Topic: Do you have a hard time bringing new people to the forum? - page 8. (Read 1538 times)

If you explain something too simply sometimes in a hurry people do not take it seriously. You did not spend so much time as you only traveled home for Christmas holiday which I'm sure did not last more than three weeks. For some people particularly, three weeks is not enough time to learn about Bitcoin plus you notice that they will be interested in engaging in other discussions as they haven't seen you for a very long time, and also talking to other people too. So it is possible that you picked a wrong time to talk about Bitcoin and introduce them to this forum, or the time you spent with them was not enough to convince them that Bitcoin and Bitcoin forum is something good for them.

In my experience, it's really hard to explain Bitcoin in one single word but you can say it's internet money with no stable price Even if I tried to explain everything about Bitcoin to them they said Bitcoin is a scam. I tried to convince them that Bitcoin is not a scam by giving the link of this forum but only one friend of mine learned about Bitcoin from this forum.
They thought that Bitcoin was networking/affiliate they thought that I would earn if I promoted Bitcoin to them. That's why I stopped telling someone about Bitcoin.
Unless they are the ones who introduced Bitcoin first to you.

Bitcoin forums have grown in popularity along with Bitcoin and people are now more aware of Bitcoin forums as evidenced by new members creating accounts on these forums all the time. The presence of accounts may not be noticed in the service sections but when you go to the bound section you will realize that a large number of members are working in the bound section. If you work in this forum and someone you know asks you about this forum then you must tell about this forum and help him if he shows interest in coming to this forum. The popularity of the forum has reached a good level so new users will find out about this forum on their own.

I don't. I haven't tried to introduce the forum to any random person and not even to people who know me. Bitcoin is banned in my country. I don't even talk about Bitcoin or Bitcointalk forum with many of my friends. Only a few of my closest friends know that I have some Bitcoin and I use it. I think you shouldn't ask anyone to learn about Bitcoin or Bitcointalk forum unless they show some interest.

Your first question should be like do you know about Bitcoin? Would you like to know about it? It's important how you approach to others. If your approach is good enough, you won't have hard time explaining them. If they show interest, they will be patience.

Most people want to be involved in anything that can give them financial benefits. They don't care about learning all they want is how to make quick money. The few people I have tried to introduce are focused on the financial benefits. When I also tell them that they need to learn and patiently build their account for them to start earning, they become skeptical. Immediately you unveil the time and process of building an account, many of them usually lose interest. People are always interested in engaging in get-rich-quick schemes and are not always interested in learning about what can benefit them in the future.

Hahahahaha! Privacy is important in the Bitcoin space because we don't know the intentions of people. People might think you are rich when you introduce them or keep speaking about Bitcoin. Your points are valid for security reasons.

No, I don't have a hard time because I don't even try to convince anyone of anything related to Bitcoin. If I hear someone talking about it I play dumb. The less people know that I have Bitcoin, the better. And the less I would even think of talking about it while traveling around. You want to put a bull's eye on yourself.

Back in 2017, I tried bringing a few of my friends back in college into this forum. I explained it to them that there is an opportunity to earn money as a form of investment by understanding on how cryptocurrencies work. I had success back then as I was able to recruit 2-3 of my friends but unfortunately, they are not active anymore ever since the merit system was introduced.

While earning money can potentially be as a sideline, they are missing tons of other information that can benefit them in the long run. Unfortunately, they were too focused on raking up and joining on signature campaigns that they got lost in translation.

Bearing this on mind, I tried explaining this forum to one of my friends in law school and I had success in turning them into a crypto enthusiast. Fortunately, he is into mining right now and he really bought a rig with all the knowledge he gained from all channels.

In conclusion, it really depends on how you introduce this forum to your friends/colleagues. If you explain it to them in a very short-sighted manner, they may quickly lose interest when they may encounter a hindrance (e.g. like what happened to my college friends when the merit system was implemented); but if you explain it to them in a broad scope with deep understanding, then they may stay and even surpass the knowledge that you have (e.g. like my friend who mines currently).

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?