How many forum members do you know by real name?

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Quote from: Pmalek on January 17, 2023, 02:28:25 PM

You are certainly in the minority right now and I doubt much will change with the voting in the future. How did you meet al those people (not counting the ones you knew before you registered here)? Did you guys organize meetups where you would hang out, do some business, and discuss crypto, or where did you come across that many individuals?

There used to be meetups when Bitcoin wasn't that common. Also because the local section was small, people were more likely to get to know each other and meet in real life if they lived nearby. Exchanges were not developed, Bitcoin purchases were made through the forum. I met a lot of people back then. Although many of them stopped posting on the forum, when those people think of Bitcoin this is the first place they look. Some of these people are currently working at Bitcoin related companies, including the biggest local exchanges.
The conditions of 8-10 years ago and now are very different. So I can understand new members not meeting people from the forum or wanting to stay anonymous.

I think people met to have interpersonal conversations about bitcoin with forum members and it was rare to see anybody at random that could talk dip on bitcoin 10 year ago. Unlike now, it won't mean a lot to have bitcoin discussion with someone from this forum because they are always people who are not members here that knows about bitcoin. So, it was all that new feelings of beginners trying to meetup with each other in the forum. That'll be rare now and some local boards have more members that seem to stay miles away from each other. I've never met any new friend from this forum let alone know their real name. But, some members were friends of mine who I introduced to the forum and they no longer use the forum because of how complex it appears to them. Other than that, I've never been in that boat.
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through my raffles and also auctions or wts threads in the collectible section, i know many users with the allegedly correct name, but in the course of time i have forgotten again Tongue

from my/our own Icarus project i know all 3 real names. personally i have met so far only one user from this forum. but soon there is another meeting with another known user on the note Wink

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Quote from: Pmalek on January 17, 2023, 02:28:25 PM

You are certainly in the minority right now and I doubt much will change with the voting in the future. How did you meet al those people (not counting the ones you knew before you registered here)? Did you guys organize meetups where you would hang out, do some business, and discuss crypto, or where did you come across that many individuals?

There used to be meetups when Bitcoin wasn't that common. Also because the local section was small, people were more likely to get to know each other and meet in real life if they lived nearby. Exchanges were not developed, Bitcoin purchases were made through the forum. I met a lot of people back then. Although many of them stopped posting on the forum, when those people think of Bitcoin this is the first place they look. Some of these people are currently working at Bitcoin related companies, including the biggest local exchanges.
The conditions of 8-10 years ago and now are very different. So I can understand new members not meeting people from the forum or wanting to stay anonymous.

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I know the real name of the Bitcointalk account of some which are used by my friends or my neighbors. But otherwise I don't know the real name of any account owner. And I saw most of the users voted for zero This is a forum and completely bitcoin related so everyone here wants to be anonymous. And everyone uses his nickname Many people fail to use his real name, because someone has already used that username as his nickname. And this is how everyone's real name remains hidden in this forum and even if someone uses his real name, it is doubtful to believe it ahaha

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Quote from: indah rezqi on January 25, 2023, 01:48:59 PM

It would probably be weird to say 0, and I think you're just lying about the number.
Consider that one of your family members or your friends intends to learn about forums and crypto, so they ask you to create a forum account, and would you still say 0?

I don't think it's weird at all. None of my family or relatives are on Bitcointalk. People from my friends circle that know I am into crypto know absolutely zero about this forum. I don't speak about bitcoin to other friends, colleagues, and acquaintances nor am I aware that any of them use bitcoin in any capacity.

He either has people he knows on the forum or he doesn't. It can't go both ways.

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I know Zero. xD. I know many people here who use weird names as their usernames. I never asked them their real name because I love respecting their privacy. I did not build a good relation with anyone yet. So, It's weird to ask someone's real name when I didn't even talk with him. I won't say whether my username is my real name or not. I believe everyone loves to be anonymous on the internet forum.

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Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on January 16, 2023, 12:29:31 PM

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Okay, here's a warning: From now on, every time you see o_e_l_e_o's post, you'll hear Olé Olé Olé in your head. Just like me Cheesy

I am not OK with this. Tongue

Heh heh....every time I see your username, I hear yodeling in my head and think of the word diphthong.

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You talkin' 'bout me, sweet sister? I'm down to clown in a Burger King bathroom if it comes to that, but I only give out my real name to people I trust, and said trust has to be earned. Earned, if you know what I'm sayin'.

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Quote from: armanda90 on January 24, 2023, 10:31:12 AM

Sorry I vote 0 because I don't know any member by real name in Bitcointalk forum, although active discussing in local board and we use the same language but I don't know them. I am happy if can meet some one in Bitcointalk forum one day later what ever they are with the same board coming from or have difference country.

Seems not bad if Bitcointalk make new community whatever from the same or difference country, lest give about your skype id maybe and we know the owner name or face them, are men or women active in Bitcointalk forum.

It would probably be weird to say 0, and I think you're just lying about the number.
Consider that one of your family members or your friends intends to learn about forums and crypto, so they ask you to create a forum account, and would you still say 0?

As of today I have several forum friends who in the previous days asked me to introduce them to the forum. They are newbie and it is very possible for me to get the same rating from them due to their lack of understanding of crypto and forum. 1 or 2 of them have a good process and are still learning, but until then they are just part of the bounty hunter.

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I ticked 3-5 since I was opportuned to meet with them in a social gathering outside of the forum and the experience was quite cool. It's like removing the proverbial scales from my eyes since I got to connect with them on a deeper level and the perception I initially harboured of them kinda changed.

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Not surprisingly, it seems so to me. Think about the brothers and sisters, dads and moms, participating in the bounty Grin

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But seriously, we all communicate offline with friends; we say who and what they do, and if you remember 2017 when everyone was shouting about cryptocurrency from every kettle, then entire companies probably came here.
You can really notice the friendly relations in the Nigerian section. For some reason, it seems to me that good information about the forum comes from there, since I see a lot of support for newcomers.

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Quote from: Zwei on January 24, 2023, 11:07:47 AM

I can neither confirm nor deny that I know any member real name.

Good. Have your lawyer contact mine and let them work it out amongst themselves. Grin

I am not surprised that over 40% of the users voted for not knowing a single person on this forum by name. But what is surprising to me is that almost 1 in 4 members know 3-5 forum users. That is currently the second most chosen answer.

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I can neither confirm nor deny that I know any member real name.

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Sorry I vote 0 because I don't know any member by real name in Bitcointalk forum, although active discussing in local board and we use the same language but I don't know them. I am happy if can meet some one in Bitcointalk forum one day later what ever they are with the same board coming from or have difference country.

Seems not bad if Bitcointalk make new community whatever from the same or difference country, lest give about your skype id maybe and we know the owner name or face them, are men or women active in Bitcointalk forum.

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That makes me wonder: how many people from Bitcointalk do you know in real life?

I know more than 10 users in real life l. Five of them are those which are my friends and I meet him. I have also telegram and Whatsapp community which make easier to know BTT forum users.
Many users using real name in WhatsApp and They take help from me in many issues.

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Have you ever wished you could meet someone from the forum, but it never happened? Can you call anyone from this community a friend, and why?

Yes I wished some users to meet with them because of theirs forum personality . Most of them are compaign managers and service providers. I wish I meet these users:
1: irfan_pak10
2: Royse777
3: Shahzad Afzal
4: lovesmayfamilis

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I know three users by real names. Unfortunately, they are inactive now and have disappeared from the forum. How about you?

2 Users I known have also leave this forum. One has been banned while other is inactive for 1 year.

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I know at least 5 real names of people who have accounts here. My relationship with them was through social media even before I knew about this forum. But I have never met them, and I don't know if I will. But now most of them are no longer active in this forum, I don't know if they will be active here again. Because they all are busy with their personal life now.

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Quote from: Pmalek on January 23, 2023, 12:20:39 PM

If you exchanged fiat for crypto online, and a payment service like PayPal or Skrill was used, chances are that real names were involved.

That's true, though I didn't even think of that when I was trying to think of members I was more familiar with than just knowing their name--but I guess that was the question being asked, not "how many friends do you have from the forum?". So I guess if I answered OP's question in the strictest sense....it's way more than four, and it'd have to include members who've made their names public, like Vod and some others.

Quote from: DaveF on January 16, 2023, 11:12:23 AM

AH, but do you really know?

I thought of that when I came up with my number, and the truth is that they could be fibbing about their real names, but unless a few of them are spooks from some law enforcement agency (and that's being unnecessarily paranoid) I have no reason to think they're lying.

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Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on January 22, 2023, 03:08:29 PM

I know four members by name, but I've never met them in person so I'm not sure if that qualifies as knowing them "in real life". Two of them I correspond with outside the forum, and I'd consider them friends-at-a-distance as opposed to the kind of friend you can call up and tell all your problems to.

Sometimes it's hard to tell. People can give you fake names even if you meet them face to face. If you exchanged fiat for crypto online, and a payment service like PayPal or Skrill was used, chances are that real names were involved. I don't remember ever engaging with a payment account that wasn't registered in a real name. Had it been fake or hacked, the payment service would have asked questions about my activities and who the people I send and receive money to/from are.

Sending or receiving goods is another method unless the person used an anonymous service or receives products in someone else's name who picks it up for them.

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Quote from: Pmalek on January 15, 2023, 01:05:50 PM

How many do you know by name because of your forum dealings and relationships? Have you ever wished you could meet someone from the forum, but it never happened? Can you call anyone from this community a friend, and why?

I know four members by name, but I've never met them in person so I'm not sure if that qualifies as knowing them "in real life". Two of them I correspond with outside the forum, and I'd consider them friends-at-a-distance as opposed to the kind of friend you can call up and tell all your problems to.

I have one active pen pal relationship with a member, and there's another member I really ought to write more often. These are letters via snail mail, and I treasure them.

And absolutely, I'd love to meet a lot of members from bitcointalk! I think I once even made a joke about having a picnic where everyone has to wear a name tag with their username on it. There's no way in hell that's going to happen, given how many people want to maintain a high level of anonymity, but I still wish I could meet some of the personalities I've been seeing here over the years.

On the flip side, I'm not sure I'd want to reveal to everyone just what I'm like in real life. Sometimes you just don't want to have all the facts, if you know what I mean (lol).

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Quote from: Ultegra134 on January 21, 2023, 10:56:08 AM

Quote from: Pmalek on January 19, 2023, 04:20:11 PM

There is a Scandinavian local on this forum. I wanted to check it out a few years ago, but was disappointed to see that almost no one posts in it. Come to think of it, I don't remember ever hearing from someone that he/she lives in one of the Nordic countries.

It's a shame that many local boards are practically inactive; the Greek one only has a handful of relatively active topics, with a few exceptions such as the Nigerian, Indian, and Dutch boards, among others, even though meetups could be arranged in smaller counties where distances are relatively shorter. I honestly wouldn't mind a Bitcointalk meeting, but I understand that privacy is of outmost importance for most users, so it's unlikely to ever happen even in local groups.

Quote from: Daniel91 on January 21, 2023, 10:33:50 AM

A very interesting question.
I know that two of my friends are on this forum, but they are not active, so I don't know their usernames.
On the other hand, a few years ago, our local, Croatian crypto community had a live gathering, with dinner in a restaurant in the city center.
In this way, I met 7-8 members of our forum, but I don't actually know their real names, only the forum usernames Grin

So, it is actually not easy to answer this question of yours.
After all, it's not the names that matter, it's the friendships, right? Grin

That's actually an interesting idea and this is exactly what I was talking about. No identity revealed and you can actually develop friendships that last.

As for inactive individual local boards, I assume that this does not mean that crypto communities in these countries are smaller, but that people's habits are different and that they may prefer different ways of Internet communication and socializing.
All of us who are in the crypto value our privacy, because we have some income, and as soon as money is involved, of course, you should be careful and protect our privacy and personal data.
Because of this, of course, each of us has a desire to meet other members of the forum, but we don't really want to share personal information, and that's completely normal and logical.
This is how the lively gathering of our local community in Croatia took place. We didn't take pictures, we didn't mention personal names, but we had a great time together and stayed together until midnight. One of the best socializing and parties in my life Grin

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Quote from: Pmalek on January 21, 2023, 11:32:10 AM

Quote from: CryptopreneurBrainboss on January 18, 2023, 12:50:06 AM

You can know people while keeping other part of your life like your finances private. .

The thing is, your crypto finances are in 99% of cases not private. I am talking about the campaigns you have participated in. the spreadsheets are usually public, plus the blockchain is a public ledger. You can, of course mix your coins every time you receive them, spend them, give, or gamble them away. Still, that doesn't change the fact that people can see how much you received or earned. They don't have the same information about your fiat though.

That's the thing, they can only assume but not be sure. You can basically be sending out the Bitcoin been received weekly to exchange to fiats then you can use your fiats to buy Bitcoin again and send to your private wallet. They're so many ways to keep your finances hidden so people can't keep track of your transaction. There are so many ways to stay anonymous to those you think knows about your earnings while not spoiling your relationships with them.

The forum is a social one and at such we can get to know each other while withholding some vital private information and maybe work on making this industry a better one. We have seen that those who has carried this forum and Bitcoin at large to where it is today are people from different areas of the world. We can't achieved anything separately so while been cautious of your privacy, keep some room for socializing.

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