Topic: what is the importance of identify in your local board? - page 2. (Read 387 times)

This is not necessary as many users don’t communicate in their local boards in the forum even when their local boards is available in the forum. It is not compulsory to do that, it’s your choice to decide whether to do that or not. There’s no rule in the forum that says that.


Local Boards are created for users to get familiar with their people. Some informations that are regarding a particular local community is best suited there than the general board that is why they are more needed there than the general board. Any thread that is informative and beneficial to the local board can be posted there.


Local boards created needs constant engagement there. I think for those boards that don’t have a local board, they don’t have enough users in the forum to engage there more often which will make the board dormant that’s why they don’t have one. 

There are also local boards with such topics but not all. Like altcoins which also present in our local boards. The fiscussion on local is helping other newbies to overcome language barrier especially if they arent proficient on the language they are using. Most newbies are gonna do local rather than english since they understand much the discussion on their local.

No it is not necessary, it is a matter of choice for those that understands English Language and can catch up fast in learning on the general board. For those that are not too good with English Language, the local board will be helpful because they can learn and communicate in their local language for proper understanding on whatever that they want know or discuss.

I love the local board even though I can do without it, but the local board make you to know people from your locality so that you can encourage one another, and if possible meet with each other base on an event that is worth going

Important threads on general board that are very useful to help beginners  and other high ranks members can be translated in your local language and posted there. Bitcoin discussion should be the most discussed and if other discussion like politics and issues in that country can also be discussed. But if my own understanding it is the general board but the difference is that you use your local language.



If you country is not on the forum home page, you can look for your country here
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=11.0

Did you know that some people find it difficult to understand if it weren't for the local board? The local board was established to help forum members, particularly those who don't speak English well. It also serves as a place where you can learn some new skills and discover the language of the nation you are in. Local boards have been very helpful to many members of the forum, particularly the newcomers who find it difficult to get started. What I'm trying to say is that because local boards are used in other languages, many people are able to understand the forum, which is why I didn't mean to imply that local boards are essential to the forum or that they are something that members of the forum must have.

There are some people that got registered to the forum but find it difficult to adapt here and enjoy a good interaction and communication because they probably find it difficult to write in English which is the general language of communication in the forum so locating the local board by the forum member will help the person to enjoy good communication with his people especially if the language is written wirh the local dialect of the member and it will also help the user to identity with his people and learn from them so that it will be easier for such person to now use the forum without fear since he has gotten a little hint about the forum from his people.

The local board also help users  to grow faster hence their efforts will be appreciated by his people since they understand his local language better and seeing that the user teaches what is beneficial to them they will not hesitate to encourage the user by helping him or her to get to the next rank since the person is helpful with food informations.

No, it is not necessary, its totally up to you whether you make posts there or engage with them or not, nothing bad will happen to you but for a newbie, it is good to be with local members because local members will support you in the context of merits and knowledge, they will help you rank directly by giving you merits and indirectly by giving you knowledge and by using that knowledge you can rank fast. Because the more you will contribute here the more you will get rank.
The best answer is to keep relevant to the forum because sharing off topics on your local board might not be restricted but for the overall reputation of your LB, it might show spam, so all the topics that you will create should be relevant to the crypto or any local problems related to crypto, but you can talk about other things if your community encourages that.
They can't take part in the local board, US doesn't have any local board here, and many other people don't have any local board even though we don't have any local board but we have a topic that is just like this topic you have created and we are making post under that topic like replies, we have submitted a request for a board which is on pending, we might get one soon. Insha Allah.

you don't have to if you don't want to or you don't see the need to do it. that being said, if you are interested in discussing crypto events that are happening in your country your local board is the best place to discuss it.

I think each local board's aim is the same thing, it is to discuss any type of crypto-related things in their country or sometimes just random things that they are interested in.

it is not necessary to participate on a local board and those who do not have a local board yet can create a "local thread" where they can discuss crypto-related things in their country, if they want a local board they can request one but they need their local thread to become active enough for theymos to approve it to become a local board.

It is necessary and also important but not mandatory, the purpose for local board is to avoid language barrier as to those whose official languages are not taught in English and wish to participate in adopting bitcoin and join in it's discussion, this will serve as an avenue for them to learn or contribute along in the language they best understand.


Check through the above replies including mine, then also go through each local board, check the single one which you belong and read through their sub boards title and fix in your post where appropriate.


Nothing happens, that's why English is the common spoken language globally.

Yes it is necessary being in an identified (yours) local board because with one major reason that discussions are opened to be communicated using its local languages meanwhile the use of English language is not exceptional.
Moreso, the essential reasons for the local boards is that communications are easy to be passed and understood considering the nature of your you are natively brought up as a matter of culturals and believes that is pointed at oneness in individual possessions.

In the local boards, local threads can be compatibly discussed amongst the local members without disturbing other members of different identities in our differences of senses oh humors.

The local board is best suit for the lazy more of the cultural adaptors and the local beginners at where they feels relaxed with their local communication languages.

Other necessity of the local boards is that beginners or participants contributions are likely tolerating because it feels a brotherhood though all rights are limited.

There are some of the Local Boards with sub boards where topics are discussed according to the differences of the sub boards in the same local board. This is to limit flooding the entire local board with unrelated topics that members are not interested about.

This has made some local boards that doesn't have the childs sub boards to make request if they can be provided with it.
Example is my local board which is "Naija" local board where we are in request if the authorities could grant us the request of having the above mentioned child's board in other for members to be specific of what topics are discussed or brought about in each boards instead of the randoms.
These are >>>
* Naija politics and societies

* Economy

* Off topics.
This is so we can achieve the purpose of being in this forum as a prior to Bitcoin discussions because it was being overwhelming where non Bitcoin related discussions is being more than that the priority of the boards.
Interested one could read further through the link https://bitcointalk.org/index.php? topic=5472580.msg63093506#msg63093506 .
It was made an English discussion which everyone may be comfortable to flow along

I think the local boards are are approved or created dependently about the volumes rate of Bitcoin owners and  also considering the volume rate of investors who are participating in the forum here on Bitcoin discuss

Beginners and Help is also spelt out. That's why this board should be the first board that a newbie should visit when he/she needs help understanding something, for clarification and to learn. There's also meta if it is about the forum and other similar topics. Well, it is not compulsory to visit this board because as you may have known is that there are other alternative ways to become knowledgeable about this forum and also in crypto.

Yes, it's if necessity though it's not compulsory neither are you doing anything wrong if you chose to stay afar and watch how things unfold there. I trust the reason local boards had to be created is to give everyone an identity, and people will feel better to freely share and make certain discussions they ordinarily won't be moved to discuss about in the general boards as they may not be understood well enough in manner a fellow from same nationality/language will.

  What other aim should be in the local board than talk bitcoin related issues, and discussions as it affect their nationality.

  It should interest you to know that the first local board to be created in the forum is the Russian LB.

Local board mustn't be named after your specific country, in as much as you can understand the language or you share same/similar language you can be part of that LB. Take the Nigeria (Naija) LB for instance, we don't only have Nigerians there even forum members from other African countries are a part and parcel of the Naija LB community.

Locals are I think the sections of the Forum you would go if you wanted to help local people out, discuss with them or if you do not know English very well.

The Russian Local is very active and popular and I presume one of the reasons is a lot of the Members over there lack a profound understanding and knowledge of English.  Which is completely fine and normal.  The point is they will not be able to participate on Bitcoin Talk if they do not have a section particularly created for their local language.

As for the topics.  I do not think there are 'better' topics than others.  Maybe if you consider helpful topics like guides and such over classic topics like discussions.  But for a healthy community there is an equal need of both helpful topics and discussions.

Other than popularity and activity there is no difference between English and Local boards.  Locals are just that.  A place to discuss in the language you know best.

Local board is just a place where people from a particular country come together to connect and share information amongst themselves in their own native language. It helps others to know that a particular country has active bitcoiners in their region though the main aim is educate themselves about bitcoin just as in the main board and other things going on in their country.

The English used on the main board is just one of many languages spoken around the world; since English is not a universal language, not everyone will be able to understand it. For this reason, the forum has made the local boards available to help everyone along the way so that we can all participate in the forum and exchange knowledge. It is vital for non-native English speakers to identify their local board in order to participate in discussions if they find it difficult to understand the Main boards language although it is not mandated for them to do so. It's okay if you feel comfortable participating on the main board, but it's also cool if you want to join the local board. Just keep in mind that joining your local board is advantageous for you as well as no knowledge is wasted because sharing your skills and knowledge with others will help the board and, regardless of your level of understanding, you might learn something new.

It is advantageous to identify in your local board, although it is not compulsory.  It is, however, a matter of choice; some people do not want to be identified as being from a specific country, so they do not participate. I believe there are some people who participate in discussions on another local board because they understand the language spoken there, but doing so requires you to follow the local board's regulations.

Since the local board is a sub-board of the forum itself, its goals are the same as those of the main board, which is to discuss and promote bitcoin. The language barrier is the only difference.

Participation in local boards is not compulsory. Those whose local board is not in the forum are limited to the main board if they are not familiar with any local language used in local boards. However, if they are, they are welcome to join in and share their expertise with others there.

Its good to identify since you can talk about crypto related happenings especially in your country.


Local board created so that bitcoin and crypto user can easily understand the discussion ongoing since they are talking on their native language, that's why many people go on those boards since they can easily gather information without thinking about the deep meaning especially if they are not native English speakers.


No, you don't need to participate on any discussion if you don't like to do it. We are free to decide for ourselves here and you can't push yourself to go there especially if you didn't like what you see on your local board since it could just waste your time to participate on nonsense discussions.

Also if there's no local board exist for their country they could request the administrator to make this happen but its a long process and they need to see that many people want this to happen so they can grant this local board addition request.

Posting on your local board is not compulsory neither is it necessary. There are a million and one people here that have been here for years and are not posting on their local board but they have been making ways for themselves all these while. Some people I guess do not want to identify with their local board as a result of being anonymous and wanting to maintain their privacy here as a result of the mode of work here.

However, as it is not compulsory that one must identify with their local board, there are some possible other engagements one could be able to benefit from and they have been mentioned already by other members here. Brainstorming of ideas, helping each other to solving problems, talking of their country's involvement in bitcoin and lots more. I think these can be a way forward for the local boards.

I think one of the major reasons why local board was created was for language barrier in communication. People or countries who can not speak or write English since it is the universal language here can easily get involved in bitcoin discussion conversations among themselves with those who knows English to educate and enlighten them more about bitcoin within their local board in their own local language for them to understand properly.

1. It is not a necessity on the forum that you must participate in your local board because it is just another board or sub-board in the forum like any other. But it is of great impact to anyone who participate in the local board. Not only is it impactful, it is also interesting and fun as you will be in pace with the current situations and realities that are peculiar to your language and country.

The advantage of this goes beyond just learning but also gives you the oppotunity and platform to teach others in the community and keep youtself enlightened about bitcoin and other related and non-related topics within your location.

2. I dont think there’s any spelt out aims to engage in your local boards. However, the broader objectives of participating in your local board is not far fetched from the reasons I mentioned above. Which is invariably to solve problems peculiar to your location, bring up brainstorming ideas and join other life related conversations.

3. This question has been answered here by a member above so I don’t need to answer it again.

As a newbie it is good to ask questions like this so you can help inform other newbies eager to know why the loca boards exist.

Well done!

Not necessary. Some people or account may not post on their local board. But if they like, they can be posting there. It is a matter of choice. Some people may prefer privacy and not let anyone know the country they come from.

If you want to know the kind of topics needed in a local board, you have to visit some local board to see how it is. I will say it can be any topic. It can be a topic that they are discussing on the English board or the topic can be about what is going on in their country.

He will not participate in local board activities but continue to post good and earn merit.

I think the local board was created to make life easier for forum members, not to complicate things. In my opinion, there's no strict obligation to be active there, but getting involved can be beneficial. You'll have the chance to meet local acquaintances and converse in your native language. As for your second question, the answer will likely become clear once you engage in the local board. You'll see how it's organized and what discussions are happening. Even if your local board isn't on the forum, you can still contribute to the global discussions. You might also consider suggesting the idea of a local board to the admins. It's all about finding ways to connect with others and make the most of the community.

If Cryptocurrency is legal in your country, and there's a lot of things going on in your country that are related to Cryptocurrency, then its worth participating in the local board to show to everybody how robust your local board is


It's a local board anything that is related to news about Cryptocurrency in your country is worth discussing, it could be about your experience, your local exchange, or your government actions just anything about that is related to Cryptocurrency and what the moderators of your local board impose on the board.


You can request the administrator to have a local board for your country or you can check the other
languages/locations

There are tons of reasons why localized boards are very important especially for an international community like bitcointalk and I have highlighted two of those reasons below:

• Local board provides localized environment for users in the same region to communicate better and more comfortably in their local languages at will. It's not all discussions that are suitable for the international boards as some of such discussion are relevant to bitcoin (or altcoins) but only important for very specific regions. Now, such discussions are better made in a local board.
• It makes it easier to onboard new people. According to research, people communicate better in their natural language and when in a community of people who have similar cultures as themselves — hence why most people just prefer to remain active in their local community vs the wider bitcointalk community