How important are you on this forum?

[ololajulo]

I dont know what question you posted but It must have been of the administrative purpose of the forum. It is nothing to boast about and I feel this should not be the reason you are here, To make yourself important or get response from forum administrator. I expect the forum to the first recipient of news coming in cryptocurrency. With the development of each state of cycle, the forum should have threads discussing the next building stages, marketing strategy and technical developments.

[Pmalek]

I see myself far from irreplaceable and wouldn't call myself essential or even important to the Bitcointalk way of life. I possess certain qualities, but they are nowhere close to what the top guns show here on a daily basis. Proper problem-solvers are the kind of people who would be sorely missed if they left. Everyone else is more or less replaceable.

Don't look at theymos and the mods as entities from other dimensions. They are just regular folks and they post in discussions that interest them. In all my years here, I have never checked where theymos is mostly active, but I did it now. I am actually surprised that most of his posts are in Meta. I don't come across them that often unless it's something very important to Bitcointalk. I imagined theymos being more of a P&S kind of guy and even though he posts there, it's not as frequent as I though.   

[Lucius]

I see myself far from irreplaceable and wouldn't call myself essential or even important to the Bitcointalk way of life. I possess certain qualities, but they are nowhere close to what the top guns show here on a daily basis. Proper problem-solvers are the kind of people who would be sorely missed if they left. Everyone else is more or less replaceable.

I think that there are very rare cases where the leaving/disappearance of some members turned out to be a great loss for the forum. Those who are active in their local board probably have some value at that level, so that should be taken into account as well.

I wouldn't say that there are more than 15-20 important members, or what you call them top guns, whose leaving/disappearance would be felt, and I also don't consider myself important in the sense that someone would ask about me in case I disappear from the forum for some reason.

[aylabadia05]

The lion never felt great even though he was nicknamed the king.
Healthy will feel important when the body is lying in the hospital.
The rice tree will bow when it is full to be harvested.
Maybe those are some quotes that can be a reflection of us in interacting.

Here, in the Bitcointalk forum there are various different characters. Basically all have good intentions. I learned a lot from the different characters that everyone here has.

[Mpamaegbu]

If I just disappeared tomorrow, I doubt there'd be much notice at all.

Well, maybe from those who're just joining this forum now but I doubt anyone from my days here will have a hard time forgetting you. You've been around here in reality and it's so far so good (from my assessment) because your prints have been felt. Do you know how many users here that are beneficiaries of your gesture? Quite a lot. However, I dare say you're as tough as you're soft. Those who've seen your soft side shouldn't wish to witness the tough side. Beyond all that, you're among users I consider highly useful here.

As for me, I think OP's question to rate oneself will produce a biased result. Users should allow others rate them and I think that's what the annual community award we've here does.

[nutildah]

I made this chart so everyone can better understand their significance to this forum.



I mean, its great if y'all want to contribute value to each other, but let's not get carried away here.

Hope this helps.

[Findingnemo]

If I am not wrong theymos mentioned multiple times that he replied to most of the PM sent by the newbies so obviously he will reply to anyone is there something to reply for. But I am not a special person here so even if I am not existing here anymore then nobody cares so basically I learn from here and it helped me a lot to increase my knowledge about money.

[Pmalek]

If I am not wrong theymos mentioned multiple times that he replied to most of the PM sent by the newbies so obviously he will reply to anyone is there something to reply for.

Exactly. If you ask the guy a legitimate question or you have some valid concerns, he isn't going to let you hang out to dry. If there are problems or bugs on the forum, anyone can talk to him. You can even get a bounty if it's something important. But if it's not something urgent or it it's a topic he cares very little about, you will be ignored. I wonder what he does if someone PMs him and breaks some rules in the process? Does he just ignore the person or bans them from the forum immediately?

[The Cryptovator]

In the beginning, even though I wasn't an established member, global moderators replied to me when I DM them for anything. I don't think it's related to how important we are to the forum. All members of the forum are important, they are part of the ecosystem. But everyone can't lead. So it would be who is leading position or a well-established member.

I have changed my Display name two times which is a record on the forum. Theymos hasn't refused me both times and replied so quickly. Also regarding merit source, he has DM me. So at least I can say I am a well-Established member here, but don't know how am I important this forum.

[ShowOff]

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.

I had to separate a few paragraphs from your wall of text to make it easier to understand what you mean.

The title is a bit misleading when I read the content of your topic. You really appreciate theymos about something he dedicated to this forum, but why the question how important are we to the forum?

Basically this community is important for the sustainability of the forum in the long term. Without the community this forum will not be as good as expected because it can die without much activity. Someone who has a big contribution is expected in the forum mainly because they can be a differentiator that will be very useful for the community. Imagine how important a merit source for forum today, they support the system and contribute greatly to users but you can't expect them to admit that they are important here.

Whether we are important or not depends on the perspective of other users, if they think LoyceV, DdmrDdmr, TryNinja, fillippone and all staff are gems then they will surely say all names are important for the forum. But otherwise, if you, me, and the others are spammers or something, you're less important and more likely to be ignored and forgotten.

[libert19]

I doubt it got anything to do with 'importance', if one has something to say about topic then one would reply. People look at topic, not the name.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

However, I dare say you're as tough as you're soft. Those who've seen your soft side shouldn't wish to witness the tough side.

In real life I have a very hard time suffering fools, and thus it makes it hard for me to interact with people 1) when I'm forced to, or 2) in medium-large groups, where there's always a bell curve of social worth (or tolerability), thereby making it nearly impossible to avoid idiots.

On the internet?  Yeah, I'll rain hellfire down on your ass if I don't take a liking to you--but the basic rule is to mirror the treatment people show me (or the forum).  I appreciate the feedback, you puppy dog.  *lol*

Sometimes on the rare occasion I visit BPIP and check my profile, my mind doth boggle at the stats.  This is my profile as of 30 seconds ago:



10th most recognized??  I know there's a formula for how those numbers are arrived at, but I seriously doubt Vod's math represents reality as we know it.

[348Judah]

In the beginning, even though I wasn't an established member, global moderators replied to me when I DM them for anything. I don't think it's related to how important we are to the forum. All members of the forum are important, they are part of the ecosystem. But everyone can't lead. So it would be who is leading position or a well-established member.

I have changed my Display name two times which is a record on the forum. Theymos hasn't refused me both times and replied so quickly. Also regarding merit source, he has DM me. So at least I can say I am a well-Established member here, but don't know how am I important this forum.

there must be a conviction in you that always gives the positive impression to go on with your normal life style in which you don't notice but the people see that great qualities in you, atimes you discover the influence of a lamp in lightening everywhere but can not see the dark in its underneath, but believe me where two or more people can attest to the reputation of a particular person, then there's fairness in the judgement, out of many that were called, few were chosen.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

How a user is important on this forum doesn't really matter, that is, getting a reply on mention from theymos or any of the other high ranking members of the forum doesn't make you more or less important on the forum.
We all are as important as the information, knowledge we pass or share on the forum, we are as important as the help we render to other users to help them become better in terms of knowledge in crypto currencies and other stuffs.

[_BlackStar]

After I read this one, I agree that all of us here are important to the forum but maybe not important to one or two users who don't like us. I admit that contributing to the forum is the best way to keep this forum good as a knowledge library about bitcoin. We are all not the same but here every user is important for the forum especially because the community is the base that keeps the forum alive.

Basically this community is important for the sustainability of the forum in the long term. Without the community this forum will not be as good as expected because it can die without much activity. Someone who has a big contribution is expected in the forum mainly because they can be a differentiator that will be very useful for the community. Imagine how important a merit source for forum today, they support the system and contribute greatly to users but you can't expect them to admit that they are important here.

Whether we are important or not depends on the perspective of other users, if they think LoyceV, DdmrDdmr, TryNinja, fillippone and all staff are gems then they will surely say all names are important for the forum. But otherwise, if you, me, and the others are spammers or something, you're less important and more likely to be ignored and forgotten.

[noormcs5]

I dont know what question you posted but It must have been of the administrative purpose of the forum. It is nothing to boast about and I feel this should not be the reason you are here, To make yourself important or get response from forum administrator. I expect the forum to the first recipient of news coming in cryptocurrency. With the development of each state of cycle, the forum should have threads discussing the next building stages, marketing strategy and technical developments.

We need to correct the definition of importance. If theymos or mods of the forums reply to us then it does not mean that we have become important. I have seen mods replying to the newbies and even to those whose accounts are banned, so it does not mean they have become important.

You and we are important if people want to read our posts and got help from our posts. That's should be the criteria of being important on the forum.

[mindrust]

You have serious ego problems if you think you are important just because the admin talked to you or somehow did you a small favor. (Like changing your username, unbanning/unlocking your account)

It is a regular thing here. If I remember this right, Not so long ago (like a million years ago) there was an issue about lauda and theymos pm’ed everybody and asked us to distrust her. Most people sided with lauda against theymos’s dumb call. LoL. Nobody had a ban because of this.

[KingsDen]

Once upon a time, in a certain community, the youths decided to kill all the elderly ones because they were so uncivilised and boring, and it was believed that the elders were the cause of their lack of growth. They succeeded in killing the elders and made a young boyy the king.
Few years later, a neighbouring community came to claim the entire community. In the court, the community that killed their elders was asked to bring their eldest citizen to speak in court, but their eldest was a 40yrs old young man  who knows nothing about the community boundaries. The youths eventually lost the community to their rivals because there was no elder to testify in the court.

I am thankful that we still have elders in the forum who could tell us stories like what I see below;

It is a regular thing here. If I remember this right, Not so long ago (like a million years ago) there was an issue about lauda and theymos pm’ed everybody and asked us to distrust her. Most people sided with lauda against theymos’s dumb call. LoL. Nobody had a ban because of this.

[balotelli]

If you think you important, you will. 

[so98nn]

I think as long as I am contributing something to the forum, having fun with some members and having debates with few of them, I keep enjoy reading their posts and getting along with the conversation. I keep reporting posts all the time and surely seen effects on it from moderators which means somehow somewhere one of the staff is also noticing me and doesn’t matter if they reply to me someday.

The only thing that matters to me a lot is, keep surfing and reading through forum everyday without fail.

Its vital part of my life, and there is no single day I haven’t been on forum whether I type something or not but I would be at least reading some random posts on phone, work pc mow and then.

I believe we are part of bitcointalk family already!