Topic: Can we contribute accross local boards? - page 2. (Read 459 times)

After seeing this response, a thought came into my head and that is the fact that I might just be bore one day and decide to visit one of the local boards just to see the way they are discussing and interacting. Maybe in the process of that I notice some threads with so much engagements and decide to use translator to follow what is being discussed. Assuming I have something to say or I want to ask for further clarifications from the participants of the discussion or I want to make a contribution that is relevant to the subject, what is am I expected to do? Can he respond in English or he should completely avoid joining the conversation because that is not his local board.

You can just simply try to make it easier to understand and post them in your local section without using any translator because they can detect it and you will be in trouble unless your countrymen understand that you were just helping them. Trust me, there are lots of topics that you could use to contribute to them and make it simple and informative as well. You could also look for a certain topic and make it exclusive to your local language only. Just don't try to post on other local boards because when they detect that you are not one of them, they mostly report you to their moderator and will gonna red flag you without hesitations.

I have not come across any rules like that there, and I don't think there are any rules like that there in this forum that someone in another local board cannot engage in other local boards apart from their own local board. But the question is, do you understand their local language very well? If not, why are you so interested in their local boards when there are many things for you to learn under your local board? 


Local boards are created for the purpose of those who do not understand English but can write and read in their own language. So if that is the reason why local boards came into existence in the bitcointalk forum, but the forum's general language is English, and anything that someone wants to learn about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general is being discussed in English, why will someone try to engage in other local boards where he or she does not understand their languages much but will always try to be using a translator whenever he or she is in those local boards to have discussion? Many discussions going on local boards are mainly about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies or things that are happening in their countries. Instead of someone who understands English trying to engage in other local boards, why them no fully focus on the general board to learn whatever they want to learn? 

The forum does not prohibit anyone from engaging in discussions on other boards as long as you can interact in their language. I think using a translator is not ideal because translator doesn't always give you the exact details information and you'll be mislead and respond out of context. I will just advise you to stay away if it's not English conversation. After all, local board are meant for local discussion about a particular group and their localities. I don't know why you're interested in others affairs despite you don't understand their language. Majorly everything that will interest you to learn are being discussed in general boards and not a specific local board, explore the boards and learn.

You can only make comments in your local board and not in another local board. When you visit the other local boards and when you don't know their native languages then what do you think you can write anything there? Because foe you to write there, the first thing to know is to understand the language then you can do well. If you don't understand it then you can't make comments there. And if you are planning to use google translator to write then will be caught and tag or ban for it. And it is not good to use two local board. It has happened to me in altcoinstalks forum. My name is mentioned in Philippine's local board everything comments and thread they create their so there was a day I visit the board and asked them why they explained to me the meaning of the word. And I am noticing other words that contain my name.

Well I believe any one asking questions seek to know, but is not ideal, basically the purpose of using native language is for easy understanding of the people of that language. But my opinion is that you don't need to be part if you can't speak the language, using the translators for knowledge sake you can still learn what you want and still not partake in the board if really your motive is to learn if not many board with English have all it takes to be granded on the Bitcoin, crypto and trading. Leaving your board to go after another board make you feel yours is inferior, and if the moderator also see situation like that at the end where such person is identify not been of the nationality, he claims, it make you condemn your Nation by making them feel that every body around your nation partakes  in forging.

How can you leave your local board and join other local board to make contribution, if you have important question you want to ask and you don't want to ask your local board, you can ask the question in the beginners and help discussion where you can find quick respond to your question and you will be satisfy.

I believe you know that every local board have their own rules and, if you are not from Germany and you form to be a German by joining the Germany local board based on you are familiar with their language, show that you are not proud of your country .

Thank you all for your replies and your wealth of knowledge shared with me here, I must say I learnt a whole lot from it and I'm better informed now on the patterns of engagement on the local boards.

If what you say is something important and no one has posted it, I don't think there's a problem, even in English I think it's fine. but we have to know why local boards are created, local boards are created for those who have the same language, the same country, the same nationality and other similarities so that a local board community is formed. If you are an expert in their language, understand their slang, their way of joking and communicating, then go ahead. but if you are not fluent in their language and only rely on Google Translate, I don't think it's a good idea, I think the residents on the local board also feel uncomfortable if someone uses their language but in a very strange way.

This is a wrong move you are trying to do. You are Nigeria like me, your business is any other board that communicates with English and naija discussion, you don't have any business with any other languages. The reason why local boards are created is for people who don't understand English to have a place to discuss and understand what is happening and translation is a big no, you will be committing forum offense when you used Google or any other websites for translation.

You should note that using a translator wouldn't help like that, there is no way that you are going to communicate effectively and efficiently using a translator, they wouldn't understand everything directly from English to India and from India to English. If you want to test it, go to any of the local boards you like and switch on your browser translator from the local to English, you will see that you wouldn't have equal 1:1 translation.

I get your point and I see nothing wrong in non native speakers who have not lived in that country chiming into conversations, but I personally would not do that. I do not even read conversations in other local boards except when I am mentioned in them.

Nigerian English is different from U.K or U.S English and would be slightly difficult for a non native speaker to understand, but the Indian local board communicates English which is easily understandable to all native speakers.

Our local board is open and welcoming to anyone who's interested in joining discussions, even if you speak in English - guess there's no ruling about that cmiiw and we'll reply you in the same language. Our local words I think can easily be learned because they're also in alphabet and we don't have a lot of special characters or letters. You're free to contribute but as said by everybody, don't use translators trying to get into conversations, just be yourself as all of us have common interest and that's about Bitcoin and crypto matters.

It's really subjective, there are few campaigns are favor on local board posters.

That's the point why @OP want to join in local board, he want to become a family with the local board posters as you know there are merit sharing in local boards. He might no feel relevant, but he can learn about the culture or anything related to that country.

Even though there are some local boards that are accustomed to using English such as the Indian board and the Nigerian board, I think there are still differences in how English is mixed with their culture. It's not the same as you speaking English on a global board. So it's best not to join other local boards if you don't master their language well.


This is also an important point. Users in local forums are like family. They have such a bond because they come from the same country. They can discuss topics that can be very relevant to them. Maybe we have much better knowledge than them, but when discussing topics in general, it's best not to join other local boards.

Except for special matters such as trade, technical issues or, you are really interested in the culture of their country. Like local Indian boards accept English and you also know the issues in their country and are interested in their culture, then I think it is not a problem because in the end you will become a part of them.  

Did I miss something, but what is the reason of posting in several local boards? Signature campaigns do not favor local boards, and some of them do not pay to post there. You will not be comfortable trying to discuss in a language you cannot understand. A.I. translation for those languages may not be perfect. It would be easy knowing that you do not speak these languages, as it is rare to find someone who speaks more than 5 languages and you will not get merits.

Yeah, you can, but there must only be a few reasons why you do that. I guess discussions in local boards are normally about topics that mainly concern either their countries and their citizens or their local views and opinions. Outside of this, topics can be discussed with the entire community in the forum.

Also, it makes no point regularly joining local discussions when you can't understand their language anyway. Sure, you can have their posts translated, but it's not going to be accurate. Some sense are probably lost. And you're also kind of an unwelcome visitor. Surely, there must be a reason why they're discussing only amongst themselves.

You can contribute to local boards where you can master the language, using a translator does not guarantee a 100% level of accuracy in the content of your intended writing, shifts in vocabulary can make it difficult for users on other local boards to understand the content of your topic.
Maybe you missed this Thread Help me translate my best posts in your Local Board If @GazetaBitcoin wants, he can translate the topic himself on different local boards as a form of wanting to contribute to the forum. But he didn't do it because the local boards whose language he couldn't master were not his area, so he needed help from other users to translate his best posts.

Contribute in your local board and in global board with English.

If your posts are not quality, helpful enough for your local board and in English board, they are useless and should not be spread over other boards.

Even prominent users don't post in most boards of forum because it's unnecessary. Local boards have prominent local users to do helpful posts and contributions. Mostly they don't need outsiders to join.

Using translator tools to make post is like spam and not allowed by forum rules.
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Op, for your question. You can discuss in any local board only if you understand that language and can discuss there without using translators. I do not know any reason why I will go to other people's board to discuss while there's my own board and there is the entire large forum.

There's no restriction from the use of one local board, so if you're bilingual or multilingual, you can interact on as many local boards as you can. However, the forum frowns at the use of automated translator, so if you've the intention of using a translator to meander your way through various LB, please don't because you may get yourself into trouble. You can only use it on special occasions, for instance if you get mentioned in a post you need to reply. Some members have done that before.