MY NEWBIE THOUGHTS ABOUT THE FORUM

[KingsGambet19]

A friend told me about this forum and this is why it got me here. I had not been able to register successfully at the first few attempt for it ask me a payment before I can make my post. I was able to make a few email adress after some failed attempts I made in the registration process. I look for information why the forum ask me to pay but did not get the information instead I was only browsing on topics that interest me.

The sections/areas I visited,

Local - I am glad after seeing that we have our own section in the forum which I could use my native language.
Marketplace - I do not really know the posts in the section. What a big question in my head visiting some of its part.
Meta section - I have read the section description and says that the section is all about the bitcoin forum. (This forum probably)
Beginners & Help - It talks about scam, and some guide I found which is very useful in the future.
Bitcoin discussion/Altcoin discussion - full of topics and replies being made and I can't figure for now what the users are talking about.
Economy/off topic - Well a good start for me to participate in that area because I can make some inputs regarding to economy discussion especially here in our country.
Politics and society - another good section for me to participate but I am afraid I do not like to get involve in political issue. I do not want to say against any government system that could destroy their reputation.
Mining/Technical discussion/Project and etc.- I have no idea on these sections but pretty much sure I will be checking it in the future.

As far as it concern me, I see that this forum has rules to abide, well most likely every forum should have rules and regulations and this is not a problem to me. I have also the intention to join any promotional activities that could let me earn. For now, I do not want to get involve. How could I promote something that I do not even know what is it all about?

For now I am taking a picture how I would be able to get all things done here smoothly. A special thanks to a friend who share this to me. It seems that I am not late in joining cryptocurrency because some of my friends does not really know what cryptocurrency/bitcoin is all about. I am confident and have the positive vibe that I can get along in here. I am glad to be part of this forum.

[tranthidung]

Instead of writing my welcome message, I invite you to read the thread of admin Writing a welcome message

A small contribution for your topic tilte. Capitalize all words are not good. You can compare yours with mine.

• Topic title style guide
• Bitcointalk posting etiquette
• Make your topic title, posts more attractive

In addition, I see you mentioned many boards and it reflects your willing to read and learn (but not yet confirmed). In each board or sub-board, you will see pinned thread(s) and you should read it when you have time.

[mk4]

How could I promote something that I do not even know what is it all about?

Completely up to you how you're going to approach this. You could only promote things that you're personally an advocate of, or you could promote campaigns solely for the money.

To answer your question though, you simply don't go in immediately. Take a day or two(or a few hours, completely up to you) to research on the company/service/platform you're interested in promoting, and decide for yourself if it's actually worth promoting or not.

[Smartvirus]

Your very much the type of newbie the forum needs to groom as it's next generation. Your approach to familiarizing yourself with the forum though, it's still a work in progress is quite assuring for success but, don't get too excited and break even as much as one rule. Once a fault is detected, the out come as per remedy for the crime against the forum would be so undesirable.
I'll implore you to better still take your time and go though not just the articles of interest but also the replies that comes with them. Especially the replies from advanced users (you'll be able to tell when you see them) of the forum. Also, take a particular interest in studying the way they post and make comments on topics and your edge in the forum is sure.
Never the less, abide by forum rules at all times.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

I had not been able to register successfully at the first few attempt for it ask me a payment before I can make my post. I was able to make a few email adress after some failed attempts I made in the registration process. I look for information why the forum ask me to pay but did not get the information

Did you try to register using Tor browser or when your VPN was on?
It's a common problem when one tries to create an account from a banned IP address especially for Tor browser users. This is because the banned IP where in the past used to abuse the forum so in order to avoid further abuses from the IP address, one is asked to pay "evil fees"

If you search "IP bans" "Proxy bans" "Evil fees" on Meta Board. You will be able to see so many topics created about the issue.

Nonetheless, welcome to the forum.

The sections/areas I visited,
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Bitcoin discussion/Altcoin discussion - full of topics and replies being made and I can't figure for now what the users are talking about.
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Mining/Technical discussion/Project and etc.- I have no idea on these sections but pretty much sure I will be checking it in the future.

The sections about are the main reason the bitcointalk forum was created. Make sure after some months or years in this forum. You have made full use of those boards. There is always knowledge to share and attain from there about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

[KingsGambet19]

I thank you all for the reponse. It is clear to me that in the first page of the post provided in the reply are all about guides in the forum. It definitely worth to read so as to avoid getting technical issue with other users here.

My only perception is that respect should be above all.  I have high respect to all users here especially the high rank users. The forum has hierarchy system of ranks and ranks of course determine your worth as a user correct me if I am wrong.

Ranking up also will be basing on reward or earning of merits. This is what determine the users capability in doing well in the forum. Congratulations for those who made it. I hope so that I could achieve something here in the forum. Good Luck to me!

[Assface16678]

Still, it's up to you where you become comfortable many members right here are most commonly active on their locals because it's easier to communicate with them.

Also, some of them are lurking around with the common section of bitcoin discussion, economics, beginners, and help just to find some information depends on their needs. Also while you are exploring around the forum you are now slowly building up all the things you need and you can contribute to our forum.

I'm looking forward to your contents good luck.

[sheenshane]

As far as it concern me, I see that this forum has rules to abide, well most likely every forum should have rules and regulations and this is not a problem to me. I have also the intention to join any promotional activities that could let me earn. For now, I do not want to get involve. How could I promote something that I do not even know what is it all about?

First, welcome to the forum and I suggest you to read all the important rules not to abide here in the forum. Most likely newbie members will get nuked because of the bannable offense just like posting plagiarized content is strictly not allowed and the last rule on this Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ.

As a newbie, spend more time reading and searching more about in forum and lastly about crypto stuff. Probably this link of compilation thread that has a good information content might help you in a quick research of good thread that newbie must know before start posting here. Heads up on this thread, [GUIDES] on Bitcointalk. Index thread (until there is a dedicated subforum?).

See you around, I hope someday I will see your progress. Good luck!

[Jawhead999]

My only perception is that respect should be above all.  I have high respect to all users here especially the high rank users. The forum has hierarchy system of ranks and ranks of course determine your worth as a user correct me if I am wrong.

Ranking up also will be basing on reward or earning of merits. This is what determine the users capability in doing well in the forum. Congratulations for those who made it. I hope so that I could achieve something here in the forum. Good Luck to me!

Respect is a must no matter what your rank, how much your merit, how good you are etc.

It's true but not really correct.
Before merit system introduced (on early 2018) you can rank up easily because you only need activity as the requirement. After this merit system exist, all of old account who already have activity requirement for some rank... will got airdropped merit/initial amount merit as their rank. But for new account created after this merit introduced, they must get merit from other member to able rank up.

[DdmrDdmr]

<…> My only perception is that respect should be above all.  I have high respect to all users here especially the high rank users. The forum has hierarchy system of ranks and ranks of course determine your worth as a user correct me if I am wrong. <…>

Rank is often looked up to, but it is not tied to people’s worth. Eventually, you’ll decide that for yourself, and it will likely be based on observation of the content they provide (alongside other aspects such as tone and willingness to help around), rather than on the rank they hold.

Note: I've merited your OP, but I do get the feeling you are not that new (one of the side-effects on this forum is that you end-up being wary about many things, even if that leads to false positives based on perception).

<...>On the contrary you might also regret this for giving newbie a merit<...>

It happens (Newbie recipient or not) ...: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats=topsendban

[taufik123]

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Rank is often looked up to, but it is not tied to people’s worth. Eventually, you’ll decide that for yourself, and it will likely be based on observation of the content they provide (alongside other aspects such as tone and willingness to help around), rather than on the rank they hold.

You are right about that point. Ranking isn't everything. Ranking is only as an achievement that we can exceed the target we want to achieve. This forum provides a challenge for its members to be more productive with the merit system, so that members who are truly serious and members who just want to earn money can be selected without having to contribute much.

It is important that when we can present relevant and good content and comments, it will get more value. Troubleshoot some of the problems and participate in the discussions held in this forum.

[KingsGambet19]

Yaiks, I thank you for the reward of merits you give. You were the first user to give to me and that would be remarkable to me. On the contrary you might also regret this for giving newbie a merit. I know that I could make mistakes here however I could be more careful not to get a bad reputation in this forum.

Earning merit is like a motivation or probably a sign that I should do exert more effort for it is still a long way process to achieve like you did. I will not expect to have a good progress here but as long as I will be learning about bitcoin specifically bitcoin investment. I have more time now to explore about bitcoin because of the forum. This is one of the best way to get inform about current events of bitcoin the forum. I guess this is the best place to learn about bitcoin.

Again, I thank you for the wonderful and warm welcome. I hope your having a good day today as I do. 😁

[plr]

For now I am taking a picture how I would be able to get all things done here smoothly. A special thanks to a friend who share this to me. It seems that I am not late in joining cryptocurrency because some of my friends does not really know what cryptocurrency/bitcoin is all about. I am confident and have the positive vibe that I can get along in here. I am glad to be part of this forum.

Take your time , as you go along and you get in more activity and more post, you will eventually get used on the rules and your posting habit, you are going to do it normally like engaging in a conversation but the difference is you are writing and you are conversing with people that is hundreds or thousand of miles away.

[hatshepsut93]

As far as it concern me, I see that this forum has rules to abide, well most likely every forum should have rules and regulations and this is not a problem to me. I have also the intention to join any promotional activities that could let me earn. For now, I do not want to get involve. How could I promote something that I do not even know what is it all about?

Yes, if you're promoting ICOs and altcoins, there's a good chance you are promoting a scam. Think about it, you probably wouldn't help scammers in real life, and you also shouldn't do so in crypto - it actually would benefit in this ecosystem if shady projects stopped getting any attention at all, so no signatures on this forum or reposts on twitter.

When I was a newbie. I used to do a lot of bounties, and some of them were scams, so my actions indirectly led to some people getting scammed, because I was providing exposure to scammers. So, always research what are you about to advertise, and think how it will reflect on your reputation.

[jademaxsuy]

I did chose to shitpost too by doing bounty reports which very tiring doing compliance in which you do not like to do but still you make it because you were thinking that you will going to earn. If I were you do not believe on every user saying that they earn in promoting scam ICO. Maybe there promotional ICO that really pay but it will be only some few cents or they just get lucky join a good ICO project. Anyway, the best thing to do as new in the forum is to follow every users suggestion here. Read and read guides that will be helpful for you to acquire knowledge and skills in bitcoin.

[Saisher]

You are on a road to becoming a good contributor of this forum because you started in a right foot by acknowledging the various rules of this, so many newbies are not the same, they only have money in their mind just participating in bounty campaign and reporting their bounty reports and do not contribute to the health of this forum which is very unfortunate for them.

[UserU]

I guess this is the best place to learn about bitcoin.

Never limit your knowledge source to one point (i.e. this forum). One platform which you should check out, is Reddit which offers a vast of different subreddits, or subforums to check out on the latest news and how-tos.

[$crypto$]

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Rank is often looked up to, but it is not tied to people’s worth. Eventually, you’ll decide that for yourself, and it will likely be based on observation of the content they provide (alongside other aspects such as tone and willingness to help around), rather than on the rank they hold.

You are right about that point. Ranking isn't everything. Ranking is only as an achievement that we can exceed the target we want to achieve. This forum provides a challenge for its members to be more productive with the merit system, so that members who are truly serious and members who just want to earn money can be selected without having to contribute much.

It is important that when we can present relevant and good content and comments, it will get more value. Troubleshoot some of the problems and participate in the discussions held in this forum.

That's what we catch because making money in this forum is only additional value, what we have achieved can be called our better achievement with relevant and productive comments, I am sure this forum with a merit system is much better than before, many people will continue trying to get through the challenge of contributing to the forum in order to get a merit that deserves a ranking is not as a pledge but content and ideas that will make people feel excited about you because you have presented useful content in this forum.

[samputin]

You are on a road to becoming a good contributor of this forum because you started in a right foot by acknowledging the various rules of this, so many newbies are not the same, they only have money in their mind just participating in bounty campaign and reporting their bounty reports and do not contribute to the health of this forum which is very unfortunate for them.

Good for OP. He's showing keen interest on the forum, provided how he thinks of it (and the different boards) and not thinking about how he can earn here alone.

If he keeps that attitude towards learning, he'll surely achieve the benefits from this forum and it's bonuses like improved knowledge in crypto and the like, ranking up, and earning. So, to OP, keep that up! Good luck.

[robelneo]

For a newbie you've done great I have seen newbies that are already on their 50th activity but still stuck on newbie status, because they cannot even get one merit to rank because majority of their posts are trash and only use their account for airdrops and bounty submission
You keep up maybe after a year you will be two notch higher.

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Name:    KingsGambet19
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