How important are you on this forum?

[Ucy]

Are you important enough to have Theymos and forum members close to him comment on your threads (or quote your posts) to have positive conversations with you? Well, that happened to me in the past and it gives me great joy considering how humble they were to then nobody. I often check out his/their comments & posts back then and I see alot of intelligent contributions I have seen no where else. I used to be regular visitor of Sci/Tech forums/platforms long before I knew Bitcoin/crypto and the conversations/brilliance compared to those from top members of this forum esp the one in charge of the forum is less awesome. I believe you can find potential World Leaders from forum superiors here. They seem to understand what people from different countries want and they approached it in relatively humane manner. Alot of times I ask our CREATOR to please not to harm them when I feel wronged because they have been so awesome... Which is part of my contributions/efforts in keeping the forum great. Do you think it's easy to understand and manage people from different countries all over the world? It's not! You have to be really careful and right at judging alot of cultures and mindset to help keep the forum great, despite the hugh differences in ways of life of people coming here. GOD Bless and have mercy on them, and bless their hearts to do right, for It's not easy.  
I hope everyone do what is right always to lessen the burden for them, and perhaps you will be visited to have good/positive conversations with them. I think my conversations with one or few of them were in my early days, about development of cities floating on water, using finger print for biometric on decentralized/crypto space to prevent to prevent people from cheating, doing something about corruption (I think that was part of my conversation with Mprep or Achow... Theymos was probably about floating cites and fingerprint biometric which he discouraged me due its flaws) etc . Hope they understand me and know I care alot about them. People who contribute something positive/good in Bitcoin space please me alot. They need to know i understand them alot and pray/"fight" for them every single day.
Grace to you.

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[hd49728]

Are you important enough to have Theymos and forum members close to him comment on your threads (or quote your posts) to have positive conversations with you?

You don't have to be an important user to get replies from theymos, global moderators, staffs or legendary members. They will reply to your posts if your posts have something interesting to discuss.

It makes sense to discuss in an interesting topic with good question. This topic is not a good one and it is like a spam.

[Ucy]

Are you important enough to have Theymos and forum members close to him comment on your threads (or quote your posts) to have positive conversations with you?

You don't have to be an important user to get replies from theymos, global moderators, staffs or legendary members. They will reply to your posts if your posts have something interesting to discuss.

It makes sense to discuss in an interesting topic with good question. This topic is not a good one and it is like a spam.

Is it then opposite of Good = bad? If bad, what makes it bad?
I hope you understand the meaning of spam in order to be becareful, perhaps you are accusing me falsely.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

It makes sense to discuss in an interesting topic with good question. This topic is not a good one and it is like a spam.

Eh, I don't know about that.  

A lot of you know that I've offered (and still offer) post reviews on a monthly basis to any member of the community under Legendary rank and without enough merits to reach that rank already.  I always say just send me a PM requesting a post history review, and I'll be more than happy to do it.

You wouldn't believe how many members have phrased their PMs to me like I'm some kind of forum diety...!  They think that because I've been around for years and have that coveted Legendary rank that I'm something other than a regular guy who treats newer members just like peers (assuming they're not scamming/spamming/account-selling jackasses or idiots who want red trust removed when there's no basis to do so).  So you'd better believe that when a lot of members have personal interactions with Theymos--who was around during the days of Satoshi--they figuratively piss in their pants as if they got a phone call from Chris Pratt [or pick your celebrity].  

So anyway, how important am I to bitcointalk?  Not very.  99.5% of members are more helpful, knowledgeable, and smarter than me, and I'm probably underestimating that percentage so as not to go to bed tonight with my ego deflated like a used sex doll.  I'm not humblebragging *edit: fishing for a compliment, I mean*, either.  If I just disappeared tomorrow, I doubt there'd be much notice at all.

[Falconer]

So anyway, how important am I to bitcointalk?  Not very.  99.5% of members are more helpful, knowledgeable, and smarter than me, and I'm probably underestimating that percentage so as not to go to bed tonight with my ego deflated like a used sex doll.  I'm not humblebragging *edit: fishing for a compliment, I mean*, either.  If I just disappeared tomorrow, I doubt there'd be much notice at all.

Hahaha, I thought it would be better to say otherwise because I'm sure you weren't really telling the truth, right? You are humble, mate. 

I can probably say that I am an useful user on this forum. I don't have as many contributions here than most other contributors, they are more knowledgeable, experienced and have a great contribution to the forum. But I think I should be a little more confident to say that I am here to help, but I don't feel that I am important in this forum, but otherwise, this forum is important for me to learn a lot of things especially about bitcoin.

[marcotheminer]

Isn't it like Bitcoin, where no one person even 'matters' (as long as there is 1+ person.. I suppose)?

[Shamm]

Like what other users said, there are better users here in the forum who contributed well. Maybe if we rate all users like (Poor class, middle class, knowledgeable class, and highest knowledge class.)  Which is my situation is I am still in the middle class. But as we all know this is an open forum we can freely share our knowledge and learn as well so like falconer said this forum is more important to us.

[_BlackStar]

Are you important enough to have Theymos and forum members close to him comment on your threads (or quote your posts) to have positive conversations with you?

It really depends on the need. For example you are proposing a new board or maybe your proposal is important to get attention, then maybe you can hope they will appear in that thread. But you can't expect them to be eager to reply or quote the posts of thousands of spammers on forum just to be seen as friendly.

This forum is moderated by both admin and staff, but for things that are not important then I don't think they will respond. Look how much drama there is on the forum, they ignore it and probably prefer to be silent instead of saying something. So this has to be seen on a case by case basis, no generalizations.

[KingsDen]

A lot of you know that I've offered (and still offer) post reviews on a monthly basis to any member of the community under Legendary rank and without enough merits to reach that rank already.  I always say just send me a PM requesting a post history review, and I'll be more than happy to do it.

I am aware of this and I was a beneficiary of this gesture in my newbie days, but it didn't last long when I nearly ran into troubles. The first-time I sent pm asking for the review, you suspected I was one magic king and that was how I fell out of the nice gesture and you blocked me from sending you pm which I don't know if it's reversed now or not.

..I'm something other than a regular guy who treats newer members just like peers (assuming they're not scamming/spamming/account-selling jackasses or idiots who want red trust removed when there's no basis to do so).

Again, you scored high here. Your charisma and audacity projects you as a demi-god to people who haven't approached you or who has intentions to cheat or scam. But any newbie who has the opportunity to interact with you personally will attest that you treat newer members like peers and always willing to help newbies grow by advicing and handing out merits to deserving posts.

So anyway, how important am I to bitcointalk?... If I just disappeared tomorrow, I doubt there'd be much notice at all.

If you disappear tomorrow, bitcointalk might forget you, but there are individuals who will not forget you for goodness or maybe otherwise. But then, when you disappear, your case would exactly be like that of Lauda and Vod. I didn't meet them but I heard much about them. So, next-generation would remember you. Myself and the likes of Lovesmayfamilis would surely miss you and she will likely create a thread in reputation for you. She did it for Nutildah

[Benkbeny]

See everyone on the forum to be important because your post is meaninglessness if there is noe to learn from it. So everyone is import because we all are aiming towards one goal though from different phases of life.

[LTU_btc]

Personally, I don't exaggerate such things. Theymos, all moderators and other famous members isjust humans, like you and me. But yeah, it's good that most of them is down to earth people and it's not impossible to reach them. Offcourse, when I was still new here,there was strange feeling when theymos or some other famous forum member replied to my post or interacted with me in other way. But now there is no such feeling.
To answer question that you asked in thread title - well, it's not for me to answer, I can't judge from my own perspective. But I doubt that many will notice if I will disappear one day - I'm just one of many forum member, not somehow exceptional. Maybe only some folks from our gambling community would notice it.

[jackg]

So anyway, how important am I to bitcointalk?

"am" feels an odd thing to say exclusively, everything I've read here is something someone has written in the past (sometimes close to the past but other times a few years after - and based on the merit I've received before, others have read past/years ago versions of me every so often too).


On to the topic of this thread, I think a lot of people underestimate how valued they are generally and some don't want people to know - there's a lot to this forum that's more enigmatic than it might seem too...

Additionally, the good thing about this forum is there's a record of it (on multiple sites) - if someone important in any way leaves, the forum would be able to adapt to it, most people in the tech boards are able to learn from each other and it's easier when people explain things directly to you but not normally necessary.

[lovesmayfamilis]

OP, I've looked at your trust, and you're the one who probably lacks recognition. Isn't it? What do you want to hear from users here? An outburst of vanity? For someone to recognize themselves as an important person?
The strongest people are usually quiet and modest, they do not need to shout and exaggerate their strength, which is not the case by looking at your trust.
First, a person must respect himself, namely respect, and not seem respected. People see sincerity, a desire to help someone disinterestedly, and it is because of this that a person becomes important, as you put it, or rather useful. But this should be talked about by people who consider him as such and not by himself.

Myself and the likes of Lovesmayfamilis would surely miss you and she will likely create a thread in reputation for you. She did it for Nutildah

I really hope this doesn't happen, but if it does, I'll hand over the baton to you.

[cryptoaddictchie]

Even non popular or important person could get a response from theymos or any global moderator if their post needed those guys attention or something to talk too.

Yes it quite rare for them to comment on users post since they dont need too. But if they necessary to speak as part of their role here for that topic I guess whether a newbie or a higher ranking users will expect one.

(Maybe I posted its my birthday theymos could greet me.. Or mayne not)

[Poker Player]

In response to what the OP says, theymos is not known for responding much to posts. In my case he has responded in some thread of mine and also gave me some merit in another case.

Leaving theymos aside, I am happy with my performance on the forum. Without being in the top ten of best contributors by far, I think my contribution to the forum is clearly positive.

Regarding the rest of what the OP says, not much more to comment on from a person who says he can influence with his signature on the price of Bitcoin.

I am quite respectful of religious beliefs but the OP's thinking brings him closer to a pre-scientific magical world than to the world today.

[crwth]

I don't think it's about who you are, but it's what you put out in the forum. They would probably reply if it does make sense and not just spam posting anywhere. If it is about the conference and it's a very informative post that everyone would benefit from, then there's a high chance that theymos would reply.

This has just become a religious post or something, though.

[AbuBhakar]

I understand the main goal of this topic because there’s a bunch of user here in the forum that make thousand of post per day. It’s very rare to have a reply to someone reputable like theymos and other legendary user because most of them discussed advanced topic on Bitcoin which simple user like me and most of us here can’t attain that level of Bitcoin knowledge. It’s really an honor if one of your post catch the eyes of this users because it means that you have insight that they like or interested to answer.

For me, I will say that everyone here is important because we are part of community. Community is composed of different types of people such as dumb, normal, clever and other personalities. This what makes the forum balance. Without dumb there will be no smart people and vice versa. We are important in our own different way.

[yudi09]

Everything in this forum, in my opinion, is important, from the person to the discussion as long as the direction is positive. No exception whether it's you, me, him and all of them are important people who have various advantages and disadvantages.

The advantages that are in you are not necessarily in me. Likewise, the advantages possessed by them are not necessarily with us. That is, we are here to complement each other.
But if our existence here is just to create something that is not beneficial to all, even breaking the established rules, I think such a person is nothing more than trash.

[aysg76]

There are many useful members on the forum who shares their knowledge and experience with others making their importance on the forum but it doesn't imply that they are the only one's that matter.This forum is sort of community and we all have the same value but our knowledge levels can be different and our reach determine how well we are known across the forum.

Speaking for myself then I have shown progress in past few months ranking up on the forum but only with positive approach of giving our best contribution to the forum leaving aside the fact I am important or not because you need to do something really helpful and useful for the community to be recognised.

Now as you say about @theymos and other high rank members giving you reply makes you important then I would say it's not like that as you see his last reply was in the technical section to a full member so is he more important on the forum then others?

This is just our way of thinking the facts and we all must do our best on the forum and treat it as equal opportunity we all have to grow with our learning ability and knowledge over time.

[DooMAD]

Importance is going to be a largely subjective quality.  Everyone will have a different perception.  The way one particular user perceives someone may vary wildly to how another user sees that same person.  And the way we view ourselves may well differ to how others see us. 

Perhaps the problem is the word "important".  Some people may be taking different meanings for it.  If something is important, then it generally needs to be there in order for things to work.

As such, I don't see myself as important.  The forum would continue to function just fine if I wasn't around.  Others users may appreciate my contributions and it's conceivable some people might miss me if I were gone.  But, in my view, that's not the same as being important.  And even if I had frequent replies from administrators and staff members, I still wouldn't see myself as more important than others.