What one change would you like to see in bitcointalk in 2023

[Zilon]

What a naive way of thinking, as if anything other than filling all the spots in the campaign is important these days. If most managers looked at quality, most campaigns wouldn't be able to fill even 50% of spots, and that's a truth that everyone knows, but we can pretend that the rule of "5 merits in 120 days" is something that makes a good poster.

I also think it's a little exaggerated to say that 50% of vacancies were not filled in the campaigns.
There are a lot of users who post with quality who don't even have a campaign, because they think the campaigns don't have quality.

Because I think there is a market for all types of users and campaigns.

@ Lucius meant 50% will not be filled if most managers were to consider reviewing post quality before and after accepting new participants. Some good posters become bad posters when they get accepted into campaigns, while some improve on their quality over time. The whole idea is not about personal choice of not joining a campaign because the poster assumes the campaign lacks quality, but the content of posters involved in various campaigns. But truth be told, most campaigns will be scanty if quality was really looked into.

[Findingnemo]

One rank above the Legendary is my wish!

I believe it will be a good thing to do for the members who contributed a lot to the forum and also it will encourage the legendary to post more to reach that super recognition rank.

Is it really necessary, mate?

I think it is not needed since we are able to know the members who contributed a lot from their merit numbers. Also, the members who have a certain achievement, have a special badge.

For example:

- taufik123 has a special badge as the winner of the art contest in 2019.
- fillippone has a special badge as the winner of Pizza day in 2022.

Why not? For example LoyceV earned more than 10K merits but he still holds the legendary rank as everyone who has 1K merits but this is a big difference in the numbers and how much they contributed to the forum.

Ofcourse we can get it from their merit counts but if there is another rank with 2500 merits or 5000 merits criteria which will give the recognition for their contribution and also differentiate from 1K members, anyway I don't think theymos is interested in adding ranks but I just expressed what I would like to see.

[joker_josue]

Why not? For example LoyceV earned more than 10K merits but he still holds the legendary rank as everyone who has 1K merits but this is a big difference in the numbers and how much they contributed to the forum.

Ofcourse we can get it from their merit counts but if there is another rank with 2500 merits or 5000 merits criteria which will give the recognition for their contribution and also differentiate from 1K members, anyway I don't think theymos is interested in adding ranks but I just expressed what I would like to see.

From my point of view, this idea doesn't seem bad either.
But looking at the forum currently, and seeing a lot of even influential users who haven't reached the Legendary level, I think there isn't much room for new levels to emerge.

Now, I wouldn't think it strange, in the near future this could happen. I will find it normal and the natural evolution of the forum.

[Daniel91]

One rank above the Legendary is my wish!

I believe it will be a good thing to do for the members who contributed a lot to the forum and also it will encourage the legendary to post more to reach that super recognition rank.

Is it really necessary, mate?

I think it is not needed since we are able to know the members who contributed a lot from their merit numbers. Also, the members who have a certain achievement, have a special badge.

For example:

- taufik123 has a special badge as the winner of the art contest in 2019.
- fillippone has a special badge as the winner of Pizza day in 2022.

Why not? For example LoyceV earned more than 10K merits but he still holds the legendary rank as everyone who has 1K merits but this is a big difference in the numbers and how much they contributed to the forum.

Ofcourse we can get it from their merit counts but if there is another rank with 2500 merits or 5000 merits criteria which will give the recognition for their contribution and also differentiate from 1K members, anyway I don't think theymos is interested in adding ranks but I just expressed what I would like to see.

I personally like your idea and support it.
If enough members support it, maybe it will become a reality, why not?
There are legendary members who became legendary before the implementation of the merit system, based solely on their activity and the fact that they have been members on the forum for a long time.
On the other hand, there are members like LoyceV, who are really quality members who help everyone, and deserve a special rank that will highlight their great contribution to this forum and separate them from other legendary members, whose contribution to the forum community is not so big.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

@ Lucius meant 50% will not be filled if most managers were to consider reviewing post quality before and after accepting new participants. Some good posters become bad posters when they get accepted into campaigns, while some improve on their quality over time. The whole idea is not about personal choice of not joining a campaign because the poster assumes the campaign lacks quality, but the content of posters involved in various campaigns. But truth be told, most campaigns will be scanty if quality was really looked into.

Are we going to act like top managers aren't doing their job correctly by cautioning users who reduced post quality just to meet up weekly post quota? And when they don't change they get punished. Have you seen Hhampuz, Trofo campaigns spreedsheet or that of Royse777, go review them and you'll see that steadily they give warning to their users about post quality and removes them when they don't change their ways, how do you think slots get opened sometimes in campaigns especially when no new campaigns (with better pay) are launched or accounts banned.

When we make judgement since we love generalizing, lets not only focus attention on the campaigns or managers demanding too much from their participants with little pay (as this cost decline in quality) but lets also look at those doing their job very well and contributing to the activeness of the forum as even though what Lucius said is true so is the fact that without this campaigns the forum would had been half empty by now.

[OnZen]

In my opinion a new topic should be introduced in bitcointalk in 2023 . A basic topic should be introduced for newbies. Who want to increase their rank in bitcointalk. So beginners don't face much trouble and the topic will make newbies basic strong .

I think this topic should be about that :
1. Where to start the newbie ID.  
2. Full use of post reply box.
3. Guide line for posting pictures.

 Etc etc....

[libert19]

Markdown support: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5289926.0

[Rikafip]

Ofcourse we can get it from their merit counts but if there is another rank with 2500 merits or 5000 merits criteria which will give the recognition for their contribution and also differentiate from 1K members, anyway I don't think theymos is interested in adding ranks but I just expressed what I would like to see.

I sure hope theymos doesn't consider adding more ranks. So many people take this forum way too seriously (just remember those silly self-congratulatory topics that are thankfully not so popular anymore) and adding more ranks will just create extra craziness in that regard.

In my opinion a new topic should be introduced in bitcointalk in 2023 . A basic topic should be introduced for newbies. Who want to increase their rank in bitcointalk. So beginners don't face much trouble and the topic will make newbies basic strong .

Everything needed (for the start) for an average Newbie is already in the pinned messages in Beginners & Help board. Problem is that many totally ignore those which can get them into trouble (mainly not realizing forum's stance of plagiarism).

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

In my opinion a new topic should be introduced in bitcointalk in 2023, I think this topic should be about that :
1. Where to start the newbie ID. 
2. Full use of post reply box.
3. Guide line for posting pictures.
 Etc etc....

That won't be necessary as everything you need to kickstart your journey on the forum has already been prepared by previous members. For example, with a quick search on or off the forum, newbies can easily find thread that beautifully explains how to do whatever they want to do on the forum. For the question you highlighted here are some threads for that.

Where to start the newbie ID.  I believe you meant, Where to find the newbie ID. 

1: Newbies - Read before posting

2: SMF Smileys & Bulletin Board Code

3: Guideline on posting images (with size adjustments), hyperlinks by tbct_mt2

And when they search and don't find answers to their questions, they can just ask then lock thread immediately they get the response that's helpful to them. Unless newbies by default will be redirected to the thread that you're suggesting when they register, it might be effective as you think.

[FatFork]

Ofcourse we can get it from their merit counts but if there is another rank with 2500 merits or 5000 merits criteria which will give the recognition for their contribution and also differentiate from 1K members, anyway I don't think theymos is interested in adding ranks but I just expressed what I would like to see.

I sure hope theymos doesn't consider adding more ranks. So many people take this forum way too seriously (just remember those silly self-congratulatory topics that are thankfully not so popular anymore) and adding more ranks will just create extra craziness in that regard.

I completely agree! The idea of more ranks just seems like it would create more unnecessary competition and hierarchy on the forum. I think we should avoid these pitfalls and continue building a community where everyone feels welcome. It's important to remember that at the end of the day, we're all just people sharing and discussing ideas online and trying to learn from each other. It's always better to focus on the content of our posts and discussions rather than getting caught up in the ranks and status symbols.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

I would like to see that you can add a profile picture before becoming a full member.

Just sad to see the empty box. It's not see easy to collect merit when you are not around the most merited topics.

Just my thought . 

[Asiska02]

Many suggestions have been thrown on this thread from different users which are mostly welcome developments that will make the forum more better for all of us to use.
My biggest change in the forum is to increase its security, there’s no point of us all being here if the security of the forum can be breached. I didn’t hear or have seen that the forum security have been breached before, or maybe in the past that I haven’t come across before. But improved security will be good for the forum. Technology is advancing and new innovations are coming out every time. I don’t know if there’s any better security features, but if there’s, it should be added to the forum for the future of the forum for us all.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

I think there should be some pop-up option for categories in a report. Those options should be defining the state of the report, and the member reporting would have to select the option that describes what the report is all about before submitting. 

My wish is to call it Legend.

Legends are people who keep extraordinary remarks, and when I think of them, LoyceV always comes to my mind. There are a lot of legends on this forum. But there are also legendary memebers who cannot be called legends, but if that requested feature of adding legend rank is included, possibly all legendary ranks will become legends. If that rank is to be added, it should be based on merit > 30,000 and 7 green stars instead of the normal yellow 🟡🟡

Notification menu I don't mean it to be like a social media notification alert or anything. If anyone quotes me in their reply, the notification menu bar will show a simple number or sign just like the message menu.

I agree with this suggestion if it can also be included. A notification to all members when they are being quoted in a thread.

[LoyceMobile]

Thinking out of the box: how about a new rank for only the users who make the Top N in both Activity and Merit? That way you'll lose that rank again when someone else takes your place in the Top N.

[digaran]

Thinking out of the box: how about a new rank for only the users who make the Top N in both Activity and Merit? That way you'll lose that rank again when someone else takes your place in the Top N.

Right now, who is that member with top activity and merit?, is it you?🤣
Like who is the richest man on earth type of categorizing.

[Rikafip]

I think there should be some pop-up option for categories in a report. Those options should be defining the state of the report, and the member reporting would have to select the option that describes what the report is all about before submitting.

There is already something relatively similar but not as part of the forum and instead as a browser extension, suchmoons's One-click mod report, not for the faint of heart .
 
Additionally, every time you make a comment when reporting a post, it is saved so all you have to do to get an option is to enter first letter of your report in order to get all of them. So for example, if you reported post by writing "Low value post", next time all you have to do is enter "l" in the comment section and it will offer you that, and all other comments that start with "L". It makes a difference when you are mass reporting, trust me.

[LoyceMobile]

Thinking out of the box: how about a new rank for only the users who make the Top N in both Activity and Merit? That way you'll lose that rank again when someone else takes your place in the Top N.

Right now, who is that member with top activity and merit?, is it you?🤣
Like who is the richest man on earth type of categorizing.

Now think N=200 or something, so it's a large group of people.

[Welsh]

Additionally, every time you make a comment when reporting a post, it is saved so all you have to do to get an option is to enter first letter of your report in order to get all of them. So for example, if you reported post by writing "Low value post", next time all you have to do is enter "l" in the comment section and it will offer you that, and all other comments that start with "L". It makes a difference when you are mass reporting, trust me.

This only happens if you've got the option for forms, and fields to be saved. I'm personally disabled that; however I do believe most browsers ship with this by default, and it might not be changeable in the settings, but rather through editing the JSON policies of that browser. I'm only familiar with Firefox, so I don't know the process of other browsers. However, I've heavily modified the policies of Firefox, and that's one of the options I did disable. Firefox might have this option accessible in the settings though, if I remember correctly so it's quite possible some users have disabled this.

[NdaMk]

I would like to see more ranks added to the forum rather than just the legendary rank. It feels strange to ask for that when I'm not even close to achieving it. It will only lengthen the time it takes me to get there.
I like the forum the way it is, but if there is anything that could be improved, I would appreciate it being added to the forum's overall use and experience. But for now, I want the forum to remain lively and educative for many years to come as the way it is currently.

[libert19]

Thinking out of the box: how about a new rank for only the users who make the Top N in both Activity and Merit? That way you'll lose that rank again when someone else takes your place in the Top N.

Exactly, adding new rank would just pave wave for wanting newer rank in future. I'd rather get behind similar idea where member has to earn number of activity+merit to keep retaining that rank.