Topic: Newbies identify with your local board - page 2. (Read 484 times)

OP, you are very correct with everything that you said on this thread. The local board is essential for newbies because most of them will find it difficult to understand the forum and discussions here because they will be confused with the whole set up. I could remember when I first came here, I only post on few boards but as time goes on I got to know that there is where I can meet people from my country and even communicate in our local language, my interest to learn increased.

Locating your local board makes you feel at home and would love to learn because you will be guided and encourged by people from your locality. Some topics that are important on general boards must have been translated in your local language which makes it easy to understand

 This is a good observation you made here op and I quite agree with you. The local board is supposed to be the first place to familiarize with and every question they(newbies) have will be supplied there without it looking like spam or off topic; but that doesn't mean it's an excuse to litter though.
In my local board, there's this thread @CryptoprenuerBrainboss created, that has presented a platform for newbies to freely associate and further learn more about the forum this has helped create more indulgence in the local section.

Some people must have experienced the same thing as you OP and it must be a lot, but in my opinion it is only natural that it happens because it takes time to explore the forum and learn it, especially the local council in the bottom position in the main page, maybe they will miss it.

Maybe in the process there is a 1 day to find the local council of their country in the forum, as you use 3 months to find your local council forum here.

Good direction op.

The local board is very important as it avails the opportunity to those who can not communicate  fluently in English on the general discussion board here. When such members locate their local boards, they feel free and engage in most conversations in their local languages and some of them make good and valuable contributions to their boards in ideas and solutions. They feel at home just as you have said mate and that is very good because when they have that comfort, they can easily learn and acquire more knowledge as they desire to.

The local is an very important component of the forum and not just to newbies but to all and sundry. There are persons that are not fluent in English language, they find it uncomfortable interacting with people in their general board, they are intelligent and knowledgeable but the language barrier is an impediment to their learning process. So the local board gives such categories of persons the opportunity learn and make contributions on the forum. It more also makes people feel welcomed and at home.

You are actually correct; when I first joined the forum, it took me a few months before I was able to interact because I didn't even know where to begin. I did my best to read the rules of the forum and to learn about bitcoin, but I still struggled with the urge to engage in conversation. However, as soon as I saw my country's local board, I realised that their interactions were just like real-world interactions, and my country's local board has since given me more confidence.

Your idea is good if there are welcome messages to beginners but for me I think even without welcome messages a beginner who's exploring the forum will be anxious to go round the different boards here just to know what there is all about. Yes topics due disappear after some time but the name of the countries with local boards in the forum are always there for a newbie to see if such person is exploring the forum and yes you can't compare your method of your communications in your local boards to other sections of the forum because you will be free to express yourself more using your local language than English especially if the person is not very good in writing in English.

Local boards are very important and everyone both newbies and higher ranked account should identify with their local baord. It's the higher ranked accounts that will make the local board conducive for the newbies that's why I said they're needed on the boards/threads too, you gain nothing when you disassociating yourself from your local board instead you're leaving it in the hands of those that might be competent to pilot the affair of the board but when you join hands with them, you guys will be able to groom the next generation of productive users of the forum. I knew the importance of local board and that's why I was a strong advocate for the Nigerian local baord which we have gotten. Newbies are more free and inspired when they're surrounding by those from their locality and they learn better that way before exploring the main boards.


The recent local boards that was granted by theymos all gave him a reason for doing that so if others what the same thing they need to also prove to theymos that when their board will be approved it won't become dormant like some local boards are. The activities on the board needs to increase and older members on the board should come together and put hands together to see how they can create awareness about the threads to their countrymen on the forum. For Nigeria it was easy to identify one from the way they write so if you have similar attributes for your country men you can send them DM to invite them to the thread or create other campaigns like Signature Campaign for the purpose of creating awareness for the thread. You can organize local competition to keep them interested in discussing on the thread and before you know, your local thread will have active contributors without any extender motivations but first people need to be motivated to contributions to discussion on the thread.

Your idea is good, but I'll tell you why it has never worked for me. When I came to the forum I never wrote anything on my local board, even though it was already there. I value my privacy and I don't want people to know where I'm from and where I live. Usually local languages have this friendly drive where people want to know where you're from, what you do for living, finally want to organize meetups, conferences and such. I don't want to tell them no and I don't want to take part in this. I prefer to stay anonymous.

I agree with you, and it is a nice gesture, but without a welcome message, it is difficult for beginners to know that there is a local board, and even your topic will disappear after a few days, and perhaps it would be more difficult if the board was in other languages/locations.
Writing in the local language makes you express your feelings and ideas better, as we are in a forum of multiple languages, nationalities, and educational levels, and you will find that some boards may be difficult for you.

Yep, happened to me once, and make me don't want to post in global boards for a while, global boards was really harsh on mistake. But from what I observe, it's far more tolerant to newbies day by days, as long as the post is not merit fishing or spam and junk, the higher rankings and other members who are currently active in several global boards is much more appreciative and less of a bully.

All that being said, I am agree that newbie should active in the local board while learning some technical term related to bitcoin, blockchain and crypto, and also learn more details on how the forum works.

Hmm, nice to hear and introduce the local board to every newbie, because when I was new to this forum, I didn't even know about my local thread. And when I found out, I was very happy to find a thread in my native language, in which all the information that is necessary for the modern era of Bitcoin adoption was introduced in my mother tongue. The local board allows members to share information, guidance, and experience related to the cryptocurrency field in their mother tongue, making it more accessible to everyone for better understanding. Therefore, the identification of the local board is very important for the new members so that if someone has a problem speaking English, he can master his issues in his own native language on the local board or thread under the supervision of his senior fellow.

Recently, a local board has been formed in Ningeria. There are quite possessive and capable members who can guide you and every newcomer very well in their native language. We have also submitted the appeal of our local board under the supervision of our senior in the court of Taymos, and I hope that Taymos will announce the announcement of your local board very soon.

It would be nice that you know how hard working Nigerians are and as such are good at contributing to the development of wherever they find themselves. It may please you to know about our monthly overview by Igebotz. This initiative has fast developed the board and making members to be active while on-boarding of new members  also. So far it has contributed to the growth of this platform because more Nigerians have registered so far and also creating of bitcoin awareness and adoption. I  believe these are just the few amongst the numerous reasons why our request was granted to have our own local board.

I'm sure there are many members here who are not active on their local boards, I don't know why they do that. There are many advantages to actively discussing on local boards, we can share experiences and share problems regarding the world of crypto or other things with compatriots or maybe we will be able to create projects in the future with friends on our local boards, continue to maintain your relationships with your fellow countrymen in this forum, you won't lose anything.

That's good to know, efforts bring the fruit of success, I know how hard it is to get approval for a board, and we are also working to make our dream of a local board come true, our respected Shahzadafzal has already made an appeal, (if I am not wrong with username).

And I also did not know that the local members of Nigeria, have contributed to the development of this forum, actually, I don't recognize many Nigerians, as I only looked at the monthly stats 1 or 2 times, and came to know that ok, this member and this member is from Nigeria, but sometimes, the same member is posting in different local boards so, sometimes, it's hard to verify.

But, I will appreciate your efforts, if you will help me to introduce the development they had made for the BTT. For motivation.

You are right, I am a local member of the Pakistan community, and I have also seen many members of my community come to know about it after a very long time, even though there was a user who came to know about the local community after 1 year. And there were others too, so we as a community decided to get the signature of the local board that we could promote here on BTT and let other Pakistani members know that.

They have a local board here where they can communicate with their local members and feel at home too. I hope that our signature has helped others find our board.

Unfortunately, we are on that list, but I hope with some help we can be able to get our own local board. Currently, we have only topics but not boards.

The Nigeria local board was truly created of recent after numerous applications and request and it was granted to them by Theymos. The board so far has been on the headlines of this platform with lots of active participants and reputable members who has contributed to the growth and development of this platform if I am not mistaken. The recent increase. The increase in Nigeria community here is very much welcoming and this shows that Nigerians are much inclined and updated when it comes to innovations and development in technology.

I've seen accounts of forum users who have risen to a high rank (i.e. full member) without having to discuss it in the main board. Some of them are so good on their local boards that they contribute and help their community grow by contributing useful posts there, which I much adore. On local boards, you can always get the best answers to your queries in a pleasant manner that does not sound harsh, as some individuals believe they receive harsh responses from forum users.

In contrast to the general board, it is simple and easy to respond to someone who speaks the same dialect as you since it is immediately understandable, relatable, and easily replied to as opposed to the general board where you find plenty users of different dialects that may not understand your point better than your country man.

Although the rules of the forum apply to all boards I see the local board as a lenient part of the forum. Newbies can make mistakes and be corrected with love easily on their local board. However such mistakes might lead to severe bashing in the international boards. It also makes new members more comfortable and confident since they are among countrymen. For non-English speaking members, the local board will be a good training ground to get used to the operations of the forum. It is not compulsory to join discussions but it could be very helpful. But some persons might have various reasons for not visiting their local board. Members might want to maintain absolute privacy and the international board is the most convenient to achieve it.

Everyone has to need to join their own local board. I am talking about everyone from legendary to newbie. The local board is very important for those who have no or less command of the English language. The legendary and other ranks help the new members in their native language. Most members do not understand the forum rules efficiently or they do not know the forum rules when they join their local board the member of those boards clarify how the forum work and how to do a quality post in short the local boards are like nursery where they are growing, Knowing about the form and more study about the bitcoin in their own country language through which they easily understand. After the process, they came out from the local board and serve the forum more accurate and pricisely.