(Any Guesses?) Are there many real (unpaid) people still posting here at BCT?

[BenCodie]

I think that there are few kinds of people that post here:
- Newbies who are genuinely interested in Bitcoin and looking to participate in the forum, either to have their questions answered in the short term or because they are passionate about the movement and want to take part in discussion
- Paid posters who make a living from the hand that feeds them. Unfortunately, there are a lot of them. Just look at the gambling board for obvious examples. There are a lot of shills getting paid to promote the advertiser that also exists in their signature.
- Members who are paid to post, but are here because they love Bitcoin, and enjoy the incentive they get to post and stay involvrd..
- Account farmers who are exploiting the paid posting mechanism.
- Long term holders who are passionate about Bitcoin. Those who are enjoying the experience, and are free enough to spend time here thanks to Bitcoin.

Unfortunately some of these categories do not deserve to be here. Unfortunately there is no way to catch some of them. In any case, why people are here is not the matter, Bitcoin enabled them to be here and that in itself is a beautiful thing, for better and for worse.

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[The Sceptical Chymist]

It is called Bitcointalk (BTT), not BCT.

Now, now.  There's no official abbreviation for the forum's name, and I've always used BCT whenever I was too lazy to write the whole thing out.  To each his own, no?  I'm still trying to convince people to put the US dollar sign before the amount, not after (like $5 as opposed to 5$) but it's a losing battle.

The whole reason why there are so many members (and very active ones at that) is precisely because sig campaigns and bounties exist.  If they were banned right now, I'm sure there would be a mass exodus and there wouldn't be nearly as much "discussion" going on.  Bitcointalk would still probably be more active than any altcoin forum, but compared to how it's been since the first sig campaign it'd look like a ghost town.

Also, OP made an excellent suggestion about reading very old threads.  Some of the ones from 2009-2011 are fantastic, and I'm sure there's a lot of good stuff from the pre-sig campaign era for anyone who wants to learn a bit of bitcoin history.

[dzungmobile]

Let's break down bitcointalk :
Bitcoin Talk
Bit Coin Talk
You can't write Bi Tcoin Talk ?? What does Tcoin mean ?

The forum's Twitter account is https://twitter.com/bitcointalk

The description is BitcoinTalk and I am fine with both BT or BCT but I would prefer to use BCT.

BTT is weird and inaccurate to use because it does not match with the full name of forum, Bitcointalk that I even more prefer to use than BCT or BT. I have no issue to write a full name of forum, Bitcointalk and see no reason to use its abbreviation like BCT or BT.

[un_rank]

The amount of challenging, high-quality topics combined with no spam or sigs is a refreshing retro experience for me.

A theory I have is that there were less users on the forum then making it easier to moderate. Spammers were on the forum then but their spam will quickly get deleted.
Also, you looking in from the future will meet the posts that last the test of time first which are expected to be quality conversations.

do you think there many real (unpaid) people still posting here at BCT?

Not many. One I come across now and again is gmaxwell
He coincidentally also kicks Vod off.

I hereby challenge anyone with a lower member id than me who does not wear a paid signature to kick me off!

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gmaxwell id is 11425.

I'm still trying to convince people to put the US dollar sign before the amount, not after (like $5 as opposed to 5$) but it's a losing battle.

To be fair it is pronounced "5 dollars" and not "dollar 5" 

- Jay -

[vapourminer]

this is pretty funny

like some members here talk about people who dont do sigs and just post things for absolutely no reason at all except for fun as rarities and speak of them almost in hushed whispers.

like wtf. we do exist lol

[Vod]

It is called Bitcointalk (BTT), not BCT.

Now, now.  There's no official abbreviation for the forum's name, and I've always used BCT whenever I was too lazy to write the whole thing out.  To each his own, no?  I'm still trying to convince people to put the US dollar sign before the amount, not after (like $5 as opposed to 5$) but it's a losing battle.

I've also used BCT in my posts.  Some people claim they make others sick by saying they are nauseous instead of nauseated.    Words often take on new meanings over time, like literally. 

[mikeywith]

I'm still trying to convince people to put the US dollar sign before the amount, not after (like $5 as opposed to 5$) but it's a losing battle.

Because it does not make sense, almost the whole world places the currency symbol after the number, exceptions would be Arabic and Hebrew since they are right to left, if it made any sense, you would not have needed to convince any one.

OP i have posted for too long without wearing anything (ok, maybe not during winter) but ya for real, without getting paid, and I will do so again anytime, in fact, I hardly hit my max quota, probably not even half of it, but I just love being around here.

I love talking about crypto in general and mainly BTC, in real life there are not many people who understand Bitcoin, most people around me don't know what it is, many who do think it is an online scam coin created by the state to steal people's money before shutting the Bitcoin website to run away with all the money.

Heck, I can't talk Bitcoin even with my wife, so this place is the only place I can express my awful love for bitcoin, what other place would you be able freely talk about crypto with people who actually share the same ambition?  And if you get some sats for doing something you love doing anyway, why not?

Anyway, many people probably post for the sole purpose of money, mixers are done with this year, so the majority of $$ for campaigns will be gone, sure thing many people will stop posting next year.

[Vod]

And if you get some sats for doing something you love doing anyway, why not?

1,000 sats is around $0.30 right now.   Some of these signature campaigns pay dollars per post. 

[SamReomo]

1,000 sats is around $0.30 right now.   Some of these signature campaigns pay dollars per post. 

Yep, I agree sats is quite low in value till this day and it doesn't make sense to do anything for just 1000 sats or 2000 sats because most of the signature campaigns on this forum pay at least $2 per post and there are few campaigns that pay as much as $4 to $6 per post. Recently we have a campaign that pays around $10 per post. I believe if the users can get some money for their contribution then it's a good thing. I believe that the signature campaigns are doing great on this forum and surely they have helped a lot of users to improve their posts by a huge margin.

[coupable]

Hello, I have spent many hours studying the old threads at your wonderful forum, and I suggest to anyone they do the same. The amount of challenging, high-quality topics combined with no spam or sigs is a refreshing retro experience for me. As we quickly head into 2024, do you think there many real (unpaid) people still posting here at BCT? Have a great day.

It is true that signature campaigns are considered one of the biggest incentives for more posts and thus the spread of spam everywhere in the forum, but this does not mean that all users wear a paid signature or that all those who wear signatures within advertising campaigns spread spam.
Perhaps you are a frequenter of the gambling section or the altcoin discussion section, where spam abounds and it is difficult to find valuable posts. However, these sections also contain good contributions.
I suggest that you visit the technical sections, and I am sure that you will be surprised at the number of good posts published by members who do not wear any signature, or who wear signatures that are not paid, that is, not within a signature campaign or a bounty campaign.
The forum remains, first and foremost, a public space for publication and free discussions, and for this reason, the best that is published in the field of crypto and blockchain in general is on the forum, whether before or after the emergence of signature campaigns.

[LTU_btc]

Not going to repeat what was already said. Just want to add that nothing strange that you don't see many old users without paid signatures who are still active. That's normal thing. Go to any random forum, find posts made 10-15 years ago and you'll see that most users who wrote it aren't active anymore.

No, no, no fucking no. Don't spread nonsense. There's no logic saying BTT.

Let's break down bitcointalk :
Bitcoin Talk
Bit Coin Talk
You can't write Bi Tcoin Talk ?? What does Tcoin mean ?

That really makes sense, never thought about it. It's getting a bit off-topic, but I never use all these BTT, BCT and etc. Bitcointalk simply isn't such long word that can't be written in full. All this shortening of words reminds me times about 20 years ago when people used brick phones like Nokia and avoided writting full words in SMS. IIRC, then SMS were charged by nymber of symbols used, so, people tried to make it as short as possible.

[OgNasty]

A good test of the paid posters question will be when the mixers advertising ban goes into effect. Will we see a massive dropoff in posts per day here or will it not be noticeable. I would imagine given the number of mixers offering signature campaigns that the number of posts per day would be somewhat noticeably effected.

[SamReomo]

A good test of the paid posters question will be when the mixers advertising ban goes into effect. Will we see a massive dropoff in posts per day here or will it not be noticeable. I would imagine given the number of mixers offering signature campaigns that the number of posts per day would be somewhat noticeably effected.

The number of posts will drop-off only if the users who are on this forum are there to get paid for their posting and they mainly want such payment from mixer based campaigns. Now that mixers are going to get banned on this forum that doesn't mean that the forum won't have signature campaigns but instead of applying mixer signatures the users will be applying signatures of casinos and other sites like exchanges etc that are still allowed to promote their services on this forum.

I'm quite sure that we may see new type of sites promoting their services on this forum after the ban on mixer related signature campaigns. I believe it's a golden chance time for casinos as they can promote their services easily now because the members who are applying the signatures of mixers will have the signature space available and they would love to join any campaign that allows them to earn some amount for their contribution.

[Timelord2o67]

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I joined a couple of signature campaigns (one at a time until they drew to a close) until nearly two years ago I left the campaign at a time I couldn't guarantee making the required post count each week.

Just because someone does (or does not) participate in a campaign says nothing about the quality of their posts - the same goes with the centralisation of merits with little or no trickle down effect (another of theymos' well intentioned abject failures).

[Peanutswar]

Hello, I have spent many hours studying the old threads at your wonderful forum, and I suggest to anyone they do the same. The amount of challenging, high-quality topics combined with no spam or sigs is a refreshing retro experience for me. As we quickly head into 2024, do you think there many real (unpaid) people still posting here at BCT? Have a great day.

Newbies often come here because they know they can earn in the forum but its just a small piece of portion once you learn here, The reason why people keep staying here is the knowledge they've gained throughout the months or years that can contribute to the things they are currently doing if every post here have a payment for sure swarm of newcomers here and keep posting until they quota reach but the quality of the content they are giving does not have a value at all. Keep learning and enjoy the knowledge.

[Jegileman]

BTT is weird and inaccurate to use because it does not match with the full name of forum, Bitcointalk that I even more prefer to use than BCT or BT. I have no issue to write a full name of forum, Bitcointalk and see no reason to use its abbreviation like BCT or BT.

While your reason is clear for using the BCT abbreviation instead of BTT, I am use to seeing BTT than BCT in the forum. I am more conversant with BTT or BT than BCT. When I was reading the OP’s post, for a while I thought he wanted to say BTC and mistakenly wrote BCT. BCT will be confusing to use in the forum since its abbreviation is almost the same as BTC. BTT or BT should be the best to use in abbreviation of the forum, it will be easier to understand what the person is referring to than using BCT.

[SmartGold01]

Sorry for going off topic, but there are things I just can't let go .
No, no, no fucking no. Don't spread nonsense. There's no logic saying BTT.

Let's break down bitcointalk :
Bitcoin Talk
Bit Coin Talk
You can't write Bi Tcoin Talk ?? What does Tcoin mean ?

Do you say MS or MO for Microsoft ?
Do you say VW or VK for Volkswagen ?

And it's already been discussed in the past, the result is indisputable : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121806.0

I believe we learn everyday this post has also given me a new idea of pronouncing Bitcointalk, usually I do understand it as btt instead of BCT.
For long this hasn't come to my thinking on where the hell BTT is being derived from just as you already said, we often learn the right thing at the wrong time through correction that is why it's good to actually involved oneself in a deep discussion with some staff members to unveil things we don't know or things we seems to take as normal while they are abnormal.

Thank you!

[EarnOnVictor]

It is called Bitcointalk (BTT), not BCT.

First, let me correct you, it's either you call it Bitcointalk or BTT, not BCT.

Sorry for going off topic, but there are things I just can't let go .
No, no, no fucking no. Don't spread nonsense. There's no logic saying BTT.

Let's break down bitcointalk :
Bitcoin Talk
Bit Coin Talk
You can't write Bi Tcoin Talk ?? What does Tcoin mean ?

Do you say MS or MO for Microsoft ?
Do you say VW or VK for Volkswagen ?

And it's already been discussed in the past, the result is indisputable : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121806.0

You are here before me, and as a matter of fact, a Staff member, so you should know better than me. Except for the "Don't spread nonsense" remark that looks too harsh if I must say, as if we were totally wrong.

After all, I am still barely a year and some months here and the only abbreviation I knew was BTT which all the respectable members here are using. So, I can't possibly be crucified for this as I am also right. The link you posted dates back to 2019, and is so unpopular if I must say, how am I supposed to know that? I can't know everything. When I see someone writing something odd, it's my right as a member of the forum to put it straight, which I happily did.

And about the abbreviation, well, there is no perfect way to abbreviate, not with tones, syllables and all that. Even before I saw the BTCT as an option on the link you posted, I'd seen it as the perfect abbreviation for the forum, not even the BCT. No rule states it must be a 3-letter.

Also, you followed the pattern that wasn't used in the creation of BTC itself in what made you prefer BCT as the letter T was never silenced in coining out BTC from Bitcoin. I see no reason why anyone should be silent about it in the Bitcoin forum as well.

For this, I prefer and will be using BTCT, maybe BTCt henceforth, anyone can use what they like as it's not official.

Thanks!

[Woodie]

It is called Bitcointalk (BTT), not BCT.

First, let me correct you, it's either you call it Bitcointalk or BTT, not BCT.

Sorry for going off topic, but there are things I just can't let go .
No, no, no fucking no. Don't spread nonsense. There's no logic saying BTT.

Let's break down bitcointalk :
Bitcoin Talk
Bit Coin Talk
You can't write Bi Tcoin Talk ?? What does Tcoin mean ?

Do you say MS or MO for Microsoft ?
Do you say VW or VK for Volkswagen ?

And it's already been discussed in the past, the result is indisputable : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121806.0

Thought was the only one that felt the need to call it as it is...BCT  

And in case anybody is doubting this correction, the trick is in the syllables which justifies the shorthand for BitCointalk as it has three syllables in total, thanks for pointing this out again .
Coming back to the topic, I actually see several users that do this, for example some notable names that can easily monetize their presence on the forum :

• Powerglove
• franky1
• Several mods/admins
• ibminer

And my observation is that such users are usually found in the Mining, Development & Technical Discussion board and Serious discussion board  

[Sandra_hakeem]

Hello, I have spent many hours studying the old threads at your wonderful forum, and I suggest to anyone they do the same. The amount of challenging, high-quality topics combined with no spam or sigs is a refreshing retro experience for me. As we quickly head into 2024, do you think there many real (unpaid) people still posting here at BCT? Have a great day.

We've got alot of quality posters in here that don't even care about whatever they'd earn; it ain't compulsory that anyone joins a signature CAMPAIGN... Like it's been said severally, it's just an added advantage and a sort of leverage to quality posters..
phillipma never joined a campaign until now - Jay and mining buddy ain't in any campaigns yet, they're actually very active on the WO thread; I also got to realize that signatures have created an awareness that could surpass the main purpose of BTT itself..
Edit: what the heck is BCT?

Sandra 🧑‍🦰