INFORMATION GOT ME HEREIf your not informed, your deformed they say!
This post was originally supposed for a congratulation to myself but on a second thought, i choose to see how to live a mark on my community (Bitcointalk forum) by shading a light on the shades of Newbie and Jr. members not excluding those of higher ranks with a need to archive whatever goal they've set for themselves not just within the forum but in other spheres of life as well. A common saying goes, 'we rise by uplighting others' and for a fact, this is one of the values that better builds a community and no doubt, we've got that here so, I'm saying congratulations to all of us that has continued to upheld this virtue in the forum.
Its of note that we are all here to archive a goal of some sort and of our own design and this can best be done by working together as a team with each individual contributing his/her unique quality and only until everyone does that can the job be done. This i hope to archive as one of my core values and reform objectives in this forum by talking about my transition from being a Newbie to a Member and hope to inspire or grease up the fulcrum of some forum members to keep putting in work and by some chance, we are all going to keep attaining our goals.
On like many others who got involved in the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency field from articles on the net, TV broadcast, referral programs, stickers, etc. I got involved by listening to two bitcointalk forum members discuss in actual about the forum and to my amazement, I couldn't make sense out of what was being discussed. Though, nothing was hidden, the wordings where spilled off their mouth in total but, it didn't add-up to me. I occasionally heard them make use of terminologies like thread, OP, sticky thread, bounty and bounty hunting, exchange, Theymos and all though, Theymos turned out to be a forum member (Administrator) user but then yeah. These words and others came off their mouth occasionally at intervals accompanied with laughter, exclamation and some signs of amazement and yet, all I could make out of their discussion was phrases which doesn't tell anything. It was as though I wasn't there at all, to them, I was invisible! I guess I've changed that now or at least most of it.
How did/do I attain this?*
Asking questionsA local adage in my place goes, 'person way dey ask question, e no dey mis road'. This translates to mean, 'someone who asks questions, never gets lost as per missing a turn on a road'.
I had to ask these fellows now colleges that did managed to get me confused what it was that they were discussing about since, it was clearly not a matter of secrecy and they didn't fail to hint me on their topic of this discussion. They became my first link to bitcointalkforum, introduced me to the platform, groomed me on how to persist in the forum, never failing to answer my many unending questions on Bitcoin/Altcoins and now I've got a whole community (Bitcointalkforum) to do that for me. Of course I did some research myself before opening my account in actual on the 25th December, 2019 and since then, I've focused my time on learning the basics, trying to improve the forum myself and tried my hands on some trading. I can clearly say, everything has been worth the effort so far and fun too.
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Take a stepThe first thing you do as to validating an acquired information to ensure it's value is brought forth is to take a step. This most of us have done by owning an account of our own but then, it doesn't end at that. For a fact, the forum is of a nature that it could be accessed without owning an account and seek information as it is it's nature but it's of disadvantage not owning an account as you can't raise your concerns or improve the quality of the forum. After owning an account, push on by seeking information and improve the quality of the forum by making quality contributions.
*Determination and Focus
These two are the next and most important things you need to help you persist in this forum, at least they did help and still get me through. Not excluding the efforts of forum members though.
You have to focus on your goal while you stay determined and keep to the path you need to archive this or these goals. These you do by you adding quality informative contents by virtue of your post to the different boards of this forum as you acquire informations yourself. Seek knowledge and learn with every step you take, see the rules as guidelines for they are what will get you where you should be.
For guides, check out link:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1689727.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5265831.msg54906720#msg54906720*
The bounty hunting temptationThis is the part where most Newbie accounts fails. It's of note that many come to bitcointalkforum for what they could earn as per cryptocurrency or it's equivalent in Fiat and not what they could learn. Hence, many newbie accounts are focused on bounty hunting and it rather rules an invisible line across your user which leads the account to an undesirable end. Bounties is clearly a section of the forum and should be exploited but as a Newbie, bounty hunting tells a rather funny story and the forum is not quite fund of newbie accounts involved in bounty hunting. It drifts your time and attention from all you could learn to all you wish to earn and for a fact, bounty hunting is really time consuming and no fun as a newbie. Again, most of the bounties available for newbie participations often fails hence, they don't pay. It's not quite easy putting in work without some sort of reward as many may see it is rather too difficult but then, this is what you find on your way to success. Every post you make and isn't deleted is a success, being merited is a success. I got my first merit on the 30th June, 2020 and it gave me the necessary motivation I needed to push on. These too could be seen as a reward. It means you've improved the quality of this forum and as such, your an asset to the forum. Get in the game, seek knowledge and learn, you'll find it rather enjoyable and fun as you walk the path. Bounty hunting consumes your time and lives you void, information fills you up.
FINALLYCongratulationsMy first congratulations goes to you all forum members, not excluding the Newbies and Jr. members as these ranks tells the story of where I've been, how far I've gone and the ranks ahead of me tells the tales of where I need to be and how much work I must put in and inspires me by giving me a taste of victory every step on the way. No doubt, you all got me here by constantly molding me like a porter turns it's clay into shape or a desirable piece of art. So have your articles, comments and every other post have continued to modify my literally work, improve my knowledge on the field and shape my life all round. Congratulations to you all and congratulation to me too. To have been willing to take the step and still persists in this forum and for now, I am of the member rank.
We've done great and hope we keep up the good work.
Salute!
