Topic: The Forum is Dying - page 3. (Read 2989 times)

Op is actually right. This forum is dying of AIDS:


So is bitcoin apparently.

I don't think the forum is dying and is as active as ever, but the overall mood will be up and down just like bitcoin.

i dont think the forum is dying, its just many people(kids included) registers and start spamming but that doesnt mean forum is now dying

There are often quiet moments on this forum, I don't think it has died at all, there just isn't anything very exciting going on, if you see any spam posts just report them and move on, if Bitcoin rises again or does something you can expect people to spam the fuck out of this place.

The number of new users registered this month is at it's highest rate since March 2014, when it was at a all time high. January 2015 saw more new user registrations then the preceding two months combined (although Nov and Dec 2014 were very low in terms of new user registrations - I am not sure if Nuked users are removed from new user registrations or not). January 2015 saw new user registrations of almost double of any money throughout the second half of last year.

The number of posts are down substantially however this is likely because of the closing of the Prime Dice signature campaign along with better anti-spam measures taken by BadBear that has weeded out spam substantially.

The number of posts however is still greatly above 2013 levels which is probably a better baseline to go off of as 2014 saw a lot of spam, and a lot of users were attracted to both bitcoin and the forum in late 2013/early-mid 2014 because of the massive price rally we saw in late 2013. The fact that the price of bitcoin has fallen substantially likely means that less people are interested in it (a lot of people who were attracted to it, were likely hoping to "get rick quickly" and when that did not pan out, lost interest - this is evidenced by how many manic posts there were in mid 2014 about the price going to ridiculous levels [outside the speculation/economics sections]).

The currency exchange section is only one part of the marketplace, which is only a part of the overall forum. There are becoming more and more ways that people can easily and cheaply trade bitcoin via services like circle and coinbase which are generally safer then trading in a peer to peer fashion with escrow. Additionally I think there is some level of fear about having to comply with AML/KYC laws that are difficult to understand (these fears are probably mostly irrational, however they probably are there).
Spam is up somewhat, however it really is not that bad now. Spammers will eventually get weeded out and will eventually go away. I would say that some of the spam is attributed to legitimately new users who may not understand 100% what is being discussed - they will likely eventually learn and their posts will appear more intelligent (less spammy) over time.
There is no reason not to embrace the free market - that is what bitcoin is all about isn't it?
That is very subjective. However there are a lot of scammers who are unhappy that it has become more difficult to scam for a number of reasons. Additionally I would say that people are generally not happy with the low price of bitcoin which may spill over into other sections.
Congrats

Sounds like a good thing to me.

Average 0f 237 users registeration from 237 37 or less are real users other are fake one .

This page here shows the number of new signups and new posts per month:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=stats

There has been a noticeable drop the past few months, but I guess it's due to the end of bubble-mania.

If you look around you'll see the signs...

-currency exchange section is slower then ever.
-posts are becoming more and more spam-like
-people are selling their accounts left and right
-the overall mood just doesn't seem positive anymore

I know me personally, I haven't held bitcoin overnight in months and don't plan to anytime soon. As for forum use, I come on, but only for business-purposes to convert payments I've received in bitcoin to fiat. I got into bitcoin beginning of 2013 and once it hit $300 (on way up) is when I said overpriced and got out.

Its a good idea however the price fluctuations honestly I think are what makes bitcoin unable to sustain being a growing currency. No one wants to go to sleep at night and every morning worry "Did I just lose 10% or more of my money overnight?". My margins are 10% and overnight a couple weeks ago I said what the hell I'll just leave it in bitcoin and I woke up and down 10%+. I lost my profit on my sale + more...what business owner is ever going to want to take that risk? From then on I converted all payments to fiat on exchanges and then sell for fiat to people here and LBC (not converting back to bitcoin until I find a person willing to buy said bitcoin).

Its sad really - I had high hopes for this currency and when it was stable around $100 for a long time is when I truly believed in it. It was relative stable. We'll see if it ever revives, honestly I doubt it. Biggest problems by far: liquidity and price stability

I would be very interested in knowing if casinos or services using bitcoin have had a drop in the overall USD worth of the action / money spent over last couple months to support the above.