SOME COMMON UNNOTICED ERRORS BY USERSThere are a lot of stipulated rules that governs this forum to ensure it's smooth running, accompanied by some unstated don'ts or principles which we are familiar with but fail more often to adhere to. They are very simple principles that affects us very much in our quest to being a valuable contributor to the forum which in turn results in the slow growth of an account. I'll mention only but a few as they occur to me in course of this article but, your all welcomed to add your contributions and comments as you deem fit.
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Failure to note and read pinned/sticky threadFor the sake of clarification, a pinned or sticky thread is a thread that continues to persist and stays above other topics not of it's nature on a board for a long time, even when a new topic is pasted or the edition or comment on an existing post.
Most Newbies and care free users fail to read or reference pinned/sticky threads due to some misconceptions such as:
Viewing the post to be faulty as in synonymous to a locked post or a potential off-topic post on the board but, that's not the case. It's infact, the direct opposite of the conceived idea.
Pinned/sticky threads caries vital information that relates to a board, the forum and references sources of vital information. It is pinned due to it's must read nature with hopes to be the first contact of new and confused users.
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Sourcing/posting for meritsAs much as many of us will fail to admit, we are often guilty of this habit of creating OP targeted at being merited. The forum rules out the begging of merits but posting with hopes of being merited is an abuse of the merit system as well. Thought not stated as a rule, it creates a menace in the system as it results in the creation of unnecessary posts which fills the board and might not be even knowledgeable of the contents of their OP after pasting. This is most likely as such users grow throw the ranks without learning the basics of Bitcoin as a cryptocurrency.
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Growth aimed at bountiesThis is likely the reason for which most Newbies seek to rank up in the forum. In making the quest to rank up a major aim, you drift by many vital lessons/information such as:
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Choosing the right wallet:
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Best and secured exchange to trade on:
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How to secure your cryptocurrency
Discovery and avoidance of scam and phishing sites:
and lots more in the forum. This is of disadvantage to the user as it drifts your mind fro. The main purposes of the forum which is centered on understanding Bitcoin, learning the vitals of cryptocurrency and the way cryptocurrency atmosphere operates.
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Drifting across articles on the boardIt's not so obvious that most users wants to add value and be noted for it in the forum as a constant contributor on discussions in the forum. This creates in the user the matter mindset of creating OP just to ensure the account is an active poster and pays less attention to post quality thereby, reading other op on the board becomes really difficult. This results in creating many similar topic OP, off-topic OP and digging up treated issues.
These and many other issues is phased unknown fully by most users which limits the chances of improvement on the account thereby letting it constitute nuisance in the forum.
The idea is simple. Be enthusiastic on issues relating to Bitcoin, focus on learning first and post with the aim of solving a problem or bringing new information to the forum. Keep being valuable.
Kind regards
Stay safe.
