Topic: [Interviews] with Bitcointalk members - page 31. (Read 30762 times)

What if they're just too busy posting their Twitter reports to answer a bunch of questions? After all, bounty hunters do have their other 41 accounts to attend to in the day... they can't spend all their time actually contributing to a forum! That would be like pretending that Bitcointalk isn't just a job! After all, we all know that this is the perfect place to earn money, right? Super secure positions here, guaranteed.

Finding a successful bounty hunter in 2020 is quite a complex task as many have become inactive or have amassed quite a good wealth in 2017 and just left this forum. I have read various success stories of bounty hunters earning $100,000 for just spamming the forum redundantly with useless shitposts and fake translation. At the end of 2017, when there were a few talks that failure of an ICO is impossible and as a result almost every scamcoin has reached its peak.

When we joined the forum at the beginning of 2018, ICOs were indeed paying few thousands of dollars every week for spamming and it was surprising to read that bounty hunters quitting their jobs to join bounties as bounties seemed to be a lot more profitable heaven!  I was following a few popular legendary/hero bounty hunters who were spamming the twitter and facebook report section till the end of 2019 and once when the ICO markets started noticing higher downtrends they disappeared altogether. 

May be interviewing minerjones or krogothmanhattan would be interesting. Both seem to posses a great deal of knowledge towards collectibles and have contributed a lot for the collectibles section of the forum.

Nice idea zasad. I am out of merits else I would surely merit this thread. It was really nice to read LoyceV's answers. He's a master of words and nailed it here too. Would love to see answers of more bitcointalk members here in future. Thread added to 'watchlist'!

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Thanks for your mention Nellayar. I read your posts and you are doing great job on forum. Keep the good work up and hope you become Legendary member soon.

Comrades, thank you all for your advice, I am working.
I made a spreadsheet, so as not to get confused

1. An interview is not an interrogation. You can choose not to answer the questions, or simply evade the question.
2. I will never ask questions that will disclose your personal information.
3. the List of main questions is formed. Depending on the user's popularity, I will add 1-5 questions or more.

Thanks to everyone who agreed.
It would be great to get a "no" answer instead of silence.

Vod owns Bpip. He must qualify to be interviewed. His BPIP seems one of the useful projects too I think its older than LoyceV project.

If you want to interview people who have been developing projects related to bitcointalk, you might also be interested to interview those who created their own crypto forum but are also a member here.

BlackHatCoiner (Full Member)

His projects:

Bitcointalk Stats Live Counter
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/i-created-the-bitcointalk-stats-live-counter-5241019

Let's start

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

"I had first heard of bitcoin in 2017, when it was too high. I didn't give that much attention to it (Thank God, I would invest). During lockdown (March I think) I wanted to sell an instagram account on a marketing forum, when a member of it asked me if I accept bitcoin. I told him no because I didn't know how it's working. When I started reading the whitepaper I said to myself, -Oh boy, that's a new chapter to your life. The whole idea, I liked it. So I was very interested. If you search my posts, you will see many questions started by me of how bitcoin works. I think I had messed up some things back then, I was trying to connect the dots. Now I am aware of what is bitcoin, and that's important. People invest into something they don't even understand sometimes."

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

"If you mean 1 entire bitcoin, never. I didn't want to buy bitcoin, but due to some problems I had with paypal, I bought some. I considered it gamble, but I had no other option then. This happened after I fully understand the bitcoin enviroment. Imagine that I saved my funds on a cold storage and I'm hodling them right now."

3. How did you get on the forum?

"Nice question! From the marketing forum I mentioned above, I was reading a topic called "Your favourite site" in the off topic section. Many said facebook, youtube, instagram, blablabla, but there was a guy who replied with "bitcointalk.org for sure" and he made me curious. I created my account here and yes, I didn't regret it."

4. I've seen your Bitcointalk Stats Live project, do you plan on adding new useful things to the forum?

"Well, I'm upgrading as much as I can. I don't have permission to many things, so this is my best. Of course if you want to suggest anything, I will take it into consideration."

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

"The current merit system is simply perfect. Everyone is trying to create useful posts in order to gain new merits. If a member has 1000 posts and 10 merits, it is clearly that this member looks scammy. Merits also help if you want to buy cryptos from a forum member. I trusted a guy with 500+ merits without knowing him, and he successfully traded with me without frauds. Of course, this isn't the canon.

Now about the signatures thing, I see some issues. Signature campaigns pay per post. I see that it doesn't matter if the post is a quality post. Thus, many members see this place as a money machine and simply spam so they have a profit. I've seen topics started by those people, that their content don't fit with the title. Or topics that misunderstand, like "How bitcoin works?" and he/she starts explaining how bitcoin works... on the bitcoin forum. Again this isn't the canon, most of the bounty hunters of this place make high quality posts.  

Now if they harm the forum... No they don't. If the Admins would force members to have them, they may harmed it. But since we have the option to disable all signatures, then peace my friends."

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

"Most useful forum topic... Hmm. Like the one that helped me the most or the one that I really enjoyed reading it? Because both were useful.
Helpful: Forum ranks/positions/badges (What do those shiny coins under my name mean?)
Enjoyed reading it: Satoshi's lesson

Most helpful users in my opinion are surely those:
@LoyceV, @pooya87, @mocacinno, @Vod, @ETFBitcoin, @o_e_l_e_o, @suchmoon. Admins and mods too. Especially this guy: @satoshi  "

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

"The first one would be to have a better quote system. Maybe multiquote. But the one we have right now is too tiring for replying, so I would surely change it. Secondly I would decrease the VIP role's price. It costs 50 bitcoins right now... The VIP members bought it when bitcoin's value was too low... And I'm sure they have regret it. The third thing I would implement is to remove some forum limits. You can't make many searches per second (except the google ones), there is no online activity in the main page. This happens because they overload the server. I think that the VIP donations could cover financially this part."

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

"I don't trade no, I only hodl. No investments on other cryptocurrencies. I only believe in bitcoin. Does anybody talk about the 2nd guy that stepped on the moon? This is how I see it. Also, many new projects are having ponzi scheme. So most of these shitcoins fall to 0$."

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

"I don't have to tell you a story like that. Not in bitcoin neither in fiat."

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

"DEFI ecosystem is something new, that will take some years to be more widespread, and that's another thing bitcoin started. I don't know if it existed before, likely it did, but bitcoin inspired many to learn what it is. Fortunately or unfortunately, it is something that no one can control it. But it is sure that it'll make the human freer."

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

"I'm not Satoshi Nakamoto, but sometimes yes, I don't want anyone to know me. Not vital tho. I can live without it."

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

" "The Bitcoin Standard". It is the only cryptocurrency book I've ever read. I liked it, because I had some questions about bitcoin value. After I solved every question I've had, I didn't find a reason to read another one. I have heard the best for "Mastering Bitcoin" too. "

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

" Hmm. Bitcoin, ethereum, monero. All of them have a different technology behind. I see other cryptos as the same blockchain type, so I wouldn't invest them.
Bitcoin, because it's bitcoin.
Ethereum, because it isn't only a currency but an entire technology behind.
Monero, because no one will ever catch you (as far as I know privacy matters for monero). Also black markets have benefits using it. So it may go up. "

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

"I have no damn clue. Let's say that it will reach 20.000$. I will visit the thread in 01/01/2021 to check my prediction    "


Thanks to BlackHatCoiner for the interview!

The end.

You could maybe have the same set of 15 questions for everyone then maybe 5 personalised ones or something. zasad@ said he'll read through the last 100 posts of someone but you can't get an accurate picture of them as a poster just from that, or the posts will be based on those few rather than your entire history. If the questions are different for everyone then one person might get a really good set of questions whilst another might not, or might not want to answer half of them if any at all. Personally I would be fine with the questions in the op but there are certainly questions I wouldn't want to answer or have sprung on me. If the questions are all the same anyone can just write up their answers and either PM op with them or just post them here and the op can link to them. Having a set of the same questions will give you everyone different perspective on them as well. Think of it like the Proust/Pivot questions all the actors used to get asked on Inside the Actor's Studio.

I amazed how LoyceV answered all the questions of OP. I thought that LoyceV is really a serious type of person but when it comes to interview, she has a little bit humor in answering. I like how she replied to questions number 8 and 14. I think she is not interested in trading.

BTW, I would like to nominate the best managers in this forum.

@Hhampus and @yahoo6728

1. How do they became managers of successful projects?

2. How do they found the forum?

We can also try to interview the following persons because I also idolized them when it comes to posting:

1. @Filippone
2. @Webtricks
3. @1maieu
4. @Nulllius

-theymos
-Cyrus
-yahoo62278 (CM)
-Hhampuz (CM)
-DarkStar_ (CM)
-Lauda
-TMAN
-Jet Cash
-Active Member of WO
-Active Miner
-Active Bounty Hunter
-Active Collector (Physical Coins)

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I am really curious how'd they started, and where did they find 'bout bitcoins.

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Edit:

I also wanted to see an interview of Mr. Big.
Haven't seen too much of his posts from the past.

There's barely any evidence of that:

I though it was a real interview with LoyceV, like the one on one interview but its not, it was just a questionnaire sent to him to be answered.

It was a great idea tho so we can know some part of their history, opinions and we absolutely know that he's not an AI lol.  I didn't know you guys believed that LoyceV was some sort of AI because of his replies.

Now I wanna see @Lucius answer the interview questions, vote?

Having the same set of questions is good and I agree with you that the participants in the interview should answer personalized questions directed to them since not all members here are posting in the same board or doing the same thing on what they are doing in the forum. This allows you to see their perspective on their role in the forum. Having personalized questions for DT members, or Merit Sources, and people active in their local board should also be considered as they definitely have other questions to answer set on their perspective.

I have already sent a proposal for an interview to several participants. Now is the weekend, maybe I will get answers next week. If the participant agrees, I read his last 100 or more posts and try to pick up a few questions depending on the interests of the user.
It takes time.
If you wish to give an interview yourself, write to me in PM, we will definitely agree.

I appreciate the thought thank you for that but I think we should let zasad@ pick whose next in line for the interview.

and also we have some interesting suggestion here which should be a good options to choose from.

Not a bad idea.
I will like to see an interview with Theymos if you can manage it. It will be great.

I know you said pick one but based on their merit and their activity all around the forum I'd say cryptoaddictchie(although he is already a hero member) and rikafip(a Sr. member) would be a great choice. there several members that have high merit but they are usually only active to one or two boards.

No. Here's proof:

Pick one: The future of Bitcointalk: Low Ranking Top Merit earners in the past 30 days

it is a given that a lot of members here would want to see or read the interview about the most established/well-known members here in the forum but it would also be nice to have an interview about a member who is just starting to make a name for himself/herself. I'm quite curious about what was their motivation from when they were just starting in this forum and what are the goals they want to achieve in this forum.

Thanks for the feedback! I will definitely contact all the participants mentioned above.
I will try to select interesting questions, so I will have to spend time studying the interests of users.

Isn't LoyceV an AI? Don't confuse me, man. I used to know him as AI only. Now you are confusing me