Topic: Is Bitcointalk.org losing user base? - page 4. (Read 3253 times)

I don't use reddit, so I don't know if it's worth comparing to bitcointalk or not. For the best post quality, bitcointalk may still be at the top for online bitcoin forum compared to other forum. But in my opinion between Reddit and bitcointalk have a different rating system. A Reddit user doesn't need HQ quality post to earn karma, because fame and number of followers will have an impact on the amount of karma you get. I think the same post rating system applies in bitcointalk and that is a merit. There's an emphasis on post quality as a condition for getting merit, I think it's different on Reddit. If my assumption is wrong, please correct me.

This is really the only one that comes close to comparable to Bitcointalk. However, its success isn't based on its quality, in fact I would say that its popularity is because of its lack of quality. The platform is designed mainly for lower quality content, and has a visibility feature which is easily abused. However, out of the ones you listed its the closest one that comes to Bitcointalk's goal, and that's quality based discussion. Don't get me wrong Reddit can have quality discussion, but because of its nature it tends to encourage lower based quality.

I think that the main reason why Bitcointalk is losing it's popularity is that Bitcoin went mainstream and other businesses/platforms used this opportunity very well.

1. Websites like Cointelegraph, Coindesk and others try to write and publish news as soon as possible, these websites are a great source of crypto-related news, they are the ones who search the information all the time and then show it to their audience.
2. Websites like Stackoverflow have an audience of developers and enthusiasts who are more likely to help each other and share the knowledge.
3. Reddit is one of the most popular social news website and it's not oriented on one task but there is a discussion and boards on almost every theme/subject and people prefer to use it because for that and also for the nice UI.

There are some other reasons to say too along with them. Also, at the same time, don't want to look rude but Theymos doesn't really take care of this forum. I don't judge it, I really appreciate bitcointalk and its role in my life, it completely changed my life for better but truth is truth, this forum looks like abandoned and the major life-giving power is the signature campaign at the moment.

Bitcointalk needs serious change, implementation of new features to make the website look like a comfortable all-in-one service.

Many people will find this forum if they are interested in bitcoin. YouTube can help its users to find this forum if the user has an interest in bitcoin investing and the bitcointalk.org forum become an advertisement relevant to it. So far there are many videos on other users' private YouTube channels discussing forum issues and how forum can make money for their users. Most of them are bounty hunter and maybe they have invited quite a number of new users to the forum because of money or because they want to know a lot about bitcoin. Bitcointalk.org in YouTube may not be new, but if this is an official channel, then it deserve more support.

Yep, it looks like bitcointalk YouTube channel might go live very soon and I am really excited about it. People  nowadays spend shit load of time on YT (not just kids/teenagers, but grown ups too) so this might be a way to attract more people to bitcontalk, and even more to bitcoin!

I see on that thread that the YouTube channel is actually going to be launched shortly.
That idea had been posted here on the thread, so forum administrators are maybe reading lurking this thread.
This gives hope also to other good ideas surfaced here.
Keep contributing!

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It does not matter what type of user you are but some of that you start to receive and / or deliver, only time will tell.

There are many adjectives to add but what is really important is to keep; forum: # 1.

@Fillippone thanks sir. I was obliged to return to this thread when I discovered that even upto the 5th page this thread has not been abandoned. It's almost a norm in the forum that some vital topics would be raised, extensively discussed and finally abandoned. Your compilation of the proposals so far gave me a resounding hope to once again in my own little experience contribute in this thread.

Change is permanent. Dynamism is the key to embracing change and not staticness. I read your comment as you uploaded a social media conversation in agreement with the purpose of this thread. Imo, that user might have in one way or the other suggested things for the goodness of the forum but was not considered.

When I was a newbie(zero experience), I created a topic "An Alternative To Merit". See link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.57137455
People discussed extensively on it, but I discovered many established users though in agreement with the post were sure that the suggestions will not be granted. Because such suggestions or even better suggestions were raised in the past but were not considered, they don't see mine as an exception.

What actually am driving at is, the forum needs to be dynamic as if it's still evolving and not as static as it has arrived.  If there are new suggestions like "Alternative To Merit, New Themes, Mobile app, no evil fee" etc,Theymos should try to create a poll on them and afterward implement them temporarily, if it doesn't work well he can revert to the former. There is no harm in trying. By this, the system would be dynamic and upto date.

There is an African adage that says "Better days ahead". But with what I read in the forum, it seems better days are gone and never to resurface. So, it is high time the admins feast on the experience of the noble users of the forum to sustain or resuscitate her legacy.
Thank you!

I was referring to a thread that Cyrus started yesterday,  Bitcointalk Youtube channel - what would you like to see?. I know that you are active in Meta, so I am surpried that you somehow missed that. Great initiative I think, if properly done it might popularize bitcointalk and bring some people.

I am not a Meta denizen, but I never heard of this. Can you point in the right direction? I would like the YT channel use my material/thread if needed!

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This trend can be certainly slowed down (at least), and even that is worth trying. First step is to recognize that there is a problem, and I think that everyone now is well aware of that, (including the forum staff), given some of the recent measures like whitelisting those that got flagged for evil fee, and now there are even talks about bitcointalk YouTube channel.

Let me disagree on this. Otherwise I wouldn’t have created this thread.

For sure there is some work to do, I don’t know still what, but this trend can be if not properly reversed, maybe mitigated.
Or at least it’s worth trying.

Each of us is different and has different approaches.
When I joined this forum it was almost the only place where bitcoin information could be found.
Later, other forums appeared, telegram groups, social networks, discord etc.
For a while I was a member of some telegram and social networks crypto groups but over time I gave up and devoted myself only to this forum.
It is very difficult to find some old information on social networks and there are many more scams out there.
In this forum it is much easier for me to communicate with people and find old information.
However, I notice that some old members are no longer active on this forum and that younger members prefer Telegram groups and social networks.
I guess it’s a trend that can’t be reversed anymore.

• With the emergence of various altcoins, new users who join the forum now may not be as accurate as before, and they have different purposes.
• It is necessary to have a wealth of cryptocurrency knowledge reserves in the forum to better integrate into it. It is difficult for some new users who have just joined the encryption field to integrate.
• Price fluctuations in the cryptocurrency market will affect the mood of many users, who pay more attention to price trends and are less interested in other content on the forum.
• The style and form of the forum are not liked by more people nowadays, and fewer and fewer choose it.

Thank this old man for his pertinent opinions.The author is a respected old man， It is indeed the case. More and more young people, born after the 1990s, have become a large number of Bitcoin fans. They need the guidance and guidance of old members. Helping should be more active to help them grow up, and they may make mistakes. More tolerance from old members is needed. I also think that old members should have a more positive performance, adapt to the development of the times and adapt to the thinking of young people and novices.

Bitcoin Talk would expand and regain its old position as a leading forum if more established members were active and posted in discussions. Especially if they are prepared to enter into discussions, rather than resorting to personal attacks, or just pushing the mainstream narrative as if it was gospel.

Society is trifurcating, and Bitcoiners should be preparing themselves to be a part of the middle group.

Although I am a newbie to the forum, I feel that joining the forum has brought me a lot of value, and the discussion with everyone has improved a lot of knowledge that I have not participated in before, but I also found a lot of spam， and Did not bring value, this part may have reasons to make users lose interest.
But I also saw the patience and support of the old users of the forum. I have seen the arguments put forward by new users many times. The old user helped him answer the question verbatim and pointed out the problem. I am very grateful for the encouragement of the old user. Make me like this forum even more.
The only thing I regret is why I didn't enter this forum earlier. As a crypto enthusiast, this is heaven. Rich in content and rich in output. Old users are our role models. I will not leave the forum.

I think I can learn a lot about bitcointalk. And there is no false information in this forum. I met many excellent members on this forum. It seems that how many members of legends or heroes have been added. The members are old friends. Many people may be on Twitter or Reddit, but I think forums are better than Reddit and Twitte

Bitcointalk moved to Reddit? I do not believe that if you go to the sub reddit of bitcoin and type in Bitcointalk all the members there do is talk bad things about Bitcointalk I would see the subreddit as a competitor instead of where the old members of this forum went.

Then I guess that I've done it wrong? 
I started with Reddit, although it was /r/dogecoin (where I was disappinted by their algo to bury older topics). Then I came to Bitcointalk and I'm still here.
I do check twitter when I'm bored, but not much, since I find it more a place for shilling and shouting than discussing ideas; so I can't really say that Twitter has a chance to "get me".