The Importance of inviting Newbies to Bitcointalk

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Nothing lasts forever so the signature campaigns too.

Signature can be disabled by theymos.

What are everyone's ideas for improving post quality?

I have mostly ruled out:

 - Removing signatures or sig ads globally.

Companies run their marketing here through signature campaigns can shut down their businesses, scam exit, decide to stop their signature campaigns or their companies are seized by governments.

Yes, nothing lasts forever.

I quoted some suddenly ended campaigns.

We've been running our Bitcointalk signature campaign for for more than 3 years now starting back in 2016!
However, as of next week our signature campaign will be discontinued.

BTC paid out: BTC106
USD value of BTC paid out: $430,000

A BIG thank you for yahoo62278 that's been managing it for all this time!
Feel free to use his services @ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1704638.0 as he comes highly recommended!

A BIG thank you for all the Bitcointalk members that helped us by wearing our Signature/Avatar!

Thanks you so much for these 4 years, it's been a great campaign. YOLOdice would not be the same without YOU! Special thanks to Moglie for running the campaign. And perhaps see you next time!!!

Cheers,
Ethan

Chipmixer, Whirlwind.

[ancafe]

   As a newbie, you have so many taughts running through your mind, ie "would you rank up or get stucked in a lower rank for long, when next will you earn merits. while doing this, you become so careful creating or interacting with members so you start earning recognition and trust on the community.

If you or a newbie know your level of ability when joining this community then the issue of ranking up is not a difficulty, because there are many people who will judge every time we provide objective and useful thoughts to other people. Bitcointalk is unique and not the same as other platforms because here we will always be corrected when we say something wrong and the discussion base makes many people interested in replying to each other's posts.

To cut the long story short, I strongly believe that we should invite more users to the forum. This will not only boost engagement but also bring fresh ideas to benefit both new and old members alike. So if you know of someone who is willing to learn about Bitcoin, don't hesitate to tips him about Bitcointalk.

There are some people who think so, but there are also many beginners who come with good knowledge, so that when they diligently read the forum rules it can help lead them to a higher ranking. Remember, when we obey the law wherever we are we will definitely be safe and secure, the key to life is trying to be ourselves and not breaking existing rules. Learn something that is easier to understand and discuss it with lots of people in forums through posts then I'm sure we will become more knowledgeable.

There is no obligation for anyone to invite people to the forum and this forum is not like other social media that requires followers. Let them come in their own way so that there is a moral obligation to maintain the forum rules which must not be violated because if they come alone they will automatically find out and read the rules beforehand.

[cafter]

Sure. But a huge majority of these people would heavily favor modern social media platforms rather than a retro-style forum. I'm pretty sure most of these are even just smartphone users that don't even frequently use desktop/laptop computers. And we all know how painfully bad Bitcointalk can be when used on a mobile phone.

There's a reason why retro-style forums in general(outside of specific niches) have been slowly dying.

yes, and we don't want that type of people in our forum, because they will ask us questions like this "hello, how can i open account on bitcoincore?", "can i use my phone to post?", what is this captcha and how to remove it?,
some of those have very little knowledge about this kind of online things it's very frustrating to answer their questions and make them understand. I don't know in reality but i shared my experience with this kind of people.

we want to find people like us, they will be found on platforms like we use and interest we share. like watching informational documentary, eager to learn new things, on other opensource projects forums like linux, etc.
so discussion about bitcointalk forum on documentaries like "biography of satoshi nakamoto", "silk road hack", "tor documentary", etc. will attract more like minded people.
even i also come here to look at this forum after watching silk road documentary to see Ross Ulbricht's post.

[Dr. Strange]

I think this forum (Bitcointalk) is very important to inform the newbies. But most of the newbie members don't know how to move here. They do not know the rules of this forum! So they end before they start. I think all the new members of this forum (forum rules, newbie guidelines, how to make good quality posts) should follow these, then everyone can gain complete knowledge.

[Sanitough]

To cut the long story short, I strongly believe that we should invite more users to the forum. This will not only boost engagement but also bring fresh ideas to benefit both new and old members alike. So if you know of someone who is willing to learn about Bitcoin, don't hesitate to tips him about Bitcointalk.

I am NOT against the arrival of new people to this forum, on the contrary, it is always good to see fresh ideas.
But as far as I've noticed, all the newly invited come exclusively because they heard about the possibility of earning money here on the forum. It seems that there is a rather small percentage of newcomers who are not hunters of a higher rank. A higher rank on the forum almost exclusively brings only the possibility of potentially higher earnings in various campaigns.
So, inviting people because of the bounty campaign is not a special benefit for the quality of this forum.

It’s hard to ignore the fact that people only come in bitcointalk because of their eagerness to earn profits later on. I must admit I was also one of them way back then but there was a shift of interest when I started to learn deeply from the forum and realized that this forum is more than just a source of profits, since it will also pave way on making you aware about financial management especially if it involves bitcoin. With bitcointalk, there’s actually a lot to learn and it will be an eye opener for those people who have criticized bitcoin in a negative way as most of them have never been part in the forum or have never known the forum that it actually exists.