Topic: Do you have a hard time bringing new people to the forum? - page 3. (Read 1209 times)

It is said that it is difficult depending on who you invite. I once invited someone who didn't have any knowledge about crypto and he thought this was just a forum that didn't produce anything, especially with a merit system, there was nothing that could be done. after that I never invited anyone to this forum, those who come and ask certainly know how this forum provides income. But in the end it will only be a temporary visit and disappear.

During the Christmas holidays, I traveled to different places and one of my main target was to introduce Bitcoin and this forum to as many people as I could. I did but it was not really as easy as I expected because at a point, I was confused on where to start and how to proceed. I wanted a way of shortening the entire process for them, knowing that not everyone will be patient to go through the complex and rigorous process of learning about Bitcoin and the forum itself as a newbie. When I was first introduced into this forum, I was overwhelmed by the workload, the rules, many things to learn and indeed the expectations from me as a newbie. I actually ran away, stayed for a very long time before I remembered I had to face the new task for which I signed up.

I picked myself up and proceeded and I consider that one of the best decision of my life. Today I'm more than motivated to help as many people as possible to grasp this whole things as I know the benefits are innumerable. I don't consider it enough to encourage them to read through the forum because I still remember how difficult it was for me as a newbie, so I'm challenged in my spirit that there should be an easier way to go about introducing the entire concept to newbies.  

I don't know if any of you faced this challenge, if yes, how were you able to proceed?

 

I think the best approach is only to inform them about bitcoin or the forum. But if they consult you, the best way to spur any individual is to show your statement of comprehensive income from the forum.
Like a post I came across yesterday in BEGINNERS AND HELP BOARD where someone was testifying about the best profit he had made in bitcoin citing where he invested $100 and in two days time he gained profit of $80.  

Merit system expose lazy people and their intention since they will not last long here since they might find it hard and state a lot of reason then quit. This will mean that this forum is for those people who can spend a lot of time researching a lot and can able to provide good interaction to other people since if they could just able to get a knowledge first and stop focusing on the benefits for sure they will not get frustrated and rather they might spend time to discuss a lot of things about crypto.

Working hours is not actually a reason for people to stop using this forum since if they are really interested to partake or spend time here for sure they find ways to spend some minutes to know how the forum works and go participate in the discussions tackled up by people in this platform.

In my case, I have a very close friend who used to post here (I convinced him to come here) back in 2017-2018. Merit system discouraged him and stopped posting (he was about to rank up when the new policy came into force). In fact, it also happened to me, at a lower degree.

I've been recently insisting him to come back, but he works many hours and the little time he has left he needs to rest, apart from the fact that here in Spain people don't often communicate in English so his level is quite low, which makes it even harder for him to participate in any discussions here apart from the ones held in our local board.

I don't know if any of you faced this challenge, if yes, how were you able to proceed?

Back in 2017, when I search about Bitcoin, Bitcointalk is on the first page of google search, but nowadays there are a lot of internet site that talked about crypto and Bitcoin, and maybe those site are appears first, on the top google search, not Bitcointalk anymore.