Those members are few in number and campaign managers really know that who's a prominent member and who isn't one. Ah, in simple terms, a member has to be a helpful and contributing member of the forum for at least a few years in order to be called as prominent member.

Stop wishing and start doing! Actions speak louder than words.

There's not really a set rule for what makes someone a prominent forum member.  Lots of folks get popular from being around a long time, helping newbies, offering cool services, that kinda thing.  Each case is different. 

You're being real vague here instead of just asking what you wanna know! Pick one member you think is a big shot and ask about them straight up and  or even better go read through their old posts - its all out there.  You can see which posts folks gave them merits for, and the trust feedback other members left on their profile.  Stuff like that.

Members are often recognized for their contributions in various and some common ways that contribute to the growth and health of a forum such as sharing knowledge, helping others, creating high-quality content, maintaining a positive environment, and participating actively. Remember that everyone is different and what is considered a valuable contribution in one might not be in another. The term Prominent seems like it might be used informally to refer to members who are well-known or highly respected within the community due to their positive contributions over time.

I respect people who I consider useful for my progress and perhaps for the progress of many other users through the knowledge they have. It doesn't matter what the rank is and doesn't care about the title attached to it.

I haven't done anything that stands out while I've been on the forum other than conveying what I know through posts. I also don't know what the specific purpose of contributing to the forum is because I just obey the rules and try to always be someone who learns from those whose characters I like.
When I am alone in silence without any noise in front of the computer, I often ask the question of what contribution I will make, but I can't find it because almost everything has been done by other people.

The battle of words in my mind continues regarding the matter of contribution with the question of whether it could be because I was here late.
The answer I found was not true and it was a form of blaming the situation.
My initial conclusion is as in the paragraph above. I will honor them in the hope that others can get the same from me someday.

I'm not a special user, though I firmly believe that consistently following the forum rules and contributing to the best of your knowledge is already enough to be considered a contributor. As for prominent members, I'm not entirely sure about that, but I do know there are popular members in the forum who have made valuable contributions. They've been instrumental in combating spam and scams, especially when money is involved. Their efforts help maintain the forum as a safe and a good place to be.

In my opinion, these are the individuals we should truly appreciate and thank. They've done a tremendous amount for the forum.

https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html

Don't get me wrong please, everybody is entitled to his or her opinion about someone or anything. I might be new here but here's it, I like the way these set of people are taking things to the next level on this Forum including yourself but as for me I'd like to know what you guys did so I can follow that same step, because to me I find it fascinating, or is there anything bad to learn from you guys at the top?
This isn't only about me but to other members too, upgrading our minds isn't such a bad idea to me.
I'm not the type that base on criticism, I hate that, not my thing. Like you said or assume that "besides participating in the subscription company, what have I done for the forum?" I can't say I've done anything (but I'd like to do to make this place grow positively), that's why I'm asking. There's nothing bad in asking to know what to do to make the Forum much better.




Very funny (who do we need to rescue 😅?), now you get my point and from all you have said is clear and other members who come and read some of these replies would know how to keep there heads up high.
I too think I have much more to give but is like I don't know if I'm getting it right because I'd also like to see myself as a helping tool in this Forum not to only come here make post and run off, that's how some people think. But wanting to do more give you that same morale to always come back here and make things right.

Maybe OP imagines that a person needs to rescue someone from prison before they can be seen as a prominent member and thinks those users have done so to earn themselves such respect.

Since this is a discussion forum, all you have to do is consider how you might help others here and invest your time in it. If others find your contributions to be worthwhile over time, they may classify you with highly esteemed individuals. Use lovesmayfamilis as an example, he has devoted his time to monitoring and reporting other members who plagiarise and break forum rules and this has made him a valuable contributor to the forum, and he has earned the prominent title because I myself hold him with high regard.

Each and everyone of them have contributed to the forum in their own way so you don’t see it that you need to do something big before you can be seen as a prominent member, just contribute positively in your own way.

If everyone just posted without spamming and actually put in some effort into helping out other members through quality discussions the forum will be a significantly better place to be in.
That's not normal contribution, cause the majority of spammers do not do it.

Anyone who helps out with their posts and reports posts to help moderators are doing a pretty good job and are among the top users of the forum.

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You're probably asking about the top 1% of users here who have gone beyond this and taken out their time to create scripts and extensions to make the forum experience much better or they are a vast pool of knowledge and are constantly giving out credbke information. Those people have earned their unofficial titles.

Which title?
Permanent(maybe) and official? As I recall you have to buy VIP member status for 50BTC to get a custom title under your username.
Or an unofficial annual title? You have to be a winner in the Bitcointalk Community Awards program to get it. But it is not written as it should be unless you manually put it in the personal text field.

OP, for every person outstanding, as you put it, can be any person whom he respects and considers useful to himself. I didn't see the "outstanding" label, but I heard a hint of criticism in your post. Why should people do something for the forum, in your opinion? Personally, besides participating in the subscription company, what have you done for the forum? If you have a question, then you should imagine what needs to be done for the forum. Are you doing it? If all your answers are of the opposite nature, like that you are new to the forum and blah blah, then only the fact that some people do not change their interests and remain devoted to the forum for a very long time can be considered outstanding.

What is the purpose of this forum? It is about learning from people and people to learn from you about bitcoin, altcoins, other boards and about life.

Contributing to this forum by having quality posts is enough because information is key to understand and successfulness. What I first learnt on this forum is how to avoid scam and when to invest on bitcoin and knowing how altcoins are dangerous even if I have to invest in them. There are a lot that newbies can gain from this forum.

Another thing is that some people are reporting ṣpam and low quality posts that are worth reporting, they are reporting the scam posts to moderators for the moderators to delete them.

Another one is reporting scam.

But you clear said you have it dancing by their name which means it’s right next to their name.
 
Nonetheless it is just like the meaning of the word itself (important or famous member). It is used on members that have stayed here for long and have been popular which is still base on their contributions to help the community by sharing their knowledge freely. If you visit the technical board well, you will see some of this members eagerly helping out from their knowledge without any monetary value and they have been doing it for a very long time so yes they are worth the tittle. Others could be on how patches or sites they have created to help the navigation of the forum easier.

But the prominent isn’t a tittle that is ordained or generalize on anyone here, it depends on you giving such member the title based on what you have seen about him. Someone prominent to you might not be to me.

On top of my head is obviously @LoyceV, who loves to play with data. in our community.

And then we have @o_e_l_e_o - with his deep knowledge of Bitcoin, answers every question that you can have in Bitcoin Technical Support board.

Spambusters like @suchmoon and @TheBeardedBaby.

@JayJuanGee from WO thread, (who btw, has their own culture)  

Yes, undoubtedly, long-standing members like LoyceV, joker_josue, and Tryninja and other members I don't know that much about, have been helpful in supporting theymos taking care of the forum since its creation. Their contributions, including writing code, fixing bugs, and various other invaluable efforts, have played a crucial role in keeping the forum alive. newer members like powerglove have demonstrated exceptional skills, continually impressing the foru. Many users, both old and new, have contributed solutions that have aided fellow forum members in navigating the platform. This collective effort has significantly bolstered their reputations and earned them recognition and trust within the forum

Not that they're having it by their rank or name, get me right here, I said they're seen as prominent members that's what prompt me to ask if these set of people or members if they have done something very big to keep this Forum going to be seen in such a way. You mustn't see the name PROMINENT attached to their profile or rank, what I'm saying is that they've already earned it and I asked what have they done to be seen that way? Is it because they have stayed on this Forum for long?🤔

Forum has ranks, special badges and titles for their members and prominent contributors. Prominent contributors have special badges and titles and the latest member who got it is PowerGlove.

There are community voices to have a new rank for very 'Prominent' members, a new rank above Legendary rank but it was not considered or deployed.

In signature campaigns, some campaign managers classify those 'Prominent' members belong to Merit rank.

New bitcointalk rank? 🔥

By just merely conversing in this forum is good enough of a contribution in itself.

If you see some people here that thinks that they're some hot stuff that's above most people here, then just leave them be. Don't waste your time trying to complicate/overanalyze unnecessary stuff. There's simply better things to do in life lol.

Yes I know about that, those merit source and traders teaching newbies to learn more about crypto are doing a great job. Is just that it seems like these set of people have done something  big for the Forum. Ok let's say what have you as a member done for the growth of this Forum? Is not only you but to everyone who glance through this post.


To me I still feel we have some other members who have done something to be honored in such a way that even when they spit they get acknowledged. Like they're the eyes of this Forum, I have that believe that they might have done one or two things to the progress of this Forum, you know.

You have to be specific, like mentioning some names, but in general there are people contributing by distributing merits as sources, and there are people helping newbies, new to crypto etc.

Contribution to the forum is by reporting spam/off topic posts, that's it.
Anything else is contribution to the community, either by teaching or providing useful information.
As for scam/ cheat busting, no comment.
About others, we are just here to express our opinions, and as you know, opinion is like what? That everybody has one. Lol we just ask and learn.

Being a member of this Forum, what are the things that you can say YOU have done for the growth of this Forum aside from posting (which is normal) or fishing out scammers/hackers.
I'd like to know because we do have members that have the title (if I should call it a title) PROMINENT dancing by their name, and I just wonder.
What have they done to own that title?
Is it that they have contributed much on this Forum? What have they done or how can we tell what they have done?