xenoboyi
EcuaMobi[Referensi]Never buy from auto-buy links posted by accounts without solid trust, especially on self-moderated and/or locked threads (read btct.ws/cJHC)
bolg1
Madz[Referensi]Selling via auto-buy in locked thread. Use escrow if dealing with!
Topic: Writing a welcome messageThe purpose of the forumThis forum exists to provide a platform for the free (but ordered) exchange of ideas. If you have an idea to express, then it is probably possible to do it here as long as you follow the rules.
A lot of people come here primarily looking to make money. The forum administration is very happy that people are able to use the forum in order to better themselves; indeed, one of the reasons for Bitcoin's creation was to break the artificial barriers which prevent so many people around the world from attaining prosperity.
However, if your attempts to make money conflict with the forum's primary goal of enabling
discussion, then you are swimming upstream, and you will not be sucessful in the end.
If you view the forum as some sort of "job" where you complete some basic tasks and get paid, then you will almost certainly be disappointed, and the forum administration will not be sympathetic. If you do make money using the forum, then it will be through innovation and entrepreneurship, not any sort of mindless busywork.
Forum rankWhen you start out, you are a Newbie, and you will run into various annoying limits. These limits will be reduced to the point where you shouldn't usually notice them after you have participated in the forum for a few weeks. If you are on the forum to talk, then that's all you really need to know about rank. Don't worry about it too much, and you will eventually rank up.
If you want to maximize your rank, then you need to increase two statistics which are listed on your profile:
- Activity, which is maximized by posting once per day on average. Posting more than that is useless in raising your activity.
- Merit, which is gained by making good posts.
If you make ten thousand posts in a week, your activity will be capped and you will still be a Newbie. If you make ten thousand
useless posts over any period of time, you will gain zero merit and you will still be a Newbie. You can rank up only by
making good posts consistently. It's quality over quantity.
When trying to write quality posts, a lot of people act as though they're writing a book report for school: putting facts that we already know into their own words. Nobody wants to read that, and you will not get merit for it. Moreover, the length of your post and the quality of your English are only minor factors. In trying to write a quality post worthy of merit, you should offer new ideas, personal experiences, or perspectives that other forum users will actually find new and interesting.
Common rule violationsThese are the most common rule violations that newbies make. There are other rules than these.
- Plagiarism: If you copy some text from somewhere, then you should have a good reason for it, and you must link to the source. Doing otherwise is plagiarism. Changing a few words around doesn't matter. If we find that you plagiarized, then you absolutely will be permanently banned, even if we find it years after you did it.
- Multi-posting: Do not post twice in a row in a topic. Instead, edit your old post.
- Low-content posts: Do not post low-content garbage like "agreed!", "nice project!", etc. You can be banned for this, and it's also pointless if you want to increase your rank, since you will never get merit for such posts.
I think it's very clear here, why is the ban on xenoboyi and bolg1, for that, let's keep the Bitcointalk Forum good name, especially Meta. And Local in each country.
Hopefully for the future all members can take care of themselves especially posts, I hope that everything at the Bitcointalk Forum is a good example for everyone, for the community, and for fellow Forum Members.