What Would Be Your Reason to Leave Bitcointalk?

[GeorgeJohn]

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Leaving Bitcointalk doesn't have to mean you are giving up on crypto or that you wont use it anymore. You can stop writing and participating in discussions in this forum, but still be interested in crypto. Many people don't like forums or have specialized discussion boards that are more attractive for their region, like in some parts of Asia. 

Really your right, because someone might leave bitcointalk community and still investing in cryptocurrency, but leaving the community and still have interest in Bitcoin is totally funny, because its the community that supply us information so whoever that's Bitcoin lover will obtain all the necessary information of cryptocurrency in order to be elevated in forum here,, shall it's my perspective, because base on me, anything that made me to leave bitcointalk community voluntarily, that means i have depart from cryptocurrency entirely, because i will be totally blind of cryptocurrency informations, may people research and after researching the information will be drop on bitcointalk forum, so their is no need to leave the forum since you still have cryptocurrencies at heart.... that's my concept.
 

[UserU]

Can I still stay on Bitcointalk if I marry a shemale and dump my load on her/him?

If both of you share the load, I believe you still have a reason to stay! 🤪

[Ebede]

My Reason to leave Bitcointalk

If Bitcointalk forum begins to bring many rules and regulations that will not allow someone to express himself very well. Or when they bring some punishment to stop freedom of speech, I will leave. I am here because I love to share my opinion and read other people's opinion that is my own joy. It make me behave like I am in a big conference meeting with plenty of people.

[Pmalek]

If Bitcointalk forum begins to bring many rules and regulations that will not allow someone to express himself very well. Or when they bring some punishment to stop freedom of speech, I will leave. I am here because I love to share my opinion and read other people's opinion that is my own joy.

I don't see that happening. the forum will certainly not move in a direction of censorship, but there will always be rules you have to respect. If those rules prevent you from posting or sharing certain content, you'll have to follow them.

BTW, why are you wearing that under your signature space? Is it worth destroying your forum reputation over it, if you care about those kind of things? 

[OgNasty]

Interesting that the most common response is that people would be prevented by life from participating here, followed by being banned.  You can see the lack of personal accountability.  If something is important to you, you make time for it.  Nothing "prevents" you from doing things but yourself.  A better wording might be, "I've decided to focus my free time on my personal life."  Being banned should also be reworded to something like, "my inability to follow the rules and be a productive member."

Even the third highest response, "Crypto has made me wealthy already."  Total bullshit.  Crypto doesn't make people wealthy, people's actions do.  If you make an investment and trade  or hold it successfully to make a lot of money, it wasn't the investment that made you rich, it was your handling of the investment.  That's why you're the one that pays the taxes.

I usually don't go out of my way to shit on polls, but this one really rubbed me the wrong way from the responses and the answers.  If you want to be successful, you need to first take personal responsibility for your destiny.  Crypto isn't going to make you wealthy (your actions using it might) and nobody is going to prevent you from using this forum but yourself.

I hope that word vomit helps someone.

[Emanuelaeventry]

If there is any reasons for me to leave this forum would be that I have been substantially ban for one week and so many of my post have been moderated severally. But am still here because I don't see leaving as an option. I have made up my mind and determined to be an existing member of this forum and for that reason am not leaving. I must contribute positively to this forum.

[Laudanum]

Bitcointalk has died. I often see 200 people online.  

Bitcointalk simply doesnt provide incentive for people to bother with it now for varying reasons.
Primarily this is financial but also even in terms of being an information source.

Merit killed bitcointalk because the only thing bitcointalk offered over reddit or any other crypto related platform was the ability to earn.
Once the centralized self serving merit system was implemented it destroyed the feeling of opportunity and free speech for most new members.  
I mean initially it was the only show in town and the central hub, but as other platforms eroded this bitcointalk also decided to self destruct.

When you create an environment where proven scammers are given support to punish their whilstle blowers by admin then you know the forum is on the way out.

There are now zero outstanding characters here, good or bad (.. well maybe 2 or 3 exceptions so not zero). Just a bland bunch of non achieving low level grifters and their ass munchers. I mean I often read the board but nothing happens or is said that is even interesting in a bad way.
There seems now among the remaining dregs the aim of reducing all friction.  
Those that detest each other will tolerate one another to eek out the remaining btc dust they can grind out of this place.

A sad demise to a once great forum.
However it did its job, crypto was born here. Whatever it turned into nobody should be ungrateful to bct but it's okay to be disappointed with what it became in the end. It is like the parent that turned into everything it taught you to shun and reject.

It often shocks me how many people in crypto dont know about or have ever been on bct.

[hichamito37]

At the moment, I never thought I would leave the forum. if there is a reason why I left the forum when I no longer invested and studied crypto. Forums can be part of life. I have the main job outside but at times groove ,first I do when sitting on the computer or using the phone. I visited the forum which was the first thing I did.

[Welsh]

Merit killed bitcointalk because the only thing bitcointalk offered over reddit or any other crypto related platform was the ability to earn.

I'm not going to address most of what you said as I disagree, and its not entirely on topic. However, I think the statement above is, and you might actually be right. Okay, it most certainly didn't kill Bitcointalk, however I do believe it killed of a sub culture of the forum, which was account farming. Either for selling forum accounts or for participating in signature campaigns. Merit practically killed that culture off, because now it actually requires some effort, which not surprisingly a lot of users here aren't willing to put the effort in to reap the rewards.

There's definitely characters within the community that are still here, but maybe not in the most popular sections. I won't deny that we've definitely lost a lot of characters over the years, for better or worse. However, that's just how life is, and how other forums operate too.

[UserU]

@Welsh, he's right (to a certain extent) you know as much as I hate to admit.

As a user of both communities, Reddit does have more vibrance because people are free to post in communities they fancy + modernized UX. Although there are still shitposts and memes, no doubt, but somewhat the discussions feel more natural and not forced. Also, there would be chains of reference quotes the moment some poster starts it, and I enjoy reading those.

@Laudanum, if you visit certain subreddits, they offer incentives to earn for posting. I've seen huge abuses but there are consensus to tone things down.

[The Cryptovator]

Seems I was missing this thread. For me, two reasons, Death & Forum disappear. Death means forced to leave even I intend to stay. On the other hand, the forum disappeared means forced to leave as well. If we see the forum disappeared once a day means automatically left. But of course, I will miss the forum always. Except for these two reasons, I don't have the intention to leave the forum at all. But we don't know about the future, there would other reasons to leave as well that aren't listed in your poll. But I believe the forum will not disappear until cryptocurrency live.

[Pmalek]

 
Bitcointalk simply doesnt provide incentive for people to bother with it now for varying reasons.

That's because new users don't want to put in any effort and want to go straight to picking the apples from the highest branches. It doesn't work like that in life or on the forum. You want your rewards, do the work just like everyone else.

Speaking like someone who had a merit giveaway thread (that died do to inactivity) and I am currently posting riddles where I ask Newbies, Jr., and Members to solve them in exchange for some merits for the best answers and the possibility to learn something, my opinion about those lower ranks is that many don't deserve the effort. Some do, but most don't. When there is an initiative to help them, they couldn't care to take part, when there isn't, they complain why there isn't one.   

 
Primarily this is financial but also even in terms of being an information source.

I guess it depends on what kind of information you are looking for. I find Bitcointalk useful for finding out everything new that is happening around Bitcoin. Since I don't care about alts, ICOs, DeFi, and stuff like that, I don't go looking for news about that. There are also many local forums here that keep you informed about what is going on in your region. I find that very useful.   

 
Merit killed bitcointalk because the only thing bitcointalk offered over reddit or any other crypto related platform was the ability to earn.

You can still do that. Just look at all the signatures underneath the profiles. All of them are paid. You just have to make an effort to be accepted in a campaign.

 
Once the centralized self serving merit system was implemented it destroyed the feeling of opportunity and free speech for most new members.

As long as free speech doesn't go against the forum rules, nothing is stopping you from speaking your mind. The fact that you are not banned and still posting, shows the forum has free speech.   

 
There are now zero outstanding characters here, good or bad (.. well maybe 2 or 3 exceptions so not zero). Just a bland bunch of non achieving low level grifters and their ass munchers. I mean I often read the board but nothing happens or is said that is even interesting in a bad way.

That's the way you see it and I am not going to try and change your mind. Why don't you take part in a civilized discussion about Bitcoin or the technology for once? I don't think I have ever seen a post of yours that isn't negative.

[Rikafip]

A sad demise to a once great forum.
However it did its job, crypto was born here. Whatever it turned into nobody should be ungrateful to bct but it's okay to be disappointed with what it became in the end. It is like the parent that turned into everything it taught you to shun and reject.

When judging bitcointalk, you should keep in mind that forums are not as popular as they used to be, that's the simple fact and in that regard bitcointalk ain't no different than many others. I've been active on various forums (and still am) for ~20 years, and situation is pretty much similar everywhere; old users are becoming less active (which is perfectly natural) while younger generations have bunch of options nowadays that those in the late 90s/early 00s didn't have.

I don't know how it was here before, but for me golden age of forums was somewhere between 2002-2007 when not so many people had access to it, making signal to noise ratio much better

But with everything said, if you want quality conversations, forums are way to go, and that's the main reason why I prefer it over reddit/Discord/Telegram/whatever.

[JohnBitCo]

When judging bitcointalk, you should keep in mind that forums are not as popular as they used to be, that's the simple fact and in that regard bitcointalk ain't no different than many others. I've been active on various forums (and still am) for ~20 years, and situation is pretty much similar everywhere; old users are becoming less active (which is perfectly natural) while younger generations have bunch of options nowadays that those in the late 90s/early 00s didn't have.

I don't agree to this as bitcointalk is still popular for the new and the old users. Since its not easy to rank to Hero Member and above, those old users (Specially the bounty hunters) will not leave the forum.
I can't remember any other crypto forum which is as popular as bitcointalk. Would you like to share few of the forums you are referring here ?

[Rikafip]

I don't agree to this as bitcointalk is still popular for the new and the old users. Since its not easy to rank to Hero Member and above, those old users (Specially the bounty hunters) will not leave the forum.

You completely missed the point I was trying to make, so let me try again. I didn't say that bitcointalk is not popular anymore, I was referring to @Laudanum and his claim that bitcointalk is dying, by saying that forums are not as popular as they used to be (and that's a simple fact) so no wonder that bitcointalk is not as active as before. Go check any stats, and you will see that post numbers are indeed lower than year ago, let alone 2017/2018.

I can't remember any other crypto forum which is as popular as bitcointalk. Would you like to share few of the forums you are referring here ?

Where exactly I mentioned other crypto forums? I said "various forums", and that didn't imply crypto forums specifically, but forums in general.

[sujonali1819]

My reason could be if I leave this bitcointalk.

1. Death (this could be happened any time, no one knows)
2. Personal Security

This 2 could be my possible reason of leaving this lovely forum. Otherwise I can not think that there is a day will come in my life where I will forget/don't look at bitcointalk.

[worldofcoins]

You completely missed the point I was trying to make, so let me try again. I didn't say that bitcointalk is not popular anymore, I was referring to @Laudanum and his claim that bitcointalk is dying, by saying that forums are not as popular as they used to be (and that's a simple fact) so no wonder that bitcointalk is not as active as before. Go check any stats, and you will see that post numbers are indeed lower than year ago, let alone 2017/2018.

There are people on various social media, communities in Reddit look for various services on the forum and mostly post them here.

The forum is not dying, Leechers without doing any Seeding are leaving the forum or are being kicked out for various reasons and the competition has increased and Spammers are decreased, I'm sure they'll find other community forums to throw their trash, This forum has already had enough.

Not to mention all who left with leechers there had been good people in the community that left because of life problems and it's not their fault.

Where exactly I mentioned other crypto forums? I said "various forums", and that didn't imply crypto forums specifically, but forums in general.

Maybe he's referring to forums like altcointalk (Idk if that's the real name)

[Asuspawer09]

Reasons To Leave Bitcointalk?

I think I have found my home here, especially for the Indonesia Sub-Board, I have learned a lot of new lessons and experiences in this forum.

The people are very happy to help each other, Talking about the reason for leaving Bitcointalk maybe the reason is my own death.

Btw, Thanks To Everyone Who Has Helped Me

I mean if you're here in the forum for a long time and you already dedicated a lot of time to the forum or you already love here it's kinda difficult to just leave the forum without any reason.

When you're also trading the forum is a big help and even though I don't do a lot of questions or posts, I always answer the question but the forum is always handy when I don't understand something in some wallets like Electrum or when I need to have some opinions on an exchange or about my trading.

I think the common reason is just lack of time since we also have our own jobs and not everyone has the time to keep doing a post or give some time on the forum. And for some high ranks, I guess death.

[OgNasty]

It often shocks me how many people in crypto dont know about or have ever been on bct.

Me too.  Whenever I happen to meet someone who is into crypto I often bring up the forum to see if they're someone I may have crossed paths with or that I may know something about.  I have yet to meet anyone who has ever heard of this place in the real world.  It's mind blowing to me because I always thought of this place as the center of Bitcoin activity.  Now it's a place people think is only for spamming for cash.  At some point it became more profitable while dealing with less harassment to spam here than actually put work into creating a product or service that would benefit the community.  Why deal with the trolls yelling scam and trying their best to harass you on and off the forum while you spend countless hours working on your passion, when you can just write some word vomit, collect a weekly payment and not give a shit?  This is all due to the atmosphere that's been allowed to persist, while those in a position to stop it would prefer to decentralize their responsibility to avoid personal responsibility, or what is known in other words as letting the inmates run the asylum.  

[Clairvoyance]

This has the most votes in the poll:

Age, family, life, and/or personal problems prevent me from being active.

Personally, I think most of the users in the forum are vulnerable to life struggles like we all do. One day, you might be active and eagerly focused in helping the forum grow, answering queries and helping people. Suddenly, life happened and you are not here anymore, no focus, no passion and no drive to carry on.
We can safely assume that most users today are here due to their own volition to help each other and earn while doing so.

Note: Taking a break can also help you improves your focus. Don't let anything hinder you from reaching your goals. (Take a break and don't quit)