Topic: Bitcointalk is Dying? - page 2. (Read 909 times)

Yes it is and the only people will remain here are those enthusiast,and those people who wants $$$$ those investors wont last here,because most of the people here are only for the money.

I don't think that bitcointalk dying
Probably some users lost interest because of btc price drop and others because of less available signatures campaigns on the forum.
In my opinion, it's better for the forum because we have less SPAM now.

What? come on don't be bias toward paid / incentivized signatures campaigns, then for what reason will the forum be?. Though can't see the death or the dying you are seeing but be rest assure that Bitcointalk forum is more gallant and vibrant compare to all other crypto forum around the world.

Very soon there will be a major rise in traffic because the market has just began another positive move which i strongly believe will be sustain for another ATH. Also, it might interest you to know that next year is Bitcoin halving which is likely to take place between May/June 2019 so, expect many more visitors to the forum very soon.

Well I do my bit in trying to keep things going by posting in Serious Discussion and Ivory Tower. Have you guys considered that some people may think that you are only here for the sig spamming if you don't contribute to those boards?

This is something new, instead of the headlines that bitcoin is dying, now forum is dying just because we have less posts/users then year ago or something like that.

It is an indisputable fact that price is driving force for the crypto community, this is clearly demonstrated in December 2017 & January / February 2018. Also as some others noticed that merit system greatly reduced activity of a good part of the users who no longer find ways to make progress easily as before.

When I join forum back in 2015 there was a lot more signature campaigns then today, a control on some campaigns is just conducted by bots (YoBit, BitMixer), and it was a real spam jungle after which the administration introduced some measures which gave pretty good results in reducing spam, and remove some users from forum.

It is possible, Goggle analytics can provide such data but only forum owner can have access to it.

free tools and even paid ones don't return accurate results, don't waste your time and money.

Most of it is available as a plugin for SMF, but the recording may not be worth the server overhead.

Is that even possible? I can't seem to find ways on getting a solid informations in the outside, for it is not handled by the forum I think?

Edit: I tried to search for some tools to be used, and what a surprise its definitely possible but sadly it wasn't for free ( haven't tried it though so I'm not sure if it will be accurate )

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As for the OP, it seems he's yet to find out the other boards existing in this forum, SMTs are still running without any difference from the past...

Its only an average rate and its not accurate. Its not dying, in fact many newbies are still coming because they want to learn more about cryptocurrency which this forum gives that to them. If you want to abandon paid campaign, then start doing it at the end of the day its your choice.

Oh, at some point we can say this forum is dying, dying in terms of greedy people as the DT’s are now doing their best to kill those spammers and cheaters! Cheers to them!

The following charts show:
-   The number of historical Bitcointalk posts created between 2 different consecutive readings (*)
-   BTC price evolution in USD (source: /www.barchart.com).

 
Quite a resemblance there…

It is rather a question of perspective:

I joined the forum on January 2018, so from that perspective, the number of posts has fallen 5 fold and it seems rather quiet now in comparison, with many less new posts to browse on the sections I normally roam.

From a historical perspective, the number of posts is roughly the same mid 2017, and if Bitcointalk wasn’t sinking then, then it is not doing so now. But there is a steep downward trend which may (or may not) be stabilizing in de 500-600K area as of late.  

Nevertheless, if we were compare the proportion of crypto holders back in mid 2017 with those currently 2019 (I haven’t got the data), the ratio of posts to holders may have taken a dive, and the awareness created from mid 2017 to mid 2018 does seem to be brushing-off in terms of posts (many are bounty related obviously).

It’s really a rather complex multidimensional issue, where market value, product maturity and real-life usage cases, scams and loses, end of ICO gold rush, forum related elements (merits, trust, sem/seo, etc.), etc. all play their role.

Notes:
(*) -Bitcointalk number of posts is derived using public internet achieved data snapshots. Due to this, I can’t be picky and retrieved all data with an exact one month separation, so I’ve retrieved the most suitable dates with nearly a 1 month gap.
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Todays reading (19/02/2019) is shy of a month by a week, so real projection should be nesr the 500K posts for a complete month’s reading.

I've watched so many videos recently, that I can't remember the source of this information, but these are some facts that seem to be generally reported.

Bitcoin use is increasing, and this is evidenced by an increase in the number of wallets, and addresses that are active.
Lightning network is gaining acceptance,and this will increase the adoption of Bitcoin
The exchanges report that the recent pump in the price of Bitcoin brought new money into the Bitcoin economy.

I think the most interesting ( for me ) graph for Bitcoin Talk would be the trend in guest views, and the duration of guest visits, ie. the number of threads read per visit. A breakdown of views by board would also be useful. This could provide some information about the threads we should be starting to expand the membership with quality posters.

I totally disagree.
People seem to realize that the activity of the forum correlates around the number of spammers WHEN the price of each bitcoin was steadily increasing, which is not the case. For individuals who seem to care only to the monetary opportunities arising from the forum, they based the activity on the number of posts they see or comments that are created by spammers.
Ever since the merit system was implemented, it filtered out most of the spammers including people who purely chased profits due to the stringent requirements of campaign managers.


Please provide any concrete data and evidence on where you gained this number. Posting any false/misleading data can qualify your account to be sanctioned.

I agree that the forum is dying and people should abandon paid/incentivized signatures.

This are surely some wrong stats you have obtained from a un-updated source I guess. If you have got this data from the stats page, you should note that it is not updated until as the last update was on December 2017 as you can check there in the Forum History (using forum time offset) column.

More and more members are getting added evey day, and more conversation is generated every day here. Yes, there was some decrease in the number of users after the mass drop of crypto prices recently. But, it dose not make forum dead or inactive in any case as Bitcoin is less like an investment and more like a future digital currency. This makes some people hold faith in Bitcoin and its values and most of the early and smart investors of Bitcoin would never leave this place for sure as they already know the power and potential of Bitcoin.
From this I can say:
FORUM IS NOT DYING

You're wrong! You're only a newbie that doesn't know all about this forum especially its rules and you are here posting a topic about that big lie. The price of bitcoin's price doesn't affect the forum but sometimes bitcoin users are affected not the forum.The forum is not all about the bitcoin's price. We are here to discuss about cryptocurrency and some crypto related stuffs.

This maybe not the reason after all. Results from previous years makes network traffic of bitcointalk loaded, the only reason i see is; lack of opportunity to people who thinks about instant money making that  bitcointalk can give such as sig camp and at the same time the value/price is huge so easy money as it is.

Besides, LoyceV gives the answer 90% accurate since he scraped and only 13 missed. (does not matter at all)

Correct Topic for the Thread : "You are Dying"

Bitcointalk starts to die when traffic rapidly increases due to price spikes or huge bull runs.

It simply dilutes collisions between real enthusiasts that are not just here for a quick buck. As more people turn up only to ask how to grab a few bucks as fast as possible for as little effort as possible then they drown out and deter the real enthusiasts (most would have located this forum by now I expect,.. although perhaps a small % of new visitors that came just for the quick bucks do become real supporters of the movement) and they start to contribute less frequently.

When the bear market comes back those that were only here for a fast buck all vanish and the collisions between real enthusiasts increases and those that will support this community regardless of immediate financial reward whom may have dropped off start to get more involved and contribute more frequently once again.

I would worry less about the numbers of posters/visitors and more about the general quality and atmosphere of the board.

How easy is it to find an interesting and informative thread where people are getting along nicely and enjoying discussing crypto related projects/ideas is an indication of how "alive and well " the board is.

The price of BTC is not 20k anymore, of course a lot of people who is interested in the price only is vivisting the forum as often.

If bitcointalk dying implies the reduction of the amount of spam poster on the forum then mate death is not bad.
In my own opinion there has been lesser junk post accumulating in the forum of late regardless of the reason be it bad market or bad ico bounties the forum is having a greener eco system