Topic: Be the Person [poster] You Should Be (Read 585 times)

Often times some newcomers have asked me how to be successful in the forum but I have consistently had simple things to tell them. I wouldn't list my advice to them below;

• As a newbie, you do not have to make yourself appear more knowledgeable than you are because it will not be sustainable and will lead to plagerism quickly 
• A newbie should learn more than they post or pretend to teach 
• A newbie should discover their passion and core essence, from there they can impact the community 
• A newbie should be their real self and not overly want to be a random established user 
• A newbie should exercise patience and wait for growth

I think the problem with most newbies when they enter this forum is focusing too much on raking-up. I mean, sure- everyone wants to rank-up and participate in campaign signatures but knowing what cryptocurrencies are and their fundamentals are just as important.

Newbies, the internet will be your best friend. Everything that you can know about the basics and fundamentals of cryptocurrencies can be seen by just searching it on various search engines and the search bar in this forum. Since most of the questions asked by newbies have been answered countless of times, it is about time that you newbies should do your part as well.

In conclusion, newbies you do your part as well. Before asking questions about the basics, search it first to yourself. Watch videos and do not be complacent that everyone would spoon feed you with information.

We all have our various reasons for joining the forum and mostly people join forum just to make money for themselves but it still doesn’t mean they wouldn’t learn a thing or two here. This forum is the most educating forum i have ever seen and lots of threads are created everyday that teaches people the ways of cryptocurrency and so far you are very frequent in the forum there is a whole lot to learn here. How is it even possible to express something that is beyond your capabilities except when your copy someone’s work which is really bad way to communicate

To be a good poster one needs to start by learning from those ahead of them and not rush into posting else you will end up with bad reputation.

Simply put, do it based on what your main task is and don't do it beyond your capabilities. Something that is forced on the results may not be good and it is even very possible that you will be taken out of the context of the discussion. Just ignore the burden and inconvenience because this is an online-based forum where users are anonymous or only with pseudonyms.

In general you will be fine as long as you don't break the rules and discuss things as constructively as possible. If you want to be more visible and want to be involved in lots of discussions, then studying should be your main asset. Contribution will make you a different user than most other users, it doesn't have to be visible but at least you are different.

Maintaining the right idea and can be justified accurately, I will ignore it from what you say because it's something that is correct to do.

The way people look at something different we admit as the uniqueness of the mind and do not need to feel offended. On the one hand, ignoring will not always be good. I mean like this, bro. My mind may be messy in this month because of unusual pressure due to electricity bills and other increased bills. In this situation, ignoring can be an option.

On the other hand, it all starts from small, if it ignores it as an option, rest assured that it will grow even greater and widespread if there is no prevention. What can do that is each person by utilizing the function of the two brains to work well.

I almost laughed my guts out when I saw this statement.

It’s just human nature to attempt things. Even when they know it’s likely not going to end well, they hope to bang on the fact that, it’s their first time, forgiveness of noted would be in place but, hope on grace not to be found. I wouldn’t blame anyone for this though, it’s just people leveraging where they are and their amount of freedom. Also, not everyone gets to follow the rules, it’s simple variety in human behavior.

Despite this fact, we still would see those that hopes to try and not stray from presets on a platform and sometimes, they get the rewards that follow.

Actually, advising newbies to make use of search features isn't bad but is it all that are aware of how the search option works and it isn't every information they need that can be gotten from searching but rather members of the forum can also offer some help to them I believe that's why this session was made available so that beginners can get any form of help they need here even though the rules, regulations and threads about what they seek to know are already available but it's good to help them whenever they need help rather than scode them because if we don't guide them on how to go then we are not planning to grow here because we grow by lifting others and guilding them till they are conversant and able to also teach other people so don't be tired of assisting newbies here no matter how many times you've answered their questions over and over again.

Before someone can become a good poster, it requires being a good reader and able to understand what a topic being created is all about and giving good ideas and opinion to people who are also willing and ready to learn from you as well.

you have to accept it the way it is - people will always find a way to manipulate things that are particularly outta their control... haven't you realized the new ways of of writing already? The AI bot writing - which has escalated over the years now - just a bunch of BS !

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There hasn't, and there'll never be a way of submerging the multicellular "human Brain" into a a single code and rips of instructions - cus them bots would never imagine infinity, and they'll only do what you programmed them for - but we all can....  It's pretty obvious when Bs like that are being ctrl C/ctrv V in here.

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Well, it's really up to the person if he/she will invest in Bitcoin alone and not investing in altcoins. It's also not wrong if they advice people not to invest in altcoins maybe because they didn't believe in altcoins that much. It's all about the person they give that advice if they will invest in altcoins or not at all. Let's say that I am adviced not to invest in altcoins and yet I still invest in it which means that the final decision is up to me whether I invest or not.

People have all the choices where to invest but you can really determine a person if he is lying or not because his reasons are just very shallow. When someone says invest in bitcoin and avoid altcoins at all cost, for me that could be hard to do if you are actually a good investor. No one gets to invest and expect immediate profits from bitcoin, of course you have to try out investing in good altcoins as well as they can also be profitable like bitcoin.

When you decide to take risk, then just give it all. If you take risk investing in bitcoin, then most probably you can also do that to altcoins but investing with caution is still highly advisable.

Even the ops have exhibited alot of those characteristics that he explained in his thread because, at some point, you nailed it on the side where you mentioned the importance of making use of the search engine on the forum and how important it is to share only accurate information here in the forum.
Because whatever information we share here is to help members of the forum, and not to confuse them, many times as members of a discussion forum tend to make use of information that we get from each other here in the forum, so ops this thread js a good wake up call for how low-quality many topics and comments that have not to meet the standard and of the discussions that go here innthe forum.

Nobody here knows everything, they need to learn and discuss something relevant. Freedom of speech should not be abused, of course every user should still not post pointless nonsense. Constructive advice is certainly worth considering, but someone who gets advice too often may end up asking for further advice because they feel confused about what to do next.

Please defend your idea if you are absolutely sure that you are not wrong. Someone who disagrees with what you say is not completely competing with you, they may have a different perception and a different point of view. Sometimes small things don't need to be debated and if you feel offended by someone because their comments are not constructive, then just ignore them.

Having a strong argument about something you think is right is a good thing, but due to the diversity of ethnicities, nationalities, knowledge, and mindsets, not all users have to agree with you. Stupidity can still be corrected by learning, but the value of a user can be seen from the quality of the discussion.

Good ideas need to be maintained in a free discussion space. Don't understand, ask to find out but don't suggest and advise and explain for the sake of looking like an internet inventor.

Pay attention now to threads that should require precautions in order to maintain good discussion quality, such as in the Bitcoin Discussion thread. They came and showed as if they had very good knowledge of what they wrote regarding Btcoin, even though I also felt that I was not very good at involving myself in the discussions there. But it's about self-recognition of who we are and where we put things that we should do.

We won't be put in prison if we defend our ideas as long as they are useful. Likewise with something that is questionable because it is based on a feeling of not being understood without having to make yourself feel like you understand best.

This is a lifestyle I’ve had to watch people live physically and on social media like instagrams, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter and some of those other fields but, haven’t been here for weeks no, during and after account creation, I’m yet to see anybody’s face or some form of ID and many other personally portraying character that could make one want to live a life that isn’t original.
So, why would someone do that in discussions?
When you already know or act like you know, how do you truly get to know that which is hoped on…

Didn’t think I would find that here but, it would be really disappointing to not be seen and yet your not free having to discuss freely and truly.

Posting in the forum is not actually hard if you have sufficient amount of knowledge in every topic that you wish to discuss. But for most of newbies nowadays, it’s unfortunate to see them that majority of them are not even aware of what they are talking, or they have ideas but not enough to end up with a quality post. However, there’s always chances to learn and gain knowledge on the different topics in the forum. It only takes a lot of patience and understanding the forum so that you can always share and post relevant information that your co members will surely benefit.

This is a really valid topic because I have been reading the other topics from newbies and I could see mere topics that should be self resolved (that’s not the problem). The most important part is avoiding the creation of a topic that has already been created because then the forum gets flooded with topics that has been asked so many times.  Sometimes you don’t have to use the search feature here on Bitcointalk but the one on your browser too. Just saying.

Have there not been people whom their level of reputable and trust is highly acknowledged by the forum member and later there can a discovery that all they have achieved so far was from a trickish style which we couldn't have identified earlier before time, once you're not been true and sincere to yourself, then you will always get involved in all manners of things that will one day lead to your fall because you can't keep deceiving the whole community for long, one day it will all bursted out and by that time, it would have been a shame and disgrace knowing you're not actually whom you claimed to be.

Learn and improve yourself from every discussion you encounter. It’s not that it’s compulsory for you to join in all discussions, but make sure that you are gaining new insights and information from every discussion. You are here not because you want to prove your own beliefs or ideas, but you are here to learn from others words of wisdom and reliable experiences. So don’t waste every opportunity to make yourself acquainted with vital insights and ideas, be the best version of yourself until you can finally say to yourself that you’re becoming an asset in the forum, not just a liability.

It is important to use the forum for constructive discussions and exchange of useful information. Sharing knowledge, supporting each other, and avoiding misleading messages are key elements to a successful and productive community. Thanks for the reminder and have a great weekend too!

Because I once found a post that was reported because it was wrong about what was conveyed, so the thought came to me to raise it here as a post to remind myself that I have been through times where I didn't know what to do.

I admit that topics like this are recurring topics on beginner boards. After realizing that I had created a topic with questions about wallet security, when beginners come here and ask questions about something they don't know, I don't think it's wrong because they don't know the benefits of the search button.
Every time a new user comes and has only collected 5 posts, he has answered and explained a discussion whose content is wrong regarding what was said, even using tools such as AI to show himself as if he really understands. That's a fact I found.

This is what made me raise this topic. If you feel you are not an expert in a field and people are discussing it, then it is better not to involve yourself in the discussion and choose to follow along while reading the posts of other people who are involved in the discussion there. In this way, beginners can learn and gain new knowledge.

You do have a valid observation there and that's true. I've come across many like that. They post what is obviously not what they do outside here. They come here to promote and loud Bitcoin as the only coin they can buy and hodl but in reality they also invest in alts. In fact, most of them don't even have any bit of Bitcoin they're hodling. If you asked me I would say it's hypocrisy of a sort. Some give investment and trading advice whereas they don't even know what trading platforms look or feel like.

It's good you brought that to the fore once again. Sadly, many members don't think that's necessary to do before asking questions that have been repeatedly asked and answered. The search feature should do that magic and prevent needless repetitions of topics.

I understand your point too. Some newbies create accounts and go ahead and create a thread without checking anything. Either they are just spammers who want to get some attention, or they do not know how the forum works. If a newbie creates a topic and wants to know more about it, there shouldn't be any problem. But I have also seen some random users who create tutorial threads with wrong information. But that is very rare. Not too many newbies create tutorial threads when they need to learn. So, when we refer to newbies, it should not be the forum account rank but it should be the person's knowledge and experience. It could be a crypto newbie, tech newbie, you name it.

 Great post op. You make a fine point and I'm sure this is based on observation. The truth is some of these newbies actually know their onions but find it difficult to put in a way it would make sense hecr you see most of the posts coming out as off point or not making sense. Meanwhile there are the ones who are so eager to make their first post after passing the hurdle of registering that they get overwhelmed and just drop anything assuming that since this is a public space, there won't be any rules. Sometimes I feel it's their need to feel among that makes them do weird things like trying to teach ofmr organize a class on Bitcoin when their rank screams newbie. ( It's not as if one can't learn something from a newbie), but some of them are too hasty and rarely make research, don't know such subjects have been treated here that's why their work often comes out as late, funny or depending on the content, half baked.

A little addition from me, to get better search results, I often use https://ninjastic.space/search as a companion tool when searching on this forum. It can be limited to which boards are desired, and also it displays posts with search results that are easier to understand.

The query that can be input can be in the post body or post title, this is really a tool for detecting material related to the word you are looking for. You can even filter based on username.

It is highly recommended to bookmark the ninjastic.space page as a companion tool for discussions here.

Sincerely speaking I don't really get anything from this post rather it was from the title i tried to understand your point of direction, although from what I understand here you won't expect everyone to be professional posters or quality contributors to the forum there are some people who came to learn here and can barely make good quality post at the process of their learning but when such person has finally got used to the forum I believe that person can post with the ideas and knowledge gained here he can as well distributes to other places or even to help out some newcomers over here. So, you don't expect everyone to act as you or become professionals on what they are doing; I think in life everything has a learning process that is why we have a platform like this to help people and new users interact and shares their feelings and knowledge across the forum all for the general growth of bitcoin.

Thanks for the information because alot of newbies like myself really need it , for some reason I think most newbie think that the community is all about making big posts with grammar's even they themselves aren't fully acquainted with. Sometimes we ought to read to have more knowledge so we can give back that knowledge, if you fail to that and feel you can actually impress by speaking huge grammar that will confuse yourself and everyone then you actually going nowhere and many people will just start seeing you as an hippocrate who falls to get the full understanding of things because involving in an discussion.

Well show off doesnt necessary when you are engaging in such discussion. Maybe some tried to set off but anyone would feel that he is just boasting over what he knows and or course thats not a good trait. Maybe share what you only understand and dont be so confident cause others might have also idea that you are just showing off right. Some newbies tend to do that of course they are after the merits so they try everything even this.

My bad, newbies might be new in the forum but they might have vast knowledge about Bitcoin or another aspect of the crypto space. Such newbies could be helpful to the forum. Newbies could also ask questions and they will receive good answers from members of the forum. But my point is that sometimes some newbies come up with topics they know little or nothing about. That was why I compared them to new students who should learn more before they start coming up with lecture topics.

Newbies can help or teach other members if they have good knowledge on the issue.

The noise is from newbies who have yet learned enough knowledge but want to show off, with inaccurate knowledge. Their posts can mislead other newbies and other members at higher ranks. I would not say newbies must keep silent and only read but the noise if comes from threads that probably created by newbies to fish merit and contain many accuracy, will cause unwanted negative responses from forum members.

I understand your point. I believe that not everyone knows everything; there are still things that one person may not know but others do. Our experiences vary, and so do our perspectives. Everyone can contribute to a better experience for all users, regardless of their level of experience. We all start somewhere, and the learning process is ongoing.

Incorrect, Reddit ranks at 4th position, while Bitcointalk ranks at 39,778th position, the difference is really really far to be said as the most active forum.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say and what thing you're want to achieve, why you sounds like this forum has a strict rules? no one force make a post, no one force to become a good poster, you can become a shitposter or troll, anything you want.

You may receive neutral tag, but if you don't care with that, why need to make it complicated?

I do not have any problem and do not see any problem if a newbie teaches me something that I didn't know. For example, let's say I don't know how to use the CPFP feature with my electrum wallet, and suddenly a newbie suggested to me the way I could do it, do you see anything wrong here? I joined this forum in 2022, but that does not mean I didn't know about Bitcoin before 2022.

So, What if I came to this forum and guided a legendary about how he should use a feature of Electrum wallet? Would you ignore my valid suggestions just because my forum rank is newbie? I have created a thread to discuss this thing a few weeks ago and a lot of people agreed with my point.

We are not trying to impress anyone here, we offer what we know and aree made of, if you're giving a contribution, make sure you're doing that with an understanding of what you're doing, any post made that does not have a meaning is as nothing as shitposting and only spammers are found in this kind of situation posting off topic.


As simple and easier it is to make use of a search engine, some don't really still have the understanding of why and how they can make use of this same function to avoid repeating already discussed topics.

It has often been observed that not all beginners are true beginners. We notice threads from newcomers, but their following responses indicate that they are quite informed about life on the forum.
Most likely, this comes from the fact that people have a great interest in increasing their activity and their rank. By asking the same questions, some create dozens of alternative accounts for themselves. I think many of our forum members who decided to simultaneously start publishing on another forum are doing the same.
What matters is who we are to ourselves. Will we pretend to be newbies, will we lie to others, or will we still be honest, and above all, with ourselves? But people, unfortunately, go to great lengths for money.

Show what your true self is and what you are capable to do. If you are a newbie, then act as a newbie that have less knowledge and even no experience on what is happening around. That’s why you’re here because you need to create a substantial learning and build good experiences so you don’t need to pretend that you’re exceptionally good and can be as knowledgeable and highly experienced like the high ranked members in the forum.

Newbies need a lot of research and studying so they can understand the crypto space and can make quality posts and share their reliable experiences. So work on it to develop the best version of you, and not to prove to the rest of the members that you are better than then and can be more successful than them. This forum creates no competition. If you are seeing your co-members as your competitors, then you will likely thrive hard having that kind of mindset.

Some people don’t even know about the search features on the forum, some people ignore the necessary things which they are suppose to know on forum, all what they are always after is merit. When you join the forum, there are some basic things you have to learn even after going through the forum rules.

You don’t have to reply all the threads which you see on the forum, if you notice a thread that you have replied multiple times, then just ignore it, whenever I see a topic which I noticed I have commented to similar topic before, then I will pass, but if I notice a slight changes in the topic, then I can decide to make contributions and add anything which I think I have to add. I don’t think anything can be done about creating threads that have been created before. Most of the threads created by newbies,  have been created before, and I don’t think it can be stopped.

If you don't know what the topic is then you should make some research first to understand what it is so you can join the discussion. My guess why they post in a discussion where they didn't even know or understand the topic is because they want to show other forum members that they can post good quality posts too for the sake of getting merit and others post because they want to reach the required amount of post to get paid in a campaign. I have seen many forum members like that where it resulted in post bursting.

Who creates so many new topics? The one who is in a hurry not to learn but to increase his rank. We have all seen and known this for a long time. Newbies go out of their way to get noticed and given a few merits.
But let’s be honest, today’s beginners, lacking knowledge, find it very difficult to come up with something original that wasn’t on the forum. You probably need to be a little more lenient about this, at least in those cases when an old, well-known topic is presented that is at least a little more interesting.

I realized that, I even created a topic when I was first here on this board and that topic became my first post at that time.
After that, there was a gap of about a week for the next post because I didn't know where to start to find out what to focus on my study here.

During this break, I took advantage of all the boards to visit, for what? so that I know the basics that I need to learn.
Almost every day I go online but only read discussions.
Is this to misrepresent me to compare me with others? certainly not. Being yourself with your own thoughts is better.

Thank you for being willing to be the first to respond. I really appreciate. I hope this topic of mine that has made you sick doesn't spread to other topics.
Sharing is beautiful dude.


A+. Just describes how I understand your post. Thank You.

Misleading information can be very dangerous to the forum and users could serve penalty for engaging in such. In what you don’t know and you’re not sure of, you don’t have to share or express your thoughts about it, unless you’ll say it out in the content of your post as not been sure of what you’re saying (you can just let it be if you’re not sure). A lot of users here especially newbies who are here to gain some knowledge assume all information shared here are correct and accurate, some even have role models that they’re looking up to. If you’re one of them and share such news, you’ve just misled an innocent user here, that should be avoided by all cost.


The use of search engine have become a pain in the neck for many newbies that are coming into the forum. Repetitive posts have been discussed here several times but as the earlier newbies are been warned about it, the following week new ones will still do the same and the same warning continues all in the name of keeping the forum neat from spam posts.

Even when newbies cannot use the search engine appropriately, they can checkout boards that may likely carry the news they’re trying to share to know whether it has been shared before. That being said, it cannot be peculiar to older posts in the forum that are not breaking news that needs to be shared here.

Sometimes, no matter how hard we try to reach some newbies, they can't just learn that easily; it will take them time unless they already have knowledge about forums from other places.
 
If you look at the history of most of the newbies who fall victim to creating repeated threads asking questions that have been asked before, and some of them don't even come back to their own thread, with time most of them have found a way to adjust to those things that make them appear as if they don't know what to do.
 
So it's all a gradual process for everyone; our brains defer, so we can't all have the same learning and understanding level unless for those who are not willing to learn, if not with constantly visiting this forum, they will develop the zeal to do better, and to do that, they will go into research in order to get more exposure to things in the forum and other information.

Some newbies want to prove that they are experts in a given area of discussion but in most cases they showcase ignorance. There is no need to try to prove that you are knowledgeable when you are new and know little. This behaviour is one of the reasons why many of them use artificial intelligence tools to develop and write posts. Newbies are new students who should be willing to learn and not to teach.


I am not usually worried when I see reoccurring questions from the beginners and help board this is the reason for this section of the forum. This board should be able to guide and direct newbies on what to do. Most of them are not aware of the search option and they really want to be guided. I think members who visit the BH board should be patient because these popular questions might never come to an end.

Yes, dear, I have seen many threads where users are asking the same things which have already been explained many times here on the forum so facing these kinds of questions and replying to them sometimes frustrates me (only sometimes) but I love to reply to them because newbies or newcomers are not aware of all functionalities of the forum as it takes some time to understand the forum environment.

well some days ago I found a link here on bitcointalk that helps me to find posts or topics I am looking for here is the link ...>>Ninjastic space

You must be fed up with all those newcomers, who ask the same question again and again, like we just came to know about this forum, and seeking for help from the seniors etc., etc. To be honest, I don't find these questions annoying but sometimes only. Even I replied on such topics with the same question and request on consecutive days. Yeah consecutively. That was the only time I fed up with these newcomers.

You are right, as newcomers we should use the search option, or ninjastic tools (but newcomers must not be aware of that either). Talking about my personal experience of the new forum (ALTT) I can also make a post there asking the same thing newbies asking here. But instead, I surfed around the forum, visited the help section, read some features the forum was providing, and got the answers to my question which To be Honest I also was not aware of.

So these newbies should do the same here, I was a newbie there, and newcomers are newbies here, and they should avoid requesting the first hand unless they just want to get some attention or merits. By the way, this topic of yours is also fedding me up hahaha

Because this forum is the most active discussion space for many of the things raised, I want to say make good use of every discussion. There is no need to write or express something that is beyond our ability to make it appear to others that we are great while what is conveyed is misleading or substantially wrong.

Utilize the search feature on each board to make it easier for us to find what we want. All of us here, from the OP to anyone reading this, want to be good posters with good skills without ignoring things that have a bad impact on us.
I've found many cases of new users like the ones I mean since I've been active. Those of us here have probably discovered it ourselves.
Hopefully it won't happen to us again. Of course, this is not advice or a lecture like in church.

Happy weekend. Hope your days are fun.