Topic: Meaningless and Redundant Topics - page 2. (Read 465 times)

You are right though! There were two-three other threads mentioning "Boring Topics" and "Redundant and Spamming Users".  I could have replied underneath them however I didn't find them relating to my specific point which is a solution about changing the system(merits, forbidding thread openings, etc.) all over. They were talking about reporting and banning users. I thought my idea deserved a new thread.


This one is really close to my thoughts:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/multiple-common-topics-3017506
Other topics:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/so-many-boring-topicswhy-do-people-prefer-replying-to-old-and-meaningless-posts-3060656
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/flood-topic-3138850

All of these people got at least one reply from someone like you sir    "You are actually doing the same game." But unfortunately that doesn't contribute to solving the problem.

That used to exist and it disappeared for some reason, although I think it would be a good idea as well. Let’s see if some of the seniors can enlighten us as to why the newbie jail doesn’t exist today.

maybe allow them only on Beginners & Help ?

I agree with you, lots of topic here posted in every board of the forum makes nonsense for me, only few of the members here are actually contributing nicely in the community, few of them has something new knowledge to learn on. Same and repeated topics are always hottest topics I guess. That's why I also read various cryptocurrency books to educate myself until the forum will eradicate those shitposter just to make some money.

I agree with most of what you have said.

However I disagree about forbidding newbies to open new topics.

Many people are not newbies in bitcoin, but they have some doubt or they are having an issue with something bitcoin related, such as wallets, private keys...
These people can open a new topic about their issue and community helps them. This is how i discovered this forum.

Maybe this restriction could apply to some boards only.
Bitcoin technical support and beginners & help are very helpful for newbies.

What makes you different, we have already talked about this before if my memory do not lie 
Assuming you have already searched for this kind of discussions and did not find any?

Hello,
Before starting, My account is newbie but I've been around here for a long time. I haven't ranked up because I haven't written much, I preferred reading instead.

I don't know if you agree but personally, when I go into the forum and open the "Bitcoin Discussion" thread(I do this nearly every day), I want to see useful, quality things that would benefit me. These may be discussions about recent news concerning cryptocurrencies (Media, Ban, legal issues, fud sources etc.), tech updates, or something that will broaden my views on cryptocurrencies, something interesting, something I DON'T know.

So the thing that's been bugging me lately is, every now and then, people -mostly newbie accounts- open topics that are ineffectual and of poor quality. For instance: "What you do if a rich people gives you money to spend on cryptocurrency?" (Sentence structure exactly like this), "How much have you invested?", "Crypto is the greatest online business to invest on? (Online business?), "So you all want to get rich? All of you?", etc.

There are many others that I find useless not because they are low quality, but because they have been discussed quadrillion times before. eg. "Best wallet for bitcoin?", "Bitcoin safety", "What is a blockchain?" (a blockchain?), "Crypto vs Fiat" etc.

So what should be done? How do we solve this? Well I don't have a certain answer but I have ideas. Please share your ideas also, I'm opening this thread for brainstorming. First of all, merit system is apparently not enough to provoke people into opening quality threads. Before opening a thread, people should be incited into researching, and checking if the question in their mind has been discussed before. And after researching, if they can't find the answer to their specific question anywhere, then they should open new threads.

I think the ranking system is also faulty because people are inclined to post bullcrap just to increase their post count, they don't care about the content. Maybe restricting newbies from opening new threads would be a good idea. I actually know successful forum sites (they translate as "dictionary" in my language) where a particular seniority is required to open new threads (junior members only get to reply and contribute to existing threads until they reach a certain primacy) and one topic can only be discussed in one thread, no redundancy. This way the quality considerably increases.

Please also share your views and tell me if there are points you agree or disagree on.