Topic: Enjoy being a newbie (Read 875 times)

Like the sayings goes, " a closed mouth is a closed destiny"  people tend to keep quiet over things that they could be able to ask questions about. They just ignore and  keep silent when there is avenue for them to ask. Although there are people like that but not to that extent of being too quiet to not ask questions that would be of great help and benefit to them.

I know of people that were once the quiet type that never talks too much but all of a sudden, I noticed they became talkers and I enquired about the sudden changes and they told me, " if you want to survive, you must open and shine your eyes, also talk our boldly to make sure you are heard" that was were I understood that their narrative changed. I was happy about it because they were too silent to stay with. In all, if you must survive then you will need to be vocal.

I agree because we can often see newbies being extra emotional and sensitive like they are children who expect a lot of care from us and as soon as one of us scolds them a little bit about a mistake, they start crying as to why they were scolded even if they have made a mistake, we should have made them understand with love. Such people need to understand that sometimes it becomes necessary for elders to do that to make the children understand that a certain thing shouldn't be done again because if it's done again, they will be scolded or beaten for it.

Not every single member of this forum may start showing so much love and affection towards newbies that they should never use a single harsh word towards them even if they are making mistakes again and again, so newbies need to understand that they need to learn and improve if they don't want to face such things. If you are a newbie, you stay in the forum for as long as 2 years, and you still remain a newbie while having none of your concepts clear about anything, you can't expect members to entertain basic questions from you because you have had enough time to learn everything.

That doesn't happen all the time. I know some users might be a bit harsh when they see a newbie making a mistake about something which is very obvious or they could easily know about it with a simple search, but most people would still help a newbie even if they are asking repetitive questions.

One more thing, newbies will have to learn to take negative criticism because that will eventually make them stronger. Don't take criticism personally and try to learn from it and you will see yourself growing in the long run.

For now I don't think newbies have anything to enjoy. why I said that is because, as a newbie, I mean original newbie. Not by name, you have to undergo a lot of thrash. a lot of confrontation and harsh response from the so called experts. All of these things happen to you because definitely you must make some mistakes in the forum. And after making mistakes, not all of us have the same mind to tolerate it from people like me that are still in the zero level. Some of them might just utter very detrimental and derogatory statement to the extent that if Care is not taking, the whole of your days can be spoiled because of it.
All of these happened because of you still being in a rank of newbie. But no problem, if we take heart and bear it, there shall be light at the end of the tunnel.

Exactly, not all of us are actually real newbies as seen on the profile. But you can only say what you see and leave what is hidden which is unknown. And again, as you said that if you don't ask you will not be answered, that is a very true talk. Because if you don't talk and say what is in your mind nobody will know what is bothering you. And even if there is someone that is trying to help you, the person will be thinking that you are ok and nothing is wrong with you. But if you ask or complain, then, those that are willing to help will definitely do the necessary. If you ask about what you don't know, next time somebody will come to you and ask you too. And if you are being given the correct answer, then, from that day you have become expert in that aspect.

The bad thing is that you have always the hope to grow and become Legendary or whatever, but it is impossible to go back in time and feel the same sensations you felt when you were a newbie. That's why I agree with the title of this thread: many people focus in growing and don't enjoy the great experience of being a new member.

Not my case fortunately, but growth usually means disappointment and quarrels with other members who don't share your same opinions, or are rude because you simply lack the knowledge they think is the bare minimum to participate in certain topics.

On the other hand, being new and anonymous gives you more freedom to say whatever you think, even if you are wrong and no matter what others answer, because they will forget about you very soon. But when you are known you have to be more cautious, because everything you say could be used against you. And changing your mind is also more difficult, because you have been building and sharing a thread of thought and it would seem incoherent if you one day started saying the contrary of what you had always thought. I believe that rectifying is wise, and I am one of those that if I make a mistake and rectify I don't care much what others say, but I sense that for many, the fear of being incoherent is a burden.

In as much as we advocate that newbies should enjoy their status, also try to rank up. There's another level of enjoyment you will witness immediately you become an established member of this forum. By then your opinion will be held high especially if you are also reputable.

Exactly what I meant above. Anywhere you find yourself, you should endeavour to grow. Growth is another level of enjoyment. Especially when you look back and remember where you started.

I'm also enjoying being a newbie.  Being new to this forum I am very happy and very excited.  I am more curious about it.  Always learning new things.  Everything here is very helpful.

You are absolutely correct mate. It marvels me when newbie creat post anyhow and to an extent of advising people in the forum I keep asking myself who are they actually advising the snr men or their fellow newbie because they don't specify or direct it. though some of them can or may have an idea on Bitcoin or crypto before joining the forum but that doesn't mean they should be advising people in this forum. The best way to improve or grow is to bring down oneself, learn etc and don't try to showcase yourself.

sharing same experience, is not am easy thing being a newbie, just roaming about the forum trying to understand all that is going on  learning from threads and reply to questions by forum members, a newbie is more like a baby expected to grow in to adult.

I appreciate your opinion, and believe me, your opinion is totally realistic. I understand from your angle of reasoning, which is;
Many people are skeptical of sending merits to newbies, they might believe it is an alt account or a part of account farm as you said. But also when the body language of the said newbie is positive, there are good chances of rapid growth.

What I meant by newbie recieving merits with little efforts is that, a newbie discuss something about LN stands a chance of being merited than me discussing same topic. Every newbie account is invariably regarded as a novice account, even if someone behind it is knowledgeable.[/list]

That's why there are many tutorials out there and it's helpful to a newbie to understand that thing and those users who are actually good in crypto even though they are newbie in the forum then they can share thier knowledge to us. But a real newbies which is no knowledge about crypto then we can say that they are need help  by the older member but not totally everytime they need help. But newbies itself must learn by using search button.

The forum is aimed at everyone. Here any user can communicate, receive and share knowledge, regardless of his rank and time spent on the forum. Here, everyone's word has weight if it is said in essence and to the point.

Why are you not satisfied with the tactic of expressing your thoughts the way you think without the need to please high ranks?

That is, you are embarrassed to seem like newbies when you are newbies? What nonsense?

This is highly commendable.

Switch to other threads that can help you as a beginner. What problems?

There are other reasons for plagiarism. One of which is a banal lack of knowledge of the forum rules. And another reason is laziness and inability to generate your own content.


And I would advise beginners to learn to use the search on the forum, so as not to create repeating topics with the same questions over and over again.

Is there anyone who will even love to remain being a newbie, what's the joy in remaining to be a newbie when you have a long way to go and you're also being active on the forum, newbie is the shortest rank and i don't see any pleasure in staying here for so long, if you really know what you're doing, it's not about us learning or listening, it's about paying attention to what we were being told and taking further and necessary actions for their best results.

Of a truth newbies are very much  delicate when it comes to their ranking here but not all newbies are newbie as we think. Most of them are well groomed in the field but for the fact that they are being tagged a newbie by the position of their accounts, that is they are just new by virtue of their account position on the platform but are knowledgeable enough about the system much more than some high rank. Little wonder some newbie accounts here are tagged as a reason of their  performance based on the way they operate on the platform.

Nevertheless, it is good to ask questions because only those who ask questions are liable to get answers to their questions and that gives them more knowledge and insight about what they had asked about but if one decides to go mute and feel they know it all, they would always be a shadow of themselves roaming around and learning through the hard way which likely would cost them time and delay.

Actually, you don't need to stay as newbie to enjoy the forum and if you stay for too long then people might assume that you are dumb to learn things that are too basic. Anyway, not only newbie come here to learn, its for everyone irrespective of the profile ranks and one who got the knowledge will guide you in the right way but never forget this is just a forum and don't expect everything shared here to be a fact especially a random user.

This is what we often encounter in this forum, many beginners push themselves too hard to create topics even though the topic has already been created by someone else, so it gives the impression that they are hunting for merit. This can be seen because they create a topic without doing a cross check first, so it's not just spam happens but also many beginners end up being plagiarized. In fact, beginners should have confidence in the process of increasing their account, because by discussing frequently they will increase their knowledge so that when they make posts it will produce quality, not quantity.

If beginners have patience and follow the process, the results they will get will definitely be much better, in essence nothing is instant.

I think I disagree with this as I believe the opposite is the reality. Newbies are easily viewed from the angle of merit farming even when their intention might just be to contribute to discussion. When they put so much efforts to impress, they might likely be seen as desperate. I have not done a large sample size but doing a little check on the topics that receive merits, you will those from newbies are very small compared to those of older members. This is expected anyways because the quality of the post of the newbies will definitely be lower than those of the experienced guys.
Note: my comment is entirely my opinion, I can be wrong.

This is expected because the forum itself is still strange to them hence they need to put more efforts. Besides, the older guys were also newbies at some point and had gone through the same process. Now they are better informed and already know how to get any information they want.

The truth is Forum is difficult for people who found themselves here without a guardian to give them proper orientation about the forum, rules and everything that has to do with the forum entirely. Most of the newbies are talented and have little idea about cryptocurrency, they also know how to write quality posts and can read to comprehend as well but the problem is no matter how brilliant you are, if you are in a new environment that you have little or no knowledge about, you might feel that strange attitude of confusion and not knowing where to start from. It's normal to have this feeling and you might get over it as time goes on.

Likewise, it's worthy of noting that some newbies are so dumb and they are not in any way ready to learn with the reluctant attitude they exhibit sometime. It's not strange seeing newbies teaching old members about how to succeed in the forum as if it's a career while they are suppose to calm and learn first. I know the forum ain't so easy to navigate but if they can exercise patience and dedicate time for it, then they might find it the as the most amazing place to be.

No matter how weird this might sound, there are alot of things that newbies enjoy which established members may never enjoy.

• A newbie can quote wrongly and can only be corrected.
• A newbie with little efforts will earn merits easily than an established member 
• A newbie has more chances of conducting research as the course of learning

Newbies have alot of freedom to tour and enjoy the forum except the freedom to copy and paste other people's work.

That's a common misconception that newbies have created about themselves while there is no reality in that. As long as a newbie is participating in discussions while truly contributing something in the discussion and is writing constructive posts, they will get the same attention as any other rank members get, but if their participation is writing one liners and posts that make no sense or contribute to the discussion, they are meant to be ignored in that case.

Since most people consider having a lot of Merits being a symbol of constructiveness, you can find a lot of newbies having more Merits than they require to become a Member and that shows that it is not about your rank but it's about how you carry yourself in the forum that determines whether you will get the recognition you deserve or not.