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There are many many threads in here. It is too complicated. We cannot find the new proper announcements.

Needed more sub-forum under Announcement (Altcoins)


Each coin announcement in POW/POS section must be announce starting with [ANN][ALGO][SHORT_COIN_NAME]

Example:

I agree, it's like 50 shitcoin ICO's a day - you cannot differ between "real" coins and scams anymore

Very nice idea to have sub-forum under Announcement!

I completely agree.

I just took a look and there are 18 pages worth of Altcoin Announcements that have been active today alone.
That's easily over 500 unique threads.

I think additional sub-forums would be a very good idea.

I've set the notify on the Announcements (Altcoins) thread but for some reasons I cannot see all the new announcements .. I don't know if this is normal

Great! At this time it's very hard to find out good altcoins. we can separate altcoins by catalog such as cap top20/ico/airdrop/signature campaign/give away.

Well some moderation could be good because now there is a lot of projects and you sometimes can't find the right one.

I also vote for separation.

sub-forum under Announcement
-ICO & Presale
-Giveaway & Bounty
-POW Coins
-POS Coins
-Hybrid Coins (POW & POS)
-OTHERS
=> Very nice idea, I also think this should be  ;D ;D ;D

agree with the changes for new posts. Although, what happens to old posts that are still active?

Yes, please. That ICO spam is tiring

-Old post goes to the others section.
-If your project is a good project, you can create a brand-new thread on the proper section.

We need tidy and clear announcement since so many altcoin announcements.

There are many people who has different needs.

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Some people likes only POW threads for a specific algo. So the coin dev must use [POW][ALGO]


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Sope people search for BOUNTY, signature campaign. They only look for it.

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There is so many different systems on altcoins. All the people lost in the complicated threads.

We need solution ASAP

Great idea.  If not separate subs for each coin type, at lease one for ICOs.  It is tiring having to sort through 50 ICOs to find a legit coin ANN.

There is actually a sub forum for Bounties here but people still use their main threads for campaigns :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=238.0

I think that they should put like [ANN][POW/POS][SHORT_COIN_NAME] and specifics of algo in description but ICO's should have a totally different sub-forum

I gave my vote for separate sections too.

Now it's a little mess around and it's hard to get any real news on a project if you didn't bookmark the topic.

This thread got buried quickly. How do we get it in-front of a mod? Should it be in a different sub?

A moderator's opinion is pretty much worthless on this.

No.

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I've sent a PM to theymos with a link to it. Whether he will respond here is not something that I would know. Let's wait and see.

the thread up for moderator see it

I'm aware of the thread - no need to bump it.

Although it's not my call in the end (theymos is the one who can add new boards), I don't think the suggested sections would add much value compared to the immense workload they would create. Just having to figure out the "new revolutionary coin's" specs would generate massive amounts of busywork, let alone deciding whether this new obscure altcoin belongs in one section or another, especially when it's obfuscated via marketing or just shitty presentation (both of whom are equally common). I wouldn't be so skeptical about the number of threads posted in wrong boards after the creation of a new section if 40-60% of my thread moves in Altcoin Discussion wouldn't be to Speculations (Altcoins) - one of the newer boards.
 
I may consider asking for something akin to a token announcement sub-board some time in the future but I still have to think about it.

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Not completely. While I can't create boards on my own, I can and have both requested and had new boards created within the altcoin sections.

I find it humorous that we often see the following with some of the BTCT staff, either "we don't do it because we can't fully stop it" and now "we can do it, but it's too much work so let's delay it for now". It's not like the altcoin ANN section is *not a cluster of garbage*. ::)

It's not that you should ask for it in the future, you should have already tasked for it a long time ago.

Correct, and theymos can shoot your request down for any random reason.

It's more so "we don't do it because it wouldn't help much and would require much more moderation". I ask for new boards whenever I see a single, specific type of thread dominating the board (e.g. Bounties(Altcoins) or possibly tokens), not a collection of loose, minor or trend-specific characteristics. If I were to ask for new boards (which I probably will in the near future), I'd have to make sure they wouldn't just sit empty after a trend passes.


Indeed, though AFAIK, all my requests were at least partially granted.

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That's something you're going to have to request from theymos though I doubt he'll create such rule, considering that AFAIK the only board where some sort of format for thread naming is enforced is Press.

I fully disagree with that statement. Whilst the suggestion(s) by OP may or may not be optimal, there is a clear distinction between classic altcoins and ICOs/pre-sales/et. al. and there's a lot of both. That section is suffering greatly due to the flood of both, and a separation would be extremely beneficial.

Fair enough.

Fair point. I'll try to work out what new sections would best fit in the long term.

I'd like to make a simple example in hopes that this gets sped up. Take two groups of users (there are plenty):
1) Miners.
2) Investors.

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Group 1 will be looking for altcoins that can be mined, and this is very rarely the case with ICOs et. al. Such a user has to waste a lot of time in that section trying to find such. Group 2 would be looking for potential new ICOs/projects that they can invest in. They have to waste a lot of time avoiding standard alts. There are a lot of both: 1) Altcoins (as in the old days). 2) Token sales, that would justify a separation.

Yeah, as I previously mentioned, I was already thinking about trying to get a dedicated section for tokens. However, if I'm going to ask for new boards, it's best to consider other possible boards as well.

any updates ?