Topic: bitcoin discussion board have lot of unecessary questions - page 2. (Read 457 times)

Oh I forgot I am running a give away difficulty guessing contest. I used to run it for years gave away like 10 btc

But that was when btc was $100 a coin.

I started it back up


https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5431167


ran it for 1 difficulty jump and for the first time ever I picked the winner!

I gave the prize to joker_issue as he runs talkimg which is for all of bitcointalk


 01) -4.99 to - 4.50 - kano
02) -4.49 to - 4.00 - Biffa
03) -3.99 to - 3.50 - alh
04) -3.49 to - 3.00 - Baby Shoes
05) -2.99 to - 2.50 - Learn Bitcoin
06) -2.49 to - 2.00 - NeuroticFish
07) -1.99 to - 1.50 - SamReomo {note I have an error here} - AlcoHoDL was first
08 ) -1.49 to -1.00 - SamReomo moved you to nearest pick
09) -0.99 to  -0.50 - Warfare
10) -0.49 to  -0.00 - stompix
11) 0.01 to   0.50% put your name next to your pick. philipma1957
12) 0.51 to   1.00% - mikeywith
13) 1.01 to   1.50% - sirazimuth
14) 1.51 to   2.00%  - MagicByt3
15) 2.01 to   2.50% - Watche
16) 2.51 to   3.00% - joker_josue
17) 3.01 to   3.50% - vapourminer
18) 3.51 to   4.00% - Hueristic
19) 4.01 to   4.50% - jojo69
20) 4.51 to   5.00% - iwantmyhomepaidwithbtc2
21) 5.01 to   5.50% - Gachapin
22) 5.51 to   6.00% - d_eddie
23) 6.01 to   6.50% - Greyhats
24) 6.51 to   7.00% - GazetaBitcoin
25) 7.01 to   7.50% - LFC_Bitcoin
26) 7.51 to   8.00% - DyingSoul
27) 8.01 to   8.50%
28) 8.51 to   9.00%
29) 9.01 to   9.50%
30) 9.51 to 10.00%



The contest takes time so I will run 1 every other diff jump.

So   0.001 joker_josue for talkimg
and 0.001 Tyke  for the bitcoin history book
and 0.001 bitcoin diff contest

0.003 per month all funded by my signature. Which uses posts in the bitcoin discussion board to earn.


Multiple thanks here to the op as he has allowed me to state a counter argument to his topic.
to theymos for keeping signature income alive and well
to Royce777 for the signature payments I get
and to joker_josue for talkimg
lastly to Tyke for his new book

peace out.

Very good, I hadn't thought of it that way.


I have also been making donations, giving back to the community part of what I earn here. I have been listing them in a personal thread:

Personal register

You have given me an idea of who to donate to next, thank you. And not to go too off-topic, I would like to point out that Bitcoin Discussion is the second board where I have written the most in my post history, posts that have contributed to my earnings, so I think the board is not that bad after all, as I have said before. 

What's wrong with judging things? It's necessary to be critical and judge, this is what motivates people and what changes the world, what improves our lives.

It's not like that, he actually has the point and is not totally wrong. The fact is, he is a part of people that he criticizes. And I genuinely have doubts that these kind of threads are created to get some easy merits. I have noticed that threads like this are sometimes awarded and newbies understand that.

@philipma1957
Not only that but sig campaigns make this community active. It's true that some spam for money but I think that's managers duty to take care of and spend budget wisely. All in all, campaigns do more good than bad.

I used to think this way for years. But if you look at how much bitcointalk.org creates jobs via signatures you may realize that it is a way to expand BTC and the like all over the world.

A poor person in a poor country can actually earn a living doing this.

A guy like me not poor in a wealthy country can fund donations to worthy forum members.

At the moment I donate

0.001 btc a month to talkimg  https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/talkimgcom-image-hosting-for-bitcointalk-5450546

this allows all forum members to be able to post images for free.

I just started donating to Tyke who is creating a good book about bitcointalk

 https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.62961758

What do you expect people to talk about in Bitcoin Discussion? A question that is unnecessary for you may be important for others. Bitcoin Discussion board is not for increasing knowledge or learning something new. People share their experiences and knowledge here. Not everyone who writes here is an expert. Also, what makes a topic high quality? If you don't like the topic, don't reply, if you don't like the board, don't read it, it's that simple.

If you find any posts that you think are not worthy to be on that board, then report them to the mods. I have seen the same behavior on the Beginners and Help board where repetitive topics are created for getting merits. I generally ignore topics that look like a rewrite of an old topic on the Bitcoin discussion board because some newbies might want to look into them. In most scenarios when I report a stupid post the moderators do not remove it. I feel the Bitcoin discussion board is where most spamming happens other than the Gambling board.

On that board there are many threads that are created with a fabricated story like: 'I convinced x to buy bitcoin...'. 'I bought bitcoin years ago and it has changed my life...' 90% or more of which are fake. Inventions to get credit for what most replies don't question and just keep accumulating congratulatory responses to the OP. I have already left a couple of neutral tags in a couple of profiles because it was obvious with a minimum of analysis and looking at the OP's post history that they were invented.

However, it is not all bad. I do find interesting threads to comment on there, I don't share the very negative opinion expressed by some other forum members on this thread.

Who are you to judge what is useful and what is useless? I am not saying you are wrong. Bitcointalk do have spams, shit posters. And to solve those problem theymos assigned many mods. They are constantly checking the forum for spams and reporting them. After all that, you can't expect the forum to be 100% spam free. We can see, daily hundreds of new threads are being made, thousands of comment and reply. We don't have that much of man power to check all threads, posts, reply one by one. Mods are only humans. If you really think a post as useless, then just ignore it. Moreover, if you think a user as shitposter, you can always add him to your ignore list. That way you won't see his/her post in the future. Lastly report spams with the button you see below every post. Hope you understood that mate.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=yourUID;sa=ignprefs

Here is the link by which you can add a user to your ignore list.

If a post is not quality or belonging to the bitcoin discussion board, the moderators deleted such once they noticed, you can also help in reporting such post to the moderators to fasten the process, i hope you know some threads are locked or moved to off topic when found to be spamming or to have been discussed already.


You started by saying how newbies get merits and now diverted to doing that for a signature campaign, which signature campaign can a newbie account get the while still a newbie or junior member rank, maybe you can show a good example if you have any good example.

Do you report them? If yes, then don't moderators take an action? I guess, yes, they take. So, what's your point? I think you opened this thread because you wanted to act like cool guy and probably noticed that threads like this are sometimes awarded, so, why not create a new one?
C'mon, let's be frank, you don't really care about that, do you?

Probably you should stop getting information from bitcoin.com. Just a friendly advice.

today I am on holiday, and got a thought of bitcointalk after a long time.
And i already was posting like this from start.

Says the guy who created 6 topics in 2 hours.

Such matters cannot be stopped in an open global forum, where everyone can post, even if these topics are of low quality as long as they do not violate forum policy they will not be stopped because forum policy is based on freedom of expression and opinion.

The final decision is made by the moderators. If they consider it to be spam, they will delete it.

For signature campaigns that are mutually beneficial to the participating members and companies, these campaigns are monitored by the advertising company's team and campaign managers and will most likely remove members who post low-quality posts or spam.

It's undeniable that signature campaigns have greatly assisted members who live in  countries with less robust economies, although they may not necessarily be considered poor - that would be a bit harsh in my opinion.

Anyway, I've witnessed the era of Yobit and later CryptoTalk. It was the community that played a pivotal role in their efforts to halt these campaigns, and if I remember correctly, Theymos even decided to ban some of them.

As for these spammers you mentioned, who just post low-quality content, they wouldn't be able to persist if there were effective campaign managers in place. I believe most of these spammers come from participants in the bounty sections. To revisit my earlier point, what we really need are capable campaign managers. From what I've observed, campaign managers these days have improved because many of them value the forum more than just a paycheck, so they're cautious about admitting suspected spammers. However, they should also be reminded that continuous monitoring is essential. Even if a poster is initially of good quality, there's no guarantee they'll maintain that standard over time.

Oh, if for some reason sig campaigns ceased to exist traffic would fall by more than 80%.  I'd bet good money on that--but so far there's been no indication that's in the works.  And you don't have to justify them to me, because I do see the benefits of them and I know people in poor countries can make excellent money by participating in them.  The problem is that a lot of those participants don't give a shit about the forum and don't care about what they're writing and just want the money.

What was that forum that got started by Yobit a while back?  Cryptotalk?  Everyone on it was being paid to post, and that place turned into plagiarism central.  So many people were copying posts made here and pasting them into any relevant thread there.  The whole thing was so ridiculous that I'm surprised it lasted more than a week.  Crypto is full of dishonest/desperate people who'll do anything to get money, and when you present them with a pretty easy writing gig....well, you either get Cryptotalk or a section like Bitcoin Discussion where the mods do the best they can.

If you notice that a certain user keeps coming up with such topics then just add them to your ignore list hat way you won’t get it from them but it won’t solve totally as it’s certain that others might still create similar threads.

Or if you come across the thread early before it gets filled with replies just click on “report to moderator” as the post above mine stated, and it might get deleted if moderator finds it useless.

And just so you know, even if you make a reply with a font size of 50pt warning other users not to reply to those made up stories threads they’ll still ignore it and continue with their congratulatory messages which sometimes makes you feel as if you have no idea about the warning you posted.

I guess it's all about getting used to the dynamics of a large forum. And you're here to help and offer suggestions because you genuinely care about the forum's well-being.

Given the sheer number of members and posts, it's a real challenge for moderators to handle everything in real-time. Some posts might slip through the cracks if they're not reported. In a community that values freedom within the rules, posts typically stick around as long as they don't violate any rules.

For threads that become repetitive or no longer provide value, moderators often step in and lock them down. In the end, it's all about maintaining a healthy and engaging environment for everyone.

When signature are gone then I am sure that forum's traffic will fall down by 80%. But signatures are also good for people who contribute here who have more knowledge about bitcoin then their money invested in bitcoin.

OP, welcome to bitcointalk where 9 out of 10 members are here just to take a dump on the forum and drop as many shitposts in a week as their campaign or bounty will pay for.  This has been going on for years and nothing has changed much, not even after the introduction of the merit system.  It almost seems like earning merits isn't a priority anymore or those dumbass shitposters have found a way to get them on the sly.

You'll notice that a lot of bullshit threads get started, and I've always thought that's done by the OP so that his alts, friends, family, and/or coworkers can have a new place to post some generic shit that's been written a thousand times before.  And yep, Bitcoin Discussion is infested with members like that and it's unfortunate that the section that ought to be full of thoughtful discussion is filled with moronic topics like the ones you mentioned.

Unless or until sig campaigns go away, it's going to stay like this.

That's not true in Bitcoin Discussion, though.  People who really want to learn ought to be reading more and posting far less, and they should be frequenting Beginners & Help.  Most of the threads in Bitcoin Discussion are pure crap, as are the posts in them.  Members aren't there to learn, even if it looks like they are.  If they've got their signature space rented out, it's a safe assumption that what looks like an innocent topic for a thread is just some rehashed discussion that's been had many times over the years, usually in the form of "X vs. Y?" or a title that's in the form of a question that any illiterate shitposter can write an incoherent, low-value, and short answer to.

I respect your all suggestions and they are helpful, BUT it's frustrating to see them many times.