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This post is mainly for newbies, but I guess older members can take the advice too.
Don't just create a topic for creating's sake; create it because you want to learn/know something, or you're passing on information or news.
Most times, I see topics by lower-ranking members about something they don't understand, and there will be answers and solutions to that problem in the comments, but there is no follow-up reply by the OP. It leaves me wondering if the person actually reads the replies to their posts. When you read the replies, you will learn more or have more questions.

This is a discussion forum, and the only way you can learn is by discussing. Just dropping a topic and not reading to see what people are discussing on the topic doesn't make sense. Make use of the Telegram bot or any other ways to keep track of replies to your topics and posts, interact, and not just drop topics and forget about them.

They make new topics to create places for fake discussions and to fish merits and with such people, they will continue as this approach is helpful for getting their signature campaign post quota much more easily and to fish merits from other forum members including merit sources as well as to exchange merits.

With them, they will continue to use this posting style as it makes their jobs more easily and they don't lose anything.

I wrote Bitcointalk posting etiquette (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5184741.0) but I know it is only helpful with forum members who don't belong to that category.
Newbies - Read before posting. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1689727.0) It is not my topic but the topic name says all.

This is not limited to newbies, even older members abandon their topics sometimes even topics that they make inquiries. Not a lot of people even bother to read the replies of others before jumping on the topic, but that is a subject of discussion for another day. If people can cultivate the habit of reading through some of the replies in the topic, the quality of post will rapidly improve.

Well, that thread is now completely outdated. I've opened threads on Meta about it, I've reported people for writing on the first page, like the third comment without reading the second, and the reports were left unhandled and people don't seem to care much.

The same goes for open threads. If I open one, I look at the replies, but there are cases, like the last one I opened in the gambling section, where overnight there were six pages of replies, so after a second comment I wasn't going to stop to comment on what people had said, especially since I was asking about a personal experience.

But anyway, this thread is very good and hopefully it will raise awareness among some newbies, but the day-to-day running of the forum is another matter.

OP you have created a very nice thread and I like this your observation so that those users who fall into the category of creating threads just for creating sake can take a Redress and start doing things the right way, because I don't see any reason why someone will be creating threads just for their own selfish interests, and quickly forgot that This forum is for discussion purposes where people from different countries interacts and share helpful ideas for the betterment of the forum and  the betterment of those who want to learn to improve their knowledge. And Kodus OP your advice is a very good one.

The truth remains that even if you send direct warning to people on their DMs abusers will always be abusers.

Fact remains that it’s an act of negligence not ignorance, people know what they are doing in this forum… must are just clearly not interested in keeping up a thread but start the discussion. We can also see it as a way of completing their post quota that’s why they don’t keep with the threads.

Yeah that is also how much I can think which I believe they are getting it wrong because the forum would never work as they thought.
If their intentions of creating threads was all to get merits, I doubt if that is encouraging to acquire growths in the forum because that behavior is a sign of unseriousness which we know that knowledgeable and willing to learn newbies will always reciprocate to any informative or skeptic replies of others in their posts for clarifications and satisfactions.

Moreover merits are earned based on the qualities of users posts. So if those in questioned newbies keep ignoring their posts as the OP, that means they have long way to go on the forum and merits will be far from them and joining campaigns due to lack of merits and quality posts won't give them the opportunities to campaigns.

Such are the kind of users who later beats the drum about how merit sources distributes merits because they are not getting any due to their shit posting  styles.

It is good that we understand why we need to follow up with a discussion, must especially if we created the thread, because it may got to an extent that a reply or response may be needed from us to give at the cause of the discussion, that is why we have to understand more the essence of using a telegram notification bot in tracking on our topics and other related threads we may found useful to keep up with, not being able to follow up shows insignificant level of not having the full understanding to why this is more needed.

Even if the aim is just to complete their weekly post, following up on their topic will make it easier for them. There is nothing wrong with posting for a signature campaign, but while at it, make meaningful contributions.
I've seen instances where people complain about a problem they're having and other users ask for clarification on the issue so they can understand how to help, but three pages later, there is no response from the OP, not one. It doesn't make any sense.
The won't get merit if it's not a quality post, so no need.


Yeah, there are situations where it's not necessary to follow up. I can't even pretend that I will be able to read a 10 page reply of my post all at once, except I read them in batches as I received them. I might glane through, but won't be able to read all at once.
Some situations like in the gambling board or when you're just reporting a news update with the link, it may not be necessary.
It doesn't take much for people to just read a page or two of their replies and know what people are saying.

When I make new topics, I make sure that I read and reply to the posts by other members. It's about engagement and how responsible we are when we make new threads. If it's the same interest for the others, they'll also be back on that thread to converse.

I think it's normal to check the most recent threads that are made from time to time until it's no longer on the top of the board and everyone stopped replying.

It is good to discuss along with other members on the thread you create. Creating the thread and leaving it will not benefit you unless you only want to create the thread to complete your post quota. By the way some people create a thread and don't discuss on it but they always read people's opinions on their thread, they just reply to few or don't reply at all but they never fails to read the comments. Only someone who do not have any reason to create a thread will bother not to read and or to interact with other on the thread. It is more important to read the response (the comments) on the post because that will help you learn things which you do not know.

If the OP participates in reading and replying to responses in their thread, we can see that the thread will remain active with ongoing discussions. Of course, you encounter threads created containing copies of articles, the topics raised will indeed get responses from other users, but it won't be long before the topic gets drowned out and replaced by other, more interesting topics.

The involvement of the OP in responding to replies from other users will be beneficial, especially if the thread is related to a question. The OP should also consider locking the thread if the information obtained is sufficient to avoid repetitive discussions.

You have made a point here. Sometimes, topics are created without follow-up, and newbies are fond of this act. Although I think that some read it but are kind of frightened to comment, it is good that they engage with comments and replies, so that members would know that they are following up, because that is what makes the community have the hint that the OP of such a topic is very much active with the thread they have created. It also makes members feel good about their input because they would know that you acknowledge their contributions to your post. But if you keep mute and do not reply to your topic, believe me, your next topic would likely be scanty because nobody would comment on it. After all, they would feel you do not acknowledge their inputs to your posts, so what's the point? That is how they would feel and not comment on your post

I do this also, maybe make one or two comments but oftentimes I go through other replies and if there is an actual need for me to reply then I will.

This aside one thing that I have noticed is the fact that some members and not just the Op doesn't go through replies before commenting and then speaking something that has already been sorted out.

I think it's fine for the @OP to not make reply even though someone have answered the @OP question correctly. No reply doesn't mean the person didn't the replies, they might not have something to reply or other user already answer it.

What should be the reply you expect if it has been solved? Didn't "thank you" or something like that considered as low value for bringing no point to the discussion? but I'm not saying if someone is not allowed to post like that.

There is lot of quality stuff already posted on this forum, which we can read to improve our understanding of crypto. There are very few things that are not covered or are unanswered here. But still one can post his query which he think is not already posted here and once you start a new topic, make it a habit to see whether someone has replied to your new post. You are right in saying that this practise is not only limited to newbies but to already existing members also. 

If the op feels he has gotten the answers he needed, he can simply lock the thread to prevent people from spamming the thread. In most of the threads we have now, after the first two pages, the next writeups that comes after them are all spam posts from people who just want to write somewhere to increase their post counts. No new knowledge, just repetitive responses. Locking the thread is better than acknowledging every user that writes on the thread.

Not only do they create a topic, then leave it open and never reply to it, but they also create other topics and do the same thing. It's quite annoying to see users like this because they simply don't respect people who try to reply to their threads.

At least reply to one or more replies from other users, so there's a healthy sense of interaction and mutual respect in the discussion.

If they only open threads and then abandon them, I don't think that's how forums work. And it seems like they want to farm merit.

You don’t just have to generalize it; it’s annoying to see a member creating the same topic over and over again for the same issue, which has been discussed and resolved in their previous thread. Some are actually not aware of how to follow up, let me put it that way. Some might have other intentions, just to make sure that they get noticed. It’s not, but every newbie who creates topics like that might not actually have the same intentions. If you notice some, you can try to send them a DM; if they ignore it, you can put them under the category of people you rate as abusers.

Forums are a medium for knowledge exchange. When you start a topic, the main purpose should be to see and read people's comments so that you can gain more knowledge. If you want to exchange information with forum members, you should see whether the information you have provided is correct or incorrect and what people have said about your information.

This is mainly done by those who are completely new to the forum and do not understand what to do. There is also a tendency among some naive new members to start a topic to spam and leave it unattended. No matter how knowledgeable you are and for what purpose you create the topic, try to read all the replies. You may learn something that you did not know before.

Regardless of this post most newbies will still do the same thing the point is there are different types of newbies on this forum some are random people that are facing some sort of technical issue and just decide to Google it and then the forum pops up and they create an account and ask a question yeah you often see these kind of newbies on technical boards or beginners and help.

Then there are some that just post for the fun of it not really because they want to know about it (these are the guys we call spammers most of the time).

Occasionally, the Op would find nothing to add on the topic, coming back to a 4 page long topic discourage response. Principles I noticed, the thread holds and fills up at the Op's time off, readers or members after lining up two pages and the Op is no where, would wind up, he's neglected us like an overgrown garden. As we use we learn, thank you for the "discussion forum" reminder on this post, Op. Topics on this category have a string of social network members like Instagram, where it appears holy not to respond on replies.  

perhaps you’re not wrong neither I’m wrong, yet it seems I generalized it from your perspective but perhaps in my own opinion it’s not generalized as per we see such frequent than never, however I would stick to your advise to give warning to some guys are found repeating same cycle severally. Even though some newbies are genuinely creating threads without follow based on ignorance and not negligence correcting them would be my only reaction because I also remember that some time I saw new accounts ask questions and never come back till some are same case while others are not.

It becomes annoying when the OP makes mistakes in the grammar or content of the post, and it is discovered by respondents. Ideally, the OP should go and edit the thread to make it more understandable. But in some cases, the OP is nowhere near his post and the mistake will remain.  It is good for thread starters to follow up on their posts for the first to second page because there might be helpful questions or recommendations that would make the discussion worthwhile. Even if the thread pages increase fast, reading through at least the first page is ideal.

I'm actually going through some replies and I'm curious if people read through what is posted. Some people ar  going off topic like saying the be closed, if he is suggesting for newbies, let's others share their experiences so we all can learn about them.

There was one time when a user posted a topic; it was not a low-quality topic, but the anchor tag on the post was not done properly, and that made most of his post become a link to the website he quoted. I commented on the topic he discussed and suggested that he should edit his post and make the necessary corrections, but there was neither a reply nor an edit. My reply was the first in the thread, so if he read it, he should have at least seen mine. The topic is three pages long and nothing from the OP.
I see these things a lot on the forum, but this particular one was why I created the topic.


The bottom line is, if a member creates a topic, he should at least read a few pages of the replies and reply to users where necessary. This is not only for newbies because older members do it too.

I can understand this with newbies not getting back to topics they've created because they may not know there's a telegram bot built by a user here to notify users anytime they're mentioned. Again, newbies may not know how to set up notification on this bot or on the thread they've created. Here's the bot link for those who've missed it on the forum @BTTSuperNotifier_bot. For those who don't want to use the bot, they can simply activate "watch" on the thread. It's close to the "reply" tab.

You're right about the fishing for merit thing as to why members open threads. It's evident in the way new threads get more merits splashed on them than replies get merited. Until OPs begin to get less attention and merits, I don't see that stopping anytime soon.

Nice observation. It is very neccessary for anyone who creates a topic to follow up discussions in the thread he created. It does not necessarily mean that he must reply to everyone who reacts to his thread. But if the op is truly fully engaged in the discussion, he would easily see some of the corrections that were made on his thread and some other important reactions that must have been made.

If the op feels that he has gotten what he wanted from that thread, nothing stops him from locking the thread instead of neglecting the thread to probably create another thread and abandon it again.

Then it's possible that the poster can't defend what they composed or did not read or explore the subject  before creating the thread.

Well you guys are not wrong and most of the times laziness is one of the reasons why users here tend to avoid or ignore following up with posts or replies that they made especially in the aspect of creating a topic and then leaving it. But in some cases they follow up but sometimes the thread or topics gets to the stage of where alot of spam reply are being dropped and most persons feel they no longer need to follow up.

Not everyone is good with discussive communication, some other people would see the solution and take the solution without even referencing the fact that they got solution to what they were seeking and that’s really bad and I think such act will only end making spam more in the forum and in such threads.

I also agree with you that, it’s not just new members that fall in this category because even high ranked also do this especially if the thread already got about three to four page response and I will not have to blend them for this especially if the response or solution they were seeking have been met.

I do not think that is always the case, and just as I said in my response, that, there might be possibilities that, they already got the response they needed and had to leave the thread open for others to share their knowledge and possibly exchange more knowledge with others or maybe for a newbie, they might not even know how to pick a thread.

It is true that laziness is one of the reasons why some people do not follow up with the post they had created. They do not even have the thought of reading it to make sure they get information and knowledge from what people are saying about the post, they feel they have gotten a post in their name, and when it seems the post is exceeding a good number of pages, it becomes very tiring for them to visit as it is being spammed for posts ans all you could think of.

Almost everyone will do that, they will not read all of them and only read what's interesting to him, and if they have gotten satisfactory answers, they usually stop and look for other topics to be discussed, if they continue to do so it will be prolonged and we know that not a little coachman debate occurs if it continues to serve every reply on the topic we have made.

Some people only conduct a survey and some people choose to stop discussing and not reading further because they feel enough what was before, usually satau up to two pages.

The most common one is creating multiple topic in just one board talking about same point repeatedly for example the economic board. I doubt if replying every single comment is necessary yet few comments are worth replying at least the effort to show concern after creating a topic, reading every single comment is important else there’s no point creating any topic if the op in question has a lazy habit in terms of reading.

This is why we are in the forum. People learn from our threads/topics, as much as we also learn from them through discussion and exchanging of ideas and opinions. So if you are here simply to create thread for the sake of merit attraction, but you don’t post any replies or appreciation from other members given solutions and ideas, hence you don’t understand how this forum works.

Don’t just create thread and leave it like you don’t have any plans for follow-up questions or just simple appreciation, because if you stick to that kind of mindset, you will never be seen reliable and worthy member in the forum.

Thanks for this thread, most people fall victim of this same situation due to negligence in the Sense that after making a thread they totally ignore it, and forge ahead disregarding the fact that there might be some corrections, especially after they must have broken some rules. I found such medium as an opportunity to learn from our mistakes, as it enables one to rewrite his or her wrong, it helped me few days back as I was corrected in a thread, if I had not gone back to the thread and read through i would not have noticed and effected the corrections.
Most times I feel some persons do not read through lines, or do not even read at all.

OP, please can you guide me on how to get this Telegram bot?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248878.0


Closing threads promptly, not to mention maintaining conversations within them, would be a good trait for newbies. However, threads are created without even reading what's already been created a thousand times, and they literally hang right in front of your eyes. OP, this thread will also disappear into oblivion in a couple of days, and all your efforts in teaching beginners will be in vain. It seems it's time to create a list of posters who start threads daily but don't keep them relevant. Perhaps this will teach people to be more mindful.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3716550  As of today, 42 topics out of 62 posts have been opened.

You can read about it here  [TELEGRAM] Yet Another BitcoinTalk Notification BOT (merits, mentions, topics,+)  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248878.0)

It's pretty easy to understand. Just read through the thread.


I randomly picked about 5 threads from the profile and read the first 2 pages, yet the OP was nowhere to be found, and I'm guessing it's the same thing in all of them. That's my problem with them. I wouldn't mind if he creates topics every day as long as they're not low quality, and if he were interacting with the people in the thread when necessary. Instead, he just creates a topic and moves on to the next. It defeats the purpose of creating a topic.

Indeed, forums are meant for educational information and research findings, but not everyone knows about that. Some see it as fun, while some see it as whatever they feel like, but belonging to a platform gives room for people to be able to learn more, added to their knowledge but some people still find their way to platforms and still do not pick interest in learning rather they prefer to spam the platform and go their way because they have no idea and knowledge what to do.

However, some people do not just create an educational thread, they just create a thread to ask question with just few lines and boom! here you go with lots of response to that same topic with no educational value added to the platform. Some do not even  bother to do anything meaningful but they get rewards for it just like that and nobody can do anything about it.

It's true that many people create topics but when they are replied to, there is no response. Of course, we don't know whether the person who created the topic reads the replies or not, but what is certain is that they may have received a satisfactory answer but are too lazy to reply, or they may have received an unsatisfactory answer and ultimately don't dare to reply.

You've done some good research because there are indeed many people like that, and it would be great if we could all respond to each other's posts, especially the OP, since the OP is the one who started the discussion. Hopefully, with this topic, everyone will become more aware, and eventually, the discussions in this forum will become more meaningful.

It's a normal thing on the forum for people to create post and abandon it. But it's most common by newbies who feels the need to create post with the mindset that every new topic might earn them merits. Some of my post I do create, I do take my time to reply them if necessary, especially when someone contributes something meaningful or doesn't understand what I was trying to pass along. Many newbies don't even bother to read through their created topics. Once they see that within a day or two and still no single merit is attracted to the thread, they move on to creating another one..

This way they would never learn. I've seen threads with many pages where the op had no merits, but because he had better explanation to peoples questions, he earned more on those replies..

This forum is a min society we have alot of people from different backgrounds and cultures. Some people are not good readers they only good at commenting without reading through the topic to know the matter of discussion.  Some will just jump into conclusion without reading the previous replies.

When I see such comment, I'll just avoid it or I correct the person, most of the topics I created last year, I still go on those threads to check if I have reply. And if I do, I reply to keep the thread active.

Different backgrounds but changes is constant and you know what annoys me more is when someone jump into conclusions and this often makes others view them negatively and I think i have been there and we can't ignore it because  of our background and culture but rather change.

Some newbies and even olders members of this forum have made such mistakes on a multiple occasions, creating topics with zero comments and interactions with others, this attitude kills thos discussion and even make other contributors to lack the right information to make more clear statement when the ops is not engaging when asked few questions.

I think most of the people you think they created this threads are not really here to learn, they intentionally creat those thread to farm merits or it could be that they created that thread to keep that account lively or active.
Some may also creat this thread to gain knowledge and may have learnt what they needed but always have that habits of not replying.

I think the last part you made mentioned of, is one of the reason why they don't come back which is not having a telegram bot notifier that will keep them in touch with new replies. I had same experience of not using telegram bot, and I was missing Alot untill I later activated it and now I can get feedback of any mention, quotes, merit an any other notification.

From experience, if you create a topic and don't come back it means you don't need answers and I won't blame anyone for not coming back, members will reply and move on.

Topics are different, sometimes I don't look back as well but that's on topics that are about warning or advices but if I need answers like I want to know something I will surely come back to read it.

Mind you it doesn't end there, just because someone doesn't reply anymore after they started the topic doesn't mean they just move on, they can choose to read people's opinion rather than replying.

Yeah this is very encouraging because is a good way of learning but however in the understanding aspects of it the person could have already gotten the purpose of there question through some replies that touches the exact thing they were lacking to understand so if we also think about this, is a good reason why you might not see the Op replying to some persons which have contributed to what they were saying, meanwhile it also defers from individuals because some persons even if they have answered there question they would still write to acknowledge the clarification but some would respond in different ways so actually it doesn't really matter so long the main thing which is learning has been comprehend.

Some people just create topic but don't visit there thread although most of us has been found wanting in this but I think topic come in different ways, one may create topic based on what he don't know and want to get answer from the community and from the replies he might be able to get the answers he might be looking for, another one is one might also create topic to share an information he thinks thata he feels that the community needs to know, one thing I know for sure is that theres no way any op will give his or her reply to every writeup in his or her thread but not replying any doesn't actually make sense.

The Bitcointalk notifier is helpful for what you are talking about and it is not only for newbie who made a thread but for everyone who is interested to monitor response or replies to the comments that they made. Here is the @BTTSuperNotifier_bot . It is useful when installed on your telegram, it notifies a user if they are mentioned in the forum and they can easily click the thread from the telegram which brings them directly to the response. I don't know if this bot link has been dropped already here but for visibility sake, I think that will help a user finding it difficult to follow up on their comments worthy of reply.

I'm a newbie and my last started topic is about an article that I really liked. I use the Telegram Notification Bot to monitor the replies and respond to them.

No offense to anyone, but if you read the replies there, it seems like most people don't really want to discuss. OP here was the only one who actually read the article and shared his opinion. Though I still try to respond to the others as best as I can.

As for cases like this, I'll be quoting Satofan44 from a different post since it fits perfectly here.

notocactus also summed it up nicely in his message (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5559967.msg65837944#msg65837944).

I might even push it a bit further to replies.
This was a culture I developed earlier on the forum, where I had to go back and check my most previous replies to see how the discussion carried and if I could make further contribution addition to what was being discussed. In a way, it did help in terms of where you need to make clarifications on certain points you raised and was called up on them.

If I have a thread on the forum that I'm more interested in, I do put on watch mode, that way when people reply the thread I get an email notifications about the thread, telegram notification is another way to follow a thread that I'm interested in, this is one of the best way to follow a thread and make your qouta of contribution. With this in place, I don't know why people keep mute when they create a thread and doesn't reply the thread it doesn't make sense.

If everyone begins to take this accountability of their threads, trust me the forum is going to be live, people that does off topic replies are going to be deleted and reported to the mod. People that trolls wouldn't have anything to do on serious thread again but I don't think we are ever getting that, alot of people have something they do offline with their time and also do work that takes much of their time.

This post is mainly for newbies, but I guess older members can take the advice too.
Don't just create a topic for creating's sake; create it because you want to learn/know something, or you're passing on information or news.
Most times, I see topics by lower-ranking members about something they don't understand, and there will be answers and solutions to that problem in the comments, but there is no follow-up reply by the OP. It leaves me wondering if the person actually reads the replies to their posts. When you read the replies, you will learn more or have more questions.

This is a discussion forum, and the only way you can learn is by discussing. Just dropping a topic and not reading to see what people are discussing on the topic doesn't make sense. Make use of the Telegram bot or any other ways to keep track of replies to your topics and posts, interact, and not just drop topics and forget about them.
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 Thank you so much, please i want to let you know that it's not that we did not want to read a reply to our topic posted here,but it's because I don't know how to get back to the topic or comment i posted here ,if someone replied or commented and that is my problem particularly,i always wanted to go back to my topic to see what people have commented but I couldn't find my way back,especially when i ask a question to  know about something i don't know before,but I find it difficult to get back to it and see the comments  or answer to my question from  people.

Now you just made mentioned of telegram bot, that can always notify us whenever someone reply to our messages,but I want to ask you if the notification came what will do? Should I click on the notification message, to be taken back to the topic or what?

If you receive a notification that your nickname has been mentioned or people have replied to a thread you previously created, you'll always receive a link. Click the link or copy and paste it into your browser if your browser isn't set as the default for opening links from Telegram. I don't see any difficulty here.

I see citation errors in several posts. You need to figure out how to fix this correctly.

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This is main issue of people especially new members who post question and then never read or reply to answers they get. This drive by posting wastes time of people trying to help. Main lesson for everyone is that forum works best as two way street. Starting topic is only first step. Real value and learning come from discussion that follows. With reading replies and asking more questions members learn better themselves and encourage others to keep sharing their knowledge. And that is right using Telegram bot to follow up is smart way to stay engaged and see topics through to end.

I have to admit that this is not always easy for me. I translate interesting topics in my local board and, although I'm aware that it carries the responsibility of following up, sometimes they get a reply and weeks go by without me noticing. In my defence I will say that they are a lot of topics now, so it is not easy to carry out exhaustive monitoring of all of them, but the OP is absolutely right that, in cases where the active threads are not so many, there is no excuse not to take care of them.

The essence of creating a topic is to learn new things, and probable get answers to the questions you’re asking. Most OP’s of thread after getting few opinions of people about the topic they created, they find it not more worthy of following up, most especially if the first few people that replied have answered their questions. They feel no need to keep coming back to the thread.

Some OP feels after the first page of their topic is being replied to and they got answers to the questions asked, any other comment on the thread will be a repetition of what has been answered earlier on, so they feel no need to keep coming back to read same thing again and again. However, I have seen some best replies to a post on the later pages of the thread. But it still depends on what the OP wants, if he really wants to keep knowing other people’s view or be just fine with the first few replies that has served the purpose of the thread.

This has been a long lasting problem in this board and other boards; newbies will just ask questions and will not follow up to get their answers, and going through these replies will help them and other forum members because some of these questions are something even existing members might be struggling with or trying to know more about, and the responses do come with different ideas that do lead to discussions most times and almost everyone reading through the replies will learned something important from the thread.

Newbies needs to learn how to use the search bottom in the forum if they can’t stay in their own thread to discuss further because most of these questions are been asked in one way or the other before now.

It's pretty easy. Once you get the notification, click the link, and it takes you to your browser. I guess you haven't tried it, that's why you have this question. Use the bot first, and you will see it's self-explanatory.

I understand, it can be quite disappointing when a newbie asks questions and experienced members takes their time to answer and the newbie never acknowledges. Nobody is paying anybody to answer their questions in this forum and when an experienced person answers the right thing for who asked the question is to appreciate or ask more. This is a discussion forum and it is not good to start a topic and abandon it for others to be making comments without your further input. Even when your question as a newbie is answered I believe that courtesy demands that you appreciate your helpers with a comment of gratitude.

The notification bot helps a lot  to access replies quotes and mentions. It also notifies of tags and merit received.  When I first came to the Platform I had no idea about it till I was told that I could link the bit to my account for notifications then I did so and this has made accessing the platform very easier for me to do because once I get a notification, in just click the link and it takes me directly to the page to read and reply without much stress. Maybe you would like it after using the function.

Why will you create a thread, and you won’t even fall back to read the response of other people, it doesn’t make sense to me. I know some of them will definitely read it, just that they won’t respond to anyone, but if you create a thread and you noticed that people were able to provide answers to your question, at least you should also make your contribution also. You shouldn’t just create thread and ignore the thread, visit the thread often and check out what people are saving on the thread.

It’s a good idea to make use of telegram bot, at least if you are quoted, you going to receive notification, and you going to visit the thread, but even without telegram notification, if you create a thread, you should always make sure you check out the thread to check people’s responses.

Sometimes it gets boring with so many similar responses on the topic, so OP don’t feel the need to engage their again and look to let the topic be. If the OP have gotten the answer to the question it doesn’t mean he should be there to answer to every reply there, it may becomes spamming. Leaving the thread open for others to learn from and also draw some questions from his topic for other users to reply to is fine. I have seen OP creating a thread and the replies coming will be quoted more than the OP itself. In this regards, the OP just needs to sit back and learn again from his own topic and only ask again on where he/she is not clear, otherwise no need to comment on his thread again.


Telegram doesn’t really give some users the impression to always go back to their topic even if they’ve been replied to. Some use it more for merit notifications or watching of a topic or board rather than using it to get back to mentions on the forum.

I understand where you're coming from, it's good to always acknowledge good replies that was helpful, i think that's also one of the reasons why the merit system was introduced to act as a form of like to appreciate someone for their response. Well aside that the knowledge here is free and majority of us can attest to the fact that this forum has helped us increased in knowledge that most persons pay for outside this space and we grow by also helping other so it's just like a culture of sharing resourceful content irrespective of the benefits you get, because it may actually help someone. However what we should be concerned about is the growth of the person we're trying to help, and not some appreciation from a newbie.

Are you sure we've been using the same telegram bot? The telegram bot gives you a notification whenever you're mentioned and whenever you get a reply to any of your posts. You can also track a topic you didn't create and get a notification whenever people reply to that topic. You can do the same with a board. You can track a board and get notified whenever a new topic has been created in that board.
I don't know where you got the idea that the bot doesn't give notifications for replies.

You are mistaken and maybe didn’t get what I said. I meant some users are not really concerned with the notifications they receive from telegram bots after being mentioned by a user in the forum or after being mentioned under a topic they’ve created and users are replying to. They’re more concerned with attending to the telegram bot notifications when it is about a new topic created in a board they’re tracking, or after receiving merit and was notified by the bot.

I think this is general problem which I think most people are having here because they felt creating topics shows their relevancies but to me without properly following up their topics to know what others are contributing to that topic doesn't show a proper way of learning from the community. Yes you are right that this is a community where information are being passed through reading and learning without that, it could be hard for people to understand how things functions over here. If you look carefully, those who keep creating topic and not following up are same sets of people who keeps saying the forum is actually difficult to scale through, okay tell me, how could they scale through the forum when they aren't paying attention to read the information other has conveyed.

True learning only comes from discussion and interaction, not only with the co-members but most specifically the author itself. So if you decide to create a topic, whatever your purpose is, then its your responsibility to make some follow ups and cite your own reactions to the different replies. That way, your co-members will know that you are actually interacting with them, not just dropping a topic and leave without notice.

You are right that true learning comes from discussion and interaction, when you constantly engaged in interaction with people or OP of posts, you learn new things from them and they also learn from you because there are some information or knowledge that they might grabs while discussing with each other on the thread likewise other members as well.

One thing that is Sacrosanct about replies is that there is one thing to learn from it. As long as the communication is still going on in that thread and as much as people keep reading it irrespective of whatever is being communicated on that thread, there is something new that people would learn from. Do not forget the sayings that says " no knowledge or information is a waste"

This is a helpful reminder that, if followed, I believe will benefit newbies because the only way to learn in this forum is to read other members replies. We share knowledge through discussion, so being lazy and not reading other members replies won't help you learn.
To Newbies, when you create a topic, carefully read through the replies on your post. If there is anything you are not understanding, you can still ask for clarification. You can also use your Telegram bot. As the Op mentioned, if any replies appear, don't post for only the aim of fishing for merit, that won't help you learn.

Posting a topic and just don’t have any plans for a follow up, that’s a selfish act of OP. You don’t post for your own sake, but for the rest of the members to understand and get feedbacks from your topic. With that, you need to participate with the discussion and even exchange opinions and ideas as much as possible. That way, you can assure that not only you will benefit from the topic that you created, but you also leave insights and essential ideas for others to benefit as well.

Don’t just see this forum as a source of merits, but always take time to understand that everyone here takes part in making this forum a more interesting and engaging source of discussion and ideas. Everyone has its own role, but others just seem to neglect it while others are only just taking advantage.

Some people create topics just to ask questions. It is expected that if the questions have been duly answered that they return to the thread and state that they have gotten the needed reply. They can decide to thank respondents and lock the thread. Even if the thread is not locked, any member who goes back to that thread without a good reason is just spamming.

Another set of members open threads without enough information or they just give out false details. Such people might want to stay away from the thread because of the negative response that the thread might get.

I usually tell newbies that if they want to have a good time on this forum, they should pay more attention to reading than writing.   

The point is that some set of members are doing this for one or two reason, especially newbies. Many newbies are created some topics that they also know that have been created before. One of the reasons is for fishing merits, and other reason just to get most post counts for activity. But they are some set of people that really don't give their time to check whether the topic and been created before or not. Honestly, if newbies can be going through topics and replies, it really be a great help for them, and it will be the easy way to learn. But it seem that some of newbies accounts are just disgusting account to rank up.

This is my first post in this forum and I have learned from this thread what will help me tomorrow. What you explain here will make learners like me to catch up fast to no what I have not know before in this forum. If I have the knowledge to create topic in this forum I will definitely come back to the thread to see users reply and comments to lean more.

If a question has been answered and the op who started it has nothing meaningful to add or no more questions to ask, they can easily lock the thread to limit spam.
I'd admit that I've been guilty of this in the past; opening up threads and not going back to follow it up. I felt it was okay till my attention was called upon. When you follow up threads you open, you don't only acknowledge that you're keeping to speed with that topic, you also show that those responses that was given to you mattered and it solved a problem.
 I've noticed that when you don't follow up your posts and discussions, users would sometimes find it hard to respond to your inputs and would rather go for those that can engage them in discussion.

I have actually had this thought in the past because whenever such post is created about something they don't understand I also expect the OP to at least follow up the discussion to some extent and engage in the discussion that way it would be easier to learn faster but most Beginners don't really care, they are probably after the merits or maybe they have already gotten the answers they seek that could be the reason why they didn't respond the replies. Instead of just going silent and not responding it would have better if they lock up the thread to avoid spamming but they just carelessly leave the thread open without even responding.

I see moderators helping out now by locking up some of those thread since the op lacks the sense to do that or was after something else.

You perfectly outlined great rules for forum especially for people just starting out. It is absolutely necessary for users to close their discussion once they get their answer maybe with simply saying thank you because it shows everyone else problem is solved and stops people from wasting time posting more replies. You are also right that people who post bad or incomplete information mostly cause confusion and then disappear when they get negative responses. Your best piece of advice is spot on that newbies should focus on reading more than writing as this helps them learn community ways see how to post correctly and mostly find answers without needing to ask new question in first place.

There is this guy that caught my attention on Bitcoin discussion. There is no day that I don't see his notifications from Bitcoin discussion and immediately he create a thread and ask his questions, he is not visiting that thread again. In fact, going through his profile, his topic are more than replies that he has done and I'm not sure if Moderators are paying attention to what he has been posting or maybe there isn't limit to how someone can create a topic. To me, it looks more like spamming but maybe it keeps engagement going on in the board.