We need to change our mindset

[Steamtyme]

Hmmm...I'll have to take a look at his post history.

If you are looking for any specific info, just mention. I will tell you here or PM you. I don't want people like you wasting time 

What they're probably looking to see is if you have a bought/hacked account.

I took a peek myself and it looks crazy weird that you took a 4 year hiatus to the day from the forum despite being here to earn money.

If you had kept up you would be in possession of a Hero/Legendary account and would have earned a significant amount.

peculiar to say the least.

[DavidSCryptoguy]

I'm happy this thread is the first I actually read into!

I made this account a little while ago (a month or so maybe) just thinking this to be "another" bitcoin forum.  I had no idea about the account level-up/signature system until recently.

Surprise surprise, here I am now!  Need that sweet passive revenue!  The content here alone is worth sticking around for tho, huh, who would have guessed?

What I mean is, of course the majority of "quality" posters here are here with money on their minds.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.  Income is needed for great things to happen, on some level.

Personally, I have shilled a thing or two I am not proud of but I realized my "mission" (ALONGSIDE getting all my sweet cryptoprofits and helping my friends/fam) is to TRY to educate new crypto users both online and off, or at the very least spread awareness about. (actually working on a cool little FREE FOREVER telegram/discord group....DM me if interested haha).  I would never shill something I haven't at least vetted to some degree, of course.  Not my style.  Right now I am just an avid knowledge-seeker, so I look forward to some good late-night conversation after a long day on the cryptomarkets *24/7 we know crypto don't sleep.

Currently I enjoy researching ICOs that I think may have a potential use case, writing about my findings, and probably posting them to all of you fine people.  If it seems appropriate.

On a related note, I think the online cryptocommunity IN GENERAL is becoming very elitist and toxic, which to me feels counterproductive.  Shouldn't we want the world to have access to crypto?  I can imagine how it feels to ask an honest question or ask for an opinion from someone respected only to be met with nothing more than "DYOR, BTFD, HODL" or my favorites "Never sell at a loss" or "Need strong hands".  So helpful with something that is meant to be globally accepted and used.  Keep spreading that good knowledge, crypto truth seekers....you know who you are 

Confession/introduction over, thanks for reading, and hello

[KingScorpio]

After watching a lot of threads, I think we specially the newbies should have clear idea about bitcointalk.org, that's why I'm trying to pointing out those which may change your mindset and help you to be an asset of the forum.

A common issue on the forum is "merit and rank up".

Most of us are too disappointed with the new merit system because it seems too hard (though it is not hard enough)
An example- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4104852.0


So, what is bitcointalk?
It is a forum, we all know. And what it means actually?

a meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.

It's a place where we can share our ideas. We can have discussion on some specific subject.
So, being a member of bitcointalk indicates that you have joined here for having some knowledge about cryptocurrency.
Are we really doing that? Most of us are here for having a "Passive Income"

I was new here on bitcointalk in december 2017 after a friend told me to register. All was going well I was reading a lot in this forum and I had my activity points and was a Junior member. I earned 5$ a week because of my signature but I think in January they begun with this merit system and suddenly my account could not get no upgrade anymore. But if this is not worse enough there are "scam hunters" they accused me with cheating, trading merits, alt account and posting only shit.
They screwed me because these people are working together and accusing other people with scam but they do the most biggest scams on this forum. Because they are trading crossly merits with each other they have much power and much merits, the only thing they want to do is not to share the money they can earn.
Now I am only once in a month maybe on this forum because I do not like this kind of shit, and accuses, it is really sad and I  hope this forum will not lose all his popularity because of this kind of people who think they are smart because they have the power and earned much easy points before and now are trading themself with merits

It is an example only, there are a lot of threads related to it.
You are joining a forum for earning only? Make sense? You don't actually deserve a place here on the forum.

We need to change our mindset, we should take bitcointalk as a place of gathering knowledge, sharing your views, not a place of earning only.

Thanks

merit and rank system is overrated, i dont look at the rank of poster in this forum, and i dont care about signatures.

[manfredmann]

I have seen too the other threads that merit again were being discussed. I cannot bare to see another newbie complaining and started a thread just to get merits. And the ending is that one has only deprive to get for merit source has ignore a newbie that would always do complain in the forum. Anyway, good for them for I was also like them but I am learning the process.

Changing mindset would be the best way to deal with other users here in the forum. One can get huge help even in just sharing basic knowledge and ideas to the newbies. This will create a good atmosphere also to the forum to avoid being labeled as spammer or shit poster.

[MoonCrypt]

people understand that!! but the mindset of everyone is different, when someone comes in to just make few comments due to bounty it becomes part of the eco system!! you can't add a certain type of program in the chat and expect not to get such, it is now a public place and you must be ready for the different type of characters you will find now!! few moderators to handle the high volumes daily

[Vindon]

A common issue on the forum is "merit and rank up".

Issue on this forum is spam and plagiarism not rank 

You are joining a forum for earning only? Make sense? You don't actually deserve a place here on the forum.

This forum make money too. Look at ads.