What advice do you give a newbie?

[Jamala]

As you can see, I'm a complete newbie; tailless and headless. I have no direction and I seek one. Educate us on the dos and donts of the forum.
How is growth measured here?

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[odolvlobo]

Read more, post less. It is as simple as that.

Status is gained by earning merits. Someone may award your post a merit if they feel it is worthwhile. Posts that have little value rarely earn any merits. So, read as much as you can so that you can write posts and replies that others consider to be worth awarding merits.

[acroman08]

if you are not that familiar with the forum and its rules read the following links below. do not plagiarise content, and if you are going to take information from someone else or from an article, make sure to cite your source.

Newbies - Read before posting
Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ

[noorman0]

Adding to the above suggestions, read more forum rules and every post pinned on every subboard.

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How is growth measured here?

People's assessments are generally based on the merits obtained, but that's not a reason for people to chase you desperately when you are hard enough to achieve. The process of getting to the maturity of the mind takes time, first make this a fun place to learn something.

[_act_]

if you are not that familiar with the forum and its rules read the following links below. do not plagiarise content, and if you are going to take information fromsomeone else or from an article, make sure to cite your source.

Newbies - Read before posting
Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ

@Jamala, just read these two links, they are important.

Go to meta board and also beginners and help board to read the sticky or pinned threads there.

If you want to grow your account on this forum, be visiting this forum regularly and be reading what other members that are have high merits are posting. Reading than posting will help you to post more than read later. But your success on this forum is to read what others are hosting very well and be bitcoin oriented.

[examplens]

As you can see, I'm a complete newbie; tailless and headless. I have no direction and I seek one. Educate us on the dos and donts of the forum.
How is growth measured here?

for a start, you should be honest. As I can see from your previous writing, even if you are a newbie, you started giving political analysis and pieces of advice. this post of yours seems to me more like an attempt to collect merit (translation gave a different meaning).
it's okay to discuss some things in life, but those are not things that improve this forum. try to be in the discussion, not only to write something but to at least try to influence its further course. also as a newbie, it's perfectly fine if you spend some time reading and learning.

I will agree that this is a good start for any newbie.

if you are not that familiar with the forum and its rules read the following links below. do not plagiarise content, and if you are going to take information from someone else or from an article, make sure to cite your source.

Newbies - Read before posting
Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ

[Ryker1]

As you can see, I'm a complete newbie; tailless and headless. I have no direction and I seek one. Educate us on the dos and donts of the forum.
How is growth measured here?

This single thread will answer your questions. ^{[ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1689727.0 ]}
Every important detail was on the pinned post in every section, spend most of your precious time reading and understanding those pinned post threads and you will surely gain knowledge of it as a newbie.

Read more, post less. It is as simple as that.
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You nailed it out --that is very simple, possibly just 2 months of spending your free time reading those informative topics that are already pinned above. It needs dedication for you to encourage to engage more about the forum and technical about bitcoin stuff.

[Saisher]

As you can see, I'm a complete newbie; tailless and headless. I have no direction and I seek one. Educate us on the dos and donts of the forum.
How is growth measured here?

I'm sure that this is your first forum account the first thing in order for you is to read a lot and refrain from posting for the sake of posting, you've done the right thing finding this section for your guide to starting here in Bitcointalk you can also check the meta section it housed all the rules and on this forum.
Learn everything you need about this forum and you can do this by concentrating on these two sections, meta and this section, take a least a week of reading topics and discussion on these two sections.
When you think you learn a lot then that's the time to roam other sections of this forum, go to the section of your interest, and don't try to act as if you know specific subjects, the most important thing is to avoid spamming and redundant posts.   

[Nwada001]

Just be gentle, polite choose areas that you are good at focus on those boards. Few members has dropped links to the rules of newbies, in your own free time also go through the unofficial btt rules.
Don't plagiarize, don't word spin, take this two warning very serious.

How is growth measured here?

Growth is measured base on your learning approach, contributions, activeness, etc which the reward is Merit. Merit+Activity equal to Rank up.

[Lucius]

for a start, you should be honest. As I can see from your previous writing, even if you are a newbie, you started giving political analysis and pieces of advice. this post of yours seems to me more like an attempt to collect merit (translation gave a different meaning).
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Good observation, I also find it strange when someone asks for instructions and has been writing on the forum for a week, mainly on the topic of politics and economics. If you come to a forum that has "bitcointalk" in its name, and you don't show that you have any interest in Bitcoin or altcoins, my only advice would be to ask yourself "maybe I'm in the wrong place?"

Not that I want to discourage the OP, but I just want to say that if I'm interested in football and not basketball, then I won't go to a basketball game, pretty simple.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Welcome to the forum, OP.
read the welcome message and also learn how to search effectively; Last but not least, see the FAQ for everything you need to know about the forum.

The Bitcointalk forum is the best place in the Bitcoin community to learn anything you want to know about Bitcoin and its technology. In the forum, you are under the education of some highly experienced Bitcoiners, miners, and developers, so as long as you have any difficult situation related to Bitcoin, you can use the search icon, and if you don't find your answer, you can create a thread about the topic and you will get more opinions that may be able to help you. Welcome to the forums.

[Fiatless]

As you can see, I'm a complete newbie; tailless and headless. I have no direction and I seek one. Educate us on the dos and donts of the forum.
How is growth measured here?

Don't give more attention to posting. Dedicate your time to reading about Bitcoin and the forum. Your focus now shouldn't be to grow but to gain knowledge. If you have sound information about Bitcoin and the forum, you will naturally grow. However, growth in this forum is a product of merit and activity. You can get merit when you do quality posts that give information, answer a question or solve a problem. Merits are like likes on social media and the more merit you get the higher your membership level.
Activity is determined by your age and consistency in the forum. Your activity grows as you spend more time and make contributions. Just  ba patient and learn.

[SatoPrincess]

As you can see, I'm a complete newbie; tailless and headless. I have no direction and I seek one. Educate us on the dos and donts of the forum.
How is growth measured here?

This post is basically asking “how do I get merits”. There is no education you will get that’s better than the pinned threads on this board, I suggest you read more and post less. Also use the search engine, so you don’t create duplicate topics, the forum has been here for over a decade and it’s very likely your questions may already been asked before.

[dzungmobile]

• Forum ranks/positions/badges (What do those shiny coins under my name mean?)
• FAQ: Everything you need to know about forum 'activity, account ranks and merit
• Welcome message

Use Searching effectively

[Upgrade00]

Dos;
• Follow the rules,
• Do more or reading than writing,
• Join discussions,
• Find what interests you,
• Keep reading,
• Slowly acquire more knowledge as you get good at the basics,
• Do more reading.

Donts;
• Do not plagiarize,
• Do not spam,
• Do not spread malware.

How is growth measured here?

The forum's metric is activity and merits which gives your rank. Merits being the most important of the two.
Your personal metric which is by far more important is how much you're learning and how close you're getting to your goal of being on the forum.

[Razmirraz]

The most basic advice from me to you as a newbie is don't be lazy to read. Some of the threads that have been recommended in the comments on this thread can help you find the direction you are looking for.
Newbie should read and learn more than posting, learn all the rules and guidelines that direct you to improve the quality of the posts. To become an established user on forums takes time, you have to be able to get through it patiently until you master some of the rules that cannot be broken.
Good luck, I hope you feel at home in this community.

[Agbe]

As you can see, I'm a complete newbie; tailless and headless. I have no direction and I seek one. Educate us on the dos and donts of the forum.
How is growth measured here?

Op this your thread would have been posted on the first or second post of the account but this is 14 post and that means you are not totally newbie in cryptocurrency even though you are new in the forum. As examplens your breaking down of politics is not bad and here you are trying to contradict your knowledge. You are good in Politics and economics. Probably you might need the knowledge on Cryptocurrency. And from you posts, you can read and write therefore I recommend you to make some research on Google and read more on Cryptocurrencies and bitcoin. With that you knowledge will also be centered on bitcoin.

[fadhilz123]

As you can see, I'm a complete newbie; tailless and headless. I have no direction and I seek one. Educate us on the dos and donts of the forum.
How is growth measured here?

As for what is not allowed and what is allowed, of course you only need to look for the rules that are in this forum or those that have been pinned on every board you post. And in terms of growth, it is measured by how smart you are in making good contributions to this forum, both through brilliant ideas and also through knowledge that you already know.

Because here everyone is required to always learn more about every thing that is needed and is not yet known, so you also need to study outside the forum so that you can provide good ideas through your posts here. Now start reading more things and then study them so you can understand them very well.

[Uruhara]

My advice to beginners is to get used to reading more of the rules that have been pinned on several boards. because every board in this forum is actually almost all of them, there is always a thread specially made and at the very top of the pin. so when you visit any board in this forum, take the time to read some of the pinned threads. because usually it is about the rules for the forum/board itself.

examples of several threads about the rules embedded in the Board Meta.
 - Forum ranks/positions/badges (What do those shiny coins under my name mean?)
- Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ
- Do not post off-topic replies
- FAQ: Everything you need to know about forum 'activity, account ranks and merit

that's one example for the Meta board. and on several other boards there is also the same thing and especially on the Beginner board and this help. if all newbies read every post pinned on every board then I don't think there will be (at least) new users who get lost in the discussion on this forum.

[Cryptomultiplier]

One thing I know for certain is this, as long as you do not relent in your effort to remain relevant by posting comments or new topics here, a time would come when you will earn from the labour you put in.
Also, try to make great posts that are Bitcoin or cryptocurrency related more, because it would earn you merits and help you rank up.
Avoid negative trust by all means and once you start taking advantage of the opportunity here, as per performing tasks with rewards, joining campaigns  and staying true to the rules of this forum, and most importantly using reference links where applicable, you would appreciate belonging to this forum.