It was funny while it lasted, but it won't be a useful tool for long term.
I think the current situation of the forum with merits, activity, and ranks is working quite alright. And although it's a bit tough for newbies in the beginning, if you constantly post quality content you can rise up the ranks quite fast, just as we saw in the case of n0nce, who has been in this forum for less than a year and already was accepted at one of the most prestigious signature campaigns.
Topic: Would the IQ test have made the forum better? (Read 306 times)
No, takes away the flow, you read a post > feel like replying and then there is question you have to answer, you forget what you were going to write.
Yeah you could write in a note app or smth beforehand but it's just unnecessary. It's Internet forum for chit-chat on cryptos, let it be.
The IQ test questions are not really informative about cryptocurrencies, but it focuses more on history, so i don't think its necessary in the forum. And its quite annoying that you have to do a quick research to come up with the best answer, rather than focusing only on the topics you want to create a good discussion. I think let's settle first with the merits sytem, because for me that's more important. Yeah you could write in a note app or smth beforehand but it's just unnecessary. It's Internet forum for chit-chat on cryptos, let it be.
No. A thousand times no. Not only would an IQ test be universally loathed by the community (newbies in particular), but it wouldn't even be effective for whatever purpose it had, since as has been pointed out it's too easy for someone to grab the answers off the internet and cheat.
That's why it was an April Fool's joke, kids. Theymos might be nutty as a port-o-potty outside a peanut factory, but he's not crazy enough to implement such a time-wasting exercise as an IQ requirement for membership. Can you imagine?
Stupid people are welcome, as are geniuses. And we've got quite a mix already.
That's why it was an April Fool's joke, kids. Theymos might be nutty as a port-o-potty outside a peanut factory, but he's not crazy enough to implement such a time-wasting exercise as an IQ requirement for membership. Can you imagine?
No it's not going to happen. This forum is all about freedom of choice and doesn't separate people based on sex, religion, origin, or intelligence/stupidity. Bitcoin is for everyone who is tired of the traditional financial systems and those who are unbanked and can't use banks at all. Putting such labels on people wouldn't be right.
And all of that as well. The merit system is one thing--and I'm a big supporter of it, especially since most members here get paid to post, and there's a very real, very great need to limit shitposting, but thankfully Theymos is indeed pro-freedom at every turn. That's part of what makes bitcointalk such a great forum. You can speak your mind using pretty much any language you care to, and it's not going to be censored for the sake of not offending someone.Stupid people are welcome, as are geniuses. And we've got quite a mix already.
I've been thinking, if that had become the new development that everyone needed to run an IQ test before making a post, would it have made the forum better with more quality contents?
That would be an extreme and ironically ineffective measure. The merit system already functions as a motivation to encourage more users to make quality content as without quality content, one would not be able to rank up.The feature I'm looking forward to seeing is the newbie welcome message which has been discussed extensively on the forum. Hopefully it's added sooner or later h new forum software is launched with it added.
I don't think so. As I see that most forum users say "April Fools (IQ test)" is just a momentary pleasure.
apart from every question at that time also totally unrelated to bitcoin or cryptoqurrency.
that day reminded me of history class!
not information about bitcoin as a whole.
apart from every question at that time also totally unrelated to bitcoin or cryptoqurrency.
that day reminded me of history class!
not information about bitcoin as a whole. 
I’d have to see the statistics but I can only assume that spam was cut down while the IQ test was going on. I also don’t know what happens if you got one wrong. Did you have to answer a different question or did it just deduct IQ points. If it kept people from posting until they got the answer right, it definitely should reduce spam as I can’t imagine that would be worth the hassle. Without a longer test where the fun of a high IQ wears off and posting habits become normal again, it is difficult to judge whether it would be a positive or negative development. I’m sure people would figure out a way around it eventually also.
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I was thinking of this for just a little while. Instead of entirely removing IQ points, it would just show up privately into the user's profile for at least that user will know if s/he needs improvement or at least needs to know more. Having it completely show up in front of other users might end up discouraging engagement in conversations for obvious reasons.
Though in the end, it is still a meh suggestion for me. Newbies to crypto should spend a lot of more time reading rather than posting anyway.
if that had become the new development that everyone needed to run an IQ test before making a post, would it have made the forum better with more quality contents?
... And by extension it will be taken into consideration during enrollment into campaigns. I trust what campaign managers can do. It will just be another addition for requirement like Merit earned over a period of time. Regrettably, that won't work because the questions asked can be googled if one is fast enough before they're changed once time elapses. Users will do all they can to get in a campaign but after that rest on their oars. Well, even though we all now know that the IQ test was a mere prank I believe it would've added or subtracted something from the forum were it implemented. 
No it's not going to happen. This forum is all about freedom of choice and doesn't separate people based on sex, religion, origin, or intelligence/stupidity. Bitcoin is for everyone who is tired of the traditional financial systems and those who are unbanked and can't use banks at all. Putting such labels on people wouldn't be right.
That doesn't prevent anyone from creating their own IQ test for fun and have forum members participate. You could then create a list and rank those willing to participate based on their results.
That doesn't prevent anyone from creating their own IQ test for fun and have forum members participate. You could then create a list and rank those willing to participate based on their results.
Ohh Yeah, but should be directed to newbies and Junior members.
But strictly Bitcoin related questions, many are not well groomed about the bitcoin forum, so it's best they come get experience, can be very hard at times for a newbie that has no idea about Bitcoin, lightning network and the Bitcoin Core and Technical aspect.
But shouldn't lead to a ban for failing though
But strictly Bitcoin related questions, many are not well groomed about the bitcoin forum, so it's best they come get experience, can be very hard at times for a newbie that has no idea about Bitcoin, lightning network and the Bitcoin Core and Technical aspect.
But shouldn't lead to a ban for failing though
Not a good idea, the merit system already helps to increase the quailty of the posts overall.
Implementing the IQ system could make people to feel unironically annoyed after sometime, after all I am quite sure many of the users participate here during their spare time after a day of work/collegue, who would like to get asked those questions in order to post while seeking to have a chill moment participating on the forum?
Besides, those IQ test questions had nothing to do with Bitcoin or blockchain technology, only a couple I received had to do with Biology and Math, the rest were United States geography, not my forté.
Implementing the IQ system could make people to feel unironically annoyed after sometime, after all I am quite sure many of the users participate here during their spare time after a day of work/collegue, who would like to get asked those questions in order to post while seeking to have a chill moment participating on the forum?
Besides, those IQ test questions had nothing to do with Bitcoin or blockchain technology, only a couple I received had to do with Biology and Math, the rest were United States geography, not my forté.
No, takes away the flow, you read a post > feel like replying and then there is question you have to answer, you forget what you were going to write.
Yeah you could write in a note app or smth beforehand but it's just unnecessary. It's Internet forum for chit-chat on cryptos, let it be.
The IQ test was another time consuming. You are still going to think the content of your post, and then you also have to research the right answer to that certain question. That means, you need to focus on them both so you can come up with correct answers. Although its quite informative, but at the end of the day, we should not forget the reason why we are here, to contribute a good discussion about crypto, and everything we see in the IQ test are not related to crypto. So for me, its very unnecessary. Yeah you could write in a note app or smth beforehand but it's just unnecessary. It's Internet forum for chit-chat on cryptos, let it be.
I definitely see no quintessential role the IQ test had or have to play for the betterment of the forum, for all the questions that I came across had no connection with cryptocurrency enlightenment as that would have been a benefit especially to newbie's and members rank users, as it may have foster or add to their knowledge about the system.
But unfortunately, reverse was the case .
But unfortunately, reverse was the case .
it probably would if the questions were Bitcoin or related to cryptocurrency(OgNasty suggested it in his reply to one of my posts). but I would remove the IQ points since it will just be unnecessary(at least in my opinion). being presented with random questions regarding cryptocurrency could encourage newbies or old members to look it up and learn new things from it. I think it is a win-win situation for the forum and the people who use it.
You want to force everyone to pass a whole IQ test just to make 1 post, or to answer one single question to be able to make a post?
As there are no time limits and everyone knows how to use google, such Aprils fool IQ test wont show real education level or forum members. And isnt IQ test is to test your logic, not knowledge of history (based on question here)? One can be bad at history, but good a maths, and excellent at coding, and has a Gods degree in blockchain, wallets and etc.
As there are no time limits and everyone knows how to use google, such Aprils fool IQ test wont show real education level or forum members. And isnt IQ test is to test your logic, not knowledge of history (based on question here)? One can be bad at history, but good a maths, and excellent at coding, and has a Gods degree in blockchain, wallets and etc.
Nope, it wouldn't make forum better. First of all, it wasn't IQ test actually. It was just some test which check knowledge of history, geography and other stuff. IQ test looksa bit different. And I don't see point of such knowledge testing when you can bypass it by checking answer on Google. If there would be real IQ test without a way to bypass it, it wouldn't be bad idea. But it should be made not before every post, but before making account.
In fact as of April 1st there are a lot of users trying to increase their IQ points by searching for correct answers on google etc and at least improving some user knowledge in short term. After that though, I don't think it will have much impact on the forum as spammers and lazy people won't have much time to read.
I don't think there will be a huge impact on forum user post quality once the IQ test is over, but the forum is constantly trying to get better with fewer spammers. So far the merit system has been useful enough to prevent spam posters from ranking up, but still can't prevent users from posting spam. However I think the OP already has the right answer to the question and maybe this is it.
I don't think there will be a huge impact on forum user post quality once the IQ test is over, but the forum is constantly trying to get better with fewer spammers. So far the merit system has been useful enough to prevent spam posters from ranking up, but still can't prevent users from posting spam. However I think the OP already has the right answer to the question and maybe this is it.
you shouldn't take everything you read so seriously
Not necessarily.
Is the IQ test the only tool for assessing someone's intelligence, and if so, what about the totality of someone's character or his life experiences and skills that goes into making a person, well, a person? If it is the only test to determine intelligence, isn't it kind of a superficial measurement? Anecdotally, I know some people whose IQ test scores fell short of being in the normal range, but they've often been some of the most successful people in their careers.
My own impression is that IQ tests for preschoolers and younger kids might be a good idea. But for adults, they are not necessarily the right test. That is because IQ tests are good at quantifying abstract thinking, but not as good at concrete thinking; in other words, it is hard to generalize the scores for a whole range of people.
Is the IQ test the only tool for assessing someone's intelligence, and if so, what about the totality of someone's character or his life experiences and skills that goes into making a person, well, a person? If it is the only test to determine intelligence, isn't it kind of a superficial measurement? Anecdotally, I know some people whose IQ test scores fell short of being in the normal range, but they've often been some of the most successful people in their careers.
My own impression is that IQ tests for preschoolers and younger kids might be a good idea. But for adults, they are not necessarily the right test. That is because IQ tests are good at quantifying abstract thinking, but not as good at concrete thinking; in other words, it is hard to generalize the scores for a whole range of people.
if that had become the new development that everyone needed to run an IQ test before making a post, would it have made the forum better with more quality contents?
No. What I noticed was that the questions are not even related to bitcoin, I mean the ones I saw which I think would be similar or the same with the ones other members saw as well. This is bitcoin forum, so I do not see how it will improve this forum. But if it is bitcoin related, it can help people in learning more about bitcoin after not knowing the questions but search for it online and get answers to every question asked. But, yet, I do not see how this would make this forum better at all with IQ questions, it won't.What has been helping this forum effectively is the merit system that was introduced in 2018. Merit system is enough to make members of this forum to be serious because their Bitcointalk account would not grow but stagnant if not making quality posts.
Even if people are unable to click on 'post' to post new post unless they answer those IQ questions, it will becoming irritating and frustrating. If people must answer the questions correctly, it will slower how people are posting on this forum unlike just reading a post and replying to it.
If you know how to search Google then you can easily crack the IQ test. Personally I feel once a while such events can be organised but you cannot implement it permanently to make the forum better. Implementing it permanently would discourage actual human being to join the forum. It will also increase the posting time and people after replying need to find correct answer and maintain a point of 120 or more.
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