Bitcoin Forum

let's try to build up a good forum at http://BitForum.org

this forum here sucks .. i cant even respond to threads anywhere but here. What is the point?  I read a thread I'm interested in, and I can't respond.  And I have 4hrs+ and more than 5 posts. 

LAME!

i agree im having same issue.  basically impossible to do anything here. i made an account on the bitforum you suggest but its dead over there now, maybe some ppl will join up

could you imagine how much it would suck if everyone who signed up could right away post everywhere?  I think its a good idea... read up, spend time here first.

this forum is great, if you're saying that you are not reading the posts.
who wants to hear from you anyways ?

how is it great? you cant even post.  forums these days are all shitty .. run by nazis

not sure if this grrrl knows what a nazi is

Except learn everything you need to know about cryptocurrencies and be up to date on everything that is going on.  This isTHE bitcoin site.

Forums do this to avoid bot accounts and initiate you into the forum community.

That way someone can't make an account in 5 minutes and start spamming arguments to what you say. If the Newbie restriction bugs you that much, you have a lot of forums you'll hate.

Be done with this site then and move on to your other options (forums that will have endless links to this one).  You must have a lot of important things to say that you are so angry you are not heard untill after 4 hours of forum time and 5 posts!

The newbie restrictions are indeed archaic, there are better ways to handle spammers and newbies, like reputation systems, Ripple style trust (if your friend spams, you get banned too!), pay-per-account, etc. Theymos already claims he's working on a replacement that will eliminate the need for the newbie jail. In the meantime, try http://reddit.com/r/Bitcoin as that's where actual conversation happens.

 
I'm sure you'll be able too real soon.  try closing the browser and reopening.  I don't know.

That's actually how the Newgrounds Art portal works; you have to get recruited by another artist, and if you fuck up, the entire chain gets pulled from being able to post onto the portal.  I like it a lot, TBH ;D  It filters out all the newbie artwork and leaves the good stuff.

The cron job on the server will probably run soon. I suggest logging out and back in again.


Maybe so, but there's no point in complaining if you want to participate in the forums.

you only have a handful of posts there and you want everyone to switch over?

Seems like spam, right?

Edit: Seems like that forum has *only* spam http://bitforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3

annoying that takes time to build reputation up, but ok as will stop spammers and scammers

they could use some newbie restrictions

It helps keep the paid trolls out.. you know those exist, right?

It's the only explanation for how people could spend so much time trolling.

yeah but my friend said i cant post on other forums until i get 5 on this forum?

so it is pretty annoying imho

well, this is because of newbies can't post on other board?

a couple weeks ago i was logged on to this forum for like 10 hours straight reading stuff on other forums.  so how do i accumulate the 4 hour forum time so i can post on the other sections of forum?

The entire BTC community lives here. I did my newbie time as fast as possible (it didn't even bother me) - I really don't think it's a big deal and now I've been here for a while I can see why this is done.

Just make sure you stay logged in. My understanding is that you need 4 hours and 5 posts. The total time you've been logged in should be displayed in the upper left corner of the screen.

Hope that helps.

You should be reading things on this forum if you are serious about BTC

Just took a look at the forum.


The only threads on the forum.

And this is why we have these restrictions in place ;D

I would argue that a lot of /r/bitcoin is a giant circlejerk...  There is good stuff to though.

hummmm... ill you do is post 4 times and you are open to everything. it took me all of tenmunutes to get to jr member and you can go everywhere.

this guy wants to come on here and say we suck when all he wants is to get people to go to his empty nobody cares forum.

just post in your name you say hi, replie to thre or four newbie threads and your in.

this IS the place for anything and everything about bitcoins. if you are to impatient with this ...bitcoins are not right for you ......  go put you money under your bed or build up debt and watch the banks take it all away..ether way i dont care.

I love this forum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177154.msg1844461#msg1844461)

This is why I've made my forum invite only so people can at least register instantly without problems or captchas, the restrictions are annoying but anyone who's tried setting up even a basic phpbb3 forum will know exactly how horrible it is having to find a way to deal with bot spammers. For me at least with invite codes I don't have to deal with this sort of thing and it will be humans communicating with other humans rather than bot spammers trying to force their way in every five seconds.

I'd love to make the forum public, but even I don't have the time anymore to go through 30+ spam posts per day and get even more if I lower my guard and that's if I'm lucky, these people are inconsiderate and obnoxious cuntbags, deal with them first for us before complaining about forum restrictions.

So you came here to promote a forum with 12 post total? And you're saying this forum with 1818510 posts sucks?
There's a reason why newbies don't have full access right from the start and it's not really hard to get promoted.

There should be a newbie timeout phase, so that lurkers can reply to topics after over 720 hours of active lurking.
I hate having to go to the newbie section and spam.

Good luck on your forum. It is certainly not a good way to promote them but some people may actually like it...

Primarily spammers.

if you take the time needed to read the posts, then you will not be asking noob questions as much as you would have if you could post your questions right away

Right on.
Don't want to sound too harsh but I guess we got to let them learn the fact sometimes.

its time out, indiscriminate

not agree

This forum does indeed suck, but hopefully i'll figure out soon how they calculate time and won't have to keep making these pointless posts!

agree 100%  ;D

bad idea

I must disagree with you.  This forum is quite excellent.

i love this forum

Hmm. While I haven't been very active, I have been here for several months and have 7 posts, yet I'm still not able to post in the main forum. Has anyone figured out the actual posting requirements?

This is the problem.   They system apparently only counts time spent posting (at least it seems that way for me) so i've been here for 2 weeks and the only thing I can do is make useless posts or agree with other people...  It generates a lot of spam in this forum, but since everyone else is spamming, I guess it keeps all the spam in one place?

Shut up, and go back to kitchen.

I think that only time spent posting counts towards your time.  SO just go to some of the threads that are hundreds of pages long and post whatever you want in them.  That is my strategy for now and by doing such, it keeps the spam off the main newbie forum so as not to clutter things up.  Some people on those threads are having conversations with themselves!!! lol

I wonder what people would have thought of me if i whined like you guys are before I could post in the forum.  If you were serious about being a contributing member of this forum, you might want to make a better first impression.  (Note to self: look at new members first 20 posts to gauge their integrity)

I think btctalk.org is great!
Just be patient...

kinda... ;D

I wish they would change the period to at least just 2.5 or something, this long ass wait is killer.

The funny thing is reccomending a forum that contains little but spam.  :D

I think the 5 post / 4 hr rule makes sense. I've been reading here for the past week and didn't even get a chance to think about registering until yesterday! That shows all you need to know - when you're new, read read and learn. And this is a great place to start to do so.

agree. but its kinda lame to make 5 spam posts to ask a real question on the other thread..

Is this the way to "sell" a new forum?  HA!  There are reasons for things, you know?  But, whatever.

Ya!  That BitForum.org looks brilliant.  Deep and insightful.  Compelling reading.  If the folks behind it would put their energy toward a cure for cancer all humanity could rejoice.  [He said with heavy sarcasm]

So I should learn Russian so I can read the few posts that exist on there? Good luck building another BTC forum that can compete with this one. I really do wish you luck, it'd be nice to have multiple forums.

Also, if you are here for legit reasons (questionable), the n00b restrictions are quite minimal. Also, ever heard of whitelist?

Agreed. There's really no need to whine. If you don't like the restrictions and you can't be respectful then these forums will not appreciate your input.

And obviously for those of you who are complaining that it is taking you days or weeks to get out of the restrictions, then obviously you don't have very much to say and the only reason you wished to join was to comment on a single post or whatnot, which is invaluable to the community.

I like the newb restrictions, keeps the primary areas of the forum clear of all the vermin that can't even conjure enough patience to read four hours worth of material on a subject they supposedly have interest in. Granted at first I was very confused but the second I realized what was happening I just kind of went with it, I now have about two more hours to go haha.

Yes, thank you. It also just makes sure you spend the time to read through posts and gain an understanding of where the community lies, and what kind of questions are being asked, etc., so that people don't throw up an account and be like "LIEK WAT IS ASIC AND DAFUQ IS DIFFICULTY?!" in posts where people are trying to get legitimate points across. Also makes the moderator's jobs easier.

I laughed so hard.

Not just Russian... got Spam also :P

Well, limit to 1 hour then.

Really, all I wanted was to make a comment on Slush's pool thread. I can't yet. I've been stuck here for a while. Sure, it brings more traffic to the site and ups the post count, but for anyone who comes across this forum and wants to comment it sucks badly. Since this forum is considered the official support forum for several sites (such as Slush's pool) this kind of limitation is really problematic.

That fault doesn't lie with the forum itself, but with entities sending people in need of support to a restricted area.

agreed, the rules are good.  still going to hop on this for #4

Good. I'll be here periodically. Haha.


1 hour isn't enough time for you to read through much of the forums, familiarize yourself with the community or the material. I think 4 hours is enough time to educate yourself.

Why not wait and contribute to that thread instead of just waiting to post so that you can ask one question, get your answer and then leave?

I'm waiting, and don't like 4 hours, have been reading a lot before, but not logged in.

This forum is a good idea. The requirements seem reasonable too.

Well you also need 5 posts. Just make sure you're logged in and it will take no time at all.