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Quote from: Zoomic on April 14, 2023, 03:07:26 PM

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but people advertise for them indirectly

You can see here, some members have "advertised" this forum to their closest friends.
Forums are really looking for quality over quantity of users. The old forum software I think is quite useful at some point, people won't really come for the dull looking forums unless they really want to learn they will ignore it.

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A forum like bitcointalk, OP, prefers backlinks to those kind of adverts. And the forum has gotten lots of organic backlinks from different top DA blogs from the history of bitcoin to the first bitcoin transaction in the forum. Lot of platforms has a link to this forum, so that's a good reason why it ranks on google and also drives more traffics. Even when people look up stake on google they can also find their bitcointalk ANN threads, which can also lead them to the forum, though not on the first page. As for other social media like Facebook, they started with referral; invite your friend to facebook. These days such platforms including this forum don't need to advertise on boards or social media to get their traffics, the contents here are so many and quality, google loves forums with good contents, that's why a good number of threads in this forum ranks on google first page.

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Bitcointalk is the oldest and the most important online forum dedicated to Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology. People who are genuine Bitcoin enthusiasts or crypto-related project owners who want to establish or advertise their projects will always come here. Therefore, there's no need for Bitcointalk to be advertised and there's no way anyone will want to learn the origin of Bitcoin and ignore some discussion made by Satoshi on this forum and other dev that work with him.

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Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on April 14, 2023, 05:51:50 PM

OP, I have to ask: How much advertising have you seen on social media for straight-up discussion forums like bitcointalk? I don't use social media, so it's an honest question--but I would be willing to bet there isn't a hell of a lot. Those other services you mentioned (Stake, Sportbet.io) have a huge incentive to gain new members, as they're trying to sell people something.

Yeah, these are some of the very reasons why it's entirely unnecessary to have the forum take out any advertising packages gor itself. It is a free to air platform where it gets almost nothing from the lots of users that gets registered and logs on the forum.

Also, bitcointalk operates very differently from your typical social media where you've got incentives on all that is done, writing a message, posting pictures, videos and it's all about connection. Connecting knowns and even try to relate closed located persons.

The forum is all about teaching although, there are other financial transactions that could be done here but mostly, its more about getting to educate users on the cryptocurrency innovation. So far, it's been doing great and the numbers aren't lacking.
This is why you've got, betting platforms, new projects, mixers, exchanges and the rest of them finding there way to the forum due to the numbers here.

The forum and bitcoin are one in itself and anywhere you see a shiny B with two strokes || (BTC) between, its indirectly advertising bitcoin for free and a search on bitcoin, the forum wouldn't be far behind.

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Bitcointalk most likely isn't planning on profiting from every user that registers, it's a free forum for whoever you are so admin don't advertise it. The forum was created to accommodate the bitcoin community around the world, they can discuss anything, even this has become a second world for some people.

Even if some people have to pay a few bitcoins for a malicious IP, this is still a free forum that doesn't need advertising.
I think you will find bitcointalk.org recommended everywhere when you search bitcoin community websites. Check out Coin Market Cap and Coingecko, found recommendations for the bitcoin community, thought they'd refer you to this forum.

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Bitcointalk is a discussion and solution forum for bitcoiners and crypto enthusiasts. The forum doesn’t need to do promos to reach new users, the only activity bitcointalk has outside the forum is the BitcoinTalkShow on YouTube, and even the YouTube channel isn’t as active as anticipated. I understand the forum satisfies a specific need in the crypto community just like stack overflow does in the programming world, they like bitcointalk already have the recognition as the largest and most trusted platforms in their respective fields.

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At first I misread your question. I thought that your asking why it's not possible to advertise on Bitcointalk anymore.
I answer you with another question. Why Bitcointalk should advertise? Bitcointalk isn't commercial project, they don't sell and promote any product. It's simply discussion forum. And if they would advertise, they can't benefit from getting more traffic in commercial way because there is no advertisements on Bitcointalk. So, they can't get revenue from more ad views after getting more traffic.
Finally, Bitcointalk isn't new website which struggle to get visitors. It's most popular crypto related forum and one of the most popular crypto websites in general. I think they're doing good enough without promoting themselves.

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Sportsbet and Stake are online casinos and sportsbooks that benefit from getting new players. If you sign up, you will most likely deposit and lose some money. If you stick around, you will keep losing money. Hence, advertising makes sense to them. Bitcointalk isn't selling anything and isn't providing a service that others purchase. Financially, it doesn't matter if 1, 10, or 100 people sign up tomorrow. theymos even stopped ad sales, meaning there is even less money to be made.

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Quote from: Zoomic on April 14, 2023, 03:07:26 PM

While viewing football during weekends I see companies like Stake, Sportbet.io and many others advertise on the display boards and also sponsor football clubs and I also see them here advertising.

But I have never seen bitcointalk advertisment anywhere but yet there is traffic.
It is true that social media platforms like Facebook, twitter and Instagram does not also advertise anywhere but people advertise for them indirectly when they sample their profiles which will include their twitter and Instagram handles.
I have never seen: contact me on bitcointalk @Stephen.
Any special reasons for not advertising bitcointalk forum?
And don't we think there will be shortage of users here as time passes?

The projects you have seen are advertising, they are also coming to advertise in this forum. So bitcointalk doesn't need to go there to stand in the same line as the projects coming here to promote them. (this could not be a reason, this makes sense)

Ok, just say why all the companies advertise themself? Of course, it's for traffic, right? But bitcointalk has already good traffic, and there is a system where people can learn besides earning. This helps more than advertisement I think. (this could be one reason)

Again I don't think the forum was created for earning. It's a discussion forum where people discuss Bitcoin (crypto) independently. It's not like if a user makes an account Forum will be benefited (on the other hand the user gets benefits if they create an account). So no need to advertise the bitcointalk forum like other companies.

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Quote from: Zoomic on April 14, 2023, 03:07:26 PM

While viewing football during weekends I see companies like Stake, Sportbet.io and many others advertise on the display boards and also sponsor football clubs and I also see them here advertising.

But I have never seen bitcointalk advertisment anywhere but yet there is traffic.
It is true that social media platforms like Facebook, twitter and Instagram does not also advertise anywhere but people advertise for them indirectly when they sample their profiles which will include their twitter and Instagram handles.
I have never seen: contact me on bitcointalk @Stephen.
Any special reasons for not advertising bitcointalk forum?
And don't we think there will be shortage of users here as time passes?

Betting and gambling advertise their names because they need users. It's a forum so it doesn't need any advertisement, and advertisement would cost money as well, we don't need actually need a lot of users here in the forum I mean there are plenty of users active actually.

Putting advertisements on social media platforms doesn't make any point, We do exchange information, share our experiences, etc. here in the forum. But I guess it's not a platform to contact someone, also most of the members are anonymous here, you could use other platforms if you need something for contacts, because its easy to use and you could easily manage your messages like a telegram. I would understand if something like sharing a thread or topic you can share the link of the topic. But sharing the profile handle here doesn't make any sense if you want someone to contact you unless they already have an account here and you wanted to be contacted here in the forum.

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Quote from: Coyster on April 15, 2023, 03:41:17 PM

Quote from: Mpamaegbu on April 15, 2023, 10:34:19 AM

A few years ago Coca cola used to be the global leader in soft drinks (it could still be argued that it remains the leader till date, anyway) but that never stopped it from advertising more. So, to that effect I don't see anything wrong with BTT advertising on social media to create more awareness and gain more traffic. No business should think itself bigger than its clientele.

Coca cola is a company that has a product to advertise, a product they want people to consume for their profit, Bitcointalk isn't a business nor a company, neither does it have a product to advertise. Coca cola spends millions of dollars annually on advertising, in order to make many times more than that in profit. It is funny comparing Bitcointalk and Coca cola in terms of advertising.

Having said that, Bitcointalk is just a forum for discussing Bitcoin and other whatnots, what product is the forum going to be advertising, and what profit is the forum going to get if it spends millions of dollars on advertising, the forum makes no profit, and it isn't run for that, the forum already has quite a lot of publicity and traffic because of Bitcoin. Gambling companies, mixers and exchanges have also made the forum more popular because they run their advertisement here to make money, and as long as paid signature campaigns stay in the forum, the traffic would stay pretty high.

Coca cola has products to sell whereas bitcointalk what needs to be sold? Here is only a place to discuss bitcoin and other crypto news but bitcointalk provides a service where several other companies can do advertisement promotion and the platform has had an advantage after bitcointalk got a lot of traffic because the interest in this forum is increasing.

Well several casino companies, mixers, exchanges and many more they can exist until now because there are forums that can provide more publicity for visitors who come, because I'm sure some of the bitcoin community must already know about bitcointalk which is the best place for discussion and some outside companies interested in advertising here.

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Every company advertises itself at the start but when it becomes a population company it no longer needs to advertise. as Facebook has not been so popular since its birth they must have promoted them and people are gradually aware of the benefits of using Facebook. now Facebook is a widely used social media so it doesn't need promotion. Bitcoin was born in 2009 and that's when this forum was created and people who know about Bitcoin used to discuss Bitcoin here. and other than this forum there was no other way to know about Bitcoin. So people interested in Bitcoin used to come back to this forum. And this is how this forum became popular with Bitcoin. so no separate advertisement is required for this forum yet

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Quote from: Zoomic on April 14, 2023, 03:07:26 PM

I am not sure of this but I think it is because Bitcointalk is not like other social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter which are created to generate money for the owner/developers (aside from their other main purpose). The main purpose of this platform, AFAIK, is for crypto enthusiasts have a place where they could exchange information.
It is not created to generate profit, so there is no need for it to be advertised. Unless they want to gather more new users.

Bitcointalk does not lack any users IMO. But it would be best, of course, if more people will join us here.

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Quote from: Mpamaegbu on April 15, 2023, 10:34:19 AM

Quote from: Adbitco on April 15, 2023, 05:57:36 AM

This forum doesn't function the way you think, for me it would be a shameful thing for a world number 1 digital currency forum is being advertised on social media and any other place...

I don't see what should be the shame in it at all. There's nothing wrong in advertising for more spread and awareness even when it's a known fact that the product is a leader in the specific industry. A few years ago Coca cola used to be the global leader in soft drinks (it could still be argued that it remains the leader till date, anyway) but that never stopped it from advertising more. So, to that effect I don't see anything wrong with BTT advertising on social media to create more awareness and gain more traffic. No business should think itself bigger than its clientele.

There is nothing to argue sir, I believe if Bitcointalk had that in mind they could have done it since. It's very common for other companies to come here to advertise more especially gambling site and casinos is very open for this platform to allow such promotion at a time this platform is being advertised as because they also have records and track links over and I believe in most of their content there will definitely be a link to show that they are running a promotion in Bitcointalk platform.

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Quote from: Zoomic on April 14, 2023, 03:07:26 PM

While viewing football during weekends I see companies like Stake, Sportbet.io and many others advertise on the display boards and also sponsor football clubs and I also see them here advertising.

Stake and Sportsbet are casinos, different platforms compared to this forum, so, they have to use different marketing strategy in order to promote their product and attract new customers.

Quote from: Zoomic on April 14, 2023, 03:07:26 PM

It is true that social media platforms like Facebook, twitter and Instagram does not also advertise anywhere but people advertise for them indirectly when they sample their profiles which will include their twitter and Instagram handles.

No, that's not true. I have seen Facebook advertisements frequently on Youtube, I have also seen Instagram advertisements in different smartphone apps. By the way, Elon Musk buying a twitter is itself a huge advertisement too but it's different case, off-topic.

Quote from: Zoomic on April 14, 2023, 03:07:26 PM

I have never seen: contact me on bitcointalk @Stephen.
Any special reasons for not advertising bitcointalk forum?
And don't we think there will be shortage of users here as time passes?

This forum doesn't even advertise. Once I read that this forum has bitcoin reserves, that are huge in $ value, enough to run this forum smoothly for a very long time. Forum owner doesn't care too much about forum software and interface development too. I guess, this forum will stay like this either forever or for a very long time and it will remain as a digital museum where financial revolution has begun.

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Quote from: Mpamaegbu on April 15, 2023, 10:34:19 AM

A few years ago Coca cola used to be the global leader in soft drinks (it could still be argued that it remains the leader till date, anyway) but that never stopped it from advertising more. So, to that effect I don't see anything wrong with BTT advertising on social media to create more awareness and gain more traffic. No business should think itself bigger than its clientele.

Coca cola is a company that has a product to advertise, a product they want people to consume for their profit, Bitcointalk isn't a business nor a company, neither does it have a product to advertise. Coca cola spends millions of dollars annually on advertising, in order to make many times more than that in profit. It is funny comparing Bitcointalk and Coca cola in terms of advertising.

Having said that, Bitcointalk is just a forum for discussing Bitcoin and other whatnots, what product is the forum going to be advertising, and what profit is the forum going to get if it spends millions of dollars on advertising, the forum makes no profit, and it isn't run for that, the forum already has quite a lot of publicity and traffic because of Bitcoin. Gambling companies, mixers and exchanges have also made the forum more popular because they run their advertisement here to make money, and as long as paid signature campaigns stay in the forum, the traffic would stay pretty high.

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This is an official website for bitcoin discussion all over the world, you don't expect anyone to be advertising such on social media except if an individual wishes to, also in our own capacity, we can help others shed more light towards understanding the role of bitcoin and it usefulness without being advertised, if you're really interested on bitcoin then you will discover this official site bitcointalk in a matter of time after you might have search something related to it online, for now bitcoin has already gone beyond just advertisement.

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Quote from: Adbitco on April 15, 2023, 05:57:36 AM

This forum doesn't function the way you think, for me it would be a shameful thing for a world number 1 digital currency forum is being advertised on social media and any other place...

I don't see what should be the shame in it at all. There's nothing wrong in advertising for more spread and awareness even when it's a known fact that the product is a leader in the specific industry. A few years ago Coca cola used to be the global leader in soft drinks (it could still be argued that it remains the leader till date, anyway) but that never stopped it from advertising more. So, to that effect I don't see anything wrong with BTT advertising on social media to create more awareness and gain more traffic. No business should think itself bigger than its clientele.

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Quote from: Zoomic on April 14, 2023, 03:07:26 PM

And don't we think there will be shortage of users here as time passes?

Tbh bitcointalk is nowhere near its past popularity but I also know it is not going to experience any shortage of users. That's because this forum is the best place for the casinos, exchanges and mixers to promote their businesses. The readers are also mostly interested in these topics (trading, gambling and privacy) so it is a win/win for each side. This forum gives a chance to its readers to earn from what they like to do... (reading and sharing experiences) I don't even know if there is another forum like btt in the world. Yobit tried to mimic it but It failed miserably.

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I have never seen any forum getting advertised out there, and why would bitcointalk be any different to go this route Huh

If anything we the users are the ambassadors incharge of onboarding users to come to experience the BCT community, if you have a friend that's a fan of cryptocurrencies you could let them know there is a place of like-minded users to gain/share the knowledge they have right here.

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