Bitcoin Forum

During the Christmas holidays, I traveled to different places and one of my main target was to introduce Bitcoin and this forum to as many people as I could. I did but it was not really as easy as I expected because at a point, I was confused on where to start and how to proceed. I wanted a way of shortening the entire process for them, knowing that not everyone will be patient to go through the complex and rigorous process of learning about Bitcoin and the forum itself as a newbie. When I was first introduced into this forum, I was overwhelmed by the workload, the rules, many things to learn and indeed the expectations from me as a newbie. I actually ran away, stayed for a very long time before I remembered I had to face the new task for which I signed up.

I picked myself up and proceeded and I consider that one of the best decision of my life. Today I'm more than motivated to help as many people as possible to grasp this whole things as I know the benefits are innumerable. I don't consider it enough to encourage them to read through the forum because I still remember how difficult it was for me as a newbie, so I'm challenged in my spirit that there should be an easier way to go about introducing the entire concept to newbies.  

I don't know if any of you faced this challenge, if yes, how were you able to proceed?

 

Back in 2017, I tried bringing a few of my friends back in college into this forum. I explained it to them that there is an opportunity to earn money as a form of investment by understanding on how cryptocurrencies work. I had success back then as I was able to recruit 2-3 of my friends but unfortunately, they are not active anymore ever since the merit system was introduced.

While earning money can potentially be as a sideline, they are missing tons of other information that can benefit them in the long run. Unfortunately, they were too focused on raking up and joining on signature campaigns that they got lost in translation.

Bearing this on mind, I tried explaining this forum to one of my friends in law school and I had success in turning them into a crypto enthusiast. Fortunately, he is into mining right now and he really bought a rig with all the knowledge he gained from all channels.

In conclusion, it really depends on how you introduce this forum to your friends/colleagues. If you explain it to them in a very short-sighted manner, they may quickly lose interest when they may encounter a hindrance (e.g. like what happened to my college friends when the merit system was implemented); but if you explain it to them in a broad scope with deep understanding, then they may stay and even surpass the knowledge that you have (e.g. like my friend who mines currently).

No, I don't have a hard time because I don't even try to convince anyone of anything related to Bitcoin. If I hear someone talking about it I play dumb. The less people know that I have Bitcoin, the better. And the less I would even think of talking about it while traveling around. You want to put a bull's eye on yourself.

Most people want to be involved in anything that can give them financial benefits. They don't care about learning all they want is how to make quick money. The few people I have tried to introduce are focused on the financial benefits. When I also tell them that they need to learn and patiently build their account for them to start earning, they become skeptical. Immediately you unveil the time and process of building an account, many of them usually lose interest. People are always interested in engaging in get-rich-quick schemes and are not always interested in learning about what can benefit them in the future.

Hahahahaha! Privacy is important in the Bitcoin space because we don't know the intentions of people. People might think you are rich when you introduce them or keep speaking about Bitcoin. Your points are valid for security reasons.

I don't. I haven't tried to introduce the forum to any random person and not even to people who know me. Bitcoin is banned in my country. I don't even talk about Bitcoin or Bitcointalk forum with many of my friends. Only a few of my closest friends know that I have some Bitcoin and I use it. I think you shouldn't ask anyone to learn about Bitcoin or Bitcointalk forum unless they show some interest.

Your first question should be like do you know about Bitcoin? Would you like to know about it? It's important how you approach to others. If your approach is good enough, you won't have hard time explaining them. If they show interest, they will be patience.

Bitcoin forums have grown in popularity along with Bitcoin and people are now more aware of Bitcoin forums as evidenced by new members creating accounts on these forums all the time. The presence of accounts may not be noticed in the service sections but when you go to the bound section you will realize that a large number of members are working in the bound section. If you work in this forum and someone you know asks you about this forum then you must tell about this forum and help him if he shows interest in coming to this forum. The popularity of the forum has reached a good level so new users will find out about this forum on their own.

In my experience, it's really hard to explain Bitcoin in one single word but you can say it's internet money with no stable price Even if I tried to explain everything about Bitcoin to them they said Bitcoin is a scam. I tried to convince them that Bitcoin is not a scam by giving the link of this forum but only one friend of mine learned about Bitcoin from this forum.
They thought that Bitcoin was networking/affiliate they thought that I would earn if I promoted Bitcoin to them. That's why I stopped telling someone about Bitcoin.
Unless they are the ones who introduced Bitcoin first to you.

If you explain something too simply sometimes in a hurry people do not take it seriously. You did not spend so much time as you only traveled home for Christmas holiday which I'm sure did not last more than three weeks. For some people particularly, three weeks is not enough time to learn about Bitcoin plus you notice that they will be interested in engaging in other discussions as they haven't seen you for a very long time, and also talking to other people too. So it is possible that you picked a wrong time to talk about Bitcoin and introduce them to this forum, or the time you spent with them was not enough to convince them that Bitcoin and Bitcoin forum is something good for them.

During the beginning of my bitcointalk Journey, I shared/tried to introduce the forum with some friends. Yes, it was tough also for me to teach them how bitcointalk works. Learned from there and I never try to introduce someone after 2018. And even I never thought I needed to invite someone here tbh. Because it just creates some problems for me instead of some benefits.

not everyone has confidence in bitcoin like we do here, so i'm too lazy to invite other people into this forum because it will only waste my time and energy. if they are interested in learning about bitcoin, yes i will invite them to join this forum, but if they are not that interested i will not be bothered to invite them because it is pointless anyway.

This is usual for the majority of us, even if some of us did not come publicly to explain how they go about presenting Bitcoin or this forum to those around them.
I commend you for taking the time to spread positive news about Bitcoin and the Bitcointalk forum. It is not always easy because people have different perspectives and understandings of Bitcoin, which makes convincing them difficult, but if you were able to explain it properly, they will be able to understand and know the primary goal of Bitcoin.

 Uh, I actually tried doing it, talking about the forum to a friend and although they seemed interested for a time, it was kinda hard to keep up. It got me to understand that it's not everyone that's supposed to know about the forum. Some feel that since it's just to read and post, it's as easy as ABC but I beg to differ. Sometimes it's hard trying to convince someone that once you're in a sig campaign, all you'd do is to make meaningful posts, and you'd get paid for it! I mean, it's insane and quite a mouthful to take in, at least I know I didn't believe the person that told me too, so instead of spending my time bringing in people, I rather do my thing...does that make me selfish tho? ::)

The forum is actually not a small place to be, like you said many has come but can't sustain up till now they often end up on the way many newbies signing up each day on the forum. The learning process here never ends and growing up to be becoming reputable will definitely take some breath out of you, a lot of works needs to be put in learning and good contribution to the forum.
Of course it will be very difficult to bring new people to the forum as no much people are willing to do the learning process.

This is something good to do, but also very challenging and demanding as well, it something that has to do with having patients, endurance and time, these are part of the sacrifice needed of you to give through, you will find it a little challenging on how to cope with people and how they can easily acquire the the basic and fundamental knowledge about bitcoin, another thing is that many people who made a try to start on the forum here can't even do without plagiarizing and what they may also expect is making money right away from here.

Its not really easy teaching someone what took you months to learn and expecting them to know that much within the shortest period of time. Every thing in life is a gradual process. People would want you to to explain in detail especially the financial aspect of it. And if you don give a lay down diagram of how the money is coming they wouldn't be interested. Trying to summaris the teaching without explaining to their satisfaction is always a problem. Thats why many people dont like teaching about it. Some would even accuse you of being a fruad Star.

When I was also introduced to the forum, i find it difficult to comprehend about how the forum works, considering the numerous laws guiding it and also faced the challenge of constant reading of some hours. I hardly come online but of recent, I have been coming online and I am beginning to like and understand how the forum works. Everything is just a matter of time and consistency.

I have only succeeded in bring only one of my friend into this forum, and this was because he later picked interest and decided to learn more about bitcoin. Initially when I spoke to him about bitcoin he was reluctant about learning g it but as time passes by, I saw him again and this time he told me that he wants to learn and showed interest, which I saw in him.

In life, whatever that you are serious to do and give it your time, you will possibly achieve it. He was already used to reading so he was able to register and started learning her and he is still very active here and I might even say that he is enjoying the forum and giving it more time than I do.

He’s trying to be helpful and would want others to learn from what he has benefited from, if not; he’s going to be living with guilt. As you said, it is better less people know that you’re into bitcoin than letting many of them know as it can cause harm to you if it gets to the ears of the wrong people. He knows his people better and maybe they are not the type of people that envy a lot or would envy his achievements in bitcoin. We want widespread adoption and use of bitcoin but it shouldn’t be at the expense of you sacrificing what you’ve learnt to have come this far about bitcoin and the forum.

I have had difficulties trying to explain what the forum is all about to the few people who had interest to learn or become members here and I think my experience with them is the major reason why I don't talk about the forum again whenever I'm with them. They said they just want to know how much I have made since I became a member here and the second guy asked if they can be given some Bitcoin if he joins the forum so that alone made me not to talk about the forum with them again.

Seriously i don't know what the ops aim to gain in this, for goodness  sake this should be some form a joke really,  i don't know what some members of this forum are taking the forum for other than just a discussion forum, and for only those who have interest in the discussions that go on in here, also going around telling people about Bitcoin sound to me to be a wired thing to do, and for that i have to say that doing so you are already violating the law of privacy which Bitcoin portrays as a core value.


Really when I read some of these posts, I tend to believe that, some of these people take Bitcoin to be some form a crowd crowdfunding movement that they need to recruit people into, if not why for goodness sake will anyone go about telling people about the forum, better to teach the financial knowledge instead and also advice those who have the money to invest to put the money in the right investments.

I am having a hard time explaining and also giving an example to them what they haven't fully understand yet even though I already explained it. Well, it's not really necessary or a requirement to bring them to the forum. Actually, I have been a registered forum member and only make one person come to this forum to learn more about cryptocurrency. It didn't take long for me since he is interested to learn more that's why I told him about the forum and he's been in the forum for  years already.

Not really. After all, I don't convince people to sign up here. I only suggest and that's it. If they take it seriously then they can create an account. They can ask questions. They can ask for help, and I'm very willing to give it. But if they don't take it seriously, no problem.

I have exactly the same approach with Bitcoin itself. When the topic is brought up, I might share a little. If they're interested, I could continue joining the discussion. If they aren't, then we could of course talk about something else.

It's different, however, when it comes online. I think I'm a little bit more aggressive online than when it's face-to-face.

Hey guys, those of you who are trying to convince people about bitcoin and the forum, it wouldn't hurt to read about what happened to a forum member recently.

Bitcoin Robbery (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5481109.0)

There are several of us who have said in the thread that we are not trying to convince anyone, or even talk about it, to avoid things like that.

Tried twice, and both of them didn't spend too much time in the forum. They're my friends, and I tried to tell them that there's an opportunity for them to earn in the forum, but they got overwhelmed and stopped browsing immediately because they don't know where to start too. That was in 2017 when I was still a newbie, and currently, I don't bring other people here to the forum. If they see the website, I'll just tell them the name of the website, and I'll let them browse it. I will not teach them where to start whatsoever because it's overwhelming at first since you don't know where to start. I felt the same feeling as well when I was starting.

What I did is I just read articles, watched documentaries at first then read some articles here to gain at least a bit of knowledge. It's hard to let people bring in the forum TBH, but if they're interested in interacting, and at the same time earning here then they can at least endure that feeling of getting overwhelmed at first.

How am I able to proceed? I just don't do it. After all, the forum is popular already so those who are interested in cryptocurrency might see this forum, browse to it, sign up and learn.

I don't know why you want to tell everyone about Bitcoin and also this forum to people who don't know and maybe they know but have no interest.
I would only talk about Bitcoin to people who have an interest and it would be more comfortable. what you do will certainly be difficult because if you talk about it to other people who don't think about investing or using Bitcoin for them.
just a suggestion, try to be anonymous on this. it will be safer for you with your Bitcoin holdings.
I've seen people on social media share screenshots of their wallet balances. who knows what the purpose is, but they probably didn't think about the risks.

if your goal is to invite more people to the forum to understand Bitcoin. then you should talk to those who invest in Bitcoin. because many of those who invest in Bitcoin don't know what Bitcoin is. all they know is that investment assets can be traded.

This is the approach that I've taken now, I hold my Bitcoin in peace and do every cryptocurrency related activities without any advertisements, because people who don't understand Bitcoin unfortunately likens it to Ponzi or some scam project and I'd have a hard time trying to explain that it's not true. I was very enthusiastic about preaching Bitcoin to friends, but I never got any positive response, so i eventually gave up, I even removed the signboard in front of my shop, advertising that I collect Bitcoin as payments, because nobody did. The few friends that I told about this forum then where more interested about how soon they'll start to earn from campaigns, they lose interest when I tell then the slow process. I can only discuss Bitcoin with anybody if I see genuine interest in them.

It only takes a dedicated mind and a strong mindset to go through the learning process of bitcoin and also be patient enough to learn as people only show interest in what they will make fast money from. When you tell them how people perform certain tasks to make money here they will be amazed and be eager to join but they are not patient enough to learn and gradually grow in the forum and after a while they suddenly lose interest and forget about the forum that’s why only few dedicated minds survive here.

I don’t see any reason why I should go through the stress of putting someone through and after a while they will quit because they can’t survive the forum, they are only focused on making money without wanting to learn anything, they can’t survive the forum without knowledge and it’s easy as that.

We all went through the same thing as a newbie but how fast you grow depends on how strong you are and how dedicated you are. Most of realized at an early stage that giving up is not an option so despite all the criticism we stood firm and remained focused on learning and that was how we were able to grow here. If newbies can have same mindset and determination they can also achieve their goal without giving up.

Everything is much simpler than what you write, OP. The first rule for beginners is not to copy anything from the Internet to the forum without a source; we will learn all the other rules in the process. If you invite people to the forum, you don’t need to motivate them precisely by the fact that they can earn money here; this creates a rush and impatience to increase in ranks, and as a result, the creation of thousands of posts that are of no value due to a temporary lack of knowledge of the information.
I tried to invite people from my circle to the forum, but they are not ready for Bitcoin yet, saying that it is a bubble. I don't think I need to waste time on people who don't listen.
But yes, I always provide the forum address, but I don’t consider it necessary to lead them by hand. Anyone interested will find ways here on their own.

It's not like I will get paid bringing people on here, why should anyone sees it as a hard time? Because it's not by force, and I believe that anyone on here can easily tell people to come on this forum if they really want to learn everything crypto.

If the person is not dedicated they will get tired instantly when they open the forum, that's why you will see many inactive newbie accounts, they don't know where to start, and that's because they have doubt.

I have told many people about crypto but they never listened to me, because I don't have anything to show for it, they told me why I look so wretched and talking about how Bitcoin can change someone's life, but few years later things changed and they are surprised, I will only invite someone to this forum if I see the passion for crypto in them.

This days too many people like the easiest way out and if there is no passion and dedication in you it will be easier to quit crypto, it's hard for those who don't love it.

Why? I like my privacy, and talking about Bitcoin to strangers is terrible OPSEC.

Like any other forum, you join it for a reason (like this (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=853374.msg10589007#msg10589007)). There is no "workload", it's not a job, unless you joined with the intention of earning money from your signature, and in that case I think you joined for the wrong reasons.

We even use code words at home, so the kids don't start talking about Bitcoin in school. Now that I think about it: in a way, OPSEC restricts Bitcoin adoption.

Knowing someone is rich isn't really a problem, if your Lambo costs half a million, it's registered in your name and you'll have insurance. Bitcoin is like cash, and you don't go around telling people your backpack is filled with cash.

Bringing people to the forum can be quite stressful because you will have to keep explaining one after the other about the rules and regulations they have to follow to be able to stay long here and grow there account especially when that kind of person do not have concrete knowledge about the forum. The forum can be complex at first but with time, as one keep reading and checking the website often, we get to understand how things works here.
 

"Do you have a hard time bringing new people to the forum?" - For what? Is a forum network marketing that requires you to attract new people? Of course not. Anyone who is interested will find information about the forum on their own.

Imposing it on others most often only pushes them away from it. Stop being intrusive.

Before you start helping others, help yourself first. Those who really need it will be able to cope with everything without you, and those who don’t need it - even your help will be in vain.

There are no short cuts. You can't do without difficulties. Get used to it. Achieving any reward will require serious effort. Without effort there is no reward.

There's no problem. If you have the desire, everything is doable.

Obviously, there are very big differences in terms of personal safety when it comes to people from African countries, as is the case with the OP, and all those who live in Europe or the US/UK. It is easy to notice that they often post photos from their meetings/lectures, their location, and even personal information such as age and name.

I think they are much more emotional and eager to share it with others and not worry too much about their safety. It seems dangerous and unnecessary to us, but it is difficult to change anything in this matter until for one reason or another, the change happens by itself.

I don't find it difficult to introduce Bitcoin or Bitcointalk to them, in fact I don't need to teach them and register here, they can do it if they want, the risk is higher if I direct them here, let them come and learn on their own, from 1-2 failed attempts to three times they will succeed, I can't afford to complain every time.

I used to come here of my own accord, without bothering other people, as time went by I learned and tried to understand what was discussed here, slowly I found a way in which I could do something good for myself.

I am surprised to know that people actually go through the stress of preaching about Bitcoin and the forum to people who at the end even feel reluctant to learn. Its quite funny! I do not go through this stress at all. If I must teach you about Bitcoin and introduce you to the forum too, you must be well deserving of it. Going about trying to teach random people about my source of income is not wise at all, it will only be drawing more attention to me.

We still have lots of people who do not really understand how Bitcoin works. They believe anyone who owns a unit of Bitcoin or even talks about it is a lord already. This mentality may not go well if the people whom we are innocently trying to help have a totally different intention. Anyone who really wants to enjoy the benefits of Bitcoin will look for a way to learn. Bitcoin is no longer a hidden opportunity, it is really popular now.

Bringing someone down here is not the problem, there's nothing bad if they also share in the benefits we have from bitcoin and learn new things, but this has to be that they are determined to join and not that we compelled them joining, in other not to make it look like you're forcing them and when they comes they begin to spam around, we also must take time in allowing them understand the main idea behind the creation of this forum, mentor them of possible and teach them the needful.

The motivation to discover Bitcoin is individual build and for that I think is unwise to some extent to try to teach a random set of people about something they may not likely have an interest in or have a different perception towards it, this is why it is better to remain private and be carcoconscious who you discuss with or try to reach the line of Bitcoin.
Sometimes the zeal that individuals develop internally is what strengthens their motivation to learn about Bitcoin and if you ask me, that is the way I discovered Bitcoin so for that I will definitely want others to discover Bitcoin that way too, zones a big risk to try to teach those who have a totally different mentality towards bitcoin.

It’s easier to introduce Bitcointalk to someone who’s not new to bitcoin. They already have an idea of how Bitcoin works and are enthusiastic about learning more about bitcoin. Telling them about a forum that’s all about Bitcoin will surely be something that they will be interested to hear. They do not need to know about earning opportunities in the forum, signature campaigns and bounties are of no importance to them.

I also don't know why some people feel like sharing the information about this forum to some people that are not even willing to learn about bitcoin or crypto. It will look as if you are forcing them to join bitcointalk forum which may make it look as if you have personal interest if they join the forum through you maybe they will think you have benefit for inviting them.

I only refer people to bitcointalk forum if they want some knowledge about bitcoin and cryptocurrency because I know that it is a forum that teaches and guide people about bitcoin and some cryptocurrency related aspect.

No I don't have a hard time bringing people to the forum. Though I haven't.
However what I do have a hard time doing is trying to convince people to adopt crypto or to explore the crypto space. This is because I think trying to convince them usually ends up messy. There is almost virtually no one on earth who hasn't heard about crypto. Besides Bitcoin talk is a public place and find this forum is very easy especially if you are interested in crypto especially Bitcoin.

Sometimes when you convince people to venture crypto they rush into investing in shit coins without taking time to understand the crypto space so they end up with losses and blame the person who convinced them and boom a +1 crypto hater.

Yes, I have gone through this challenge many times, and I succeeded a number of times and did not succeed other times. This is due to the fact that the new people I invite do not always have the same level of understanding, passion for Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies in general, or the ability to learn. Some may not like the forum interface or the way topics are presented here, among other factors. The challenge would be smoother if the people I invited had prior knowledge of Bitcoin and had seen documentaries or stories about Bitcoin and its advantages. If they discover that Bitcointalk is the foundational forum for Bitcoin, after this, they would likely be curious to register an account here, explore what has been posted, and gain knowledge and experience before moving towards investing and trading digital gold.

If you are talking about bringing people into this forum, no I do not have any challenges.  I just do the normal things, if one is asking about BTC I told them to research the internet and if they have time visit this forum for rich information about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency,  I never force myself to introduce Bitcoin to others nor make them a permanent member of this forum.  Since it is hard to know if they are interested or not to spend their time in this forum.  I just told them about the a forum as good source of information about cryptocurrency.  Whether they will visit this forum or not is up to them.

I don't know why but eachtime i try as hard as I can to get someone introduced in here, it doesn't seem to be user-friendly to them... The ecosystem, the terms of operation, the posting pattern, the navigation processes most especially.... They keep complaining!

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At some point, I decided not to introduce anyone unless i've got a benefit of doubt; like showing interest prior the opening of an account etc. The least I'd ever do is to introduce someone that's not even ready to keep to the process... So tedious!

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

Caring for others but not having to torture yourself to convince that bitcoin has a bright day in the future with such targets, let the beetles chase the flowers without you having to teach the beetles one by one, I mean you can give an overview to your surroundings but not with how many assets you have and what you have managed to buy from what you have earned to date, it is dangerous. New people you tell will ask how many bitcoins you have, your fiat value, your potential and how you store. Before asking how to get or ask a basic and thorough definition of bitcoin to your sensitive data, prepare your empty data such as wallet and cex maybe the rest of your trading history (do not show your wealth) do not get motivated to own your assets, crime is real. Also if you want to introduce the forum it is also good if you can not first discuss income whether it is an event, bounty or signature campaign.

Education is important, but your safety is more important, I'm not really motivated to mingle in the real world if it's like this, if it's basic and general, I'll do what I did above, just show my hystory, so that they are motivated by themselves, not by what I have.

you cannot just drug people to something very new to them mate its like a man using Facebook and you are trying to tell them using different apps that will be harder for them to navigate and understand same as the community to be with.

Maybe better for you to not directly lure them here instead use your social media accounts to take their interests instead.

what I did in the past is that I fully secured my social media (not vulnerable in hacking) and then use the wall to encourage people try and learn about crypto and not just this forum alone.

though I have stopped now because of vulnerabilities of my account and yeah I just let people ask me about crypto and if they do? i will introduce them here in Bitcointalk.org.

I never directly ask people to join this forum, but I did a review for my YouTube channel subscribers. I don't want them to just sign up and feel lost, so I take the time to explain everything – from where to find rules to how to act as a newbie. My goal is for those who joined because of me to truly grasp why this forum exists and to use it wisely without causing any issues. I hope they understand its essence and contribute positively while taking good care of the community. It's about making sure they feel at home here.

Never convince people who are close minded you will just waste you're time and effort instead, just invited those who are open to suggestion and learning this people are sure to go to the forum,

Yes, I did. A few years ago I introduced this forum to a couple of very close friends. One of them was too lazy to join (I'm not sire of he created an account and abandoned it or not even that) but the other one eventually joined and was relatively active for a few months.

Unfortunately, he lost motivation because just when he was going to rank up the merit system was implemented, and that, linked to some struggles in his job, made him quit.

Since then, I've tried to convince him to come back, but he says that he is not willing to make such an effort anymore with the little time he has left. In fact, I don't blame on him, because it's true that he spends all day out because of his work.

Even in my current position I still try to put people through most especially my course mate concerning this forum because I know what we ( I and my course mate) are passing through, though most of them picked interest but at some point they were asking me too many questions, the question I can remember correctly was the one they asked me what do I have to show from this thing am doing, what have I benefited from it but I told them this forum is about time and patient. It is very clear that this days people likes evidence and I can't force someone to do something I will only tell you about something and how to go about it but if the person doesn't want to... It's fine.
Most people don't want to spend a little of their time  on something they just want to be rich over night.

I also feel the same way that it is very difficult to introduce Bitcoin and this forum to people. In fact, when I explain to many people about this forum, they think it's unclear and a waste of time because they want something instant. But even though so far it is still difficult to bring people to this forum, I keep trying in the hope that they will understand and it will be a solution for them to increase their income.

Sometimes it matter on how we approach them and the way we teach on what they can expect about this forum also with the cryptocurrency. If we told them that there's money here and they can earn it easily for sure they expect something huge from this and will be disappointed once they figure out the complexity of crypto then how hard to earn especially if they are newbie in the scene. If they are not really fully interested about this they will surely leave and worst they feel bad about what you have teach to them.

I tried to recruit some of my friends before here but it didn't end up well that's the reason for now I don't invite people to learn this but instead I wait for some people to come at my place and ask about bitcoin since I think this type of guys are more worth it to spend our time since for sure they would listen to us.

I've had a big issue bringing new people into the forum though it seems I'm new here but I've tried joining the forum since last year but to no avail I always got the error message I stopped trying until I met up with my cousin who also was the one to introduce me to the forum his already a member here so he successfully registered me and since then I've been trying to bring more friends of mine who are desperately looking for Educative forums like this to increase their knowledge of cryptocurrencies.
My cousin before he left taught me how to register but I've not had any success registering my friends till date I keep getting the same error message of evil network please if anyone can help I'll really appreciate thanks guys...

Do people actually go about teaching strangers about Bitcoin? I do not consider that what I can do or what is very wise for anyone to do. The more you talk about Bitcoin, the more ignorance people will think that you are overly rich for mentioning Bitcoin. Even in my neighborhood our friends I did not talk about bitcoin with them, I will only teach you about bitcoin and the forum if you approach me and asked about it. When you first approach people to learn about something, they will definitely think that you have something important to gain from what you are telling them to learn. But when people approach you to learn about something, they will understand that you are just rendering help and favor to them and as such they would not misbehave and they would probably be serious about what you are teaching them. Immediately you start approaching people first to teach them about Bitcoin, they would think that bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme or maybe MLM marketing of a thing.

As much as it is possible, stay away from disclosing yourself as someone who is involved in Bitcoin activities. Bitcoiners seems to be at risk, either in the hand of the government or in the hand of their fellow citizens. Be cautious and be wise.

It will be very difficult to teach someone who is not ready to learn about Bitcoin or someone who hasn't know about Bitcoin before now about this forum. Where will you start from? They won't show that interest to learn as it will look totally strange to them and it will look as if you have other motives that's why you are asking them to come and learn about this forum. You can just tell them to buy Bitcoin and hodle if they have money.

You’re right. People don’t value things they get for free. Infact they are sceptical when someone with pure intent wants to teach them Bitcoin at no cost. Instinctively, they assume the person is selling them and has a commission to gain should they become involved in bitcoin. It’s always easier when they come to you by themselves to learn about bitcoin.

Bitcoin is now legal in my country, but that doesn’t mean one should be vocal about your bitcoin activities. You really don’t need the attention from people.

It depends on your location if they see the Bitcoin sign on many establishments and they see positive feedback on Bitcoin, it is easier to introduce these people to Bitcoin, people are easily susceptible to being influenced by positive brands, and the brands they often see.
But if Bitcoin is unknown to people who you are trying to convince you have to make extra effort, especially to people who are not computer literate, because you will be opening a new system of payment and investing to these people and that's doubly hard.

I thought I was the only one who faced the nonchalance thing from those we tried making their lives better. I've read quite a number of posts that were similar to the same experience I had with friends. Truth remains that most people are only swayed by the good life Bitcoin brings and not that they're necessarily interested in learning how it works. Many who even joined here did so (are doing so) because of the possibility of joining subscription campaigns when they rank up and not that they genuinely care what goes on here. I ain't saying it's a bad thing to get motivated by the earning opportunity this forums affords us, nope. That's not what I'm driving at here.

I've introduced a few friends here. Sadly, most of them stopped posting a few weeks after all that. Perhaps lack of interest necessitated their exit. Those who aren't interested in Bitcoin will never pick it up. I've learned to stop wasting my time trying to convince anyone about Bitcoin. Most people still think it's a scam because it's an internet thing. Leave them to their ignorance. They will learn soon.

Is been while I had that space talking with people about this forum and bitcoin at large because I want to care about my security, you know with the nature of our country it's very hard to put trust in people because whenever you tell them about bitcoin they have this mindset that you are holding thousand of it without knowing is just some fraction you have.

This will also stirring up some form of lack of trust because you wouldn't know what that person may turn around to do at back, in Nigeria kidnapping is very common and someone can set you up and you got kidnapped at the curse of trying to put someone true about the cryptospace.

I have some bitter experience in this regard. Since Bitcoin is considered as an internet money. So explaining these complexities to someone new is a challenge. Because no matter how much I try to convince them about bitcoin they just consider it a scam. I tried to convince someone new with all the information related to Bitcoin. But they said no to bitcoin outright. I gave the info to the forum but they didn't take a good look. So again I don't try to convince anyone.

I know you love your friends very well which is the reason you travel during the Christmas to impact them about BTC and also introduced them to this Bitcointalk.org forum so that they will know that BTC is a big asset everyone wish to embrace.

The luck you have is that you are not living with them in that society till now because, many people have lose their lives for such journey because the moment people discovered that you have ideas or you are a member of bitcointalk.org  forum they will set you up by arranging some group of bad guys to Kidnapp or kill you after given them your wallets address.

This forum was very difficult for me too but I made this forum much easier through one of my friends. Currently I am just starting to learn a bit about this forum. But I have yet to analyze anyone on this forum and show interest in teaching. But one of the reasons I'm not interested in teaching anyone about this forum is because Bitcoin is illegal in my country and it becomes very risky if I talk about Bitcoin in public from here. I always work behind the scenes, I think it will cause me a lot of problems if people know that I have bitcoins stored and I earn money working in bitcoins. But in countries where Bitcoin is not legal, Bitcoin should be used behind the scenes.

One thing about bringing people to this forum is you need to look at how the person think and his level of intellectual if they are the type that can learn and all of that, my self I have seen people whom I introduce to the forum over the years only few many of them are still active till date as most of them did not treat the forum as a community to gain information, but there is someone among everyone whom I brought here who have gained more crypto knowledge that me who brought him here and he is even doing well with a higher rank account than me who brought him here, the thing is it’s a matter of willingness and ready to learn some people are not even worth to be in the crypto space to start with so you meet such people it will be difficult to put them on the line.

That's very correct brother, I don't think anyone can make it here and I say this prior to the level of seriousness and willingness that person has to learn because most person are lazy and don't want to do anything that will actually stress them and that's why they feel this place is certainly a no no to them. Like you, I actually brought someone to learn and also maybe enjoy the privileges that the forum present but due to pride and so many unmentionable character the person actually quite along the  way and gave up and since I have been very reluctant even if someone says he has developed interest in Bitcoin.

I haven’t brought someone to this forum yet, but I have the plan to do so. To be sincere, not everyone is ready to learn more, and most people find it hard to learn when they discover that others are gaining some token in the signature campaign. That is when they will start doing the best they can in order to get merit, rank up, and enrol in the signature campaign, which is not the main aim of their coming here.

Apparently, explaining bitcoin itself and the bitcointalk forum to someone who knows nothing about it is one of the toughest and hardest projects to embark on because you are not in a position to persuade them or encourage them to join. You are just going to explain the usefulness of it, which comprises the positive and negative aspects of bitcoin. Most people tend to have poor passive knowledge of understanding things, especially when it comes to crypto aspects, where they view all cryptocurrencies as scams. That is what most people find hard to understand. That is why sometimes explaining cryptocurrency to others is very hard.

But I also have a plan to do so. Definitely, I will also go on my own project to see if I will be able to educate some people about bitcoin and bitcoin talk itself. I pray it will be successful, even though I know that it will be one of the toughest projects to go on.

I never actually shill crypto, so I don't know. But I always mention this forum whenever anyone ask me about crypto. And believe it or not, there are many people out there that have known crypto for a while, and have invested their money on Bitcoin and other altcoins that still has no idea about this forum.

Back in 2017, when I search about Bitcoin, Bitcointalk is on the first page of google search, but nowadays there are a lot of internet site that talked about crypto and Bitcoin, and maybe those site are appears first, on the top google search, not Bitcointalk anymore.

I always wanted myself to be private. There are a few people who personally knew that I have a portfolio in crypto. And when they tried to ask me for more bitcoin and crypto information, that was the time I told them to visit bitcointalk and if possible to open an account in order for them to ask more questions and interact with the crypto community. I also told them that the forum was originally founded by the founder of bitcoin itself and that known crypto personalities such as Vitalk Buterin, were here. But that is all. I have no plans to suddenly approach strangers or even friends to open an account in this forum.

Waiting is better than inviting, not necessarily the people invited to join the Bitcointalk Forum are interested in Bitcoin, but people who want to learn everything related to Bitcoin will ask for advice to introduce them to forums that can give them broad insight regarding Bitcoin. Every day there is always something coming and going from the forum, those who are serious about learning about Bitcoin will try to learn all the knowledge to broaden their horizons. Those who feel tired or think Bitcoin is complicated and strict will choose to stop and leave the forum. No need to bother introducing Bitcoin and this forum to as many people as possible. Someone who wants to learn about Bitcoin will come to you to ask for help.

I never had experienced this challenge because I don’t have plans to attract people as well in the forum. Although I believe this forum is an amazing one, but it’s not that I don’t want others to get to know this forum, but if they really want to become knowledgeable about bitcoin and the crypto space, then they should work on it and do their due diligence to research on where to get reliable information about bitcoin.

However, I can always recommend bitcointalk forum to the people who are interested in getting to know bitcoin but it only ends there. They should be responsible enough to educate theirselves if they really are determined to acquire knowledge about bitcoin and the whole crypto space.

yes of course, I even invited my little brother to join this forum, the first day it was successful and then her account was never opened again until now, I asked why? he answered that he didn't know where to start, there was too much this and that, he explained with lots of complaints. in the end he left, even though I had explained in as much detail as possible but that was what happened. Joining this forum should be of your own volition and high motivation, so if it's just an invitation without motivation, be like my little brother.

Honestly, I take my privacy very seriously, and on that note I don't want friends or colleagues to know that I've crypto assets. Whenever a discussion about cryptocurrency comes up, I rarely participate because I don't want to raise an eyebrow that I've some crypto stach. However, some of the rookie mistakes I do see online makes me feel compelled to introduce two friends to the forum since they're also interested in cryptocurrency. I've not heard any response from them, so take it that they're not interested.

Why do you need to tell everyone about the forum? I don't talk about crypto or about this forum with non-crypto people because I see how hard it is to convince a non-crypto person about crypto. When they heard about crypto, they started calling it a scam and when they saw the forum they gave disappointed feedback about the forum appearances. People used to use platforms like twitter, facebook where they saw a nice UI so these people don't feel comfortable using this basic UI system.

Why would you do that ? i mean, this forum is for the crypto related people and those people don't need anyone to bring them to this forum and the other people, i mean the people who don't embrace crypto, why wound they come here if they don't recognize crypto and bitcoin yet. Btw this forum is a need for the crypto users and it is useless for non crypto users.

Oh, you noticed it too? I thought this site not popping up on search like before was from my side and how I was searching. Now I know better. It may even get worse with time and dwindle further out of high visibility especially now that members of our community are porting to a sister forum. Soon, the sister forum will begin to get more views and that will increase its search presence and score (or whatever it's called). I came across this forum (BTT) with ease in 2017 through a search engine.

My journey towards the Bitcointalk in 2016 where I was in the search of online earning opportunity. In this years I created accounts in many websites but I gives up and then I start proper work after some years. I learned a lot here especially from local membera who guide me well. It is not easy for complete newbies to follow all rules and most of them even don't know the real purpose of this Forum.

As far as attracting new members so I think our strategy should be change for every person. Some people just want to earn by doing various task so we can introduce them bounty section, similarly some members are fond of knowledge ,some people work to trade so we can introduce Bitcointalk according to everyone mindset. Local board can play a good role for this purpose where one can start from here and the gradually he will learn and understand the BTT forum

In my case, I have a very close friend who used to post here (I convinced him to come here) back in 2017-2018. Merit system discouraged him and stopped posting (he was about to rank up when the new policy came into force). In fact, it also happened to me, at a lower degree.

I've been recently insisting him to come back, but he works many hours and the little time he has left he needs to rest, apart from the fact that here in Spain people don't often communicate in English so his level is quite low, which makes it even harder for him to participate in any discussions here apart from the ones held in our local board.

As for your first visit to the forum, that is how things work here. No one will tell me that this is their first time here and that they find it so easy; those who claim otherwise must have heard about it or experienced it themselves. Without patience, you will never be able to accomplish anything in this life. I was first introduced to this forum by someone I believe in, so I never give up, even though there was a period when things weren't going well and I thought I might as well give up. However, because I have patience and hope for the forum, I am still here today, participating in discussions, sharing ideas, and learning more about it.

Regarding introducing people to the forum, I truly struggle with doing so because many of the people I have introduced have left because they couldn't stand it and I didn't hold it against them. A small percentage of people still believe in this forum, but many of the people I introduced have left. I have made it clear that I won't introduce anyone to the forum again unless they approach me and ask me to do so because doing so without their request is like wasting my time, and some may assume you are going to scam them.

Merit system expose lazy people and their intention since they will not last long here since they might find it hard and state a lot of reason then quit. This will mean that this forum is for those people who can spend a lot of time researching a lot and can able to provide good interaction to other people since if they could just able to get a knowledge first and stop focusing on the benefits for sure they will not get frustrated and rather they might spend time to discuss a lot of things about crypto.

Working hours is not actually a reason for people to stop using this forum since if they are really interested to partake or spend time here for sure they find ways to spend some minutes to know how the forum works and go participate in the discussions tackled up by people in this platform.

You won't know the benefits of keeping silence on some things until you find yourself hooked in wrong places or people. Before now, I had this attitude of wanting to talk to persons around me I perceive to be smart about bitcoin and the benefits but it started to turn upside down. differently from what and how i expected it will go. Did you know I had some persons around me nicknaming me bitcoin man.
Aside the security threat that can have on me when strangers hear someone calling me such name I also felt embarrassed, and somehow I had restrain from talking about it except it's with someone that's already into bitcoin. The brainwash is that when people hear you're into bitcoin they quick assume you must be swimming in too much money and may decide to mark you for attack. Staying low is safer and better.  Let them make use of the internet

Well, I don't know you but if I only had 3 hours a day to have dinner and spend little time with my family before going to bed, I think that I would also prefer to spend that time with them instead of researching and posting in this or any other forum.

You're right: lazy people have no room here; but there are other reasons too for not being here, apart from laziness.

It's no one's responsibility to bring more users to bitcointalk, but I tend to prefer introducing them to bitcoin. If they are interested in bitcoin and feel it is important to discuss, then I can recommend them to come to this forum. There is a difference between being interested in bitcoin discussions and being interested in the opportunity to make money on the bitcointalk, usually the motivation is different.

There is no specific invitation and I am not willing to introduce bitcointalk specifically to random people without any basic interest in bitcoin. For me, this is not a challenge, nor a responsibility.

Personally, I never bring people to this forum first. Because after all, I will not be able to guarantee how and what can be produced from here. Because most of those who ask about this forum are sure to have heard or know that you can make money from here. So several times I heard that they wanted to come here and wanted to get money quickly, and strangely enough, I had time to think about many things from here. It's as if that is what they really think about and is the main goal for being here, namely to have a lot of income easily.
That's why, if anyone really wants to enter and join this forum, I always invite them to learn about anything here, not immediately focus on the income they can get. What you are fighting for and what your efforts are here will determine the results you can get here. And of course, never promise big results by joining this forum.

Honestly no. Because I don’t set any goals to bring people closer to the forum or to invest in bitcoin. Let them discover on their own. Because if they really aim to make big changes in their lives, they will find their way to the forum or to make themselves acquainted with bitcoin. Otherwise, pushing them or convincing them into what I think is right might only lead to blame me in the future when everything does not work as planned, so I just let the people around find its way to this forum or to bitcoin.

Well, you can’t expect that people will always agree on what you think is right. We have different opinions and ideas, and what suits and best for us may not what it seems right for them. That’s the reason why I don’t have plans to bring the people I’ve known to learn about the forum. Although I can always help them with that if they ask me to help them, but taking so much of my time to invest for their knowledge, probably that’s not me anymore.

For me Except someone really ask you about it and want to learn there's no need of being Evangelist on it. I saw my friend on this platform doing well, it motivated me to join. I know it'll take but i already prepared myself for it.

I haven’t really had such challenges and I’m not really sure what part exactly where you find it challenging. However, why don’t you just lead them here and let the other forum members help too? We always have newbies who are lost or who don’t know their way around the platform and if they make a post asking for help, they get a lot of response. So I think you can tell them about the platform and leave the rest to the goodwill of the other forum members. What do you think?

Learning the forum takes a lot of patience from reading and studying the forum, so if you are not a reader and has no motivation to learn, you will definitely not last longer in the forum. This is why I don’t beg for people to get to know the forum, because if they really are interested to learn, then they will do on their own willingness to learn.

However, I used to do this before introducing bitcointalk to the close people I’ve known but it never worked out since a lot of them don’t have spare time to learn and read the forum, in short they’re not interested on what’s they’re going to benefit from the forum.

I think the best approach is only to inform them about bitcoin or the forum. But if they consult you, the best way to spur any individual is to show your statement of comprehensive income from the forum.
Like a post I came across yesterday in BEGINNERS AND HELP BOARD where someone was testifying about the best profit he had made in bitcoin citing where he invested $100 and in two days time he gained profit of $80.  Testimonies like can trigger anybody. As for the forum, my boss used to make weekly withdrawals before me and he is living upto expectation that was what made me to consult him though he did not tell me, that time matters, that it is not a get rich quick scheme.

It is said that it is difficult depending on who you invite. I once invited someone who didn't have any knowledge about crypto and he thought this was just a forum that didn't produce anything, especially with a merit system, there was nothing that could be done. after that I never invited anyone to this forum, those who come and ask certainly know how this forum provides income. But in the end it will only be a temporary visit and disappear.

Not easy bringing some one to the forum and introduce them how to more close understand with bitcoin, back to 2017 ever bring some people in this forum and right now there are not any one keep here before losing opportunity without earn much profitable yet when joining with forum. Actually don't ask them for joining the forum but prefer waiting who of them are interested to know with bitcoin trough this forum and easily bring them keep stay here until become success.

I tried many best approach to talk some one with forum and benefit get later actually after has knowledge with bitcoin will b easy earn profitable and make forum as part time job as source income. Many of them lack patience when one month nothing good progress will leaves forum and try to other way just in short time only. If you have decision bring some one to the forum better waiting their own self motivation not our recommended.

I don’t tell other people that I’m actually into bitcoin or any crypto investment and I don’t feel that I am responsible to bring other people into the forum. I don’t mean to sound greedy but I just want to avoid future complications when they start trusting the forum and invest in bitcoin and then suddenly lose from it, so most probably I will be held responsible for that if ever.

I am a private person and just want to deal things on my own, but I have big plans in the future, that’s when I’ll make massive profits in bitcoin, and help those unfortunate people around.

Just take it one step at a time. Start with a simple explanation about crypto that catches their interest. Tell them about your journey, the roller coaster ride of highs and lows you've had with Bitcoin. Then prepare a trust list for them like this forum, twitter, reddit, etc. Yes, it seems like a lot and it's not going to be instant. But I'm telling you, when you tell him about crypto risks of crypto investment and this is important.

I think a lot of people are profit-oriented. Forums that can make money are also attractive. But we have to remember that many people want to make a quick profit. That can't happen on this forum. There is a process to go through, most people don't want to go through this process. So many of them give up before the fight. They even think that working here for Bounty is just an uncertain job. Some say it's better for SIgcam, but reaching the minimum requirements is very difficult.

To make it easier for you to invite other people, you must have a strong marketing spirit and be equipped with all the evidence of your success so far so that the people you invite are interested in Bitcoin and also this forum. Have you ever thought that your invitation could have fatal consequences for you in the future? What this means is that not everyone you invite will have positive thoughts by trying to learn and trying to overcome all challenges before reaching a level of success. Of course, some of the people you invite prefer to get something instantly, they will take advantage of your friendliness and kindness to take the assets you have.

Choosing to be anonymous is better in my opinion, just teach people who want to gain knowledge from you, direct them to this space so they can understand more broadly everything related to Bitcoin. This method won't be a hassle because you don't have the moral burden of teaching them more than you can.

Bitcoin is no more something we have to sit people and start giving tutorial on based on its popularity and the internet makes it simple that serious people that have heard about the word bitcoin will on their own make use of the internet to do their own research through which a number of the questions the person/people might punch in will lead them to bitcointalk forum for answers, and that's a self discovery for them.
You don't have to preach to people if you don't want to in the avoidance of blames should things out of their own mistakes and greed goes wrong leading them to a financial.

I don't have any hard time bringing people into the forum, the only thing I find tiring is that people find it difficult to join the forum all because they feel the forum is time-consuming, and no financial gain is given to them, other than reading and posting. They want something else to join and start earning immediately rather than joining a forum to read and post only.

Are we talking about the same forum? Last time I checked, signature campaigns and bounties were still available for members to participate in. I agree with some of the things what you said but the financial gain part. Newbies are motivated to join bitcointalk mostly because of the potential of earning bitcoins through campaigns/bounties. They only give up when they discover how difficult it is to get merits and reach the rank where they can start making money from their accounts.

I agree. We don't need to force people to join to the forum, it is their own right. Joining the forum must be based on own intention, it is the same as investing in Bitcoin or altcoins. We know that investing also shouldn't be caused by compulsion. It is just for people who believe in crypto and who understands the potential of crypto investment in the future.

They may get a mislead information, fail in investment, fail in trading, or have bad experience in the forum. They probably will blame us if we invite/force them joining the forum. However, if we only share the information about forum, it is no problem at all. We can tell the people that we just share information, if they want to join they must do with their own risks.

Yes I have also experienced that. Teaching a person about the forum isn’t hard, but when you start telling them that in order to gain profits, you have to rank up and earn merits, that’s when they start losing the interest and eventually leave the forum. For them, that’s kinda pressuring them when it’s not actually. So I decided from then on not to introduced the forum again to my friends as they don’t last anyway.

If they are really eager to learn, they will find ways and make extensive research to fulfill their eagerness. And it’s not that they will rely to someone else to get free education.

I don't get it when people say they find it difficult to browse through the forum or to introduce people to the forum. There is no workloads here, this is just a forum like other forum on the internet, if you have informed them about the vital rules of the forum which is not to plagiarised the works of others you don't have a problem on the forum. When the forum becomes difficult is when you promise the people that you're introducing to the forum, as a place to come and earn Bitcoin then they beginning to find it difficult as their intentions aren't genuine anymore but are all monetary influenced.

I have introduced many people to the forum and their orientation has resolved around the forum being a place to come and learn about Bitcoin especially then stay updated with cryptocurrency and they don't find it difficult to engage the forum. Anybody coming to the forum to learn won't find it difficult here. After they have learnt then they can start impacting the knowledge they have received to other coming at their behind and they'll be rewarded with merits for their contributions to the forum.

The forum don't need you to introduced new members, just like Bitcoin, the forum gets new users constantly on its own so when you can't bring new users don't force the forum on anyone or you'll be introducing more spammers than quality posters.

You see, these are one of the reasons why many new newbies here are not following up the way others are because they lack the legit understanding about Bitcoin and the forum it self.
If you want to tell people about the forum you just have to make sure they know what to do and not teach them and domp them half way because they will not understand and that's why many newbies bare being tagged for posting trash.
But it's good to tell and teach people about Bitcoin as Bitcoin is now the talk of the day in various places. As you wanted to teach people about Bitcoin and the forum you just have to make sure they get the point and never keep them behind, so to do all this just make sure to keep spare time to teach them so that they can understand.

I admit that was my goal before to bring this forum closer to the people I know so that they can also experienced the good things about it and benefit on it in the future. But when I started doing it, I realized it’s not that easy to make it happen since they will have something to say and eventually question the potentials of bitcoin and this forum so I started backing off. Instead of believing in bitcoin, they are trying to attack bitcoin instead. So that’s when I think it’s best to keep this forum to myself and just let other people witness how I prosper in life.

Relate on this and you will just feel bad about it since your intention is pure to give them opportunity to change their lives but they question you as it likes you are doing harmful to them or promoting something suspicious that's why I let go of it and decide to let people discover it and continue what I am doing. Since I find it a waste of time and effort for directing or telling this forum to wrong person and its better to focus on my personal growth since this is more worthy of my time.

But if there's someone ask about this I will still glad to answer them but will tell then the basic things they need to know and its up for them to discover the rest since that's how we can determine if they are really interested and can last long since if they quit then we already know that they are not worth to teach about bitcoin and how they can gain opportunity in this platform.

Basically there is no obligation for us to direct beginners to enter the forum and there are many things that might limit people from getting involved in it. In general, we come to the forum only to look for more profit than a permanent job in the real world because the forum provides a sigcamp that can make money. But if we want to progress, we are also required to understand more things when we are involved in discussions because without us realizing it. Apart from placing the forum as a place to learn more about crypto and this industry, it also has a big influence on our life journey if used properly.

I had some newbies I didn't know directly message me through the forums and they asked me how to rank up. I try to direct them through a general path where they have to be focused, consistent and as active as possible in the forum to learn many things. So that at the right time they will understand how the forum works and what they want can be achieved in the right way.

I don't struggle with bringing new people to the forum because I am not trying to do it. New generations aren't interested in a forum culture. For every 10 people that leave Bitcointalk, I doubt we even get 1 person that signs up with an intention to stay here long-term. Throughout the years, we have seen many newbies that find the forum based on google suggestions of their Bitcoin-related problems or some other recommendations. They sign up, request help, and leave shortly after they have received what they needed. Sadly, that's how many people view forums - a place for troubleshooting different problems. You have to realize that we (the active forum folks), are a minority.   

The mindset that always wants to be instant without trying is the mindset of lazy people, many newbies say that earning money on forums is currently very difficult because of the merit regulations which only benefit senior or high ranking users. even though in the beginning we were all the same, we both started as Newbies and it took a long process. It is not easy to take part in the signature campaign because there are many requirements that must be fulfilled, especially being an active member in the forum with quite good activity.

I have not even had this thought or tried  onboarding users to the forum as  this as an element of technology interests and boarders around privacy..

But I believe if I can find the forum then others who share the same interests as me(us) will for sure find this place...

And the fact that this place is a place as other companies of different industries such as gambling, bounties etc I think one way or another this place is easy to find if you are out to find something the forum harbors...

 

That's how it has always been, but ~15-20 years ago (which was imho golden age of internet forums) retention was much higher because people didn't have much options like they do nowadays. But yeah, those of us who prefer forums are a dying breed.

As for me, I tried to talk few good irl friends into coming back to forum or registering for the first time. Those who used to be active didn't want to come back as in their opinion bitcointalk became one big signature campaign circlejerk, while those who didn't register before checked it out a bit and concluded that nothing important happens here and instead they are focus mainly on Twitter and Telegram. In the end I gave up and I don't mention bitcointalk to anyone.

Bringing people from another platform to a completely new platform suddenly can be a challenge . Effective strategies such as marketing campaigns, creating engaging content and leveraging social media can help increase engagement and attract new users . Moreover, understanding the needs and interests of users about the features of Bitcoin and other coins can contribute to the growth of the forum .

The new TikTok-brain generations don't have the attention span to participate in a forum discussion. That's also something worth taking into consideration. They didn't grow up with a resource of information where you had to read 20-30 posts from other people before engaging normally. They don't want to do that. Their interests lie in short content with small amounts of text where a tweet is the perfect length. Attention-grabbing headlines, a few pictures or a video and that's it.

Even though the agenda is good you cannot please every time the people to adopt the use of Bitcoin, you are just wasting your time, just make an introduction to them to the people who caught their attention with the crypto or Bitcoin itself you entertain only those not everyone would like to adopt the bitcoin and would like to know to those things who doesn't help too much to their current status of living. Also, forums always have visitors who will create an account, ask a question about how to earn in Bitcoin and then vanish and seem like never been here.

Sure, it is good to tell people about Bitcoin because it is a good investment that brings huge profit if you understand all the strategies. if you said you won't tell your close ones about bitcoin that means you only want to be getting profit, and you too is someone that introduces it to you and you understand it and started investing and benefiting from it, but I think some people that don't like to introduce bitcoin is because they aren't serious about it, and they will like you should do everything for them. The forum is the finest to know more about bitcoin because everyday they discuss different thing that can benefit you and your investment and not everyone can enjoy investment in crypto, some people have not believe that bitcoin is real and they will never succeed on bitcoin and such people you can't West your time with them.

I have not on my own tried to bring someone ,but I have this very close friend that has been disturbing me about joining the forum for quite a long time now, that he would like to learn things about Bitcoin and start investing because he has met me in the house with my PC doing market analysis on Bitcoin, and he was curious to know, but I purposely kept adamant to his request to actually know how serious he is in learning, because I hate teaching or introducing things to unserious people or people that won't value what you teach them, and ain the end it becomes a waste of time and energy.

You did well by trying to bring new people to the forum, but then I will definitely not think of that, because of the kind of people I have around me, and what their mindset is about cryptocurrency many of them, just want quick income, like brunt 2 to get 10 which most times ended up as scams.

This mindset has erased their belief aspirations about the subject matter, this is why many will choose those schemes that are not truly Bitcoin, the inability to build the needed knowledge has affected them a lot so talking them into picking interest in a forum is not attractive to them.

I don't usually share about Bitcoin and Bitcointalk among people but I shared this forum as well as Bitcoin, with some of my friends, and that was years ago. And it will complex when they come here and try to find out their answers about cryptocurrency. That's why i personally told them and explain them about Bitcoin and this forum. Thus they gradually know what is Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and what is Bitcointalk, and how we discussed here and help each others if need.

If they don't have the basics about Blokchain or Crypto, I think it takes more effort. It must be interesting that this forum can make money. But based on my experience, they won't be able to last long. Especially after the new rules regarding awards to support the conditions that campaign managers want. But the earnest person then he will succeed. Luckily I can be one of them and I can be lucky to survive until now. So it all depends on each user how they struggle.

It is nice to speculate about Bitcoin because it is also as means of introducing the technology to others just as various ways by which we learnt about the Bitcoin as well as getting to know about the Bitcointalk platform. So, it is also how individuals attentions can be drawn and decides on their interests in the development.

Meanwhile... Op, I hope you don't have to take out of curiosity and get yourself exposed to dangers definitely unknowingly while trying to help the contribute to the welfares with the people by through the testimonies of way you have acquired and learnt about Bitcon.

We know how some people want to take the shortcut to success by having one of those evil thoughts of stealing in one way or the other from those who had earnestly laboured for what they have achieved today.
There are actually some ingrates thinking otherwise on how to hurt persons on a relative journey as you at this course of trying to o help them out.

Don't take it personal and compulsory that you must bring in those of your interested persons into the system and be assured that if their Interests are not there, you are either wasting your valuable times or it will end up having you to be blamed for any action of lost.

While you are to introduce them to the forum, you must earlier in let them know that learning about Bitcoin through the Bitcointalk platform is basically on reading so they don't expect visual or vocal classes of learning.
There are literally lot of people who dislike learning and such is not on the good track to be here unless as time goes they can adopt reading else they would just go blind hovering all around the forum and leaves without pointed stuff to had achieved.
You also don't have to hide the stress and risky side of the forum and the Bitcoin industry itself to them and there, you will always find true interested persons. They are usually without excuses but taking their endivoirs to actions.

I don't bring Bitcointalk whenever time I assemble with my friends, reason is because they always see it the other way round, whenever time they are talking about bitcoin I always keep quiet and pretend like I don't even know what bitcoin is all about, because most people once you just tell them about bitcoin investment they won't even bother to know more about it, they will just jump into making investment, and once they lose they are going to hold you responsible, that you're the cause of their lost, that you shouldn't have introduce bitcoin to them in the first place, that is why I always avoid it.

The rules of this forum are different and here you can't run any kind of fraud but mostly newbies get involved in wrongdoing in the beginning. Because they might have come to know about the vitality of this forum from someone. But there are many people who come here just to earn money because of which they break the rules without knowing about the rules and regulations found here. However i have also worked with you in mind which is why i am now a successful crypto user and follower of this forum.

Same with mine as well. I don’t face this kind of pressure since I don’t even announce to my friends that I’m getting acquainted with bitcoin, so they’ll have no clue to ask me all about bitcoin or the crypto space. However, if someone will approach me trying to know about bitcoin, I can still be helpful to him but I won’t give him guarantees about sustainable earnings in bitcoin. And lastly, I’ll just suggest him to do his own diligence to make a good research, that way he’ll learn more all by himself.

Certainly, it's a very nice idea. Inviting someone to join you in achieving what you are also having. this means you are a very good sumeritan . But it depends on the nature of the person you are inviting. When the person isn't ready to spend his time online, maybe the person is someone that is a very busy person, you know, it will not go well. He will only be looking for one or two excuses. But if he's ready to do all what he or she is suppose to do, it will be more easier for you that invite him. the person has to be given the orientation on what forum is. The person will also be able to exercise patience and endurance. You have to also be careful and make sure you understand the person you are inviting.


Although that is the best thing to do, but when you try to motivate someone in to doing something that you think would be beneficial, and the person seems not interested, then the best thing that you will do is to Walk away. Live your life the way you are, and let others live theirs, the way they are and you have peace and rest of mind.
Forum is not as easy as someone might think of it. Since it involves a lot of things like reading, writing and posting which can't be done by an ordinary person.

There is nothing wrong with referring people to the forum because they will join, if they like it, they stay, and if they don't, they leave, you won't have any problems or obligations or anything, but when you suggest Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies to people, you need to understand that their profit and loss will be your responsibility, which means that if they get profit, you might get some praise for them and some appreciation, but if they lose money in it, you will need to face the blames for it.

For me, I don't do any of the two. I don't want to force anyone to do anything, if someone asks me about a place where they can learn about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies and everything in general about this industry, that is when I might suggest this forum to them, but I wouldn't do it myself.

Is money involved when bringing people to this forum? The last time I checked no such thing exists so why should someone go through a hard time bringing people to the forum when it is not a referrer thing?

I have introduced this forum to a few people, it doesn't take them a whole year before they decide to stop using the forum, it seems they believe this forum is a blank check and that's how I knew that crypto isn't for everybody.

See, not all those who are looking for money will embrace crypto, for some it will be too complex to accept, they are better off doing something else to make money, some people just want the bag of money the easy way, they don't want to stress themselves for anything.

I don't go to school anymore but I have some friends who are capable of learning fast when it comes to computer matters that's why I told them about this community, they are here and reading some posts that are related to what they want to learn about crypto. In their first days, they read a lot and learn new things every day until they become investors themselves with the money they can afford to lose. in fact, they even get the first decent profit from bitcoins earlier than me because they know where to get some money while the opportunity of buying low still there, I'm a little bit too late for that but the good thing is, we were successful in our investments, with that, I don't need to worry about getting any blames since they can take care of themselves.

I have experienced similar situations where I had either invited people to the forum or just shown the forum to them and they never showed any interest. Some would say they don't understand anything, some say they get a headache when surfing the forum because they don't know what they are doing. The reason behind this is obvious, this forum isn't some social media platform such as Facebook or Instagram where people can see images and visuals and have interactive buttons and stuff, so when they see just texts and texts everywhere and barely any images, etc., they get tired and bored.

Only those who understand the importance of this forum will stay and others will leave even if you try and explain everything to them because as I said, they wouldn't like it here because there is nothing fancy for them to see or watch. People like us who have always loved Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies would find this to be the best place to be whenever we are free.

If I would introduce bitcoin and Bitcointalk forum to a friend of mine,first I would examine the person if he/she has an interest in tech stuff, because learning is the mindset.If the person's mindset is not built on learning about bitcoin that's the first stage that discourages me on introducing bitcoin and this forum to my friends.
Lots of newbies who registered an account on Bitcointalk forum are no longer active all because they couldn't abide to the rules and regulations of the forum.And failure to learn and make contributions on quality post can also discourage a newbie since low quality posts are not merited.Before introducing this forum or bitcoin to any person it could be your friend,you should be security concoius because you don't know the intention of the person.
In addition if I would want to introduce this forum to a friend I will tell the person to read more, contribute less and make quality posts.It is said when your in Rome act like a Roman so every newly registered persons should adapt with other members in this forum.

When I started bitcointalk,I wasn't thought much,they told me what to do,show me how it works and I started making posts perfectly in this forum without stress.I know it might look hard trying to tell other person's,but I know I haven't told anybody about it,reason being that I want them to ask me what I do before I start telling them before they will blame me that they didn't make money quick here.One just needs to be careful in other not to enter trouble.

The forum is not some random ponzi schemes where you bother and tries to convince people to join, I know it's not easy but the best results comes with consistency, discipline and diligent efforts. Everyone is here to grow and become well-known om forum, we do our very best. Bitcointalk is not difficult as it seems right? For me, it was simple when I started and with my help of my close friend, everything was made easier because he leisure me on how to use the system and today I'm at my peak on forum.

Actually there's nothing wrong with bringing people in this forum, but one thing about me I don't like forcing someone to do something that he don't even intend to do in the first place. except the person work up to me to seek for help from me that's when I can only teach you about how it works, so that should in case of anything i won't be hold responsible for that. because most people after introducing them into something probably they can go with it the wrong way, at this point people will keep blaming you for that.

It's not even a year since I came to the forum, I'm still learning more this forum, I haven't made any kind of effort with anyone to get to know Bitcointalk forums so far. I first came to know about this forum through one of my brothers. Although I have talked  to several people about Bitcoin investing, and they have expressed interest. If they ask me a lot to learn about bitcoin or other coins then I can talk about and definitely tell them to join the forum.

Bitcoin forum is one of the best place to gian knowledge about Bitcoin, and having multiple members of the forum sharing they own idea and knowledge about a topic make reading fun for the one that ask the question, and what make Bitcointalk better than any other place for discussing Bitcoin related topics is the fact that wrong idea can't be shared that will be acceptable, the moment anyone spot the wrong comment it get reported to moderator for delation.

Unlike some other place like blogs where the writers have every opportunity to spread wrong message unchecked.

For anyone that like Bitcoin, coming to the forum or getting introduced to the forum won't be a hard job for them, but those that lack motivation about Bitcoin will fine the forum hard to adapt to easily.

You are totally right, and it's not everyone who will know about Bitcoin ( in my opinion though) and also some people can't understand the concept of it even if they are being taught night and day.

And I don't think everyone has to do Bitcoin or crypto, that is why we have other careers or profession for other people to who can't do crypto.

So for me as well, I don't think it's advisable to force or stress myself to bring anyone into this forum, and to some who knows that I'm into it and are interested to learn, I will also gladly teach but trying to make it a mandatory thing for them to be a part of this forum, I can't.

You are absolutely right because going around to tell people to join Bitcoin it looks some how for me because there is no how that you would convince them to joined, because although you we see doing that we make you to waist your time at the end of the day because they always feel that this one that you are disturbing them to joined like this that may be if they should joined that at the end that you are going to earn money from there head.

It take a long time before people will believe that you are teaching them what will profit them in this forum ,which is what I went through before I understood BTC and crypto business very well in the forum and it has helped me to improve in quality post.

Since I discovered so many important things in this Bitcointalk.org forum, i began to see some signature campaign and bounty campaign that can turn users to millionaires, i quickly quit some things that is making me busy not to be active in the forum.

Whenever I see the person that introduced me to this forum, I used to appreciate her for impacted me with BTC and crypto and also make me to  be part of the best forum in the whole world, and once BTC and crypto is unbanned in my country, I will surely introduce people to this forum to know more about BTC and crypto.

So far I have only introduced this forum to the people closest to me and the majority of them do not have a strong interest in contributing to this forum, perhaps because they are busy in the real world. btw, this forum experienced a surge in visitors when bounty campaigns became more popular around 2017 to 2019, after the number of scam campaigns increased, slowly many people withdrew and were no longer active, the last time I noticed the advertisement after the campaign was banned, more and more members had good reputation is slowly leaving this forum, how come the ones who survive in this forum are those who truly feel that this has become their second home.

The people I have met these days have been more interested in physical job and pay and nothing to do with cryptocurrency, they say.
The reality is that what anyone believes in, will actually work in their favor and having to make someone believe in this forum will mean they have come to show interest in cryptocurrency, mostly bitcoin and that they are closer, as in more intimate or share blood bond for them to trust one enough to believe in the currency that is digital and not physical.
Our success in this forum with the way we show our understanding when it comes to cryptocurrency will do more to advertise this forum because people always want to know the true source of ones knowledge on a subject matter, mostly as it concerns a future currency that is gaining ground already.