Topic: How Would You Make Bitcointalk Better If You Were The Boss ? - page 3. (Read 636 times)

Me, I'd start handing out bright red MBTCTBA hats and play a snazzy tune as my anthem, probably as one of those midi files or whatever they were in the late 90s/early 2000s that were embedded in websites and had to be manually turned off. 

Then I'd get to work snuffing out the shitposters and bring back the Old Scammer Tag system and probably newbie jail too.

In other words, you wouldn't want me as the boss of this forum.  And I have to say, after thinking about the question for a while I give a lot of credit to Theymos for not micromanaging the forum--I don't know what kind of guidance he gives the mods, but since everything is pretty chill around here and rules aren't exceedingly restrictive, I think he probably gives them a lot of leeway in terms of what they can do.  So props to Theymos for that.

It is a big part of bitcoin's history, but not to the outside world.  By that I mean when articles are published about the origins of bitcoin, they usually never mention bitcointalk.  I saw it mentioned in Digital Gold (great book, BTW), but even there it was simply to describe how Satoshi and the early bitcoiners communicated.  The 10,000BTC pizza thread was mentioned as well.

As far as the wallet idea goes, if it were a web wallet I wouldn't offer it.  But if it was a downloadable wallet that was just a bitcointalk-branded one, I think that would be a neat idea.  There are so many bitcoin wallets out there already, though.  On the other hand if I was the boss man, I might be inclined to use some of that donation money in the treasury to create something like that.  I certainly would hire a team of coders and fix a ton of fucking issues that members keep bringing up and which die faster than a dime store goldfish.

Yes! After 6 months, derank banned accounts and return all earned merits to their original source.

To prevent merit abuse, implement a merit cap for legendary members.

Post jail for detrust members having 10 red tags automatically restrict you from posting; this is the only valid way to fight scammers since it is not moderated and the only way to stop puppets promoting scam projects.

Create a mobile BTT app.

Create at least one African local board. Bitcoin is for everyone.

So many things to remove but I would rather not say.

Maybe bitcointalk just works fine the way it is, if i or any other member were the boss we probably might have made big changes, or set hard rules that will run the forum down and decrease its traffic, i know Theymos doesn't make changes too often, but that might be a good thing for the seamless running of the forum.

If i were indeed the boss i do not think i'd be able to make bitcointalk better than it already is, without ruining a lot of other things in the process, so no need.

In the first place, I would make it more accessible for mobile platforms. No matter if it's just a responsive design or a dedicated app, this forum needs to keep up with modern technologies.
I am aware that this is very hard, considering the scale of this forum and how many users it has, but I think that it is possible.

Straight to the Discussion.

Overtime, I've read a lot of posts on ideas, comments, suggestions, or maybe I've posted a few myself, on features that should be implemented, or shouldn't be implemented, removed from Bitcointalk to make it better for all, this ideas, suggestions are either supported by many and rejected by a few, or rejected by many and supported by a few, still does not make any difference because Bitcointalk continues to remain as it is , lol  .

But today, I want each and every one of us to be the Boss, its a simple question, Assume yourself as the boss who oversees all the affairs of this forum,
-How are you going to make this forum better than it currently is?
-Are you going to implement new features? what would it be and how would it benefit the community?
-Are you likely to remove a feature or two? what feature would you remove and why would you remove it/them?
-Will you redesign the forum?, what color(s) and designs do you think would suit the forum better?
-Will prefer to change the way the forum is being moderated? what would be the new mode of moderation by you?
-Or would you rather leave(run) the forum as it currently is ?

The above are just question templates, use it or make something entirely new.

To begin the Discussion--

If I was the Boss seeing over the affairs of Bitcointalk, I would implement a non-custodian Bitcoin wallet to the forum.
Reasons:-
-Bitcointalk is strongly part of Bitcoin's History,  this meaning that the history of Bitcoin cant be discussed without mentioning Bitcointalk, so i feel its not out of place if Bitcointalk has a Bitcoin wallet built into it.
 -Since a lot of Bitcoin transactions happen amongst the forum users everyday, having this feature will make sending and receiving Bitcoins amongst forum users very convenient.  

So what about you ? How would you make Bitcointalk better if you were the Boss ?