One topic that I always thought was an interesting one was this one:
I am pretty confident we are the new wealthy elite, gentlemen. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/i-am-pretty-confident-we-are-the-new-wealthy-elite-gentlemen-12156
I am pretty confident we are the new wealthy elite, gentlemen. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/i-am-pretty-confident-we-are-the-new-wealthy-elite-gentlemen-12156
Hehe, this is nice catch
I remember I saw this post once, a long time ago, but I forgot about it... How right was the Anonymous user which posted that... Also, speaking of old historic posts, I found one which is funny yet it is a part of history too I think this post from 2011 is the first reference of theymos being called thermos:Administrators can always change usernames by request. Would be a better solution. I bet theymos would change your username in a heart beat if you asked 
I'd change his... Always makes me think of a hot water bottle (thermos)... 
Admittedly, not everyone is a history fan , but I think this is a great idea. Not everyone on this forum is a bounty hunter , some of us are genuinely interested in the whole history of bitcoin and bitcointalk.
If you’re a newbie to the forum and/or Bitcoin - a push in the direction of the history of both is definitely a positive in a lot of ways .
Gets my vote OP
If you’re a newbie to the forum and/or Bitcoin - a push in the direction of the history of both is definitely a positive in a lot of ways .
Gets my vote OP
Thank you, Mbitr, this is also what I had in mind... I am also passionate of history and I was really amazed to read, for example, xtraelv's topics... It took me hours and hours, following also the links inserted in his topics, links which led to other topics... and so on... By reading all these I learned a lot and the time spent for reading was certainly not a waste.
I guess a sticky thread would likely be the best option for this rather than a dedicated section [...]
You know, something like shorena's thread, but more focused on historical posts rather than a mix, match of various other things could potentially be stickied.
You know, something like shorena's thread, but more focused on historical posts rather than a mix, match of various other things could potentially be stickied.
Welsh, this is a great idea! I never thought about this, but sounds very wise. How can we proceed for obtaining this sticky topic? Do you have any suggestion? And yes, of course I remember shorena's one thread to link them all
It was one of the more educative topic for me at my beginnings on the forum.theymos or global moderators might not pin more sticky threads. If theymos thinks that topics about history, education is necessary, he will create a new board like the suggestion from GazetaBitcoin.
That would be nice... but I think it's easier for him to make a sticky topic though... maybe in the Beginners & Help board...?
Great pile of information you got there GazetaBitcoin, congratulations on all that work! I'll be sure to read some of those threads considering the topics that they cover!
Thank you, RickDeckard. I encourage you to read all those topics indeed... Also Hal's letter, mentioned by me in this post, almost at the end of it.
Regarding your suggestion itself, I'm torn - In one way I can totally see it work, but at the same time I don't think that creating a new board wouldn't be overkill. Don't take me wrong, I'm not saying that we don't have enough information to fill the board or that the content wouldn't be interested at all (on the contrary!), I simply believe that it would be hard to establish a "rule" or a some kind of system that would determine / choose which posts - whenever they are fully detailed or not - would be considered to belong in there. [...]
Then again, I also said that I support the idea in some way, and I do! How about we let other members of the forum contribute to other useful/insightful threads that they've seen in the past years? What if we started gathering all of them and created a "mother of all threads" where all those pieces of history would be constantly being updated? What if Theymos would just "sticky" that thread up near the Beginnings Helping section just to catch the attention of whoever visits the board?
Then again, I also said that I support the idea in some way, and I do! How about we let other members of the forum contribute to other useful/insightful threads that they've seen in the past years? What if we started gathering all of them and created a "mother of all threads" where all those pieces of history would be constantly being updated? What if Theymos would just "sticky" that thread up near the Beginnings Helping section just to catch the attention of whoever visits the board?
The problem raised about the board itself is correct... I was thinking maybe users could suggest to new board's moderator(s) various historic posts and the moderators would be in charge to add the topics to the board. Your proposal though, which is also what Welsh recommends, seems more suitable indeed.
I see, however, 2 problems with this approach:
- If we loose OP, then we aren't able to edit the thread any longer. While this "responsibility" has to fall under someone, it would be a shame that in some years from now we wouldn't be able to continuously update it;
- The same struggle to "evaluate" a thread that I pointed out before could still be felt in some way. The way I see it is that we, as a community, would each judge the given suggestions and would determine if it is indeed worthy or not. We could try to organize some kind of "voting" mechanism - let it be weekly or monthly - just to have a feeling from the community, but I reckon that I might be overthinking this...
Regarding first point, this happened to Wall Observer thread as well. In that case, the topic was moved to someone else, after its owner ceased using the forum. So that risk can be mitigated... About the second problem, you explained it very rational and wisely, but I think that we think too much about details at this stage... I don;t know... Perhaps, if a sticky topic would be created, and not a board (as it has very small chances to happen), then the responsibility would be on owner's shoulders. And s/he will analyze which topics to list in his mega-thread, based also on what topics users suggest him and also based on what users suggests to not mention...? Does this sound feasible?
we do end up losing threads that were pivotal for the existence of this forum.
This is what scares me...
I think this is a good idea OP.
Thank you ChiBitCTy!
Sorry for the (shameless 
) indirect site promotion here, but this is exactly what I created notatether.com for - to collect all this info onto a static site instead of in threads that fall off the hypothetical wall (board) like flies.
) indirect site promotion here, but this is exactly what I created notatether.com for - to collect all this info onto a static site instead of in threads that fall off the hypothetical wall (board) like flies.Not to worry, NotATether. Your work is impressive and I am sure your efforts will help so many.
I don't know why this thread got bumped exactly
That was a surprise for me too
I think I (we) have to thank to cr1776 for that, as he noticed it after such a long time.The very early threads on the forum are indeed fascinating to read. [...] Posts made in the 2010-11 era should be browsed through for anyone interested in the history of the forum, because they were much different than the typical posts you see today (plus a lot of them were made by members who've since disappeared).
I am glad we share the same passion
But any member can read those threads if they want to, so I'm not sure if we need an additional section for bitcointalk history. Theymos probably wouldn't go for it, either, and the fact that he never responded to this thread when it was started last year is a good indication of that.
This is true, yet some topics are... how to say... must read. For example, the one related to escrow, mentioned also by ChiBitCTy. Or Hal's goodbye letter... Indeed, theymos did not show interest about my proposal, but maybe Welsh's proposal would be more suitable...?
