The Importance of inviting Newbies to Bitcointalk

[Agbe]

Instead of using newbies on the "TOPIC", I would prefer to use "PEOPLE" because at the outside world when they have not known bitcointalk forum, they don't know what is newbie and it was when they were introduced to the forum that they became to familiar and master the terms in the forum. As for me I was introduced to the forum by  colleague in the National Service place of work. And i was guided, directed to do many things so it was not difficult for me to do somethings though before I understand the forum activities, it took some months. I still learning every day. Those who were shown by friends and family members would have understand the forum more than the people who saw it from social media and google ads. And most of them that were invited to the forum to learn more could not meet up because of different factors. But in all basic knowledge is needed here.

[Mpamaegbu]

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But if you tell about money making schemes for sure there's a lot of people will get interested about it but don't hype people for wrong things just let them discover this and only those interested people would provably stay.

You're right about that. That's why they keep losing money because what they invest in, most times, turns out to be Ponzi. I've had people ask me how much they stand to gain if they invested in Bitcoin, making it sound like what those ponzi guys tell them ahead of time to get their attention. How can anyone predetermine what profit to make in cryptos if not that they want to run a ponzi scheme. Bitcoin isn't a get rich quick thing, and they should all know that.

[Finestream]

For me, that could also pave way to a massive promotion in the future. When everyone else knows about bitcoin, then it will be easier to promote bitcoin globally. But what I mostly see is that in order to correct people particularly newbies from having wrong concepts about bitcoin, at least they should start engaging in the forum so that they will gain the facts and not the lies about bitcoin. So that they will stay well informed about bitcoin and that they will influence others as well to start researching and studying about bitcoin before they decide to jump on investing and trading in the market.

[examplens]

To cut the long story short, I strongly believe that we should invite more users to the forum. This will not only boost engagement but also bring fresh ideas to benefit both new and old members alike. So if you know of someone who is willing to learn about Bitcoin, don't hesitate to tips him about Bitcointalk.

I am NOT against the arrival of new people to this forum, on the contrary, it is always good to see fresh ideas.
But as far as I've noticed, all the newly invited come exclusively because they heard about the possibility of earning money here on the forum. It seems that there is a rather small percentage of newcomers who are not hunters of a higher rank. A higher rank on the forum almost exclusively brings only the possibility of potentially higher earnings in various campaigns.
So, inviting people because of the bounty campaign is not a special benefit for the quality of this forum.

[Iroh]

I’m inclined to think a good number of people on here found the forum by themselves when trying to do some research or had questions relating to bitcoin. It’s not a bad idea to try and invite new people to join the forum as like the OP noted, they could bring fresh and innovative ideas.

You mentioned that without new topics, it could be quite challenging for signature campaigners to fulfill their weekly task and something about 50% of topics being created by newbies. I fail to understand how challenging it could be as literally anyone could bring forward a topic to be discussed.

You also mentioned how higher ranked members don’t always participate in contests as most are having busy schedules due to their signature campaigns. I don’t think that’s true. Members don’t participate due to various reasons and definitely not cause of having busy schedules due to signature campaigns.

You said it yourself. We can equally tell them about the benefits the forum offers. It’s no surprise why newbies primarily care so much about ranks and less about actually learning something new.

[TelolettOm]

Many times, I think that not having more newbies here on Bitcoin will actually make the community less active.
So, why do I think it's essential to welcome more newbies to Bitcointalk? The presence of newcomers injects vitality into the community. They bring fresh ideas, add value, and help spread the word about Bitcoin. New members can also play a pivotal role in inviting others and creating engaging discussions.

Do you think a smaller number of newbies will be a serious problem?
I don't think so. This forum never targets to have certain number of members. Even we have no newbies, the activities still last as usual, no serious impact on the forum activities. Each member can bring fresh ideas, it doesn't only come from newbies. Even old members can be more effectively to spread Bitcoin information because they have established knowledge. It is different when newbies spread the Bitcoin information, they can mislead it because of lack of knowledge. Regarding the discussion, most the members involved in discussions constantly are old members. New members sometimes rarely join discussion due to varied reasons.

[aysg76]

I think if you are interested in learning new stuff about bitcoin and want to have similar discussions you would automatically find the forum and we are not some business platform that would engage ourselves into some promotions to invite newbies to the platform according to me.I know many of us want forum growth with new members joining but many of them are interested in bounty hunting only and spamming the forum with same threads so it's better to avoid them and still we have huge community with lot of constructive threads and knowledgeable content being shared on daily basis.

[mk4]

It's honestly not that bad, just needs some getting used to.

There's no way any typical layperson would use other bbcode blocks (and don't even get me started on quoting multiple replies) and say "it's honestly that bad". Companies just made platforms like Twitter and Reddit so so idiot-friendly that Bitcointalk would immediately look and feel ancient.

[Pingrapole]

We should seriously consider bringing in newcomers. You invite those who want to come here, your close relatives and friends If you don't come then they will think of merit first and those who want to run after money will not last because to stay here you have to earn money by working creatively.First you need to know the rules then how to work here then watch it patiently or else you may get hurt.Don't bring people who can betray you bring one day those who will benefit you.In my opinion patient skilled talented and hardworking people should be brought here and only those who want to come.Teach them how they feel about what you should know before they arrive.Get someone who is willing to work on long-form writing, then he is Then Sam will bring you too.

I would like to say that those who are willing to do whatever they want to do or who want to come bring them of their own free will.
I think the new invitation is very important here But bringing them full knowledge here is very important If you don't bring the greedy treacherous money grabbers then you are doomed.

[Odohu]

Yes you are right that mate nowadays it's hard to invite other people to access on bitcointalk.org cause son of them knows that bitcoin is a scam

Bitcoin is not a scam rather some people think it is. This does not surprise me because it is in the nature of some people to criticise what they don't understand. I have friends who are still waiting for me to cry and regret joining Bitcoin... to them, I'm wasting my time and money on Bitcoin. What I do is to simply avoid such negative people and focus on people who show some level of interest

And some of once they know this forum they will try and register but all of the sudden they will disappear cause they will not totally dedicated to know more in this forum.

If we are honest with ourselves, you will agree with me that the first month is not always easy for a newbie. Knowing how to post in the forum, knowing where to post and trying to make sense are some of the huddles newbies face. The expectations from newbies, as shown by the attitude of some older guys, could be so frustrating for some newbies and not everyone have the courage to endure,  hence, the reason many newcomers run away.

If we could be more patient with newbies, correcting them in love and giving them a sense of belonging, am sure more will stay.

[Pablo-wood]

Staying relevant on the BTT forum entails a lot of time and research and as such not everyone will want to devote that time to just one forum. Inviting newbies to the forum is not the issue the major concern is how many are willing to stay put to learn, research and make meaningful contributions. Overtime we have battled with issues of spamming and low quality posts and the major reason been that newbies were introduced to the forum with the idea of earning through signatures, bounties, art contest and more so they paid less attention to how much content the contributed to the forum.

The idea of whom to bring to the forum should be prioritised based on the interest of the introduced, The intended member should have interest in learning and self development as regards valid topics shared on the forum before making the move to bringing them onboard so the don't get disappointed at the end of the day or get banned as a result of their own actions.

[Vaculin]

Bitcointalk forum will never be this huge and productive if it weren’t for newbies that keep entering in the forum to gain adequate knowledge, to share their own opinions and ideas, and to participate in an interactive discussion wherein at the end of the day, they learned from other members as well as other members also learned from them. So without newbies in the forum, bitcointalk will only have a limited scope and will never grow and become more productive. As much as newbies are essential in the forum, thus members who have high experience in the forum and are contributing quality post are also as important as them.

[Zoomic]

Whenever a topic is created and you take your time to read from the first page of that topic to maybe the 4th or 5th page, you will be so much amazed at how people react to matters. I have read the where a full member was suggesting that newbies should not be invited to the forum because they come only for money either through signature campaign or bounty. Yet, the person is a full member and the wearing signature.

Another person said that this forum is not about signature and contest but this same person also in enjoys signature campaign and also join contests, so I am not just understanding the whole thing.
There is no specific thing about the forum but it's about bitcoin and it's about earning and it's about everything,  is about liberty. Allowe people to enjoy the forum while it last.

[Dunamisx]

Staying relevant on the BTT forum entails a lot of time and research and as such not everyone will want to devote that time to just one forum. Inviting newbies to the forum is not the issue the major concern is how many are willing to stay put to learn, research and make meaningful contributions.

That's true, and also i want to sound this as a reminder to most of us who persist on inviting newbies to the forum and then go ahead in telling them that they could enjoy financial benefits when they join, because lately I've been seing newbies coming to this forum and telling you that they want to make money and not that they are here to learn or give contributions to others about bitcoin, we should let them know that this is a discussion forum, if they think they have the time, courage and patience to go through learning new things, this may be a place for them to stay.

Overtime we have battled with issues of spamming and low quality posts and the major reason been that newbies were introduced to the forum with the idea of earning through signatures, bounties, art contest and more so they paid less attention to how much content the contributed to the forum.

That is why you could see that most of the bounty hunters are the ones that falls under this category except for few among them, this is also one of the reasons they hardly rank up, maybe if they had not been given an impression on making money on the forum, some would have learn to give out their best and those that can't would have left.

[ultrloa]

That's often the problem with people. I've invited several others too and almost all of them displayed this same attitude. Just ignore the unserious ones and move on. At the right time they will come asking to be led. Learning is always the hardest part for most people. They don't like to wait for the process. They want to jump the queue and into success with little or no effort at all. Life isn't that way.

Hard to invite people who think that you are just promoting networking scams to them and can't blame them to think about that since government portrays bitcoin as so risky investors. Also other misinterpret this as scam so most likely if they don't know anything about it they will leave especially if they cannot get anything on this or other platform you try to point out on them.

But if you tell about money making schemes for sure there's a lot of people will get interested about it but don't hype people for wrong things just let them discover this and only those interested people would provably stay.

Yes you are right that mate nowadays it's hard to invite other people to access on bitcointalk.org cause son of them knows that bitcoin is a scam so of we introduce them this forum they will say that this forum is is not reliable and they can't earn anything on this forum. And some of once they know this forum they will try and register but all of the sudden they will disappear cause they will not totally dedicated to know more in this forum.

With the new merit system introduce for sure newbie will get bored for trying to became better since most of new people are just there because they was told that money is easy to earn on this forum.  But once they realize how hard to meet the requirements for sure they disappear and find another way to earn. Only those people who has a lot of experience outside which have lot of knowledge will stay its because they are the one who can cope up with discussion and can easily understand that they need to put extra effort to achieve their targets here.

[Bushdark]

Bitcointalk forum will never be this huge and productive if it weren’t for newbies that keep entering in the forum to gain adequate knowledge, to share their own opinions and ideas, and to participate in an interactive discussion wherein at the end of the day, they learned from other members as well as other members also learned from them. So without newbies in the forum, bitcointalk will only have a limited scope and will never grow and become more productive. As much as newbies are essential in the forum, thus members who have high experience in the forum and are contributing quality post are also as important as them.

Everything is a step and as we keep growing, we member move from being a newbie to a member and from there we keep advancing in knowledge and rank to where we become knowledgeable about the forum and what the crypto market is all about. We join the forum like a toodler and grow to a higher rank. The traffic of the forum keep increasing as old members keep leaving the forum and new ones keep joining making the community very busy and active. Although there are some newbies that tend to be very lazy and not ready to learn looking for who is going to spoon feed them.

[Pandu Geddon]

I have read the where a full member was suggesting that newbies should not be invited to the forum because they come only for money either through signature campaign or bounty.

However, there is a special attraction to the signature and bounty campaigns from this forum. perhaps a conversation from a friend asking where to get Bitcoin or where they can get extra money. That's the reality, there are most Bounty hunters or signature campaign participants. Tell family or friends about getting money from forums. and it is interesting for some people to follow it and then register on the forum with the aim of making money. there is no problem with that, everyone on the forum has their own motivation for being on the forum.

the problem is when they invite new people to the forum but don't guide or explain them properly. like a bounty participant who gets small results from the campaign he participates in. Then he gets advice from his friends to create more accounts and you will earn more.

[letteredhub]

when inviting someone to Bitcointalk, you should see to it that they understand what it's all about and yes you can equally tell them all the benefits that come with joining Bitcointalk but be sure to inform them about all the rules they have to abide, to so they don't come here and start spamming the forum without understanding the rules.

Apart from the benefit of gaining knowledge I don't think there's any other benefits to expose to someone you're just telling about bitcointalk. This is important so that person have one goal to focus on as he or she register and become a member of the forum which is the goal to broaden his knowledge on bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

Many a newbies have been misled because those that introduced them to the forum put forward some financial benefit's ahead of knowledge and learning regarding the forum.  About the rules, of course it's important to give a preliminary lecture to anyone about the rules guiding the forum so when they come they can get the interest to know more other rules that follows.

[Tiger420]

It's very important for newbie to come here because not all newbie actually do the rubbish that all of them are being tagged for. Newbie are the ones who increases the hope of this forum staying longer because every reputable member has all once been a newbie because no one actually skips this part. But as newbie learning about your environment is key because this is what pusshes vou to grow and strive very well here in the forum.

You have written with the right words of inspiration! It's necessary for new members to come to this site, and there is no unhealthy or bad behavior among new members that established members haven't experienced themselves. All important members were newcomers at some point, and no one can skip this phase. You can be an ideal companion for new members on this forum, eager and willing to help.

[jrrsparkles]

Whenever a topic is created and you take your time to read from the first page of that topic to maybe the 4th or 5th page, you will be so much amazed at how people react to matters. I have read the where a full member was suggesting that newbies should not be invited to the forum because they come only for money either through signature campaign or bounty. Yet, the person is a full member and the wearing signature.

Another person said that this forum is not about signature and contest but this same person also in enjoys signature campaign and also join contests, so I am not just understanding the whole thing.
There is no specific thing about the forum but it's about bitcoin and it's about earning and it's about everything,  is about liberty. Allowe people to enjoy the forum while it last.

Nothing lasts forever so the signature campaigns too.

No offense just my guess though, but talking about the opinion of members who contradict their own principles shows most likely they are posting to meet the weekly quota, am I right?

Everyone should begin from scratch, bitcointalk is one hell of a place where you can learn a lot about money, bitcoin, and many other things so if someone has the opportunity then hopefully they will use it wisely. Keeping the traffic coming in is also important for the forum or else it will be left stranded so its a win-win for both parties.