Topic: More child boards... (Read 2293 times)

    OMG I HAS SO MANY ANGRIES NAO!!!   

*takes deep breath*
*has rough day*
*still thinks bitcoins:altcoins::coins:stamps is a stupid syllogism, and that the altcoin ghetto needs more structure*

 

+1

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/removed-200641

The owners of this board made it loud and clear that alt currencies is an after thought and doesn't support their prime focus. There's nothing wrong with that, it's private property, they have a right to do with it as they wish. We can bicker among ourselves all we want, the outcome won't change. Sub-boards are not happening, period.

What a wonderful opportunity for someone to step-up and create their own version of the board.

No need for that...you're doing a great job of that yourself. 

Have a great day!

I never said someone "is stopping [me] or anyone from starting up an alt-cryto forum."  You are very fond of rebutting claims I didn't make!  

Your post is 100% slander and fallacy, containing zero persuasive potential.  Such content-free ad hominem blathering does nothing to help your case.

Again, I've been here longer than you and am very aware of the (other) .bit project focused sites.

You are ignoring the fact, which I pointed out, that Namecoin has always been welcome here, even outside the altcoin prison, in the main forum.

Why was the precedent of support and integration set by NMC changed to altcoin suppression and apartheid?

Because bitcoin:altcoin::coins:stamps?  I didn't get "hung up" on your absurd syllogism, I simply made fun of it for being retarded.  

I never advocated for "Bitcointalk to cater to every single scam-coin-of-the-day."  Those are just words you're trying to put in my mouth, in order to create a strawman for you to knock down.  Wow, you're such a hero!  You saved precious princess Bitcointalk from the menace of the Awful Altcoins!  

The only two changes I'd like to see are

1.  Move the altcoin section higher up (to at least above off-topic).

2.  A few basic child boards to improve organization.  One for alt pools would be a good start.  And Litecoin certainly has earned one.

Now please, go back to painting me as some kind of angry, "too serious" person sorely in need of a "deep breath" and "having a pretty rough day."  

I agree this alt-coin board is overcrowded and need more structure.

Take a deep breath.  Sounds like you're having a pretty rough day & takings things a bit too seriously.  Sorry you got so wound up in the coin collecting / stamp collecting thing.

Anyways...just a heads up:  Namecoin does have it's own forum.  Lots of other alts do too.  No one is stopping you or anyone from starting up an alt-cryto forum.  There's just no need for Bitcointalk to cater to every single scam-coin-of-the-day.

You don't need to make it "any simpler" for me (I've been here longer than you have, simpleton).

I know what the name of the site is.  Not sure why you think that pointing out an undisputed, obvious fact is some kind of amazing, debate-clinching argument.   

Namecoin has been around about as long as Bitcoin and is still openly discussed in the main forum.  Must we change the name to BitcoinAndNamecoinTalk?  According to your simpleton logic, yes we should.   

Bitcoin is both a kind of new technology and a specific (first) instance of that technology, so it's perfectly appropriate to discuss all variations on this forum.

I'm sorry if such complex ideas don't fit into your tiny, simplicity-seeking shell of a head thing.

Coins:Stamps::Bitcoins:Altcoins?  Pfft.  What idiocy!   

I support the idea of child boards, but not one per currency.

Better thematic forums, like some people have proposed:

- an altcoin trading subforum
- an "Announcement" & "Giveaway" subforum for new coins and faucets

Well, I guess on a certain level this is OK. Because this subforum is so broken its unusable anymore (5+ pages per day), people will be FORCED into going to the Litecoin forums (https://forum.litecoin.net/), the forums for the alt-mining pools, and other various forums dedicated to other alts or related subjects.

Its going to be an evolution by necessity. If BTCT is the Gox of crypto discussion, its centralization is obviously a huge problem and we need to evolve sooner rather than later, so I for one support letting this subforum nuke itself into oblivion.

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Although todays active topics run 7 pages deep, the altcoins' user base is very little and very new - not really established. As SaltySpitoon noticed a lot of the newly created boards dedicated to the new altcoins would be sooner or later dead - as most altcoins are only popular for a few days weeks of (p/h)ump & dumping.

Just separating trading, contests, giveaways etc. from the rest would be enough.

If enough people really want a separate subforum/child forum for their altcoin they might as well chip in $50 for a domain and hosting for a year for a forum dedicated to their altcoin.

Just put all the trading topics and giveaways in a separate sub-forum. Straight away that is a big chunk of the 'non-content' topics taken care of in a fair way.

This is bitcointalk.org, not cryptocurrency.org or altcurrency.org.  Not sure how to make it any simpler for you.

Pardon me, but we've been discussing Namecoin on this forum since Satoshi was calling it BitDNS or whatever.

Coins:Stamps::Bitcoins:Altcoins?  What an atrociously bad, logically deficient syllogism.

Bitcoin and Bitcoin-like virtual cryptocurrencies are all Satosh's children.

At what point did we decide only his first born was worth of our attention and the rest should be confined to the "alternate" coin ghetto?

Litecoin?  That's just Bitcoin's crazy cousin.  We keep him locked up in the basement, even lower on the menu than Off-Topic.

Namecoin?  Well, Namecoin is Bitcoin's little sister so we let her run around, because she's got development problems and doesn't hurt anything.  

Instead of stupid rules or banning things or dumb votes why not just a Cryptocurrency Forum of its own:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ok-mod-told-me-no-child-boards-then-cyrptocurrencies-own-forum-200327

+ 1 if you agree

take the innovative ideas there, obviously (Ha HA) Bitcoin supporters have no interest in seeing innovation take off in an Alternative that is is not SHA-256 (that is understandable )

so why not take the innovation off the forum .

or slowly die of spam, with our hands tied?

Its 100% not going to happen, sorry guys, it wasn't my decision, but I still don't personally support child boards for each coin even if it was mine to make. There would be 50 new sections that would need to go up daily, and then when an alt coin dies, it would need to be removed, etc etc.

This is the Bitcoin forum with an Altcoin subsection. Its not really designed, or meant to be the official place to be for alt coins. That would be the individual coin's forums.

Smiley, please read my thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/adminsmod-please-create-a-sub-subforum-ideaproposal-200201

I think the majority of the users should poll what alt should be allowed in this main subforum.

Again, this is a Bitcoin forum, not a cryptocurrency forum.  The Alt fans should be thankful they're getting any space at all.

You wouldn't go into a coin collecting forum & demand the mods create sub forums for all the different types of stamp collecting.  

If you want an alt-currency forum, no one is stopping you from creating your own.

Might be best to have an entire new alts forum and then make seperate child boards on here once the coin's been 'established'.