Topic: Newbies can now pay a small fee to enable images (Read 54827 times)

No one will pay 50 BTC even to become a merit source here is that it allowed. Forum advertising with that amount is also not going to give positive returns.

Funny! I am not bothered though and no one is perfect, for I read the posts of @iPaD and yours in the quote before proceeding to share my opinion. Any serious person could easily fall for your sarcasm the way it was presented in the post of a thread with many pages. Anyway, thank you for letting me know you were being "sarcastic."

Besides, @iPaD is a newbie, you guys should have done better. It baffles me why experienced members mock newbies instead of properly guiding them. Anyone who is perfect should raise his hand!

Heh... This is what having to write a lot of posts in their signature does to people.

@EarnOnVictor, I'm surprised you didn't spot the sarcasm in my post which is the reason you replied to all verbatim.

This will be an extra means of generating income for the forum but I do not see it as fair. It's good for every member to grow naturally even as the Copper membership is still good since it has a low limit of ranks, let it end there. It could hurt if some people could buy their way right to the top and some could not even afford the mere Copper membership.

About the reintroduction of the ads, if he did that, it could only mean that is not sure of what he wants in my opinion. I believe there is a reason he wanted to keep the forum clean of ads which I think he should adhere to.

Lastly, I won't shy away from saying that the 50BTC you called just like that is heavy for me. Do you think some people will still be able to donate it with this huge value of Bitcoin? If at all he would do a thing like that, any amount would be a good idea.

That would be a nice idea...
Theymos might implement it on 1st April, 2025. He might likely bring back forum advertisement, 50 BTC donation and more. It will be a good experience next year.

You didn't think you could have a higher rank by paying a small fee, did you? 

Let's ask theymos to add a feature like that for newbies who can't earn merits so that they can rank up again after paying a small fee and make the merit system a failure and spam the shit out of this forum again for bounty earnings just like the past, shall we? 

Copper Membership only give the perks of a Member ranked user so you can have a clickable link in your signature and can upload images apart from that your merits column will remain the same and you can rank up only if you meet the required criteria of activity and merits.

As mentioned about if you're intention is to rankup then be active, read more, gain knowledge, contribute to the forum in some way then sooner or later you will see merits awarded for your posts.

If you want to rank up your account you'd be better off getting merits than buying a coppermembership. if you want to earn merits just be active and continue joining discussions or sharing information that you think could be helpful to some members, eventually, you'll earn merits if people find your post deserving of it. also, buying a copper membership doesn't really "rank up" your account, it just gives you a title that allows you to bypass restrictions that are put on newbie accounts.

I'm glad I came across this, as I want to grow in my ranks on here, and I've been contemplating how to earn merits or buy a Copper membership and how. So I'm glad I found this, let me make a step. Good luck to Me.

A Copper Membership costs 0.00074760 BTC. In your own post, it shows you've paid 0.00041168 BTC. I'm guessing you paid that amount for "Units of Evil" on your IP-address. That amount is added towards your Copper membership, but it's not enough.
If my interpretation of your story line is correct, you should pay another 0.00029731 BTC to the address you've mentioned to get a Copper membership.

hi, i have one problem i paid a few days ago and the link now show me this:

"Available paid memberships:

Copper - 0.00029731 BTC: Allows you to post images even if you are a newbie, reduces the time-between-actions limit, and provides some of the same benefits as being of natural Member rank.
You have paid a total of 0.00041168 BTC. This is reflected in the above prices. (To get the normal price, add this amount to the above prices.)

Pay to the Bitcoin address 3LEjDmcVjuy6jBAaaXWNSbXF6KB5DCWvUE. Once your transaction has 1 confirmation, revisit this page and then use the form which will appear in order to wear your new membership. Your transaction will not be accepted until it has 1 confirmation. Bitcoin network fees and exchange/wallet withdrawal fees will not count toward your payment.

We are commonly asked how we know that you sent a payment. The address above was newly generated just for you, so when any BTC is sent to it, we will know to credit it to your account. It is all automatic."

i know there is no refunds but i already paid for the copper membership, what can i do to get the copper membership?

Not really. Sometimes you as a newbie can showcase your talents or services like paintings, participate in contests that requires you to post screenshots or pictures, gifs etc. Now if a newbie want to participate in these, they have to work their way up to achieve member rank which is counter-productive. That's why there's the copper membership for them to start offering their services immediately!

If someone is "wearing" their copper membership (or other paid membership), their 'position' will not display on their forum account. This means that someone such as a moderator will not show that they are a moderator if they are 'wearing' their copper membership.

IMO, it is probably best to force moderators (and other staff) to display their respective titles.

That's incorrect. It's not an automated process, you still have to do what "UserU" mentioned in the last line of his/her post.

It no longer matters since "Magdel2014" already paid for it.

You did not pay for the Copper Membership yet because if you had paid your status would have changed to Copper Membership. If you have Copper Membership you will be able to make posts which includes images and have a better signature space which have the links enabled. Before buying the Copper Membership you should ask yourself do you need these additional privileges ?  You can gain all of them by ranking up also.

You have Member privilege so that includes posting images and setting a more detailed profile signature.

Then revisit the Copper Membership page @ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=credit;promote to wear the Copper Membership. Now your Newbie status would change to Copper Membership.

I paid for the copper membership what happens now

I agree with everything you said, hilariousetc.  My suggestion for those who want to earn merit and rank up (which really does not provide any actual benefit beyond getting forum status, and of course, being able to join some signature campaigns that have rank as one of their criteria) has been to post about topics and in threads that are truly interesting to yourself.  If you have a genuine interest in the topic, you are more likely to engage with the material in such a way in which any post that you make is likely to show that you are interested in the topic and to end up having a higher likelihood of causing others to want to read your post and to inspire them to send smerits in your direction.   

Of course, if you are merely interested in seeking bounties and making money or otherwise exclusively profiting from your posting participation, then members will likely NOT be inspired to send smerits (presuming that the members reading those kinds of posts have any smerits to send).

Surely, there can be a decent amount of selfishness in posting in areas of your own interest, and even seeking out information from other members that is of interest to you, yet there are ways to engage in such selfish behaviors that still inspire other members to send smerits.. and yeah, the posts do not even necessarily need to be objectively of high value so long as some other members recognize some kind of value in the posts in a way that inspires them to send an smerit.

By the way, it could take a decent amount of time on the forum (several hundred posts) before any members start to find value in your posts, but of course, there can be ways to browse through some of the posts of members who receive a lot of smerits and get some ideas regarding how they are receiving smerits.  There seems to be quite a bit of variety in posting approaches that still result in the member receiving smerits with the passage of time.

A post doesn't have to be 'premium' or even long. You can get merit for being helpful, informative or even for being funny and you can do that in short posts. I wouldn't concentrate on actively trying to get merit as this can usually be spotted easily and often has the opposite effect as people tend to not want to merit posts when it's obvious users are just fishing for them. Just post as normal and hopefully you will get some merit over time but it's not really essential other than for moving up the ranks which doesn't really effect your ability to post (though it gets a little faster over time).

You can read more about merit and activity here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=24.0