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As a newbie here on bitcointalk, there is need to apply all cautions to protect your motivations because if you lose your motivation you lose focus and forum will become boring for you at a point so to avoid getting to that worst stage of your forum journey you need to have a few things at the back of your mind.


1: don't think that other forum members don't like you simply because of the approach and responds to your contributions, you need to develop a thick skin and also learn the hard way to become hard yourself.


2: avoid getting into discussions you know nothing about, it better you read others comments instead of writing low quality comments that could attract unfair response to your comments because that also will born out your interest.


3: don't invest in any projects or offers that seems too good and high profits, no free lunch any where not even in free town.


4: respect others and be polite to all forum members high rank and newbie's inclusive.


5: avoid getting involved in forum politics and never take side for any reason, if you must comments on such threads, you have to do so with discretion and stand only for the truth.


Alot more ways that I personally think can help a newbie to remain motivated and free here in the forum.

They, newbies, are welcome and if they are actual newbies, they will not create topics to teach other newbies. Many topics created by newbies to ask repeated questions and it's boring with me to read it. It is inorganic style because they can easily get answers with sticky threads.

By creating suspicious topics, they make other members think that those newbies are not newbies at all.

The advice is simple. If you are newbies, you react exactly like newbies and forum members will more welcome such new members rather than suspicious ones.

This advice is also good but I see it more not to pertain to this forum in my opinion. But I want to ask a question which could be the reason you included it if your answer is yes. Do you think newbie success in investment can also help them to stay active on this forum is they are having profit in it? As for what I think, I guess it is no. But the advice is also good.

One of the most important things is the will of the heart. Maybe this can be called Motivation as well, those who try hard will still survive, of course they also have a goal. Maybe your writing is your personal experience. But every new member certainly has another experience, just like me. I knew Bitcointalk because I was a trader, but my friend told me I could learn a lot about trading here and I did that. In fact, he said that he got a bonus of gaining trust in the Signature Campaign after participating well in the forum. Of course, conditions like this can provide more motivation, luck will come to you if you are serious. If you are serious about the forum then you can see great seniors here, they have many advantages from this forum.

This should be advice for not just newbies but for everybody on the forum. It doesn't make sense to comment on what you have no idea about. This is one reason that leads people to use AI-generated content and post. It's not compulsory everybody must take part in a particular discussion, if you don't have anything to say in that discussion, just read and move on.


I believe if newbies make profit from projects on the forum, then they'll stay, but I don't believe newbies can make a profit out of investing in different projects because they don't have the knowledge and experience yet to pick out the right project to invest in so what they do is gamble. And in an industry where there are more bad projects than good projects, you know what their odds are.

All the points that are in the OP are duely noted and I agree that newbies that wants to learn from experienced members should humble themselves in the forum to be able to fully take advantage of tapping from the knowledge and experiences of established members. I've been able to learn a lot about cryptocurrency since joining this forum, both perticipating in discussions and just browsing through them, it's not necessary for a newbie to join in a discussion that they know nothing about, this is where they get a lot of backlash and it can kill their motivation to learn and continue in the forum. What I can add is that newbies should not expect to be babyfed in the forum by experienced members, they should also research in and outside the forum to increase their knowledge, then ask meaningful questions in the areas where they don't understand.

Forum members will not hate them if they state pure facts and never lie on information they want to discuss. If they are honest for sure they will be corrected and guided to right actions needed to do.


They need to avoid this and much better if they are interested with the topic then read how people approach and post something related to the topic discuss then do research since for that they can help their self to learn and by next time for sure they can contribute good points on the topic.


They just need to remember that If its good to be true its not true then for sure they can avoid those possible scams.


Respect earned and if they want to be respected by other people they need to show that they are worthy for that, also they have good sense especially if they are participating on good discussions.



If they don't want to have enemy stay low key and focus on your investment since this is more better than participating on any heated arguments to anyone.

I quit agree with you on the fact that some newbies are not actually newbies, and those can be easily sported from the way they write and their wealth of expression of experience most especially how they know so well about the forum, because a core newbies have alot of limitations and bankruptcy of experience about forum related topics.


While I was growing here in the forum I encountered alot of corrections that have helped shape my overall knowledge about the cryptocurrency industry and the forum, but I most say that 90% of my experience comes from corrections of other forum members, whom I am appreciative for, and reason why I encourage genuine newbies to always take corrections if ever they want to grow in their knowledge.

I think more newbies end up getting eliminated from forums for this reason. they are not yet used to the atmosphere of a discussion forum. and they don't have a definite goal of what they want to search for in the forum. Maybe that's what makes them so offended because of criticism or input from several other members.

Another mistake a beginner makes is treating forums like social media in general. they don't know the forum rules properly and share plagiarized posts or even posts using AI to appear knowledgeable. That's what sometimes makes other members' responses end up criticizing harshly.

This is a good advice not only for this forum or for a discussion forum in general, but for many other organizations too. When you start in a new job, you expect that people will be patient with you because (it seems obvious) you need some time to learn. But that's not how it works and, because people see life through different lenses, you will find individuals who are too harsh with you, which can kill motivation if you are a sensitive person.

If you don't learn to overcome these situations, you won't succeed in any activities unless you are lucky enough to fall in a positive environment, which is not always possible. So yes, as a newbie here, don't let others kill your motivation, develop a thick skin and focus more on the positive interactions rather than on the negative, even if they are more salient to you.

One of the things newbies needs to enjoy the forum is patience, when their is an understanding of patience it helps one to focus well and not to be in hurry to get things so quick. Accepting corrections without seeing it as an attack will also help newbies to enjoy the forum and to grow fast. Using the search first before asking questions Will help newbies to learn fast instead of repeating same questions that have been asked in the forum several times. The habits of learning and to understanding things properly will give newbies more motivation and interest to remain in the forum.

All a newbies needs is just understanding,  when their is a better understanding of how the forum works it brings motivation all time to enjoy the forum very well.

As a newbie it's better to not read so called guide or tips regardless it's written by newbie or high ranked users.

They only need to avoid plagiarism, that's all.

They can post in any section or discussion they want, they don't have to be polite at all, saying bad words will not make you get banned or deleted by moderators, it's up to anyone. And there's no rule user need to post.

This is applicable to anyone in the forum, regardless of the user rank. Joining a discussion you don’t know anything about is just like spamming a thread, and people will see you as a spammer and will not get value on the forum. It will also be like an off-topic discussion where you will discuss something that is not related to other people's discussions, so this advice should not be only for newbies or other people. 


All this remaining one is not only for newbies, in my opinion. The fifth one, also mostly newbies, is not engaging in such a type of discussion on the forum because what they are talking about they don’t know anything about it, so I think this should be for the high-ranking members or anyone engaging in such a type of discussion on the forum. 

is there anything like forum politics here? Wow.
I thought everyone that's here just engages in discussion to the best of his knowledge and doesn't really take anything too personal or tries to know stuff about a third party? If such thing exist, how do we know that we're taking side most expecially if we're just supporting a view that's in line with what we think about the subject matter?

How will they react like newbies while they are not haha. I mean I agree with you that they create threads that are like, tips to keep in mind before trading, or how to trade, etc., etc. I mostly thread on these topics made by most of the newbies or they make threads like they are newbies and tell them how to how to behave or post on this platform. There was a time when I was replying to such threads but a time came I was fed up hehe and tried not to post on such threads a lot.

As it also affects the quality of your post as well if you keep posting on such threads although it's not that bad to post. Overall, OP has some good points in it and we all should keep them in mind especially the newbies because they are the ones mostly disappointed when they hope a lot from the forum. I suggest them to spend half of there time in there local threads as there they will come to learn more as I learned a lot from my local community.

People should not see this forum as a place where some are being restricted of some certain right of expression on how they can contribute, its nothing bad if we are having enough information about something and we take it up in bringing it here to enlighten other members regardless of our rank, but many are not found in this category, instead they engage on something that will make them portrait another image of themself to others through what they post instead of them learning to acquire more.

That's a quite useful advice for newbies because most of them fall for such traps and instead of making high profits they end up losing their investment. There's no way to earn high profits from new projects unless someone is extremely lucky, that's why I also recommend newbies to avoid getting into such projects at any cost.

That's a type of advice that applies to not only this forum but to any community because if someone doesn't respect others and talk politely with them then such people  face too much hatred. However, one should only respect those who deserve that respect because sometime there are people who aren't worthy of that respect and the ones who give them respect often get nothing at all.

However, as a gentlemen and woman a person should try his/her best to be nice with others, and even to those who may not be nice to him/her. That's a quality of a good human being and a good forum member and I believe each person should try to adopt it.

You should have added this point as well:

- Don't create threads and try to teach other newbies basic things that most probably are already posted more than once and most newbies already know them and even if they don't, you are not supposed to start topics that have already been discussed hundreds of times.

I often see newbies trying to teach other newbies, and they do this about the most basic things. There is nothing wrong with that generally, but only if they are teaching something which is new and hasn't been discussed several times already. This makes those newbies look bad and they will also be criticized because of this.

On this aspect, I think newbies should know that in dealing with matters that concern more people in a public setting like this forum, people have different approach they understand and respond to certain things. It is your own duty now not to fall for any of that which will make you lost interest or focus in what you want to achieve by coming to the forum. You have to learn to tolerate all replies and treat them in such a manner that will not displease both parties in question. When you get angry easily and always trigger back with anger, you will end up hating the forum and won’t be able to grow again like others.


This to me is a general rule and not secluded to just the newbies. When you poke your mouth into things you know nothing about or to side someone because of familiarity or some kind of interest, you’re already losing your credibility and integrity in the forum. Treat all equal and if need be to voice out, do it the right manner otherwise keep it to yourself and not cause more trouble into the discussion.

We never had issues with any newbies and I have even called out on the tenured users of this forum to be more polite towards newbie but the only humble request I have with newbie in addition to the list of pointers is please do not indulge into shill marketing or marketing scam projects.

Also, in addition to these tips above, I can add that it would be better not to message members to ask for merits or feedback. Newbies should let their successful deals, contributions posts, and topics catch the attention of high-ranking members who can appreciate their efforts without being asked. Some members may request Merits to raise the rank of one of their alternative accounts, and their contributions might be neither useful nor compliant with forum rules. Also, feedback may be requested from reputable members in the forum to exploit it, appear trustworthy, and deceive other members later.

If your account is a newbie, you should strive to build your reputation and create a record of high-quality posts. Do not kill your motivation by asking for things that might embarrass you. You must continue your progress and follow your path without looking at others. Let them be the ones who notice you.

I personally think it depends on what you come to the forum for, because that will be our biggest motivation in doing activities on the forum, curiosity, looking for other income, doing analysis, or just curious and others are the main goals of coming to the forum that will make it stay or leave.

Because if someone has a goal they will lose concern for anything that makes them uncomfortable, because here it is very anonymous members, so why have an irritation, about discussing but we don't understand but still reply, I think it doesn't matter, one day there must be someone who justifies it and he gets a lesson from it so he knows which one is right and wrong.
-Over all i agrre with you

Haha, OP that's really an approach towards a good topic, I won't say this is perfect but yup your efforts deserve to be appreciated, anyway taking anyone's comment onto your heart should be avoided, TBH having nice and sweet words all the time with everyone is not natural, sometimes when you come up writing something on any discussion according to your angry mood or anything the post can have a hard tone,

So just chill read, write, troll, have fun, and keep moving by learning good things and ignoring those rude comments, at the end of the day they are not the ones with whom you are dependent.

Honestly, there's no laid down way to engage in conversations in the forum. Using the forum in a natural way is the best way to have fun and enjoy the forum. Do not be unnecessarily loyal or an ass licker just to gain favour or earn merits. Be polite when politeness is needed, be rude when rudeness is needed and be dramatic when it demands so. There's no gain whatsoever trying to change your real self in order to be loved online.

Op got some points which newbies should follow but then not many new accounts are absolutely beginners, as such, such newbie behaviour expectations are often not found among owners of new accounts.

Ahhh, that's the attitude man, where was you why haven't I've ever interacted with you before maybe I would have but I cant remember becasue there are few ones whom I remember because I usually do respond to many quotes as a maximum of them agree on view or just add a few more words and repeat the entire thing which I've already commented.

Anyway, it will be fun discussing any other topic because I would love to check out your thoughts about different things, TBH that's the second post I've enjoyed reading today. Those who be themselves enjoy always.


Haha, I have many hidden thoughts on it anyway I won't say it but yup not many likes to read suggestions, and most people possess the attitude of superiority on any topic, such people like to show off only at no facts. Most times the topics are created to get some attention for the sake of merits, yup I've done it too haha it's a learning process, i did create some topics to get merits but at the end of the day, the unexpected merits on the topic which were supposed to be in the purpose of education are the true moment of joy. Haha, you weren't expecting any merit and you've got something unexpected that is what we call happiness and it happens you just need to be consistent.

Anyway i wont bore you anymore, this ends here stay calm, be consistent the only way to stay motivated.

There are a lot of newbies that are genuine and really newbies in real life. But there are also some that are not exact of what they are but that's fine. It's not always the rank and whatnot what's important but the genuinity that they are posessing when they create threads asking what to do and such to guide them. Everyone is welcome, and just converse naturally, there's no need for someone to be too genius in every topic that they join because you'd see everyone is just trying to contribute and real geniuses that are humble and are sharing information and guidelines to the community. Be natural.

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Of course, you are right, if we actually take this forum more serious, we will see that our efforts will not be a waste.

And also it will help us to learn more about Bitcoin and also give us more room to learn and also have the idea of crypto because being part of this forum has being of more help to us like we can eradicate poverty through this forum, only if we know what we are doing and also if we sure of what we are also doing and doing it diligently.

If we can deceive ourself, then in some cases, we may not be able to deceive others with the way of our behavior, when  you know something, then that becomes part of you and no one can take such a way from you, if you also consider the way of how you express yourself, this will be done confidently because you're sure of what you're contributing, unlike a newbies learning and trying to frame things up that he know nothing about.

Very bad reality, recently alot of newbies try to be copy cat trying to ditch out what their have not cooked, I have read in many places in this forum where newbies try to prove a point that they knowledge is bankruptcy on and any experience member can easily spot that from the way the Express themselves.

Ops may not have considered that aspect and chararistic of some too know newbies, instead taking the time to read and learn before making the posts, and when they are corrected their take it out of contexts and claiming that the older members dislike them.

The forum is a plagent place, but it's important to avoid repetitive questions. It can be tedious for others to read the same queries when there are beautifully answered questions already available. Let's respect the forum's structure and ask questions about the relevant topics. This way, we can maintain a more engaging and diverse forum environment.

Before asking questions, it's important to take some time to analyze the forum. The questions you might have could already be addressed in the forum's well-designed topics. By reading through them, you can empower yourself to find the answers you need, while also respecting the forum's structure.

Newbies are always motivated only if they're striving to learn more from high rank and experienced crypto users on the forum.Thick skin is also needed as a newbie on the forum,most newbies are discouraged all because they were corrected in an impolite way that is why the role of having a thick skin will always keep a newbie motivated.Newbies are here to learn no matter how hard the words may sound it's all part of being corrected,a newbie that has the interest of knowing more about the crypto space will always motivate himself/herself no matter how hard it takes.Motivation comes the self you are the best person to motivate yourself if only you know where you're heading to.

This is true, sometimes we want to enter into a discussion but don't really understand. Finally, it's better to read the contents of the discussion first. Then, if you really want to get involved, then we can first read several sources on the internet to make it easier for us to get information and also supporting facts for discussion. Actually, this is not easy enough, and not only for newbies. because I personally often feel like that and in the end it's better to avoid some discussions or threads that I really don't understand or can't.

In fact, without us realizing it, there are many newbie accounts whose ranking performance is really good here. Even they may not be newbies in crypto and this forum. So you can easily enter and adapt here. Even in just a few months, their rank rose very rapidly by getting a lot of merit. This is what I really admire because however, I know it is still very difficult to improve this quality.

All what your pointing out here is not far from truth but the issue is that they don't want to learn first,they believe dey have what it takes to contribute and are too eager to make or ditch their idea even when it has nothing to aid the discussion. The most painful is the repeating of existing topic which is already in the board and posting some off topic where is not necessary.

Thank you all for pointing out some vital truth about the behavior of some newbies who are not so patient enough to learn along the way, I have experienced this inpatient lifestyle in some of them from the way they respond to comments when other forum members correct them, some of them become so aggressive at some point and take every little advice to meant attacks on the persons.


So it is better for the real newbies to always develop a thicker skin so as to absorb everything that comes to them in form of advice and correction regardless of the approach being used against them.

The newbie stage is a stage to learn alot. This is because,  at this stage you are not caught up in a campaign that will want you to make posts weekly with stipulated targets. It is not a must that a newbie makes posts daily, but the quest to get noticed quickly forces most of these newbies to join conversations they have absolutely no idea about and creating threads on topics not worth discussing.  No one will be restricting a newbie from making posts, but the replies they'll get from some of their low quality posts are capable of making them lose confidence in the forum.

Newbies do not necessarily need to wait for anyone to motivate them, having the right knowledge at your disposal is a different kind of motivation and this can be achieved by learning from older people in the forum.

Op thank you for this wonderful encouragement you are very correct because as a newbie we are here to learn so when we are not doing the right thing in this forum we are meant to take correction from our high rank members because any newbie that didn't take correction when you are wrong that means you are not ready to learn, so we should always try as much as possible not to panic when we are wrong to enable us grow and achieve a better rank up in this forum.

Exactly the point, if one is ready to learn, there is no limit to the level of knowledge he/she can gain from this forum and for sure the need to always welcome correction regardless of how they come in and who gave them as long the advice and correction are not off point.


Some may come in a harse manner while others could be in a cool manner but in whichever ways advice should be listen to and taken if and where necessary without any for of set back or resistance from the one receiving them.

Well said OP, this forum is a good ground for learning and breeding knowledge. The truth is, the forum will make one have a thick skin, in essence we keep learning as newbies and also members we need at all times keep a good reputation in the Forum, your points listed out will serve as a guideline which I believe any newbie that really want to grow in the forum will adhere to and remain disciplined at it.

Because Discipline is the key that will last even when the Motivation dies.

From my perspective, the greatest advantage of being a newbie is that you can make as many mistakes as you want and you will not be judged or criticized.
Taking this as advantage, newbies should try to learn as much as possible and try to grasp everything around them.
Learning is the only thing that newbies should focus on and doing that will increase their motivation as well as confidence.

I accept that knowledge is permanent and once you gain knowledge you are free from the limitations that can can from the not knowing that thing and that is why there is a popular saying that knowledge is power, those that have the knowledge of something are basically a master of such things but there is a set of newbies we have around the forum who thinks that acting as if they know a thing will give them the chance to avoid the punishment of ignorant.


This are the set of forks who easily get angry with those that exposes they ignorance and at the same time not taking the right step to build their knowledge in the said subject matters.

I think if the newbies of this time is more concerned about how they are being spoken to by a couple of users own here, they would never learn much on this forum neither would there association skills be any better. All they need is to grow a thick skin and be used to being criticized and there ideas not agreed upon often because, that’s obviously what you’ll find when you’re in a forum such as this. A forum with people from all backgrounds and culture. You wouldn’t expect them to behave and relate the same way. You just learn how to take and take even more, be grateful for the kind words and tolerant of those that aren’t.
It’s the Bitcoin related and cryptocurrency knowledge you need so, filter that.

learning and asking is much more important than pretending to know

I myself really hate beginners who feel like they know something without ever explaining something in detail, they know little but talk a lot

I was ever an beginner in crypto, but I learned slowly and often asked other senior members questions, this made my insight into crypto grow rapidly

 Survival (if I should use that word) on the forum depends on how much motivation you give yourself because that's the only thing that can keep you going, in my personal opinion. Sometimes newbies put what they can stand to gain in front, like bounties, sig campaigns or even merits and tend to focus their energy towards achieving these( which is not a bad thing to strive for) but may not have the right amount of thick skin to see this through because for you to move to the next rank, you need merits and so what happens when they aren't forth coming and instead all you get are criticisms( not minding if they are constructive) to enable you grow.
 When you're able to motivate yourself without needing anything to motivate you, it becomes easy when all the merits don't flow as they should and instead of throwing in the towel, the urge to do better so you can get the merits will be there.
It's easy to see these "hey, I'm a newbie. Need guidance" threads but often rare to see those said noobs continuing. It's as if they were infatuated with the forum for a while then lost interest after the whole excitement clears.

You can use the forum with freedom and no one will kill you. Read forum rules and obey rules, you can use the forum for reading or posting without problems and survival is like too much exaggeration.

Signature campaigns or bounties, they must read some suggestions to don't spam in the forum.

Newbies - Read before posting (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1689727.0)
Signature Campaign Guidelines (read this before starting or joining a campaign) (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1684035.0)

Hehehehe, I used the word 'survival' as it's often the word most newbies tend to use. Like you said, it's a platform where ideas and knowledge is being passed freely and users are supposed to act same, not restricted like they are in a place where there are sheriffs who'd penalize you for just breathing! ;D
 Yeah, maybe I laid on the exaggeration a little bit too much but that wasn't intentional.

Everyone has a motives that brought them to this forum,  and achieving that concept is usually what derives the us individually to focus and grab that which is expected.

Being aware that nothing good comes easy, it should be expected that trials on the form of distractions and discouragement from other members in the forum would be actively gazing at us but consistence to resist them is an anchor to stay onboard and explore while the goals for being here is achieved.

So newbies, do not get worn-out when blames gets to you when you are expecting being cheered. The truth is that you might be think you are doing it well while still a beginner and only those who are ahead of you can testify whether you were right or wrong and believe it, some members here may not have that friendly approach with you while contributing to their best just for you to learn you began to feel professional.

You don't pay anyone for teaching you so most persons might have that anxieties to relate with you on an selfish interests and does not cares about your emotions.
I just hope any of that does not kill your ego while in the forum.
Just stay warned, focus and submissive to learning at any sensitive conditions and then you will have it all history to tell somedays after being grounded and achieving your goal in the forum.
Good luck to all newbies.

I think you misunderstand what the OP means in his statement of forum politics.

What the OP means, is being involved in discussion threads between forum members on the Reputation board. For instance, a forum member is been accused of plagiarism, merits abuses, account connection by crypto addresses, scams, etc.