Been a few threads requesting it already:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/new-forum-sections-physical-cryptos-affiliate-networks-signature-campaigns-1075673
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/new-sales-sub-forum-just-for-physical-bitcoin-342321
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/1-2-more-child-boards-in-marketplace-goods-141568
I'm on the fence. Not sure there's enough threads to warrant their own section really.
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I'm sure some staffs/admins said that they won't wmake a new sub board if there's going to be only a few topics inside. so you probably on't get (more than) one. 4 subsection are a lot for a single subject.
Indeed .
OP Please open a poll so we can vote and staff members & administration can take their decision based on the vote results . I'am personally with the idea
I'm sure some staffs/admins said that they won't make a new sub board if there's going to be only a few topics inside. so you probably won't get (more than) one. 4 subsection are a lot for a single subject.
I can see their point, but I think there's enough interest just in the for sale posts alone to fill 2-3 sections. I've run forums before and creating the actual sub-boards is the easy part. It's the moderation and maintenance part that is very time consuming, and it grows with each additional section for sure. Hence I'm also volunteering to put my time where my mouth is.First hurdle is agreeing that there's enough interest for at least one tho...
I'm sure some staffs/admins said that they won't wmake a new sub board if there's going to be only a few topics inside. so you probably on't get (more than) one. 4 subsection are a lot for a single subject.
Indeed .
OP Please open a poll so we can vote and staff members & administration can take their decision based on the vote results . I'am personally with the idea
I would agree. In terms of BTC transacted, physical coins probably makes up a good amount of the trades in the marketplace sections, and probably would be an overwhelming majority of the trades if the currency exchange section was excluded.
I think there is a lot of interest in physical coins from collectors, traders, and people who neither collect nor trade physical coins.
Mining has it's own set of subs and I don't see any reason why there couldn't be a set of subs for physical coins
I think there is a lot of interest in physical coins from collectors, traders, and people who neither collect nor trade physical coins.
Mining has it's own set of subs and I don't see any reason why there couldn't be a set of subs for physical coins
I'm sure some staffs/admins said that they won't make a new sub board if there's going to be only a few topics inside. so you probably won't get (more than) one. 4 subsection are a lot for a single subject.
I assume Meta is the proper place for this, so here I go.
I'd like to bring up a request for a new subforum to be created surrounding physical incarnations of Bitcoins and other Altcoins. I'm sure I'm not the first to come up with this idea, but I did do a search and didn't really see anything related to this in the cursory look I gave it.
Right now most things related to physical coins and rounds for Bitcoin and other Alts are in the "Goods" subforum in the Marketplace. This is fine for the threads that revolve around the sale of them.
However, I personally think there is way much more to the area of physical coins than just the sales. There's really no good place for any discussion of the collecting of them, no centralized info on how to grade them for newbies or discussion on grades for particular coins or series, no showplace for your own pieces, etc. There's no real good place for vendors to discuss upcoming plans or designs, except to announce a pre-order in the goods section. There's no place to have threads to keep track of what's out there, though the threads do exist but they're hard to locate at times (yeah, I know such thing as a search button exists). There's no real good collection of the history of physical bitcoins.
Finally, the threads of coins and rounds for sale make up a good majority of the Goods subforum, so I think there's both a good argument for being able to keep them in one place, as well as an argument that it's hard to sell things that aren't coins because those threads get bumped down so frequently.
As far as structure and where to put it, I think a main subforum should go under "Economics" I guess. This top level should contain at least 3 sub-forums - "Vendor announcements and Discussions", "For Sale / Trade" (which could possibly be broken up into 2, one for vendors only, and one for private sales), and "Collecting Discussions". Obviously Trust should extend into this section as the Marketplace currently has.
I realize creating and maintaining yet another subforum takes work so I'm not suggesting this on a whim, I really do believe there would be enough mass to make it worthwhile. I'm willing to offer my time to help with anything related to this effort, including offering to be a moderator for this section.
Thank you for your time.
I'd like to bring up a request for a new subforum to be created surrounding physical incarnations of Bitcoins and other Altcoins. I'm sure I'm not the first to come up with this idea, but I did do a search and didn't really see anything related to this in the cursory look I gave it.
Right now most things related to physical coins and rounds for Bitcoin and other Alts are in the "Goods" subforum in the Marketplace. This is fine for the threads that revolve around the sale of them.
However, I personally think there is way much more to the area of physical coins than just the sales. There's really no good place for any discussion of the collecting of them, no centralized info on how to grade them for newbies or discussion on grades for particular coins or series, no showplace for your own pieces, etc. There's no real good place for vendors to discuss upcoming plans or designs, except to announce a pre-order in the goods section. There's no place to have threads to keep track of what's out there, though the threads do exist but they're hard to locate at times (yeah, I know such thing as a search button exists). There's no real good collection of the history of physical bitcoins.
Finally, the threads of coins and rounds for sale make up a good majority of the Goods subforum, so I think there's both a good argument for being able to keep them in one place, as well as an argument that it's hard to sell things that aren't coins because those threads get bumped down so frequently.
As far as structure and where to put it, I think a main subforum should go under "Economics" I guess. This top level should contain at least 3 sub-forums - "Vendor announcements and Discussions", "For Sale / Trade" (which could possibly be broken up into 2, one for vendors only, and one for private sales), and "Collecting Discussions". Obviously Trust should extend into this section as the Marketplace currently has.
I realize creating and maintaining yet another subforum takes work so I'm not suggesting this on a whim, I really do believe there would be enough mass to make it worthwhile. I'm willing to offer my time to help with anything related to this effort, including offering to be a moderator for this section.
Thank you for your time.
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