What should be done to support newbies?

[Hivalley]

We can only support newbies who show willingness to learn and be useful on the forum,firstly stick to the beginners and help board, and read the stickies as well as educative threads so as to get up to date with the runnings of the forum...

With time such newbie with get acquainted with the forum as well as its rules and be confident in posting in other sections of the forum

[VickyRobin]

I have observed and seen the lamentation of most newbies who have being ban from the forum due to uncompliance to strictly adhered rules on the forum.


The question is as experience as we are, what should we do to support newbies so as to imbibe them in the knowledge of how to stay alive on the forum?

I read somewhere that there is a Telegram group which can help support newbie but I don't know much about this group. Could anyone help me?

[Coin_Dozer]

We can only support newbies who show willingness to learn and be useful on the forum,firstly stick to the beginners and help board, and read the stickies as well as educative threads so as to get up to date with the runnings of the forum...

With time such newbie with get acquainted with the forum as well as its rules and be confident in posting in other sections of the forum

I'm very new to this forum and with reading a lot of threads and post I get nervous with what to say and where to find all the information I'm looking for ..all the member that have helped me give me good direction on where to find the rules and and all the info I've ask for ....some times I find it hard to ask questions in fear that it might b a stupid one to some people ,but it might b relevant to me at the time...
Thanks for all the help

[DdmrDdmr]

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I don’t know of any Telegram group to help supports newbies, but whatever you need related to the forum can be found or asked on this forum for sure. Concerning Telegram groups in general, as with any other environment, you need to have your defences up though, as there are many scams being performed on such platforms (see for example Is it okay to trade on telegram?).

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Reading through prior to asking questions is the best attitude. It is way better to post a specific question on something you want to know, that to post a generic question that denotes you have not done your prior search for the information.

Beginners & Help section is often answered in a kinder tone than in other parts of the forum, and if you do some background checking before asking, you should be on safer terrain.

[Bincanet]

I have observed and seen the lamentation of most newbies who have being ban from the forum due to uncompliance to strictly adhered rules on the forum.


The question is as experience as we are, what should we do to support newbies so as to imbibe them in the knowledge of how to stay alive on the forum?

we are newbie and we need some guide about how to avoid banning in bitcoin forum. But i can not find any info about this problem

[DdmrDdmr]

<…> we are newbie and we need some guide about how to avoid banning in bitcoin forum. But i can not find any info about this problem

It’s only a problem really if you don’t apply common sense to what you do on the forum. One shouldn’t even have to be concerned with being banned, unless he is going to cut corners. You see, the most frequent reasons for being banned are:

   - Plagiarism: Copying and pasting somebody else’s post or article, be it fully or partially, without quoting and/or referencing the original author. If you introduce slight modifications that is still considered plagiarism.

  - Very low quality posts: creating posts that are meaningless, and do not add anything of value (i.e. “too the moon” type of posts).

  - Having Alt accounts that break the rules related to having multiple accounts (i.e. farming accounts to participate in the same campaign).

Those are the top reasons I’ve come across, but there are more. Take a look at the rules here: Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ.

The duration of the ban is at the moderators discretion, ranging from a few days to permanent (plagiarism is permanent in almost every single case). If you are banned, it is you who is banned from the forum, so you are not allowed to use any Alt accounts nor create any more new accounts ever again (except to set you case in the Meta section).

[Jet Cash]

The real problem is that the category "newbie" is too broad. New members seem to be acolytes, apprentices, speculators, spammers or beggars, and there are probably some other categories as well. Ideally we should cnvert them all into believers, but some seem to be beynd hope, and some need to be contained, as their behaviour is disruptive on the boards.

[Direwolve735]

I think that already enough has been done to support newcomers. Many higher rank members share their advice, make recommendations and direct newbies. Questions don`t remain unanswered, beginners, who write decent posts, are noticed and rewarded with Merit. But for any activity, efforts are needed from all sides. We can`t make a comfortable environment for newbies based only on our own enthusiasm. There must be desire and diligence coming from newbies, they should want to take and use the knowledge that they are given. Otherwise, our help becomes meaningless.

[Dudeperfect]

It's not just regarding Bitcointalk but in any place, one should read and follow the rules before taking any action. New users are eager to earn money and get personalised assistance so they tend to create a new topic without bothering to take efforts for searching about it and it creates unnecessary repeated content on the board.

Experienced and senior members are always ready to help newbies and everyone who needs any help but don't you think that asking the question 'How to earn bitcoin?' more than 74657 times would piss them off? Newbies should think about it but they don't because they are newbies. LOL.

[stompix]

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I don’t know of any Telegram group to help supports newbies, but whatever you need related to the forum can be found or asked on this forum for sure. Concerning Telegram groups in general, as with any other environment, you need to have your defences up though, as there are many scams being performed on such platforms (see for example Is it okay to trade on telegram?).

I would definitely stay away from any groud that teaches stuff about bitcointalk.
It makes no sense in the first place and I have a feeling that most such groups are focused solely on how to earn as much as possible around here. I've seen enough stupid videos on YT on "hot to do bounty" so I wouldn't be amazed there is a channel where an army of posters is coordinated.

But I must admit the curiosity of what can be discussed there is really starting to get the better of me.

[acheampong64]

Well, we need to teach them how to obey the rules of the forum. The only way not to get banned is to follow the rules.
Another side of this issue is that majority of the newbie accounts are old members trying to find new ways to get away with this forum...and as such they disobey the rules more often.