Topic: Board explanation for newbies (Read 450 times)

There's barely a fact about the happenings in here that hasn't been deliberated about before...lol, atleast sometimes, that's the way I feel.
It's also a beautiful thing that's you're putting it up again too. Newbies have always felt they could be heard by many if they make post in meta,..not even considering whether the content simply matches the board in question; many other times, we've always got a single content that could also match into as many boards as possible, but all you gotta do is post on. IMHO, newbies are pretty much confused I guess; just the way I was when I first got registered.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

This can also be helpful to the question Newbies - Read before posting, I have said it before, your knowledge on the board means a lot. As a newbie you have to read the above thread link so that you will know what and where to start from. At first you will not have too much knowledge on all the boards if really you are a newbie and as you progress, you will know more things in the forum. So feel free to participate base on your knowledge.

The first time I checked this forum, I was highly discouraged. It was not colorful and there are so many sections. I began to wonder how I will be able to get used to all the boards. But the more I kept visiting the site, I began to understand the boards. I also made some mistakes that were also corrected by a senior member. I will not affirm that I have mastered every section in the forum because I am still learning. I suggest that you keep on learning and in no time you will become used to these boards. Also, sometimes without logging in, I usually visit and read posts on some boards to get used to the post content.

It will also be difficult to create a thread on the different posts that will fit into each board because most of these boards are interconnected. Bitcoin discussion can include a policy by the government, while economy is related to politics and society, Bitcoin mining can relate to the economy of a country. There are no clear borders that separate the post content of each board.

Indeed, at first, it is not easy to navigate the forum, and even more so, with the choice of the right section for beginners to publish a topic. Although, by and large, there is nothing complicated or confusing about it. Each section has a name and this is quite enough to orientate correctly. But if a newbie posts a topic in the wrong place, then the moderators can always move it to the appropriate section (which, of course, creates unnecessary trouble for them. I think they can handle this). Basically, most often newbies ask their questions and create topics in Beginners & Help section and if the next newbie creates a topic here, he will certainly not be mistaken (for the most part).

When I signed up as a newbie, I ensured that I navigate the 'Help' button at the nav bar above to read through the lines and understand what it takes to engage this platform. So I believe if other newbies will take their time to go through the help page, they will learn alot on how these boards are and their identify the appropriate boards to engage.

But the names on the boards are unambiguous and simple to all newbies.

Nevertheless, when you create a topic in the wrong boards, the moderators are jovial enough to move your tooic to the right related board.

I think majority of people pass through that stage in this forum and I still believed more to come would still ask same question as well, usually as noob this forum is always large for someone to detects where suitable to place a post, but as time keeps going the more familiar they became used to this forum whereby they can know which sections to post or not.

Most times i always advise the newbies not to be too haste or desperate about this forum, why not they settle down and devote time to read some guidelines on how to become more friendly with this platform., that is why we need to be more friendly with those that newly introduced themselves at the local board as I believe that is the beginning of their journey to this forum.

I encountered the same problem as a noob. It wasn't until I read a post by a very high ranked user then (I think a legendary member) asking mods to move their topic to an appropriate board if it weren't to be where they had posted it that I braced up and stopped bothering myself about such an inconsequential stuff as to where to post or not. I think a simple hack to such a situation is to put a note at the end of one's post, asking mods to move the topic if it wasn't suitably posted in the right board. It's that simple.

There are several answers given to you already but i would love to say the forum has its segments that carries the related places where you should create your post. Naturally, its left for you as the newbie or beginner to locate those sections. For instance the forum has 5 sections and each of them has its own childboard.
1. Bitcoin
2. Economy
3. Other
4. Alternate cryptocurrencies
5. Local.

As the names above implies, is best for you to know what is in your mind to post, if is about bitcoin then chose that section to create your post and so on, I wouldn't like to go further because there are lot replies here so i believe more helps has been rendered to you.

OP, there is no need for that. The forum has done that already,if you look at this board,it is for beginners to learn the basics of bitcoin and there are also people who help them with their questions and put them through in some discussions.

If someone who is ready to learn registers and sees this board beginners and help and he reads the topics here,he will understand that it is different from Economy board when he visits it. The problem is that some newbies finds it difficult to read it pinned thread on the top of these boards to understand what the board is all about and it is these people that their post are moved to off topic because their topics are irrelevant to that board discussion.

In addition to what others above me have commented with their replies to you, I just feel there's nothing wrong with having post on the wrong boards when moving it to the right board is just a report away. When I started on the forum I found it hard to understanding the boards to post as well as some topics that you want to write can fit in multiple boards from your own understanding. For now moving it to the appropriate boards isn't a challenge and what gives you the thoughts that the thread you're asking someone to create will be of help when the newbies don't know how to get the threads to read through. Or are you proposing that the thread also get pinned as well.

The short explanations on each boards has already done justice to that so no need to for a thread on that again. Although the short explanation doesn't give a full details what's demanded on each boards (which I think the forum administration did that on purpose to promote different discussion) but still it gives us a clue also the names of the baords says the obvious. Besides having topics on wrong boards is one sign we can use when identifying a newbie to monitor his progress as he gets to know how to use the forum as he spends time here.

From my own opinion and the boards I have visited so far. I see newbies almost all the boards but what newbies have to do so to create threads and make comments on the boards that they have knowledge about. But whereby the user create threads on technical boards while he has not to talk about anything concerning technicality and that is where the problem comes. If a newbie create a thread in a board that he or she can contribute to the board then I don't see any restriction on him or her.

Wrongly use of board now base on the knowledge you have in the matter on the board. You don't have to discuss wallet issue in the technical board and Bitcoin discussion on the Wallet board. So once you know these then problem solved.

Beginners have even been greatly assisted by the help threads that have been created on each board. You just need to search and don't be lazy to read, so you don't get lost, so that the same questions don't appear again.
I was also a beginner at first but I didn't always ask about the general things that had been explained. Our question will describe how we are in the forum. You need to read more clearly on the forum rules so you can understand that the Explanation board for beginners is available.

This should not be a problem in my own opinion. Each board is clearly described in English that everyone who understands English can be able to know what should be discuss in each board. The issue is that most newbie are not interested in going through the forum to read about it and know but prefer to post everywhere.

shouldn't all beginners also have seen the topics on the board and the suitability of the topics to be posted by them.
I think the key to what the OP is discussing is seriousness and thorough reading. Moreover, if you post incorrectly on a certain board, you can move it to a more appropriate board.
when it's a habit of beginners to instantly create threads with a certain topic without reading first, creating threads on every board as the OP intended is also useless if beginners don't discipline themselves to read first.
if wrong can be corrected. and it can be an experience and a lesson. there is no problem here, everything is part of one's growth in learning.

Beginners & Help isn't the only board newbies rush to post. In fact, there are many newbies who would prefer staying in bounty section in Altcoins board and then Off Topic to any other part of the forum. So, sticking a post in the B&H board to warn them won't solve the whole problem and that's pretending to admit that every newbie even likes to read before posting. Sadly, most of them don't read at all. They just go straight to posting. That's why they seem to miss what's right there before them.

I am not saying it's bad to read those rules, because definitely, as a newbie, it's still their obligation to read and know the important things at that moment and early stage, but believe me, as I said, some lazy ones will not read them. They can procrastinate it for another day, on which they will not still read it. Although some of them don't care about the technical aspects of Bitcoin because they feel all they want to do with Bitcoin is just invest, hold for some years, take a profit, and leave.


It is true that no one will examine if they really read the rules or not, but their comments, the way they communicate, and the ideas they share will tell if they really read those rules. If, for example, a newbie asks a question or wants to know more about the forum and Bitcoin, you will begin to see different reference threads to help the newbie. If that newbie takes his or her time to read through those threads, it will help them, and perhaps if they have managed to rank up, any time another newbie asks about help, if they truly read those helpful threads that they received as newbies, they can be able to refer another newbie to those old threads. That's just how it works.



Cheers 🥂, Dr.Bitcoin_Strange 👺👺

True that the rule is extremely long and also boring to some extent, but as a newbie that's just getting into Bitcoin or cryptocurrency that's a sacrifice they have to make, if they fail to read the rule of the forum how then do they expect to read the technical aspect of bitcoin? that's even more boring than a simple rule.



I have done this for some threads or articles that seem to never end when you're reading them, just make sure you know what it is that you're searching for, read it, and if there's still time or you still have energy read more but if not save it for later or another day. After all, no one is going to examine you if you really went through the rule or not they only want what's best that's why they recommended it in the first place.

Newbies really need to spend more time in learning about the forum's rules and regulations, instead of jumping into making posts without a proper knowledge of how things work in the forum. Besides I think that every board on this forum is self explanatory and thankfully experienced members and the moderators can easily correct the mistakes of a beginner.

The explanations in the welcome message really throws more lights about understanding the forum's guidelines, especially for beginners.

Newbies consistently demonstrate their inexperience on the forum, which is why they frequently find themselves in difficult situations.  They are constantly eager to advance in rank, and instead of thoroughly familiarizing themselves with the forum before posting, they get caught up in how to earn merit to advance in rank. If they don't want to end up posting in the wrong boards, they should thoroughly research the topic and monitor how other high rank users post there. They should also observe the types of postings they make in particular boards. When people post on the incorrect forums, administrators will either delete their posts or move them to the appropriate board.

It is simple to determine which board to post to because each board's title already contains a lot of information about it and what it is for, making it more or less self-explanatory. For example, the board's title "bitcoin discussion" indicates that it is for discussing bitcoin, "Mining" indicates that it is for discussion about Mining and how to generate bitcoin, and so on. Additionally, a concise summary of the board's purpose is provided directly under the title for everyone to view.



If you're unsure whether similar post has already been made, all you need to do is utilize the search function to see if one is already available. To avoid creating duplicate posts of a topic that may be deleted, it is always a good idea to scan the forum before posting.

There is a post on the forum on how to use the search function. you can use https://ninjastic.space/search to perform a search on this forum to see if a post has been made before. To practice, Use this link to search for the post on how to use the forum search function.

This forum is well decorated with appreciate subforums or boards so that users can discuss and learn easily with on topic. Every newbies should put some effort to know about the forum and their rules and obviously about the boards. If they put less effort they will learn less.

It's sometime a little bit confusing for newbies to know about the appropriate board to post something but if you look at the topics on your desired board and pinned rules on the board then you can easily choose the right board. Why you will choose to discuss about altcoins when there is a specific board for that. Also why you do gambling discussions in other board when forum has it's own dedicated board. So always try to find out the meaning of your Board and read their pinned rules and in local board there you can discuss about anything in your local language.