What's up with ranking

[lalabotax]

Don't measure up advice with ranks. Are you going to steal if a legendary member asked you to? The answer is up to you to decide.

It's normal to see who are the members themselves, whether the members are exactly having good experiences and knowledge or not in this forum. Rank may not determine 100% that they are all good in anything here. But at least, members with high ranks, moreover the one that commonly ranks up with good merits will generally have good knowledge. I can see many members here that can rank up to the higher ranks up to Legendary because of their ability and knowledge. And there are many members like this. So, members with high ranks that got many merits may be different, they commonly have more knowledge. However, note that this doesn't mean similar applies to all high members. Many new members also have good knowledge and discussion (opinion/advice).

But once more, if this is about advice, we must consider several things.
- Don't see who gives you advice, whether it is a low member or high member, see the advice itself.
- If the advice makes sens and if the advice is reasonable and helpful, then the advice can be taken into consideration in deciding or taking action.
- Look for some advice and opinions that allow mutual support to strengthen the advice.

[kawetsriyanto]

OP don't take advice from anybody except yourself, the only thing available here is a guide to what you want it's left for you to advice yourself on what to do, so that you won't have to blame any forum member for losing funds. Go through all the threads in the forum that looks like an advice most of them carry under it and quote “not a financial advice" do your own research.

OP needs people's advice or suggestions, he can't advise himself!
No one is perfect, that's a fact. If OP knows everything, he won't ask for advice from others.

Sure, OP must take research. Not every advice or suggestion should be accepted. It depends on what OP needs to improve and what suggestion seems to fit with the OP's situation. Only OP really knows what he wants. Unfortunately, he didn't explain it clearly in the thread above. But I guess, it should be about how to get more merits, because it is the requirement for rank up. It mustn't be about using his funds in trading or investing since he told about high-low ranks in this forum.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Hello 👋  

I can see that some people have a high rank and some are lower, is it advisable to take advice from high rank members more serious than jr member and full members?

Very funny question  
Okay..... Yes, but to some point. it depends on who the high-ranked member is. People are ranking up, just like you're gonna rank up someday....so you should keep your head focus and stay on coast; it'll need your time and devotion, to mount, and make quality contributions then, you'll see..... You'll see the development overtime.

You don't really have to take forum advices from a jrn member as having a prior knowledge of the forum before joining is impossible, or is it? Only a user who has stayed long enough would know the pros and cons in HERE. BUT, as for technical advise, Yes but, to some point too. Yes because alot of users behind low-ranking accounts have virtually, a good technical background. Don't always forget to VET properly, any information you get on the net, from anyone.

Sandra 💇

[KingsDen]

But generally, established members give more advice and are more knowledgeable than lower-ranked members.

True and just by how some "newbie" ranking turned into Hero-Legendary within months just tells how experienced they are in crypto (not just Bitcoin). It is quite amazing to know that there are plenty of Bitcoin users out there that are just roaming around the internet and not just spending their whole time in the forum.

In the end, forum rank is forum rank anyway just like how karma count and awards are just points in Reddit.

To be honest this is not the era of forum. There are so many bitcoin belivers outside there that do not belong to forums such as this. This is an era of social media, if you go to Twitter you will see many of then who doesn't know anything about this forum but they contribute hugely to the Bitcoin network. Some were also here initially but later left, most likely during 2018 spam war.
I am surprised how this forum is able to be sustained till today. That is why people always complain about the interface of this place and some can't help than to run to other social media.

[2stout]

Perhaps as a loose rule of thumb- folks tend to take advise from higher ranked members more to heart than those of lower ranks.  However, this should be taken with a grain of salt as some accounts have been bought, sold, and traded.

[isaac_clarke22]

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I might be in the wrong side of the Twitter at the moment, but yeah I believe you. Twitter is kind of toxic environment in my own side maybe because I was on the wrong side for now. You would never stop seeing bunch of arguments there over and over.

This forum will surely sustain if you would ask me. We might have social media sites for these, but this forum would remain legendary to a lot of people. Surely there would be more OG Bitcoiners here than in other social media platform.

[Frankolala]

Rank in the forum those not determine the knowledge of that person, it is only to show that you have always been contributed in the forum for a long time. There is a board that has the interest of forum members. A newbie can contribute  something meaningful than a legendary member in Economics board because he is well knowledgeable in that board. A legendary can contribute something meaningful than a newbie in bitcoin discussion because he is more knowledgeable than the newbie in that board.

In the forum you can get good answers from everybody,no matter the rank. Make research on your own to learn better,not all answers given here will be true

[coolcoinz]

Perhaps as a loose rule of thumb- folks tend to take advise from higher ranked members more to heart than those of lower ranks.  However, this should be taken with a grain of salt as some accounts have been bought, sold, and traded.

Perhaps as a rule of thumb people wait until there's a large number of answers to their question and sleep on it before deciding

The beauty of a forum is anybody can chop in, a smart guy and an idiot.
How do you know a legendary member isn't an idiot?
He could've bought this account, could've hacked it.
Before the merit system was added you could've written only in off-topic and advanced in ranks.
Don't judge the book by its cover, at least wait for some reviews.

[Renampun]

Hello 👋  

I can see that some people have a high rank and some are lower, is it advisable to take advice from high rank members more serious than jr member and full members?

as I said before that you can't differentiate someone's knowledge based on the BTT account rank they have, many newbies and jr members also have extensive knowledge compared to legendary accounts.
but you should also be careful that there are also many low-ranking accounts that provide suggestions (make post) with plagiarism posts, keep filtering every suggestion you see and get, and don't swallow it so easily.

[Woodie]

Hello 👋  

I can see that some people have a high rank and some are lower, is it advisable to take advice from high rank members more serious than jr member and full members?

This is a "Yes" and "No" answer, if your advice you taking from a high rank member concerns forum etiquette then their is a 75% chance that it's correct. And because Ranks do not depict ones intelligence or know how on crypto issues this advice should be taken with a pinch of salt(caution) to avoid any misinformation, otherwise do you due diligence always.

 

[Issa56]

Hello 👋  

I can see that some people have a high rank and some are lower, is it advisable to take advice from high rank members more serious than jr member and full members?

I don't think rank should determine if you will listen to someone's advice on the forum or not, make sure you always focus on the quality of post and not the rank making the post. Let's assume you asked a question about cryptocurrency trading and a newbie answered the question, that those not mean the person is new to cryptocurrency trading, he might just be joining the forum but will have been in Cryptocurrency trading for long term, so if someone like that gives advice it might be more useful than a legend member that those not really know much about cryptocurrency trading. Some people are newbies or lower rank on forum but might have stayed long in Cryptocurrency.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Hello 👋  

I can see that some people have a high rank and some are lower, is it advisable to take advice from high rank members more serious than jr member and full members?

There is one thing you just need to understand about this forum my friend. These ranks you see today do not just come on a plater of gold, but it have to be earn, which involve in two ways. First, through vital contribution to the growth and development of the forum. Second, Through time spent In the forum, because the higher the time spent on the forum, the more you get use to it's features, and ability to help others e.g lower rank members. So it's not an easy task

[Shamm]

OP don't take advice from anybody except yourself, the only thing available here is a guide to what you want it's left for you to advice yourself on what to do, so that you won't have to blame any forum member for losing funds. Go through all the threads in the forum that looks like an advice most of them carry under it and quote “not a financial advice" do your own research.

OP needs people's advice or suggestions, he can't advise himself!
No one is perfect, that's a fact. If OP knows everything, he won't ask for advice from others.

Sure, OP must take research. Not every advice or suggestion should be accepted. It depends on what OP needs to improve and what suggestion seems to fit with the OP's situation. Only OP really knows what he wants. Unfortunately, he didn't explain it clearly in the thread above. But I guess, it should be about how to get more merits, because it is the requirement for rank up. It mustn't be about using his funds in trading or investing since he told about high-low ranks in this forum.

exactly mate yes you are right Op need some guidance and in additional as a newbie we must do our duty to be fair with newbie must guide or help himself or herself to be successful or rank up to the next rank which is self learning using search bottons and reading old replies is very helpful when you are studying here in forum. Then asking a question from older members then that's good points as newbies.

[Smartvirus]

Hello 👋 

I can see that some people have a high rank and some are lower, is it advisable to take advice from high rank members more serious than jr member and full members?

There is one thing you just need to understand about this forum my friend. These ranks you see today do not just come on a plater of gold, but it have to be earn, which involve in two ways. First, through vital contribution to the growth and development of the forum. Second, Through time spent In the forum, because the higher the time spent on the forum, the more you get use to it's features, and ability to help others e.g lower rank members. So it's not an easy task

No doubt contributions do help you get through the ranks but time spent doesn't really can't much. As a matter of fact, one could be on the forum every other day, making comments with generic replies and still don't get to scale the ranks. In other scenarios, we can have someone who has been on the forum for a long time but still at a beginner rank. Time isn't much a factor here except we count it in terms of activities.

As a newbie or beginner on bitcointalk, you've got a lot of proving to yourself and the forum that you arr teachable and could teach others. You share Knowledge and helpful developments on the forum. It's a learn by discussion forum hence, you've got to show some participation while hoping for the best.

[Nwada001]

is it advisable to take advice from high rank members more serious than jr member and full members?

Every user will give you advice base I what they know, when it comes to things concerning the forum it's good to get knowledge from those who have experience already.
But when it comes to knowledge you can actually learn from both newbies and low rank members, everyone have what they can contribute and their are some high rank members which I have also come across which talks like newbies like me.

[isaac_clarke22]

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Well not all the time. Users could entirely be out of the forum and learning by their own and would have more experience than other users in here.  The forum is not the only source of knowledge, but it is a great platform to share experiences and ideas by the many just like Reddit.

I currently am learning programming and I am curious if thwre are way many more forums out there primarily for programmers and not just subs from Reddit.

[Bhig Daddy]

In the world of knowledge, there is no distinction between the sources of counsel. Certain newcomers genuinely possess greater technical, financial, or other understanding than some members with higher positions. Remember that the forum cautions against relying solely on the information you find there and urges you to conduct independent research.
But when it comes to business, I believe you need to do that with forum regulars that have a good reputation. The simplest method to do that is to look at their track record for dealing with similar businesses and their trustworthiness.

[xSkylarx]

Hello 👋  

I can see that some people have a high rank and some are lower, is it advisable to take advice from high rank members more serious than jr member and full members?

It depends, but mostly yes, it depends on the situation. Confusing right? I know most of our first impression was the lower rank is not more serious than the higher rank, but there is still a lower rank that is knowledgeable (I think you can see a few since before I saw a couple of them, but they can easily rank up because they know crypto). Mostly here in the forum, there are still trolls of higher rank, but most of the higher rank is more serious and contributing here in forums. It is just like our work; there are higher and lower ranks. Mostly you listen to the higher rank, but if the lower rank will give a bright suggestion, then that is the best to follow.

[Odusko]

have a good reputation within the forum community is the number of merits a particular member has received.

I want to make one point clear here, when you talk about merits as a criterion for reputation or being knowledgeable may not be totally right. Because some members have tons of merit without any quality contribution to the discussion in this forum, I will do better with taking rank to be a sign of maturity in this forum reason being that, to attain a higher rank one needs to have passed through a lot of rigorous process and time to accumulate enough activities from their activities in the forum which will show in the quality of contribution such member write.
But if you talking about trust, one should know that we are in a trustless industry, bitcoin is trustless so one is always advised to do your own research.

[GiftedMAN]

This is what I will say to the OP, the forum is like a knowledge bank where each individual have access to information and the ability to make research to confirm the authenticity of the information given to you here depends solely on you. Ranks matters here because it shows how long and active a member has been in the forum here but when it comes to knowledge in the forum, this is my opinion, a junior member may be more knowledgeable about bitcoin before joining the forum than a member or senior member likewise a hero member and a legendary so it all depends on the individual's personal experience or knowledge.


Any member can advise you on the things to do or provide a solution to a particular problem regardless of rank but it is always advised that you make more research to be sure of what you are doing and also beware of scammers who may appear to assist you in getting things done easily.