Topic: Does anyone want a "I'm in the area lets hangout board" (Read 679 times)
Op I really like such ideology because many people really love hangout especially in terms of things that is related to forum, but we have to know the nature of these if its really possible to executive and also programmed it accordingly, more especially boards by board, because I think these will bring a new innovation to the community, and also attract more people into cryptocurrency transactions.
Bitcointalk on the other hand is more privacy centered and I would rather not link my personal profile to my online identity on the forum.
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Meeting "random" members who just wish to hang out and who I do not know beyond their pseudo username bears some level of risk as you're trusting them with that information.
That is why I suggested creating an alt account if you want to meet someone so the other person doesn't know who you are on Bitcointalk if you aren't comfortable with that....
Meeting "random" members who just wish to hang out and who I do not know beyond their pseudo username bears some level of risk as you're trusting them with that information.
That's one thing I forgot to mention as well about the safety aspects of meeting up with a newbie. They could be the alt of someone you don't like that much or even someone who has a grudge with you. That could actually be very dangerous especially when in most cases you don't know what people look like here so that could be exploited very easily. I have nothing against people if they want to meet up with randomers or users of any rank but for multiple reasons I think it's better keeping meet-ups private or with users who you and friendly or familiar with. I really wouldn't advise people meet lower ranked members one on one. Groups are always best and meetings in public places. You can always choose to meet people you get along with from those at a later date.
The other person wouldn't know who you are (since you are using an alt) so they can't have a grudge on you. It works the other way around if they use an alt as well. If I have a grudge on hilariousetc, I can't have a grudge on skittlesBoy who is looking to meet someone in the Denver area on Friday to talk Bitcoin.You guys seem to forget one thing. I am not suggesting this be the standard when meeting people. My initial reply was about a concern someone posted who didn't want his online identity to be tied with this real identity, but he still wants to meet people face to face. One way to circumvent that is using an alt not tied to your original account.
If I want to meet a specific user or become friends with that user, of course none of this bullshit I posted applies. I would contact that person and see if we can get together.
But again, who wants to meet with a random newb? Maybe I'm out of the loop and this happens all the time but would you meet a random person off the internet you've never seen or interacted with before? Depending on what sort of meet up it was I think you'd be able to work out who some users were even if they were 'anonymous'. CryptocurencyKing mentioned above about the Watford FC gathering and I bet if I showed up to that people would be able to figure out who I was on here unless I was being purposely obtuse.
Bitcointalk on the other hand is more privacy centered and I would rather not link my personal profile to my online identity on the forum.
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Meeting "random" members who just wish to hang out and who I do not know beyond their pseudo username bears some level of risk as you're trusting them with that information.
That is why I suggested creating an alt account if you want to meet someone so the other person doesn't know who you are on Bitcointalk if you aren't comfortable with that....
Meeting "random" members who just wish to hang out and who I do not know beyond their pseudo username bears some level of risk as you're trusting them with that information.
You can have as many accounts as you want here. It's only against the rules if it's to ban evade, but that is rarely enforced.
<…> But the forum is against creating alt accounts, everything is getting complicated all day here.
No, it’s not really against the creation and usage of Alt accounts, but rather disfavours abuse and unethical exploitation of them (i.e. meriting between them, participating in the same campaign – which is very often disallowed, bumping threads in fake conversations, skipping bans, etc.).There are many legit reasons for creating alt accounts (i.e. distinguish business from personal opinion, bounties vs opinion, fully powered environment vs on-the-move, etc.). Some people state them clearly as linked, other’s don’t, and some are easily inferable.
Bitcointalk on the other hand is more privacy centered and I would rather not link my personal profile to my online identity on the forum.
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Meeting "random" members who just wish to hang out and who I do not know beyond their pseudo username bears some level of risk as you're trusting them with that information.
That is why I suggested creating an alt account if you want to meet someone so the other person doesn't know who you are on Bitcointalk if you aren't comfortable with that....
Meeting "random" members who just wish to hang out and who I do not know beyond their pseudo username bears some level of risk as you're trusting them with that information.
Bitcointalk on the other hand is more privacy centered and I would rather not link my personal profile to my online identity on the forum.
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Meeting "random" members who just wish to hang out and who I do not know beyond their pseudo username bears some level of risk as you're trusting them with that information.
That is why I suggested creating an alt account if you want to meet someone so the other person doesn't know who you are on Bitcointalk if you aren't comfortable with that....
Meeting "random" members who just wish to hang out and who I do not know beyond their pseudo username bears some level of risk as you're trusting them with that information.
That's one thing I forgot to mention as well about the safety aspects of meeting up with a newbie. They could be the alt of someone you don't like that much or even someone who has a grudge with you. That could actually be very dangerous especially when in most cases you don't know what people look like here so that could be exploited very easily. I have nothing against people if they want to meet up with randomers or users of any rank but for multiple reasons I think it's better keeping meet-ups private or with users who you and friendly or familiar with. I really wouldn't advise people meet lower ranked members one on one. Groups are always best and meetings in public places. You can always choose to meet people you get along with from those at a later date.
The other person wouldn't know who you are (since you are using an alt) so they can't have a grudge on you. It works the other way around if they use an alt as well. If I have a grudge on hilariousetc, I can't have a grudge on skittlesBoy who is looking to meet someone in the Denver area on Friday to talk Bitcoin.You guys seem to forget one thing. I am not suggesting this be the standard when meeting people. My initial reply was about a concern someone posted who didn't want his online identity to be tied with this real identity, but he still wants to meet people face to face. One way to circumvent that is using an alt not tied to your original account.
If I want to meet a specific user or become friends with that user, of course none of this bullshit I posted applies. I would contact that person and see if we can get together.
It is fun to meet a community of bitcoin lovers in person and is also a way in itself to help bitcoin gain more fans. But I think people will still consider their anonymity in this forum so it will be difficult to get to know each other.
I have joined a local community group where there are lot of people there I know and some of whom I have met. However, I still haven't published my identity on the forum due to privacy reason so I can still be anonymous while arguing with them on the forum. I believe meeting the bitcoin community in person is a good thing to know a lot of thing we don't know about bitcoin and everything, but I haven't thought about meeting people from different countries due to language barrier.
I have joined a local community group where there are lot of people there I know and some of whom I have met. However, I still haven't published my identity on the forum due to privacy reason so I can still be anonymous while arguing with them on the forum. I believe meeting the bitcoin community in person is a good thing to know a lot of thing we don't know about bitcoin and everything, but I haven't thought about meeting people from different countries due to language barrier.
"I am around let's hangout, oh! and don't forget to bring your private keys haha" board you mean? Crypto tinder sounds fun
Not quite long ago, I saw a partnership or whatever it was, I guess last year with Watford football club with a speculated probability of booking reservations using Bitcoin for some VIP members. It was pretty much a good idea especially with the fact that, it was very safe, at least that was how I viewed it.
We value privacy very much in this forum and one of that reason is for the issue of security as it could be very damaging should you meet with some strange user or user you don't know much about but, seemed to have earned some level of trust between yourselves in the forum. A relationship could be built from here no doubt but, be sure of your safety before meeting out with anyone at any point in life.
We value privacy very much in this forum and one of that reason is for the issue of security as it could be very damaging should you meet with some strange user or user you don't know much about but, seemed to have earned some level of trust between yourselves in the forum. A relationship could be built from here no doubt but, be sure of your safety before meeting out with anyone at any point in life.
Now imagine posting that when you're some kind of a famous member on bitcointalk who usually reports shitpoters or busts scams and you're travelling to a third world country. I reckon they wouldn't miss the golden opportunity to beat the sit out of you.
There are legit meet-up groups on sites like Meet-up which should be used instead.
You'd be surprised some of those famous ones might be totally opposite IRL, like being reserved/ quiet
There are probably still people out there who hate me from the days I was a Mod at Rollin's Chatter Box. That's one of the reasons I like my privacy.
Exactly that further justifies my point of why meeting random people from bitcointalk is a bad idea.I'd be curious to meet people, but I know from past (dating) experience it's usually not how you expect people to be 
Tinder is shit. And, as I have always said, pull a gun on me, take my wallet & phone. It's still not life altering money. If you have that much on you when meeting someone you only know from the internet then you're a dumbass.
Agree. So the board should be called "I'm in the area if you know me personally let's hang out". 
You are not meeting some random person, you are meeting a fellow Bitcoiner. Whether he is a Newbie, Member or Legendary shouldn't matter.
It does matter: once word gets out you're meeting Bitcointalk members "in the area", a $5 wrench attacker could easily register for just that purpose.Yeah, but I was thinking more along the lines of where I have met people before. Very public very well traveled places.
When traveling you meet at Cleopatra's Barge at Caesars in Vegas or Westside Burgers (now out of business) near Zion that kind of thing.
If someone is coming into your area and you say "lets meet in the dark alley next to the methadone clinic" and you do that's on you.
Same thing goes the other way, someone is coming into my area and says "lets meet here" if I don't know the area and don't bother to check that's on me.
And, as I have always said, pull a gun on me, take my wallet & phone. It's still not life altering money. If you have that much on you when meeting someone you only know from the internet then you're a dumbass.
-Dave
*With the above being said I have met up with 1 member in a parking lot to get some miners and took it on faith that the home address another member gave me was accurate and not a kill room.
You are not meeting some random person, you are meeting a fellow Bitcoiner. Whether he is a Newbie, Member or Legendary shouldn't matter.
It does matter: once word gets out you're meeting Bitcointalk members "in the area", a $5 wrench attacker could easily register for just that purpose.I think trying to rob someone of their crypto would probably be easier and safer to do than with the money in their bank. When you've got a load of high-net worth guests
I wonder the same when watching Gold Rush on the Discovery channel. They're in the middle of nowhere with loads of gold.Now imagine posting that when you're some kind of a famous member on bitcointalk who usually reports shitpoters or busts scams
There are probably still people out there who hate me from the days I was a Mod at Rollin's Chatter Box. That's one of the reasons I like my privacy.I'd be curious to meet people, but I know from past (dating) experience it's usually not how you expect people to be
Something along the lines of, "I'm going to be in the Zion National Park area for a couple of days next week, anyone want to grab a beer and a burger?"
Now imagine posting that when you're some kind of a famous member on bitcointalk who usually reports shitpoters or busts scams and you're travelling to a third world country. I reckon they wouldn't miss the golden opportunity to beat the sit out of you. There are legit meet-up groups on sites like Meet-up which should be used instead.
I could have sworn I saw a "Kidnap and Covid missed connections" listed under the special boards. 
I wonder if anyone will ever be a target at one of these organised crypto meet ups. I think trying to rob someone of their crypto would probably be easier and safer to do than with the money in their bank. When you've got a load of high-net worth guests like Vitalik Buterin etc turning up to some of these speaking events I imagine they would be an easy hit. Do those guys have security? Crypto meet ups have even been done on cruise ships. I believe John McAfee, Bobby Lee, Roger Ver and Brock Pierce were all on the 2018 CoinsBank Blockchain Cruise. I'm sure there's a good heist film idea there
.Subject kind of says it all. One of the other boards I am on setup a section like it a couple of years ago and it seems to have been somewhat popular.
Not like the "meetup section" that we have now for been meets but more 1 on 1.
Something along the lines of, "I'm going to be in the Zion National Park area for a couple of days next week, anyone want to grab a beer and a burger?"
I know we are a bit more privacy focused then a lot of online places, just wondering if anyone would be into it.
-Dave
Not like the "meetup section" that we have now for been meets but more 1 on 1.
Something along the lines of, "I'm going to be in the Zion National Park area for a couple of days next week, anyone want to grab a beer and a burger?"
I know we are a bit more privacy focused then a lot of online places, just wondering if anyone would be into it.
-Dave
Why not, I think that would be quite interesting.
A few years ago, in the Croatian part of the forum, we arranged our offline meetup through the forum and it was great, one of the best meetings in my life.
It’s really nice to meet people you’ve been in communication with for a long time.
I think DaveF is asking for a board more suited to one-on-ones or a casual hang out sub. Group meetings are for more likely to happen (and safer) but I still don't think the meet up board is even that active for group meet-ups, though what he's requesting can obviously also be organised in there.
Subject kind of says it all. One of the other boards I am on setup a section like it a couple of years ago and it seems to have been somewhat popular.
Not like the "meetup section" that we have now for been meets but more 1 on 1.
Something along the lines of, "I'm going to be in the Zion National Park area for a couple of days next week, anyone want to grab a beer and a burger?"
I know we are a bit more privacy focused then a lot of online places, just wondering if anyone would be into it.
-Dave
Not like the "meetup section" that we have now for been meets but more 1 on 1.
Something along the lines of, "I'm going to be in the Zion National Park area for a couple of days next week, anyone want to grab a beer and a burger?"
I know we are a bit more privacy focused then a lot of online places, just wondering if anyone would be into it.
-Dave
Why not, I think that would be quite interesting.
A few years ago, in the Croatian part of the forum, we arranged our offline meetup through the forum and it was great, one of the best meetings in my life.
It’s really nice to meet people you’ve been in communication with for a long time.
I could have sworn I saw a "Kidnap and Covid missed connections" listed under the special boards.
It is a nice idea We can meet other bitcointalk users and we can exchange some knowledge with. Though, I'm worried with our security, not that I am judging some of our co-users here but we aren't sure of what may happen if we will hangout with some strangers we just met online. Just being careful I suggest we can use some platforms like discord aside from using telegram and twitter.
We can meet other bitcointalk users and we can exchange some knowledge with. Though, I'm worried with our security, not that I am judging some of our co-users here but we aren't sure of what may happen if we will hangout with some strangers we just met online. Just being careful I suggest we can use some platforms like discord aside from using telegram and twitter. Well in that case you're still meeting a random person but who is just interested in bitcoin. If people just want to meet random people who are into bitcoin then sure, but I wouldn't want to just meet up with any randomer and I'm sure most others won't either.
I would definitely not either. I've discussed Bitcoin with a couple of people IRL whom I met on some other platform (preferably one where my identity is already known; the part which I choose to show). Bitcointalk on the other hand is more privacy centered and I would rather not link my personal profile to my online identity on the forum. Some people may have built strong relationships which has gone beyond the forum, but imo, this should only be between a handful of people at most. Meeting "random" members who just wish to hang out and who I do not know beyond their pseudo username bears some level of risk as you're trusting them with that information.
Fully agree. That's one thing I forgot to mention as well about the safety aspects of meeting up with a newbie. They could be the alt of someone you don't like that much or even someone who has a grudge with you. That could actually be very dangerous especially when in most cases you don't know what people look like here so that could be exploited very easily. I have nothing against people if they want to meet up with randomers or users of any rank but for multiple reasons I think it's better keeping meet-ups private or with users who you and friendly or familiar with. I really wouldn't advise people meet lower ranked members one on one. Groups are always best and meetings in public places. You can always choose to meet people you get along with from those at a later date.
Well in that case you're still meeting a random person but who is just interested in bitcoin. If people just want to meet random people who are into bitcoin then sure, but I wouldn't want to just meet up with any randomer and I'm sure most others won't either.
I would definitely not either. I've discussed Bitcoin with a couple of people IRL whom I met on some other platform (preferably one where my identity is already known; the part which I choose to show). Bitcointalk on the other hand is more privacy centered and I would rather not link my personal profile to my online identity on the forum. Some people may have built strong relationships which has gone beyond the forum, but imo, this should only be between a handful of people at most. Meeting "random" members who just wish to hang out and who I do not know beyond their pseudo username bears some level of risk as you're trusting them with that information.
I'm sure most people wouldn't want to meet with a newbie, and if you're just wanting to hang out with a random person off the internet then there are apps and websites for this.
You are not meeting some random person, you are meeting a fellow Bitcoiner. Whether he is a Newbie, Member or Legendary shouldn't matter. If you want to meet only users of a certain rank, put that as a condition in your post. I still think all this can be done from the meetup section and doesn't require a brand new board that will have just a couple of threads in it.
Well in that case you're still meeting a random person but who is just interested in bitcoin. If people just want to meet random people who are into bitcoin then sure, but I wouldn't want to just meet up with any randomer and I'm sure most others won't either. People usually only want to meet someone if they get along or at least have had some sort of rapport. The level that people have any interest in bitcoin here is going to very greatly as well. Probably 50% of the users are here only because it's profitable for them. I'm sure many don't really care about bitcoin that much other than that.
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