Topic: How to be more visible in the forum as a beginner (Read 721 times)

I concur to this there is no key ways of becoming more relevant or visible other than the highest point you made here, one thing I most add is that one should keep up in following the trending thread as well access the merited reply and topic as this can also help as newbie building up quality write front that newbie which will enhance it's visibility in the forum.

Quality post, quality reply, regular in any board are inevitable ways visibility the newbie don't need know moderator or any body as much the rules and regulations guiding the forum is followed , Posting of current information that can help in discussion too is another dimension of visibility.

Of course, discuss in a place that is understood. I think a lot of people start this forum after they trade or invest. I'm sure every beginner will be seen through the style of language and discussion. So I think every user here will understand and give advice to beginners. The best advice is to read every detail of the discussion, you will learn a lot from reading on this forum. But right now I see a lot of new accounts look more expert than the age their account was born. 

The boards, Meta and Development, are both only for experienced users who have a lot of knowledge about this forum and Bitcoin and its blockchain, newbies would only get lost if they visited these boards just because they want to get some merits because to get merits from these boards, one needs to make substantial contributions in threads and topics and a complete newbie would barely be able to do that.

I would suggest newbies to stay within boards where they can participate in discussions that they have some knowledge about, and if a newbie has zero knowledge about things in this industry, it is best for them to not post in the initial stage and focus more or reading and learning until they learn something.

Many beginners have their reasons for coming on here, you don't need to tell them where they should be engaging in discussions, apart from beginners and help thread which should be the main thread to help newbies to understand more about the forum, other threads are left for them to make a choice.

Some are here to learn about mining alone, and once they register on the forum they will head into the Bitcoin mining section or the altcoin mining section, because that is what they care about, while some are here to learn more about trading, so to me it depends on what they want.

Also all boards on this forum is available fo everyone, both old and new members, if one is restricted to newbies it will be available as a warning to all newbies on top of the boards, as for newbies who are trying so hard to rank up, you aren't going to get a medal for this, take it easy, with time you will slowly grow, and slow growth is always better.

First, Let's answer the topic's title question: How to be more visible in the forum as a beginner?

You don't need to do anything extra, if you are contributing to the forum in any way the efforts will be noticed by others so no need for any extra controversial bullshit ideas just like what OP is trying to teach us.

Newbies can create thread wherever they want, all they need to find their niche which can be related to technical knowledge of bitcoin from the beginning or economics because they are interested in learning more about the finance and how economics works all around the world and so on.

Those boards aren't limited only to beginners if the newbies aren't confident enough with the other boards, actually they can start with their local because it is the way they can express more, next is what are your objectives in the community different boards have a different knowledge can acquire, if you want to get merits only seems easier to get noticed is to go in the meta board, and development board which is technicalities in terms of crypto and the forum itself, keep learning in the forum, share your experiences, contribute to the community. Don't need to rush too much or else you will burn out and become like other members who leave the forum because of they didnt get merits.

To those (real) newbies who want to rank up fast (not the best approach as discussed before, but hey, this is a free forum) I wouldn't advice to try to be more visible as a goal. With time and rank you become visible, sometimes too visible, and being new gives you the opportunity to be braver with your words and more flexible with your ideas, which turns more difficult as time goes by and people knows you.

Anyway, different personalities have different tastes, maybe highly extroverts like to be noticed and known from the beginning. So let's let everyone choose their favourite approach

You are right, but I was referring to actual newbies who don't know anything at all about forums or even the cryptocurrency market in general and not those who represent themselves as newbies but aren't newbies in reality.

Many newbies who might not even have any interest in Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies, in general, are referred to this forum by either their friends or relatives by telling them that they can earn money from here, and when they hear about money and earning, they make their accounts and start their journey and start asking extremely basic questions both about this forum and the market.

People who aren't honest and sincere and may lie about them being newbies but they don't usually tend to know a lot of things, about this forum and the market and you will see them making good posts and using forum methods and features that a newbie wouldn't know.

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It shouldn't be a place to compel people on what to do and what not to do in my opinion since here is an open place where people direct their point of interest to any of the section on this forum. The major interest should be on bitcoin discussion since here is solely a bitcointalk forum and for that those who are not sound in their knowledge about bitcoin could start visiting other various sections to read and enhance themselves based on their required interest and it doesn't mean since they don't know about bitcoin they shouldn't comment and post there. No, with reading they can began to have interest and understand how the forum work perfectly and, most especially their knowledge about bitcoin would start increasing gradually and they could start visiting other board in general to contribute as well.

I think you can only be more visible  by making quality post,and being very active in the forum.Recognising with your local board and creating topics as well as making posts that are very meaningful to the forum.Most person don't most atimes know that your activeness in the forum really matters,they drop post whenever they like,and contribute to discussion when ever they like.These are the things that will hinder people from recognising in the forum.
Go and recognise with your local board,and be very active there so they will know you more and more.

That's true but most of the times those newbies aren't newbies in real but the ones with alt accounts who want to earn extra money having multiple ranked accounts.

There are many account farmers who always try to rank up their accounts so they can start earning from this forum.

I know some newbies are also referred to this forum by the ones who are ranked members but in most cases those newbies are alt accounts that want to earn merits in short time.

That's a great advice for everyone, and I agree that no one is perfect and everyone has to learn something new from those who already know that thing.

Rank can be helpful to start earning from signature campaigns but it's not a sign of someone's extra knowledge.

In some cases the newbies can also teach high ranked members some valuable things, and that's why one should always look for learning new things instead of thinking about ranking up.

I have make a genuine font to this particular post before because it is necessary for me to understand the situation that will make us to be well known in any platform that we found ourselves especially anything that deals with online, so making yourself famous and known for this community you have to make sure that you have a good insight and they also be innovative to the community because this community need something that is unique so that other people will learn and they acquire the knowledge from you so therefore making yourself to be known this based on your intellectual response to the community that can yield a good result

You’re right. Beginners should focus more on maximizing their knowledge first through patiently reading and exploring the different boards in the forum. I know it takes time but it’s certainly worth all the reading and understanding at first, because as a beginner, you have to establish your foundation at first before trying to set another goal. Now, when you think you are knowledgeable and quite experienced on the different boards, I believe it will be easier then for you to attract merits because of your high knowledge to create meaningful and high quality posts regardless of any boards in the forum.

A newbie knows nothing about the forum therefore he or she cannot make any meaningful contribution to the reputation board which is almost like the court of law of the forum. There are exceptions to this when a newbie has a question to ask and is related to the reputation and all.

I also agree that since the loan section requires that the use attains some level of trust and other requirements, making a post there in request for a loan or giving a loan should be avoided. The beginner can go through the threads in that board to get an understanding of what happens there.

I do not agree with this one. The Meta board has topics that is opened for contribution by beginners and they can also air their opinions on topics there that they think is appropriate for them to reply on. But them they shouldn't make it a habit of posting there because older members of the forum will smell something fishy.

Anyone including beginners can post development and technical discussion, project development. Some beginners are just beginners on the forum and not to cryptocurrency, bitcoin, blockchain. Like some of them are high technical and are have advanced expertise in this area.

In one of the scam threads I read lately, a beginner opened an account just to seek for help in relation to a scam by one of the casinos. He was seeking for help. Beginners can also post here too and contribute.

Newbies focus on the merits so they can stop being newbies. But rank is not a complete identity of knowledge and skills. You can be a legendary and still be a beginner in some areas. And this is absolutely normal. I think the main thing you should focus on is not think that you already know everything you can and no one will teach you anything new. You have to accept that there will always be something you don't know, and there will always be people who can teach you something.

Let me tell you, newbies, who have found this forum themselves either through Google or any other source when they were looking for some information and stumbled upon this forum coincidentally, they wouldn't come here and make their first post asking about merits or how they can rank up because they didn't come to this forum for that in the first place but their motive behind it was to learn something or maybe read a post that they found on Google when doing some research.

However, newbies who are referred to this forum by someone else and have been told that they can earn money from here if they have a higher rank and to get a higher rank, they would now require merits, they come here and start asking about Merit immediately after creating an account because all they care about is ranking up so that they can start earning money.

This is the actual reason behind it as far as I understand it.

There are newbies who have known about Bitcoin for a long time before they created an account on this forum, but if the beginner is also a newcomer to the Bitcoin network, just as they are to the forum, there is no way they can contribute to discussions concerning the technical aspects of Bitcoin, and if they try to, it would most likely be spamming. It is good for newbies to visit the technical boards, but only to read and ask questions, after sometime they would build up their own knowledge and be able to contribute and help others.

I believe a beginner should not focus on merits at all at least for a few weeks. If I'm not wrong then those who are new on this forum may not know the merit based system, however the ones who pretend to be new may have knowledge regarding the merit based system.

In my eyes, a newbie should focus more on learning then on gaining merits or recognition. Overtime when they learn things properly and apply that knowledge when they create posts, then they automatically get merits for their posts.

Unfortunately, you will see people engaging in bounty to make money. We want to make money as soon as possible. I guess some people would try making money without even creating a forum account if they can. Unfortunately, guest posting is not possible anymore. Newbies should not focus on earning merits first. They should try to learn things and get used to the forum first.

I am talking from my own experience. There was a time when I was desperately posting for merits but I end up posting shit. Then I started paying attention on posting things comes from my heart and not for money only. Newbies should try to be used to with the forum by spending time and exploring the forum first.

They can post naturally for their interest in any board but if they fortunately choose to start with boards where people discuss highly educational, technical and helpful, they will have more chances to get merit.

If they pick wrong boards like bounties or altcoin boards that are mostly spam, they will have less chance to receive merit. When they realize that, they can check and change themselves. Boards have most active merit circulation are most educational and helpful boards in the forum. Those boards are most helpful for newbies to learn and grow up themselves.

Yes, I agree, the newbies always want to target those boards which are not so tough for them and that's why it's not possible to stop them from posting at such boards. The forum allows them so we also should not worry much about those newbies.

I believe that if they continue posting in non relevant boards then it would be hard for them to learn about Bitcoin. In order to learn Bitcoin properly, they have to visit the boards where information about Bitcoin is discussed, and those boards really help out newbies.

Basically I'm of the same opinion here but what I usually advise my fellow newbies; is nothing (thread/discussion) is too difficult to understand or converse on but it's mostly depends on your decision whether to dedicate your time into learning.

Most things that are being discussed here in the forum are just mere experiences that has been encountered along the line in the years and time spent here, so one can easily, practice using most of the technological tools and informations shared in the so called discussion hence gather enough experience to share during the time of discussion in this threads.

So I believe if we do more research and practice more we can virtually contribute extensively on any discussions. Even the most popular website learn-me-a-bitcoin has so much details that one can comprehend fast can follow up with discussions, I some time ago just too my time to watch a thread which I was interested in and after much observation i took an opportunity to correct somone and join the discussion immediately hence i became very much acquainted with the informations there. So it's virtually not too difficult as perceived by OP and other newbies like me.

You can’t stop these newbies from posting into that board if they feel they have serious information to share, most especially if they have seen that most of the posters there are not knowledgeable enough. However, if they are also incapable to make their post meaningful just like others, then it’s better to stay off from that certain board.

There are actually a lot of boards good for discussion, but it greatly depends on how far they will be able to understand those threads in that boards, otherwise they will only come out spamming in the forum.

Yes, some may still own newbie position but that doesn't mean that they are still new in the market, or their knowledge about crypto is limited. And their posts in the forum proves it as they can also be as knowledgeable as other long time forum members. Hence, this is just the same that newbies these days will not limit their posts in certain boards, but as long as they have something relevant to say, they will make it as their asset so they will be noticed in the forum. Something that OP may have misunderstood because in reality, newbies may only be visible in the forum the moment they start contributing for the benefit of other members, even if these certain boards suggested by OP are not posted.

Just  to put it out there not every newbie is a beginner, I have read some interesting write-ups from beginners on the forum and being noticed(visible) is about staying on board's you all more comfortable and knowledgeable about and interactions with like minded users comes naturally without breaking a sweat...btw for as long as a user  also avoids mega threads chances are high of standing out.

Oh and just a heads up, if you are going to be so desperate to the point of using Ai to write content, chances are that you won't survive being on the forum for a long time.. AFAIK the secret is to be as natural as you can and in no time merit will follow and ranking up follows..

Btw, the more a user contributes to technical threads/topics the easier it is to be noticed, what you do with this information is up to you 

and many beginner accounts are able to discuss better than those who have been around for a long time and are seniors in this forum. But maybe there are only a few beginners and they are able to develop their account quite well and it is easy to level up. Now don't just look at whether he is a beginner or not, but what he discusses and explains is something important or not. but there are also many beginners who only use Ai to create threads and such.

You can’t actually guarantee one’s position in the forum and tell that he’s more intelligent and knowledgeable than the other. Most newbies that have entered in the forum these days have come more prepared and that they have stock information already about bitcoin and the crypto space prior to their forum entrance. So you can’t stop these people from posting on different boards which they find it more interesting to discuss, most especially if it becomes a hot topic in the forum.

I have seen so many newbie account who tend to have broad and well acquainted knowledge on Bitcoin and even involved themselves active in some discussion here but there is one stigma that has been tag to almost all newbie and that's because of the behaved of some of these newbies as they are frequently known for the low contribution and even some of them refusal to learn here in the community.

in forums, the most important thing is ethics, when you have extensive knowledge, as much as possible don't be arrogant and arrogant with the opinions of other members, build your reputation first and then make dictated posts, the influence of seniority will also always be inherent in the forum, this can't be removed

as I said above, recognition will come naturally when you make posts that are consistently constructive and also have an impact on other members, because usually people who are arrogant and arrogant will only end up with bad recognition, you have to build your reputation slowly

How long should a newbie wait before making posts he is knowledgeable on?
This forum is free for all to learn from each other. Legendary members can actually learn from newbies too, newbies will not grow if they are restricted from expressing themselves well. No section of the forum rules restricts a newbie from making posts in certain boards, as long as they do not go against the rules. Its is normal for a newbie to make posts in Bitcoin board, economy, local board, and other boards whose knowledge in them can be gotten from other sources aside the Bitcointalk forum. But, once a newbie begins to make posts on technical issues about the forum, he/she is a suspect and should be treated as one.

There is no doubt about that because you can often find newbies who are knowledgeable about a lot of subjects as they make topics or posts in different sections of the forum, this is because they might have a newbie rank in the forum but it doesn't mean they don't have any knowledge at all because a person who joins this forum doesn't have to be new in the industry and they can have a lot of knowledge about Bitcoin and other aspects about the cryptocurrency industry.

People need to acknowledge this fact and give them the recognition and respect they deserve instead of thinking that they are alt accounts of higher-ranked members of this forum because even if that is a possibility, it doesn't always have to be the case and an actual newbie can also be knowledgeable.

You have just said it all, the work of a newbie is to learn more about the forum even if they are conversant with any of the board it should not mean that they have to be making posts there to show their own knowledge, they can just relax and learn more and add to the knowledge they already have.

There is no need for a Total newbie to be visible in the forum at all because at that stage they should still be in the learning process even those that are the most recognized in the forum are people that have been in the forum for long and has gained enough activity, merit and has been very active since their registration here so it takes time before you can gain recognition here in the forum.

Couldn't agree more. Newbies do not necessarily mean that they can’t be knowledgeable as other forum members, simply because their current position denotes so. Of course, that won’t guarantee that since they are beginners, crypto discussion is also new to them. Note that crypto learning is free outside the forum, and with due diligence, you can already educate yourself with the free materials found in the internet. With this, you can’t put limits to these beginners where they find convenient to post. As long as they don’t break rules and stay on point to their chosen topics, I still think they will build their own identity in the forum soon and will be as valuable like heros and legendary forum members in the future.

Newbies are smarter these days. Regardless of their position, some have been making quality and meaningful posts already in such boards where they find comfortable to post. And I do believe that being visible in the forum will not determine as to which board you are going to post, but it’s all about on how genuine and authentic your post is, and as long as you get to post relevant information that will bring new insights for other members, I think you have already been starting to find your own spotlight in the forum.

And to be honest, this should not be the focus of all newbies in general. Instead, they should be working on knowledge acquisition first and understanding every post in the forum most especially those posts that suit to them. One should not be pressured to become visible in the forum at an early time, because once his post will start to leave impact on other members, I guess acknowledgement from the forum members will eventually follow.

What do you mean by more visible in the first place? In whatever context you are looking at it from, it is a lackluster attitude for a newbie seeking for visibility in the forum. It is your post that earn you recognition and not by forcing yourself to be known. You may end up being a troll if you after visibility because that's the only way you can get noticed quickly. This forum is a discussion place to embroaden our knowledge, it's not a celebrity contest center where you need visibility to be recognized and win award. There are numerous legendaries who you don't know they exist, but they are. The goal is to gain the knowledge you seek and improve yourself with it.


Op is not wrong in his assertion and you're right too but I sense a bit of misunderstanding here. I understand the point Op is talking from because I have also seen where a user received a neutral tag for engaging deeply in conversation in such board. In most cases, such users eventually turn to be alt accounts. However, making a contribution in those boards doesn't mean one is alt but the nature of conversation will surely tell between a normal user and alt account.

And one thing about this forum is that whatever you come to do, you must learn before you can do what brought you to the forum, and that's why even people participating in the signature campaign must reach some certain stage in the forum before they can start. Once you are in this forum, you just have to learn everything possible. However, any board can be visited by users, and the only challenges they have are how to communicate effectively on those boards and write exactly what will suit that board.


The forum has many aspects to learn, not only the technical aspects, and we still have many individuals in this forum who have already reached certain ranks, including the highest rank in the forum, and did not know anything about the technical aspect of bitcoin, so for beginners, the main thing is their background knowledge of bitcoin and some other things they have to know before joining any conversation in the forum.

Although some users get confused because they don't really wait and learn the appropriate things before beginning to do things, beginners continue to get lost because they did not learn at first.

To be honest, this forum has benefited many people by allowing them to learn from the experiences of others. I can simply state that this forum has evolved into a learning center where people may come and learn about topics they were previously unaware of. Some individuals merely come here to make money, but what some of them learn here is worth more than the money they make each week in this forum. It is nice that not all the boards new users can just visit without knowing the concept of the board, but the boards you mentioned earlier are the greatest boards where new users can visit to learn how the others are running, and you can see that from there they can also engaged in every board's.

However, some new users do not comprehend that, while somes do not wait to get technical understanding first. When they first introduce some new users to this site, they will just begin visit boards that are not supported, which is why they frequently get lost here.

What I have noticed about new users getting in the forum is that they all respectively have a particular board of their strength in the very beginning of their journey in the forum that they start with by constantly dwelling much on that particular board.

A user can before joining the forum have technical knowledge and with specialization in computer science skills like coding and others. You don't expect such user to be fond of posting in politics and society board because he is a newbie when he can by his knowledge share in the technical discussion board, project development board instead of Politics and society just to prove he is a newbie.

This is why it's very likely not to be true using the board a newbie posts in regularly to use to identify if he's an actual newbie or just a disguise old user under a newbie account. There are other glaring ways to identify but just not certainly this way.

To be honest How to be more visible in the forum as a beginner is kinda hard in my opinion why it is simply because if we are really a true beginner we know nothing about crypto or related crypto content.

But as a beginner you can just post or ask someone so you look more visible and by doing that you beginning understand about crypto world and can answer basic question and earn merit in the way.

The only thing that will make a beginner to be visible in this community is when you are making a good suggestion to the community towards the comment of people so when your comment is pointless that will make people to disregard you or to avoid you as a beginner but when you're comment is basically on research and it is meaningful you can be known in any board that you post, what matters a lot in this community is the quality of your posting so when your quality is low it will be hard for someone to know you but when your quality is high many people will also know you in the forum waiting interval of 2 months you have stayed in the forum.

It's normal to see more of newbies on those 3 boards mentioned above including each respective local boards, but that doesn't mean newbies are restricted from participating on other boards, but the truth of the fact is that majority of these newbies don't have a clue what kind of discussion are been made on each of the other boards, which is why they always avoid it, not until after 3 to 4 months of haven known all the nocks and cranny of the forum that they do come to participate on those boards for effective discussion, of which by then, some are likely to have ranked up to be either "Full member" or still "Member" rank. So that's just the plain truth, because taking myself for example, when I got introduce to this forum by a friend, he only told me about "Beginners & Help" "Politics & Society" and "Bounty", not until after several months, I started discovery new boards and what type of discussion been made there.

Hence, I will advise newbies to not restrict themselves but rather endeavor to explore the whole forum. But note, only engage in meaningful discussion.

This is very misleading Op. A newbie can actually contribute anywhere and the last three boards that I bolded is always flooded by newbies with genuine reasons.
Technical discussion: When I was visiting this board, I see genuine newbies who located the board through google search. They come there to ask genuine real time questions and have answers.
Scam accusation: I have seen newbies accusing casinos and other projects of attempting scam. You shouldn't be an established member before you will be scammed or accuse someone of scam.
Project development: Some project owners are just new in this forum.

Being a newbie in a community where everyone is a teacher is kinda exhausting, while asking for directions one person will ask you to go left and the other will say go right and you end up being confused hereby getting nothing at all, I think newbies should explore all the boards and figure out the one that suits them best, being visible shouldn't be a priority for newbies now because they will only end up being visible in the forum for the wrong reasons (shitposter)
I have seen similar topics like this though a bit different but passing the same message to newbies, I think newbies should be themselves and do the best they can, if they make mistakes I believe the oldies are there to correct them.

The first step for me would be if the newbie can navigate through the boards on this forum.
While I share similar experience with your comment @Dr.Bitcoin_Strange , it was a difficulty for me at the onset to navigate my through and find the relevant boards to post in. I was more familiar with this section and politics and I only participated in very easy discussion on the Bitcoin section because I understood that my knowledge was very small and if I had to grow and be more reconned with, I had to upgrade my knowledge and be more active in the Bitcoin section.

With time any newbie becomes more visible if they can show and present their post in correct manner. This makes it very readable and fans would love to relate more with you and tag your good posts for merits and awards.

Truly, I avoided Meta as a newbie. For me, it was a centre of where the forum principles were embedded and the big boys were solely incharge. So, I avoided it. Discussions there were highly cerebral and I was coming in from the standpoint of a greenhorn. I didn't want to jump in and get devoured 😏. I started posting in Off–Topics and Politics or so because those were areas I could relate with; except when I needed to ask nagging questions where I needed to open threads in relevant sections. On the whole, I was very circumspect where I posted as I didn't want to expose my deep ignorance concerning crypto stuff. I knew next to nothing when I registered on this forum.

Wow! I I just checked now to find out that I've done 401 pages of posts in this forum. That's even minus those deleted posts of mine, either by me or by mods. 401x20, that's huge. How interesting this place gets.

@OP, Every section of this forum is very important for every newbie, although it depends on the preference of the newbie and also on the kind of interest that draws him to the forum. Every time new members join the forum, there's no way all of them have the same intention of being here. Depending on what a newbie knows (how knowledgeable) and what he or she wants to learn, that's what can determine the forum section that they must familiarize themselves with. The forum is open to every user rank except for the Ivory Tower board, serious discussion, and investigation, where newbies are restricted from making posts but can read posts there. 

@OP, Let's assume a newbie came to the forum and he or she wants to learn about Bitcoin wallets or about mining. Then the best section to look at is the appropriate boards. That's to say, newbies can be visible on the forum no matter what board they write on, but what matters is the knowledge they have to contribute or what they want to learn. 

You forgot local board. I think it's the best way to make some connections with other members here because people know each other more closely in such sections, while main boards of the forum are more spammed by random posters and then, are more anonymous. Of course, you can engage serious discussions in almost every part of the forum, especially the ones you've quoted but threads with few different members posting and replying are easier to find there IMO. In addition people are usually less suspicious about alt accounts there since they know the writing style of most active members there.

I think that's not the right thing to say, we are all here to learn about bitcoin. most of the new user in this forum are very deep into cryptocurrency, although there are also some people who doesn't have any knowledge about cryptocurrency but they are hoping to learn as time goes on.  so as long as this forum is concern you have no right to limit new users from any section.

I understand your point and that is the gospel truth because a newbie in most cases feels inferior and doesn't really know how, what, and where to channel their opinion and sometimes when they make mistakes, majority of the high ranks here attacks them almost immediately without being polite to them and also have that feeling that they were once a newbie before they reached any rank they are now and these are some of the reasons why I suggested that as a newbie that it isn't every section of the forum that they are supposed to get into discussion even if they have knowledge about the discussions there but instead they should learn and read more till they have grown a little in rank before joining discussions there more especially in technical discussions.

This forum is not newbies but for professionals that have been acquainted with the space. The forum is probably difficult because every ranked member have a target to accomplish and it can only be possible when they're focused on the tasks available. Beginners have what we describe as beginner's luck and most of them don't always survived the forum because it encomprises of too many risks, who's ready to face them? Been a newbie in the system requires alot of effort to accomplish alot of things.

Op is totally wrong in all ramifications. It would have been nice that he didn't even create this post because everything is wrong with it.

• The title is saying a different thing from the body of the thread
• Those boards listed by Op that it's for newbies is just rubbish. A newbie can engage any board they understand the conversation
• Anything you are recommending and didn't include bitcoin discussion board, you are wrong. Bitcoin is the reason we are here
• Finally, here is just a discussion forum. Use it as it is...

I say a newbie should start at the board where they are most comfortable because not all newbies have knowledge about economic discussions or discussions involving politics and the society. Beginners and help board is the only board that I think that every newbie of the forum should start from because the forum is a new environment and becoming used to the forum may not be an easy task for any newbie without any form of help. Also, in the beginners and help board, many beginners kind of post and questions from newbies are permitted and attended to.

I don’t think there is a section designed for some ranked users, all sections are for general discussion just that they are based on sections so that you can get the information you need as fast as possible, but irrespective of your rank, you can participate and interact in any section if you have knowledge about the discussion going on.

The sections are good for interaction for beginners, but it is not the best places to interact as a beginner, but if the beginners are willing to learn about bitcoin, sections like Bitcoin Discussion, Bitcoin Technical discussions and Meta are good sections to learn about bitcoin and the forum in general.

I agree with you on this, especially where you said to focus more on making quality posts than just being 'visible' because in they way it will look as of the op is suggesting that noobs focus on those areas so they can easily get merits. For me, it doesn't matter the board you want to make your posts, as long as what you are posting is not seen as off topic, it can be useful to others.
Some times, where to make a post can be quite confusing for this new ones so listing these ones makes it looks like those are the only areas that can suit them or they can comfortably contribute.

While there may be some boards that have more traction and discussion among the others, I do believe that it is all about creating a discussion and on how you communicate your thoughts are.

A well-explained and concise replies are the elements to a good writing that can gain you the visibility that you are hoping for. At the end of the day, it is not all about visibility but everything revolves around contribution. In the grand scheme of things, once you contribute and help others, it also indirectly affects your "visibility" as a beginner.

I hope that most newbies understand that it is not about creating topics that can gain you merits but it is about contribution; the latter being the heart that derives everything from what newbies attain- just like BITCOIN!

While I do appreciate the extensive discussion that you provided, the same can be achieve in a shorter yet concise statements with the right explanation and words to choose. Good luck, OP.

I won't recommend POLITICS AND SOCIETY to beginners especially when they want to learn about Bitcoin because that board is full of not so useful stuff and beginners won't be able to learn a lot by reading threads on that board or making threads at that board.

In my eyes the best boards for beginners should be Bitcoin discussion, Beginners & Help, and Speculation. Those boards are mostly related to Bitcoin and the thread at those boards can be very valuable for the beginners.

Totally wrong you have got it all wrong.

Just understand one thing that a person might be an expert in the crypto domain but new to forum as there is no hard and fast rule or certification that only thos who grow up their rank in this forums can be expert because there is much more in crypto world outside this forum hence you cannot limit newbie to a certain section and there is no restriction as it's free for all.

Of all the boards listed above i will pick out the Reputation and loan session board out where I have seen newbies been called alts and if I am asked to justify I will say some of the allegations/claims seems not to be far from the truth. Reason why they call accounts like that alts is because the informations on those boards aren’t general information which can be gotten just outside the forum and even if you come to the forum you can’t just get accustomed to rules there, it takes time first and that’s why newbies or newly created accounts are tagged alts when they meddle with discussions there.

As for other boards the informations are pretty outside the forum that you can gain knowledge and engage in their discussions here and I haven’t seen anyone call out a newly created account as an alt for crypto discussions

The first board i expect to see from your list is bitcoin discussion, then followed by beginners and help, then you may go about meta then economy, while all that is most soughted for in all of these boards is the weight of taughts contained in any of the post made in some of those boards, its not that other boards or less relevant, but these are aspect one can posts and make quick attraction to the content of what he has given, other boards as well are of high standards and value, as long as the contents of post made in those meet up with the required standard for a quality post.

As a beginner, you should be active in the parts of the forum that you are actually interested, instead going for "more visibility" (whatever that means). Having siad that, when you see  abeginner focused on certain sections like reputation, its pretty obvious that its no newbie at all.


Just because someone is new here doesn'rt mean that he is new to crypto so I don't see a problem if a new users who knows a lot about technical side of bitcoin (or wants to learn about it) should avoid discussions in those parts of the forum.
 

So I think by now you should know that you're being biased with the information you just passed here in the forum, maybe you have been battling to understand the conversation going on in the above mentioned boards. But it's quite a matter of time, nobody suspects you for having meaningful conversations or for creating quality threads or posts but you only get suspected if truly you are an alt.

For me I have been discussing in different threads, as long as I'm conversant with the discussion I will contribute the little I know. For the technical discussions, what I did was just to read and try out things that I know yet, by trying them out I get experience that I use to contribute to conversations.

There is a frequent advise that I have been hearing since I registered here, that only discuss what you know or find sections of the forum that you understand better and discuss there. It's very simple, the areas you understand better might not be the areas I understand so it's an individual thing.

I will suggest to newbies to go through the forum and identify areas they have an interest in. The Beginners and Help Board is a must for newbies since they need to get acquainted with how the forum works, but other sections should be based on personal interest. The Politics and Society and Economic Boards are easy to understand because they contain events that we are conversant with. As a newbie, my best Board was the P/S and Economic section because I know little about Bitcoin. Others who have technical knowledge might focus on Bitcoin discussion and the technical Board. However, with constant learning, my knowledge gradually improved. However for a newbie to enjoy other parts of the forum, he needs to keep learning. Therefore the best advice a newbie should get is to keep reading and learning.

First of all, newbies don't mean they are newbies to Bitcoin or crypto. They're just newbies on this forum. Having said that, some could proceed right away participating in discussions about the different aspects of Bitcoin, even technical ones. Of course, it's basic to drop by the beginners and help section to familiarize the rules of the forum.

To those who are newbies to Bitcoin, however, I guess being visible shouldn't even be the goal. It's enough that they spend time reading, researching, learning. They don't have to participate in discussions even. They may raise questions. However, most, if not all, basic questions have already been repeatedly raised and sufficiently discussed. It's just a matter of searching.

But there are indeed topics which newbies can't easily participate. Meta and reputation topics might not be for them.

"How to be more visible in the forum as a beginner "?

Newbies don't need to be more visible in the forum. They can read topics, posts and learn silently but other members can see their Online status too, it's visible.
https://bitcointalk.org/SSI.php?ssi_function=whosOnline

Other times for newbies to be visible is when they make posts to ask questions. If they can help, they can make posts to help other members. It's visible.

Main concern for newbies is not to show their visibility to other members.

Besides this, if you focus on keeping active in the hot discussion with the quality and good replies your answer/reply will be appreciated by others in this way you may have a higher chance to maintain your good reputated visibilty in forum members eyes. Although you should try to reply first, try to answer on those threads having two pages in this way you also have a big chance of being visible in forum members eyes. As I think those threads have many pages no one or many less read all replies.

That is why in my personal opinion we should try ur best to reply as soon as possible... reply must contain good and unique content so that it also has the chance to get appreciated by others. I am also saying this because of my personal Bitcoin journey experiences as I noticed that some of the good reputated forum members reply on the first two pages of the thread so that everyone can read and interact with their replies. You can also post on the bulk one thread if you feel replying on this thread is necessary or worth it. Many Thanks!

I appreciate the information. I'm new here, and this knowledge is quite beneficial. I think I can start growing my account using it.

Well it doesnt reallt affect much on which section you posted at all as long as you are doing good quality discussions. Also its impossible not to get noticed by other users if youre doing great. Ive seen some newbies to senior rank real quick and even now high rank. Maybe they are just too good to be on a lower rank thats why they gained merits easily. As a newbie you need to put an effort cause some will literally fade if you post not much quality.

Correction: You have used the word 'session' in place of 'section' in your post. Please edit your post and correct the mistakes because we have sections here and not sessions.

Coming back to the topic.

Isn't it better for newbies to be mentally free from all these thoughts of where to engage and which boards or sections to ignore? One doesn't need to ignore any section or board in the forum as long as they have some knowledge about the stuff being discussed in those boards or sections, and it is not true that users would misinterpret when they see a newbie making posts in any of the sections or boards you have mentioned because for a person to know anything in general, they don't need to have a certain rank. A user might have a vast knowledge base about the cryptocurrency industry but they might have joined the forum very late, so they will have a newbie rank but they might be more knowledgeable than a lot of high-ranked members here.

Why even focus on being more 'visible'? Focus solely on post quality, and then visibility will follow. A post can literally be pinned at the top of every single section but if the post quality is crap, I'll just skip it altogether. Even if you post it on off-topic, a post with great quality will ALWAYS stand out.

I totally agree with you because reading and understanding the boards is necessary so that one would not have to make off topics replies and posts so everyone is entitled to any session they find convenient enough for them but for newbies, engaging more in reading instead of making posts or replies is also a good step to learn faster just as you stated.


Sure everyone is at liberty to post in any board they wish to so far as they have comprehensive knowledge of the particular board they are engaging in discussion but I am mostly laying emphasis to beginners because no matter how knowledgeable you are in any session, as a beginner taking time to go through discussions on a session you feel is favourable to you is important

Seems you are naturally limiting yourself to only those boards your mentioned okay tell me how do you gain knowledge by not going through other boards in the forum? Usually the board mentioned are for quick guide as a newbie who is coming up, you need to be active within those board you mentioned then you also needs to go through other board to gain vast experience it could be that you are good in development or technical section that doesn't mean as you are a newbie you won't comment other there, No.

Everyone is given freedom to post in any place they wish and wanted, then thing is if you can't involved in those discussion or relates with what they are passing over there do not comment otherwise your comments could get deleted when you deviates from what they are saying over there. There are people who don't know what they are discussing you would find them trying to google what they are saying and when they gets the discussion they will highlight some sentences and paste over the discussion making high rank to fight against them. At moment you would feel that newbie are restricted to only post in those board you mention above.

OP, all that is needed for beginners is reading. If people can read, they will find sections of interest to them. They don't need to be directed somewhere based on your visions on the forum, just because the forum is multifaceted and everyone has different questions.
But I want to say that you, OP, are confusing the purpose of the forum. This is a forum about Bitcoin, first and foremost. After all, about crypto. For many newcomers, visiting the “politics” topic exists only to accumulate the required number of posts to increase their activity. You can also watch how some of the local sections that people were so passionate about also turn into discussions about their own country, which is basically a far cry from the discussion on the forum. And in turn, it is this section, "Politics,"  like several others that are far from the topic of the forum, that only contributes to an increase in spam.

There are no excuses of you being ignorant if a similar thread has been created in the past and you wanting to lock the thread if there is one is an excuse, you are not new in the forum so if you want to create a post you should be aware of making use of the search engine first before recreating something that already exists. Next time you should make sure to check and confirm if a similar thread already exists.

I think every body has their favorite boards and and it depends on your interests, some people are more interested in the technical board to gain share knowledge about the development of bitcoin, some spend more time in their local boards and i have seen some spend their time in the gambling board so all that matters is achieving your goal of joining the forum.

For Newbies it is still the same, if they are more interested in understanding bitcoin technically then the technical board should be their home and also the beginners and help board. Knowing your goal and finding the appropriate board that suits your goal is the most important thing to understand.

Fair enough, as we all want a platform were everyone will be treated equally whether we are new or existing users because a lot of people came into this forum with deep knowledge about Bitcoin and most of the technical discussions here but sometimes engaging in too many deep discussions about the forum as a newbie sounds suspicious in the ears of others.


Thanks for your clarification but I take the meta and Bitcoin discussion session because basically the META session includes every necessary information in the forum that one needs to know and the Bitcoin discussion also consist of discussions about Bitcoin which is our major reason of being in this forum but yet it is good for a newbie to gain adequate knowledge before engaging in those sessions.

Bitcoin discuss should not be that hard for beginners. When I was a newbie, I did not found it hard. In technical discussion, I read other people's posts than posting and I posted just few posts and I was corrected often until I become better. After some days, I was able to post on meta board because I was later able to answer some questions as I continue learning. Sometimes newbies may just want to ask a question on the board you said newbies should not post. There should be no board that newbies should not post but it is better they first read what good posters are posting and they will learn and be able to post also on the boards.

Alright, so in short you're want to say "Hello milkers on Bitcointalk, I will help you to not look as an alt account, so you can milk this forum as much as possible".

Check this post, it was his first post and he posted in Development & Technical Discussion board, he earn 52 merits from that.

For me, I didn't see him as an alt account, there's a difference between a smart person that new on this forum and an experienced user that claimed to be new on this forum.

I didn't take my time to read your post, but from what I've summarized from it is that you are wrong. You shouldn't conclude from your own perspective about how the from works by saying that most newbies who post in the reputation board, Loan session, Meta, development and technical discussion, scam accusation and project development are misinterpreted or called Alts. I've literally not seen any reputation thread here on the forum where members make false accusations. expect for some that were misunderstood. All reputation thread that have been raised always comes with full proof and evidence of linked Alt accounts. So except a newbie is actually guilty of such I see no reason why he shouldn't engage in those sections you've listed above.

Please don't go around passing wrong ideas through the forum as even the board which you claim to be the best for newbies will only keep them hidden(except the beginners and help board). As a newbie, you should be able to know about the boards which you are most likely to be able to discuss and those where you might gain knowledge of Bitcoin and the forum. Those board are the Meta and the Bitcoin discussion boards which you've decided to exempt from your list.

This forum have really helped a lot of users get exposed to different knowledge from different individuals of great intellectual in the forum, however it is not just only about going through the forum but making contributions in the vital sections of the forum can make a user gain more recognition.
I have come to understand that in this forum, there are sections meant for each ranks in the forum though not limited for any rank to partake in but however, it is necessary for users to understand the sections they are to navigate through, more especially the newbies like us before we are familiarized with some other sensitive sections of the forum.

As a beginner in the forum, the best sections to always engage in are:
(1) BEGINNER & HELP SESSION : this sections usually helps newbies to understand the basic knowledge they need and to also get help from experienced users in the forum when the need arises. This sections makes beginners become more engaged in some discussions here and also widens their knowledge about the forum so constantly going through the beginners and help sections can make a new user become more visible in the forum.

(2) POLITICS AND SOCIETY: this section is basically about discussion of things that are happening in the world as pertaining to world politics and some discussion of things happening generally in the world so engaging in conversation in this section can also make you visible because it is believed that you are updated about things happening around the world.

(3) ECONOMY - This is also one of the most vital sections of the forum because it is also concerned about discussion concerning the economy of the world entirely because the economy is what sustains a country and also makes a country experience immense growth and development although it is dependent on how such a country handles their economy that will make them to rise or to fall. This section is very good to channel one's discussion in the forum because other users will be interested to gain knowledge from you if you have some economic knowledge and possibly ideas to help in a situation of bad economy.

Furthermore, I would have loved to include the Bitcoin discussion section because some newbies here literally have some knowledge about Bitcoin before they registered here in the forum but I found out that sometimes, engaging in discussion about Bitcoin seems like one have gotten a previous knowledge about the forum and therefore some users might misinterpret it as an alt account.

Some sections I feel it's not too good for a newbie to engage in discussion are: The reputation board, Loan section, Meta, development and technical discussion, scam accusation and project development. It is assumed that users who get involved in these sections are rooted in the forum and has spent so many years in the forum and have experience about the discussions in those sections so a newbie getting involved in those sections literally makes them look naive and that account looking suspicious as an alt.

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