Bitcoin Forum

There's a rumor circulating that BitcoinTalk admin is thinking about removing the alt-coin sub-forum. Any truth to this ?

Unlikely. He would miss a lot of paid advertising clicks. Alt section generates most traffic.

Well when people need to constantly post threads like this asking simple questions, then yes it will probably happen.

This sub forum is a fucking joke because people always ask such stupid questions(this wasn't one is as bad as most). They can't fucking google something and need to ask "Which coin is going to the moon" or "This pool/exchange stole my coins" all because they are too stupid to understand how things work. All the damn new coins being produced everyday and giveaway/announcement and pool advertising spam is getting ridiculous.

Let me apologize to you for posting my dumb question. I hope that made you feel better. Please, and I honestly mean this, please try to go forward a little happier in life. It will do good things for your overall health. I'm not saying that to be facetious, I really mean it. I just couldn't understand the need for your rancorous response.

It's not so much directed at you as it is to all the idiots in this sub forum. I mean look at some of the threads, people ask the dumbest things without thinking or researching. How hard is it to google something? Then they accuse pools of scamming them because they aren't getting the exact amount of coins a calculator gave them. I mean FFS, why can't people here think anymore. I took the time to do my research so I understand how the mining works, how the exchanges work and how this whole thing works in general.

Doubtful. The Newbie section and the Altcoin sections are the bread and butter of this website.  :D

gridcoin?

The powers that be could give a flying fuck about this section. You must live under a rock.

The problem isn't this section in particular, it's that it's overflowing into the 'main' part of the forum.

What i hate is the real scum and dumb fucks of this forum who go around threatening people with forking their coin because they are either jealous or just pathetic from the start.  Wouldn't you agree? Seen a few do that on here yet they seem to still be here making this forum look trashy and unmoderated.

LOL

~BCX~

fork doge just for shit and giggles.

lol.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

The good thing any funny part for is that these pitiful scum can try all they want to stop alt coins but they are too dumb/stupid to even realise all their inane pointless efforts are wasted.  They are too dumb to even realise that these alt coins keep people away from the stuff that matters, but then what would you expect from low level retards.  You guys know who you are and your posts confirm to the rest of us how frightfully pathetic and stupid you really are, good luck with life as it seems you will need it  ;D

lol.

The distinction bitcoin vs. altcoin is stupid anyway. All are crypto-currencies and this is one crypto-currency movement.

Bitcoin is not millimeter then alts. Only super lame bitcoin elitists think bitcoin is special.

bitcoin has the worlds hashing power, which can destroy any unprotected alt. attempts have already happened.

Oh they do give more than flying fuck to this altcoin section. Its just that these altcoins are diluting the portfolio of early bitcoiners and they cant stand it. 

Litecoin might be easier to fork than dogecoin. Network hashrate of dogecoin is higher than any other scrypt coin in market today.

When people don't follow the rules of the house (repeatedly), they get thrown out.  If the alt section is nuked from this site because people cannot seem to follow posting rules, then so be it.

Management here has already shown great restraint / moderation in dealing with the alt coins.  They even gave the altcoin section subforums.  I would hope their patience would continue, but seeing as how people are these days don't read, don't care, and then come out with an entitled mindset that flies in the face of rationality - let the nukes fly.

I just wish people would start posting in the right section, add sub forums but most don't use them unless it gets moved there.

I think the official stance is that they don't really need the money, nor do they seem to care about alt coins.

Thats because most are posted by noobs. Then again if half the coins got posted in the right subforum, no one would see it or care lol. I know I tend to stay out of there for the most part or check to see new pools of current coins if I need a few more failovers.

You hit the nail on the head with "entitled mindset". Everyone is an expert today.

I think they should require you to pass a brief test to register on the forum. Demonstrate that you have done at least some basic research about cryptocurrencies before joining to post dipshit questions, and that your IQ is higher than 50. Would drop the number of members by about 30% or more though..

Well they have said it's something they've discussed or are discussing. There's mentions over in Meta somewhere.

They have said it many times. It was brought up a lot in the thread where they announced that giveway threads were no longer allowed in altcoin subforum. Several mods said this. It's no secret.

No, more than likely the Alt Coin section wont go entirely, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were more restrictions if people aren't willing to cooperate just a little bit. We say that there are no more giveaway threads allowed because they are spamming the board, taking up server resources, and people are abusing them to get their post counts up. We provide fairly simple suggestions, like host giveaways on a coin's own forums, twitter, facebook, whatever, and even allow people to post giveaway announcements here, but just ask that they collect the spamload of addresses elsewhere. The response? People telling us to put them back, make a giveaway section (although we explain 20+ times that that wouldn't solve a single issue) and ten threads about how the admins hate Alt Coins and are scared that they will threaten Bitcoin. All of those things are answered, and no one listens and keeps on complaining, its just frustrating.

Despite how every so often I'd grind my teeth and imagine what everyone would do if the Alt Coin section was removed just to teach everyone a lesson, then I imagine that people would just post Alt Coin stuff elsewhere in the forum and we would have no place to move it besides the Trash, which is why the Alt Coin section was made in the first place. Its a tool that we do need here, not because Alt Coins have a right to be here, but because banning them from the forum in its entirety isn't fair, and we don't want alt coin conversation outside of the section.


What we are discussing is what to do about Paid Signature advertising.

Well done,when your in a hole the idea is to stop digging  ;D

It's really a question of what they contribute to the crytpo community, not Bitcoins. Altcoins have some great ideas, and great ideas come from their continued development which ripple through the crypto ecosystem. Great people are involved. However, the altcoin subforum, much like the Bitcoin speculation subforum, have a disproportionate amount of spam associated with them which contribute absolutely nothing to the crypto community and really have no place on a crypto board looking to advance cryptocoins. There's no reason for this forum to give priority to post counts and ad revenue. This forum could operate comfortably and grow until theymos dies at a ripe age without needing new revenue.

So - this suggests theymos would give priority to advancing cryptocoins of all kinds and to increase ease-of-use for users in accessing information. I think it'd be hard to argue that banning spam and "dust" topics in the altcoin sections is a net detriment for altcoins, and that altcoins benefit Bitcoin (along with the crypto space in general), so it's all about reducing barriers to finding important information and disincentivizing spam. Banning altcoin discussion from the board entirely would be a lazy mistake, I think, as it'd segment the community unnecessarily, and afaik, theymos hasn't suggested he'll do anything of the sort.

I believe there are ulterior motives to those seeking to polarize the issue and turn it into an "us vs them" by distorting theymos' goals and pretending all participants in the altcoin subforum are in the "us" category, but I don't explicitly know theymos' goals, so... *shrug*