Topic: How do I become productive in this forum? (Read 335 times)

I guess some other users here "know what OP is up to". If you're going to the forum for productivity, we all know what that user is up to. I have never seen someone obsessed with productivity in Facebook, Twitter unless it is a drama, Reddit or any social media sites out there.

When a user treats the forum like a workplace (unless s/he is into trading or selling goods or services), people know that the user is not here for discussion/s. 

What exactly do you mean by research about forum? When you come across this forum with the help of any source you are good to go and then the main task is to explore different threads with abundance of knowledge.You should focus on learning not gaining merits in the first instance and it's not easy or hard if you have the knowledge to post and write whatever the topic is.You see there are members getting merits for simple answers also but that means they have clarified on the doubt and given the exact answer but this comes up with learning and enhancing your knowledge on these things.

You'll be more productive if you are learning in this forum, you need to search here or research about this forum and be who you are in this forum. Helping others or guiding others is good for others specially to those newbie in forum. In my first time here, I don't know how this forum works then after many days I searched this forum and gain knowledge like grammar and also the quality of your post. Merit is not easy to get so make a better post and don't post if what you're saying has not connected to the main topic. Have fun here !

First things first, stop considering yourself and others a victim of anything only because they or you are not being able to get Merits and grow up in rank, it's an eventual process that shows how much knowledge you have gained and how are you utilizing the knowledge that you've gained so far. It's better to just try to improve instead of taking any guilt.

The moment when you realize that your posts are not really paying off in terms of appreciation that you might be expecting which is given as Merits in here, you need to start thinking that maybe you are not knowledgeable enough and that is what you need to focus on, to get more knowledge and then focus on other things like grammar and etc.

Never tired to learn. Indeed, the learning process does require continuous practice to get better. Apart from that, in my opinion checking the facts before posting is very important to avoid spreading information that there is no data that can harm other members and whether or not to avoid spam. Accepting criticism and correction from forum members can also help us learn and improve our abilities. In this way, we can be more productive on the forum and make a positive contribution to the bitcointalk forum.

In essence, this Forum is a place to share views, thoughts, and experiences in a mutually respectful manner. Help must also be given voluntarily if indeed we can help, and there is no need to be overly competitive or against each other. In addition, forums can be a fun place to explore various topics and learn new things that we may not have known before. So, let's use the forum properly and wisely to learn from each other and exchange information!

At least, if you see yourself being competitive too, then you can also become a significant poster like other forum members. So you have to be more knowledgeable and well experienced too so you can achieve being one of them. Though I believe there is no competition in the forum, but if you stay on top of others when it comes to knowledge and experience, then you’ll be more productive and useful in the forum.

I think you are not well aware of the forum rules and because of this your post quality can't meet with the requirements and as a result your posts are getting offtopic or deleted. Like others I wanna also suggest you to mastered the forum rules first from the links given above. Moreover, you can visit the following resources, I hope they will also be helpful for you.
Some important bitcointalk [GUIDE] for beginners.

Here I want to tell you to always try to find new resources and share all the things you know. And then you can increase communication within your local community, which is often very effective. And finally, the more resources you will know, the more productive you will be for the forum.

To me I won't say I'm perfect in the forum, I know I do make mistakes too, of which I'm always standing to be corrected, but what I do most times is that, I read through topics and have a clear understanding before I will reply, I also make sure I avoid spamming while replying,and I try to use the right choices of English words when typing, and I always try preview, read through my replies thoroughly to avoid mistakes before posting...

OP if I may ask, how were you expecting to grow! First of all if you want to grow, it has to start with your interest to learn, and there are loads of materials and threads from members pertaining to the forum and bitcoin that can improve your knowledge and post quality too.

Anyways, good a thing to see you have self examined yourself and seeking for possible ways to improve. But make sure to have it at the back of your mind that the forum is not a donor die affair.
Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/unofficial-list-of-official-bitcointalkorg-rules-guidelines-faq-703657

There is no denying that people who come to this forum have different goals. Those who want to learn or even want to earn are equally struggling to survive and thrive.
It's how they grow that makes the difference. Competition will certainly exist, but the competition will prove who is able to survive and can contribute to the forum. Competition is not only in negative terms, if it causes jealousy it depends on each individual. the important thing is to try to be productive and be useful for the forum.

There's no competition here is just that you need to work on yourself to do better than when you first came here and if you think it's a competition then I think that's where jealousy comes in and you won't concentrate on the main idea of being here and also mistakes will be made in so many angles from anything you do. To the OP.

If you want to become productive in this forum then why not make yourself competitive to others. I am sure you will ask how to become a competitive person and to become one then you should become a knowledgeable person so that you can defend your post. You should also learn how to post constructively and then you'll see what I meant about being constructive person. One more important thing, never use AI to make your own post like ChatGPT.

Agreed on that part life is not competition but we humans make it competitive.
But OP is thinking that he missed out on this competition, but I don't think we are here competing with anyone. So don't need to overthink about the activity on this forum. Whenever you have time to spend you can spend it here, learn something contribute in others post that's it.

Life is never a competition but we humans made it to be that way so all you have to do is try your best to find something positive to drop here and also read on other people's post and find a way to bring out something unique or should I say something different from what you've seen here and your opinion matters alot, try your best not to do anything that's against the rules.

Life is a teacher so we have to learn from what we see and hear everyday.

Have your own identity in the forum and then work for it. There’s no need to hurry since there’s no competition, and besides the learning process takes time so enjoy and seize every opportunity that comes. Just be yourself, and never gets pressured with merits. They will all come to you easily once you have proven your worth in the forum. For now, maximize your learning first without pressuring yourself for the time being.

I too would like to see as few as possible who behave like bots, and as many as possible who think for themselves and make even a minimal contribution to the forum. You noticed that pattern well, there are too many low-quality forum members who get the opportunity to participate in signature campaigns, and I have no doubt that there are a lot of them who use several alts, so it is not surprising that their posts are monotonous and follow the same pattern.

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I hope that your advice will not turn the OP into a robot who will create even more low-quality content and wonder why he is not progressing on the forum. Any use of such technology in a way that serves for communication on the forum is equal to plagiarism in my opinion.

Of course, your advice does not go in that direction, but pointing out that such a tool exists is dangerous in itself. I hope that as many people as possible will understand the negative consequences of using such tools.

Except have good posting in this forum you need active looking for board with potential merit giving, you can check several board and has topic specially allocated for sending merit like here [Merit] Share your best posts/threads with Fillippone to be merit assessed. You can participants there and posting your best qualities for getting merit points and  I sure the OP of that thread will help and sending merit based on your qualities post.

usually merit will come to us based on how our posting qualities, some time we need push and extra working how to get opportunity by showing our post and make the other interested to check post history and more productive with merit receiving, first need to improve post quality and how to make merit come to us.

To be honest, I admire you for posting on software applications and BTC technical support as that page consist of technical issues that only a few understand. The language is so different to the point that you would be able to understand such if you have the actual technology that is in dispute.

One advice that I would give you is perhaps continuing your momentum on posting on those threads. The more technical the discussion is, the more chances for your posts to be merited by other users that also understand the topic.

Right. OP seems so obsessed on how to make it instantly productive in the forum. It’s a working process mate  so you have to do your due diligence in learning inside the forum, so you can actually engage productively with other participants in the discussion. But never obliged yourself to take the pressure and compete with other forum members. The forum is a good and productive place to stay, as long as you didn’t mind the pressures around.

Literally you don't need to follow other people, but you can place them as role models, in the context of growing and developing in the forum it's only a matter of knowledge and how far you are consistent in learning things that can benefit others.

Never get involved in replying to posts that you don't know, but you should read more and dig the forum as deep as possible so that you get more skills, when you start to understand the side that you can master, that's where you will contribute to the forum and other people.

The first step is to get to know your character first, what makes you easy to learn and never complain, because many people who are not knowledgeable at first will become more capable after learning a lot of things, this forum does not limit you having to follow anyone and you have the right to choose your own path according with the abilities you have.

True. Take your time in learning. Eventually, when you become more exposed to the forum and its rules, and how the forum works, you will also slowly grasp the ideas on how to be more productive in the forum and become a good influencer for newbies. Remember that there is no competition inside the forum, everyone is fair and is given equal opportunities. And the more you show willingness to learn and open to more ideas and suggestions, the more you become beneficial in the forum.

Exactly. Don’t put pressures in yourself, you will eventually become a good a quality poster in time. Just never stop from researching so that the learning will keep on growing and of course, you will always be align with valid information. And yes, never be afraid of being criticized, as with criticisms you will develop into a productive forum member.

To be productive the most important step is to read the pinned thread in the following boards. Start here:
- Low quality topics do not belong here.
- Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ
- Do not post off-topic replies

Maybe our steps can say that you often contribute with other members, and you can just participate in discussions with them, but the most important thing to get good and effective posting results is of course you have to understand the topics being discussed by them, and it's good that you too will learn from how other forum members post, but don't duplicate the results of what you learn from other members' posts later.

Is this a competitive environment?
This is a forum where people from all over the world can share their perspectives on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency discussions, as well as bring any updates, clarification, and knowledge about Bitcoin and general life knowledge; thus, there is no point in comparing your growth with others; there is no expected time for a forum member to rank up or grow in this forum; some people get their merits very early, while others get it late; it all depends on the individual forum contribution.


You don't have to say all these because no one is here to monitor your forum activity because almost everyone here has one or two things to do, therefore, you did not offend anyone here so far you didn't disobey any forum rules.

You got registered barely a month ago and you feel you're you're supposed to make much more impact than these? I'm tryna get what you mean... Dude, it's never easy anywhere... I mean, I could show you the screenshot of my account when I only had 16 merits...Mhannn, my ass began to shrink. It didn't really matter to me at first but when I realized I had some restrictions to my rank, I had to push further ...
You' gotta push harder, cus YOU'LL actually fail in the process.... Don't stop!! It don't matter what you've been through anyways, it all depends on your whole effort. Secondly, be yourself, be real, be authentic... Don't try to force into people's shadow; you can never be me or anyone else in here.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

Buddy chill, you might be overthinking about it too much. This is a forum for discussions and not really something of a workplace for "usefulness" or being productive. Just use the forum whenever you like it. Sometimes I just do not post at all whenever I do not feel like Bitcoin-y at the moment (yeah I made that word up, lol).

You have way more productivity waiting outside the computer if you would ask me.

For my fellow newbie, I just started a week ago and this forum was introduced by my friend here that told me there's a lot of opportunity here that I could learn. He'd introduced me the basics on how to control things and the rules in the forum. I guess that if you only aimed is to always have interactions maybe you'll feel that way. I've been learning a lot here by just exploring and reading, I have idea on crypto since my friends were teaching me even before and engaged to crypto. And every topic it enlightens me but due to my schedule I can't keep my eye on the forum for a long time. Maybe I suggest to study more about certain topics for you to have informative communication with people here in the forum.

Op to became a productive user here in our forum ha that you need to find your self and your specialize. Cause when you do that then you can start sharing your useful ideas about bitcoin. Also Op you need to remember all the time that just follow the rules and regulation here in our community in order to prevent loss or being ban. Cause there see some users that they copying other text and post it here without citing the site in order to say that he/she is a good contributor which is what they do is plagiarism and that is the biggest sin here in our community

fair enough.

and i didn't know where he was from.. i do now and i hope things get better for him..

but i also hope that he doesn't turn into a robot here..

like i see many users have, with almost same pattern of posts..

btw op, check out the games and rounds section, u can participate in some contests for free.

gl

If I want to say in my style then I will say if you have a good will to become productive here in this forum, you can be it. That means if you are ambitious it's enough to become a productive member here.

Here are some basic things you should focus

1. Spend a good time reading the forum
2. Try to grab all the rules of the forum.
3. Ofcouse read carefully before replying to someone.
4. Once you will be able to grab all the rules you will know how the forum works, then try to help others.
5. Be respective to everyone

If you keep continuing these things, I hope you can see your changes

I will be very honest, I see a similar thread every day here on the same board. Why not try and search for it instead of creating a new thread?
Even If you are not good enough with basic forum functionality or didn't know "search" exists, you should try a new technology in the market called ChatGPT.

Let me do it for you. Here is the question to the ChatGPT: How do I become productive on the bitcointalk.org forum?
Here is the answer from ChatGPT:


I hope this was helpful. Good Luck! 

Some people obviously look at the forum from a different perspective, so although I agree with you that this is a forum where people discuss and exchange their opinions, the other side of the story (financially motivated) still has a much greater meaning for many members. Given that we know where the OP is from and that his life is certainly not easy, I understand that the forum may mean a lot more to him than to someone else.

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There is something called thread spamming, and I completely agree that it can be quite irritating for those who are active on the forum and see what is happening. Such people can not only be ignored, but also their posts/threads can be reported (the OP has 8 deleted posts so far), not to mention that some merits can be received just by accident if they do not change something in their behavior.

The OP asked, we gave our opinions and we just have to see if he will accept at least some advice and suggestions.

If I were to give you any advice I'd only give you one or maybe two; which is(are);
Op, take some time off posting, instead of you to continue posting when you know it's not resulting positively in your account just wait don't post for some time, use that time to go through other users' posts and ask yourself; what's the difference between those posts I just read and mine? What can I do to improve my posting style and make it better even if it's not perfect? Am I even contributing to the discussion I engage in?
Just take your time and ponder on those questions; and try to make amends to your posting style and another thing again, your thread creation. Creating multiple threads without engaging in them is a sign that you're only just creating those threads for merits, once you create a thread try as much as possible to engage with those that are commenting in your thread don't just create a thread and then move on to a next one make sure they know that you're interested in that topic that's why you created that thread.
This was what I did in my early days here in Bitcointalk my posting style is not the best but at least I believe I have improved more than when I started the forum and I also believe that with time and constant reading and development, you'll also improve.  

Looking at your account you are already doing great here in the forum. I mean this wasn't some kind of competitive or anything so could pretty much post or share what you want here in the forum. I guess you just need to continue your journey on cryptocurrency and Bitcoin from that you can share your experience, suggestions, and tips with other members. Ranks don't really matter a lot these days unless you want to join campaigns in the future, as long as you post a lot of useful content you're going to get merits for sure.

Just be yourself and share your experience and expertise I guess, also manage your time here in the forum you don't really need to be online 24/7 if you have something to share or discover something you could post it. The important thing is you learn here in the forum and other members learn from you as well.

First of all this isn’t a workplace where you need to do the extra ordinary to get appreciated. From your nature of posts I found out your someone that creates too many posts and many I would say they are needless. But maybe you actually are of the thoughts that this could fetch you merits. Excessive post creation will only land you into an ignore list of many because it is termed spamming.

If you really want to be productive in the forum you need basic knowledge about bitcoin and cryptocurrency and none of your posts suggest you have some so I will actually advise you post less for the main time and learn. Through learn you could help others by sharing your knowledge not just by creating new thread but also by answering questions

Going by your forum username, I can't imagine your last few remarks of pleading to be a repented soul; what have you done so wrong in the past here that you're pleading for forgiveness? Or you're just mentioning it to make others provide tips on how to better in the forum.

The forum is a place where you can easily learn and reciprocate the knowledge back here with good comments. This is only achievable if you are proactive and willing to interact here and learn new things quickly. Criticism and corrections are the best methods to improve your interactions here and become a better forum user. Accept the corrections and build on your self-knowledge, it’ll help you become a better forum user here.

So, let's count: from the posts that you have at the moment, you have 76, and there are already 45 open topics! And it's only been a month and a half since the registration.
Your merits come from four people for just three topics.
What does a person need to understand if he has chosen the wrong strategy? Regularly opening new topics that do not carry anything new characterizes you as a shitposter, which some users will ignore while others will simply be annoyed by.
It is useful to advise something to someone who knows how to answer their open topics, close them in time and carry on a conversation in them. You do not belong to any of the people I have described, so all the advice is simply useless.

this isn't a job or a competition, buddy..

it is a forum, u share ur views and thoughts.. respectfully!

u try to be helpful if u see someone needs help and u can help them..

or just ask for help if u need something specific.

otherwise, just stroll around, see what's happening.. learn something new..

I see that the post you made is quite good but you are not very active on the local board, (According to Ninjastic, since you created your account, you have only made 3 posts on the local Nigerian board), I see that the members of the Nigerian board have a high sense of helping, there are even many Nigerian members here who have more than 1000 merits. Maybe you can try to be more active on there and build Nigerian local boards to become bigger and more active.

Don't give it too much thought! Posting and sharing what you have just learned will get easier with practice as long as you have the drive to learn proactively. Just make a habit of reading and fact-checking before posting to avoid spreading false information that might do more harm than good. And, of course, accept criticism and corrections from other members and learn from them.

A few days ago I also made a similar post. From there I have understand many things. here it is. you can check. Thanks to the reply on my post I have changed my point of view.
From my understanding, you have to first drop the thought of being productive. One should improve the quality of one's work without considering the result as important. We can learn to improve the quality of our own posts by looking at the posts of seniors. That's why you have to spend more time here and read the posts of different people, read the replies to improve your quality.
And remember one thing we all make mistakes sometimes no human is without mistakes but the main thing is to realize your mistakes and correct them.

Reflection is a good desire for self-improvement. Nevertheless, judging by your rank, you are still new here, so you can be forgiven for being ignorant of something or making mistakes. This forum is designed to develop beginners, and give knowledge through communication.
Read the posts of experienced users in the sections you are interested in. Think about what you have written. And over time, you will become an absolutely constructive participant in the forum.
We were all new here once.

Do not hesitate to ask, there are a lot of people who will always help you and answer your questions.

And please at first read similar topics:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/newbies-read-before-posting-1689727

I discovered am not growing as expect in the forum and I have realizes so many things about my posts and comments, things like; repetitions, off threads, shallow contents, inability to defend your posts or comments, refused instructions, walking out my strength and best field of knowledge of bitcoin and finally trying to beat or become others.

These statement above makes many victims of not being useful or productive in the forum. Am ready to amends my ways and I guess others too. What have you observed about my page posts and comments? And what did you suggests I best lay on? What's your advised to others? Though am not the only victim here but am only the repented soul for now, please deliver me. Thank you