differences in online crypto communities

[libert19]

Reddit: Casual, best for laughs and giggles

Bitcointalk: Where slangs are rare sight

Crypto Twitter: Home of prediction experts /s

Discord: Imo best way to keep up with projects

Telegram: Spam home

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[mk4]

Best: Crypto Twitter. Simply because you can easily curate the people/projects you want to follow.

Worst: Reddit (r/cryptocurrency to be specific). Never seen such a huge community with such bad opinions concerning crypto projects. I'm not touching anything that sub becomes a fan of.

Middleground: Bitcointalk. It can be the worst or the best depending on how spammy or not-spammy it's users decide to be at specific days.

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Best: Crypto Twitter. Simply because you can easily curate the people/projects you want to follow.

Worst: Reddit (r/cryptocurrency to be specific). Never seen such a huge community with such bad opinions concerning crypto projects. I'm not touching anything that sub becomes a fan of.

Middleground: Bitcointalk. It can be the worst or the best depending on how spammy or not-spammy it's users decide to be at specific days.

I am thinking OP is talking about their differences

Bitcointalk and reddit have been more useful for me, but most mostly Bitcointalk.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Bitcointalk: Where slangs are rare sight

Not sure what you mean by that exactly, and if you were trying to express an opinion of bitcointalk that contrasts it to the other sites....you failed there, my man.

Crypto Twitter: Home of prediction experts

That's gotta be sarcasm, right?  Because Twitter is like living in a world where brain damaged idiots have no filter between their skulls and their keyboards; they just write whatever they think, and they also tend to write what they think people are going to pay attention to.  And when it comes to crypto predictions, the most attention goes to the most outrageous of them.  And shit, predictions are worth exactly what you pay for them anyway, nothing.

And Reddit, oh my oh my.  There have been times when I've looked for specific info about a coin or some other related thing, and every time I visit whatever Reddit pages pop up in the search engine, I regret ever clicking on the links.  There's so much noise and so little signal that it blows my mind that people actually post stuff there.

This forum is where it's at.  All the other ones can go gargle a nutsack.

[mk4]

That's gotta be sarcasm, right?  Because Twitter is like living in a world where brain damaged idiots have no filter between their skulls and their keyboards; they just write whatever they think, and they also tend to write what they think people are going to pay attention to.

I mean, if you don't like seeing "predictions" (I don't like them as well for very obvious reasons), you simply don't follow people who post them; and the block option also exists! Twitter can be a great platform if you simply curate your following properly.

[Rikafip]

That's gotta be sarcasm, right?  Because Twitter is like living in a world where brain damaged idiots have no filter between their skulls and their keyboards; they just write whatever they think, and they also tend to write what they think people are going to pay attention to.

How good your twitter feed is depends only on you, so if you follow idiots, that's who you are going to see. Its like saying that bitcointalk is crap while constraining yourself to altcoin section.

I mean, if you don't like seeing "predictions" (I don't like them as well for very obvious reasons), you simply don't follow people who post them; and the block option also exists! Twitter can be a great platform if you simply curate your following properly.

I never understood Twitter hate, while its so easy to avoid all that crap if you are picky with your followings.


For me personally, combination of Bitcointalk and Twitter works the best and they compliment each either since they are so different while by far worse for me is 4chan, that's just mess.

[mk4]

I never understood Twitter hate, while its so easy to avoid all that crap if you are picky with your followings.

To be fair, Twitter does recommend and show some Tweets that aren't in your following. But then again, you can simply use the block or "not interested" options so you'd stop getting these "recommendations". As you can see here:

[Pmalek]

I think StackExchange deserves a mention when we are talking about crypto communities. It looks a lot like reddit but I have seen very decent content on that platform. Sometimes when you google for the solution to a crypto problem, StackExchange is one of the sites that pops up around the top or at the top of the search results. I have never paid attention to the usernames of those knowledgeable StackExchange peeps, but could it be that some members from Bitcointalk are also active there? 

[Welsh]

I have never paid attention to the usernames of those knowledgeable StackExchange peeps, but could it be that some members from Bitcointalk are also active there? 

Definitely. I mean any developer will know that you wouldn't know half the stuff you do, or at the very least wouldn't be as efficient without StackExchange. I understand StackExhcange has now developed into a wider community, but that place is like knowledge central. They have a decent way of going about things from a moderation stand point, to suit their needs. So, you generally get well constructed answers, which conform to their sort of standardised approach.

Ultimately though, Bitcointalk can't be compared with StackExchange, and the same goes for most of the sites listed here. They appeal to different needs, and users. Bitcointalk I'd say is the best community spirit, only probably rivalled by Reddit, but then Reddit's internal systems let it down hugely for me, and its community generally encourages lower, off topic, and more funny responses than here.

I'm not going to knock any of them. They're all popular for a reason.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

I think the different crypto communities suite one's needs differently.

For example because of who or what topics I follow, I find crypto twitter interesting when it comes to breaking news about crypto. You only get such news here hours after they have trended on crypto twitter.

This forum is mostly helpful, I want to know more about Bitcoin/crypto or diving into the rich history of Bitcoin. It also feels like a big family

As for Reddit, I mostly look at it as a place for meme lovers  , but there are some organized Subreddits.

[Upgrade00]

Most of my browsing time is spent on bitcointalk, not just when I'm digging into crypto stuffs, but generally when I'm on the internet.Reddit - Don't use this.

Bitcointalk - My favorite resource and community to log into. Very different in design from the others. I do not follow latest trends here due to the design and how easy it is to miss what was posted on the different boards.

Crypto Twitter - My second favorite crypto related community. Mostly filled with hype and bullish tweets from profiles looking to build followers, but I find that there are lots of good handles with useful content

Discord - Has a unique sort of layout from the rest and how you enjoy it depends on what servers or communities you're on.

Telegram - Same as discord, just with more scammers.

[Little Mouse]

I was very much active in bitcointalk back in the day when I was totally a newbie in the forum and also in cryptocurrency. But these days, I'm almost following no other site. Spending few hours in bitcointalk a day, just for the sake of my little business here.

I don't consider twitter is a great place to hang out on cryptocurrency. It’s full of shiller. I have barely seen twitter account sharing a lot of good infos. There are only a few like 100trillion (is it) and few more who I follow but barely check their post these days.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I have accounts on all of the platforms mentioned in the OP. I only really enjoy bitcointalk & bitcoin twitter though. I could quite easily stop using all of the others & not miss them.

[salad daging]

Reddit: I rarely use the community here, only occasionally to find the news I need there.
Bitcointalk: When I was fully in this forum there was a lot of talk that was discussed about many things, I got more important info here.
Crypto Twitter: To keep up with some of the whales out there about what's happening, most of them are always up to date.
Discord: Using this community for airdrops and some other projects. 
Telegram: this same is full of scamers.

[KingsDen]

I have accounts on all of the platforms mentioned in the OP. I only really enjoy bitcointalk & bitcoin twitter though. I could quite easily stop using all of the others & not miss them.

Very apt. I could quite easily stop using the others.

Bitcointalk is good at problem solving, everyone would genuinely help when in trouble just for free.

The men in Crypto twitter are steadily seeking for people to lure into one shit project after another. Then they are also good at manipulating their population for unconcented pumps and dumps.

Telegram can be called the home of scammers. It is where one knows that scammers dwell and yet end up being scammed.

[mk4]

I have accounts on all of the platforms mentioned in the OP. I only really enjoy bitcointalk & bitcoin twitter though. I could quite easily stop using all of the others & not miss them.

One of the beauties of bitcoin, ain't it? You buy it and you don't necessarily need to watch/follow news and protocol development. You know fully that in a decade Bitcoin will mostly stay the same protocol-wise. Can't say the same for alts.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I mean, if you don't like seeing "predictions" (I don't like them as well for very obvious reasons), you simply don't follow people who post them; and the block option also exists! Twitter can be a great platform if you simply curate your following properly.

I don't use Twitter, never have.

I never understood Twitter hate, while its so easy to avoid all that crap if you are picky with your followings.

Twitter is NOT easy to avoid.  It's everywhere you look, from people on TV showing or mentioning Twitter posts, Youtubers making videos in which they talk endlessly about tweets, to even odd things like winding up with a Twitter cookie in your brower even though you've never visited their site. 

How good your twitter feed is depends only on you, so if you follow idiots, that's who you are going to see. Its like saying that bitcointalk is crap while constraining yourself to altcoin section.

Again, I don't use Twitter.  Never have.

These are interesting comparisons, but they're comparing bitcoin communities specifically.  What'd be even more interesting is a discussion about the differences between communities of different coins, because they vary wildly.  I remember the Reddit DOGE people as being extremely friendly and generous back in 2016 or so, and I've joined or visited several altcoin discussion forums in the past.  The vibe I got from each of them was never the same. 

The last one I was a part of was Firo's, and the forum was the bitcoin equivalent of Satoshi Nakamoto making a reply to everyone's post (I'm talking about that Reuben guy).  Very, very strange.  Anyway, that would be a fun chat to have.

[Pmalek]

Telegram can be called the home of scammers. It is where one knows that scammers dwell and yet end up being scammed.

It also depends on what kind groups you are part of. If we are talking about Telegram groups that belong to big cryptocurrency exchanges, then the first thing you will come across is a scammer PMing you for this or that reason. But you are free to create your own communities, invite whoever you want, set your own rules, and apply them in practice. After that you can discuss whatever you want with people you know and/or trust. Telegram groups can be invite-only, so that helps in keeping douchebags out. When used properly and with the right kind of people, Telegram can be a decent chat platform with some good features.

[tranthidung]

Maybe I am stupid to learn new things but honestly I get f*cked on Reddit as I don't understand how it works. Initially, I think karma is something like merit but how it is rewarded or decayed/ deducted is what I can't understand. I spent a little time to check how people got Karma and shocked that many Karma earned from funny posts, shit posts then I stopped using Reddit.

I joined two other cryptocurrency forums: bitcoingarden and cryptotalk (when they run a signature campaign here that made me curious) but honestly, those forums have very low quality. I can not find knowledgeable members like on Bitcointalk.

Twitter is funny and I have my Twitter account, but only for work. Indeed, my account is mostly inactive.
In short, most of my online time is on this forum and Telegram (for my moderation job).

[mk4]

Maybe I am stupid to learn new things but honestly I get f*cked on Reddit as I don't understand how it works. Initially, I think karma is something like merit but how it is rewarded or decayed/ deducted is what I can't understand. I spent a little time to check how people got Karma and shocked that many Karma earned from funny posts, shit posts then I stopped using Reddit.

Don't overthink the karma thing; it's pretty much just almost like likes on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter as far as I know. there is no incentive to earn karma unless you just want the sweet sweet dopamine hit.