After Joining as a beginner what keeps you going on this forum?

[Jon pyagbara]

Good day my colleagues here on this crypto space.
As a beginner or first timer on a forum like this it's not Always easy to keep up actively with the activities of the forum, we all can attest to that, we can also attest to the fact that at a point we felt like giving up, most times the activities of the day gets you exhausted that you won't even have time to handle your phone to either read, do research or make post especially at the beginning stage when the merits is not coming,
But what keeps us going?,  To me I have figured out somethings that keeps me going. They include.

1. Hunger for crypto knowledge:   it takes only determination and the Hunger to be knowledgeable to get a user so active on this crypto space, because every minute you don't come online to see what's happening on the forum it will look like you are missing something, and u will be restless untill you come online.

2. Looking at the bigger picture:  if you are interested in growing on this space then that should be an extra motivation to you to keep putting in the hardwork and looking at the future.

For me this are the two stand out motivations that keeps me going.
Please our experienced members you can add what motivated you to keep pushing, so we the newbies can be motivated too.

[Davidvictorson]

We have experienced that. Not everyone but most beginners who are real beginners to Bitcoin. I remembered too many conversations going o in the different boards that I didn't know how to keep up. What kept me going was the community of friends who i know outside of the forum. We discussed about the forum, we talked about Bitcoin, we talked about the different boards and as time when on I started to get the hang of it. At the beginning I did a lot of asking questions especially from people in my circle who had been here long time. And simply seeing that they grew up the ranks was both an internal and external motivation for me.

[cryptoaddictchie]

For me this are the two stand out motivations that keeps me going.
Please our experienced and members you can add what motivated you to keep pushing, so we the newbies can be motivated too.

Why you forgot the privilege and incentivized part? For sure anyone or majority also aim for this. Honestly many are seeking the number 1 you mentioned but the privileged we can achieved too like joining campaign or signature also at play. We cant deny that fact that majority of newbies aims for that. I was too, when I am on that level but its just a bonus I think.

[Churchillvv]

Good day my colleagues here on this crypto space.
As a beginner or first timer on a forum like this it's not Always easy to keep up actively with the activities of the forum, we all can attest to that, we can also attest to the fact that at a point we felt like giving up, most times the activities of the day gets you exhausted that you won't even have time to handle your phone to either read, do research or make post especially at the beginning stage when the merits is not coming,
But what keeps us going?,  To me I have figured out somethings that keeps me going. They include.

1. Hunger for crypto knowledge:   it takes only determination and the Hunger to be knowledgeable to get a user so active on this crypto space, because every minute you don't come online to see what's happening on the forum it will look like you are missing something, and u will be restless untill you come online.

2. Looking at the bigger picture:  if you are interested in growing on this space then that should be an extra motivation to you to keep putting in the hardwork and looking at the future.

For me this are the two stand out motivations that keeps me going.
Please our experienced members you can add what motivated you to keep pushing, so we the newbies can be motivated too.

It's through that the forum or the crypto space in general some times seems boring but when you have a lay down goal there is absolutely nothing that you will keep you off track and that's just how most of us have survived here in the forum. We all have some that brought us here which is understandable because almost all seeks the same thing but it's left for you individually to find what you want and set a target for it.

Personally what has kept me going is when I make a post and I see people with a title Legendary, that's a motivation for me in this forum because I don't like settling for less, perhaps I always want to reach for the highest and I'm on my way to that and the only way to achieve that is keeping up with the forum every day as knowledge that will keep in such position are shared every time and if I'm not here I will miss them so I keep learning from this wise members if the forum.

What I'm saying in essence is you have your own you goal of being here all you gat to do is set a target to get them in any way you can. It's a personal race, motivation will only get you going but hard work will get you growing.

For me this are the two stand out motivations that keeps me going.
Please our experienced and members you can add what motivated you to keep pushing, so we the newbies can be motivated too.

Why you forgot the privilege and incentivized part? For sure anyone or majority also aim for this. Honestly many are seeking the number 1 you mentioned but the privileged we can achieved too like joining campaign or signature also at play. We cant deny that fact that majority of newbies aims for that. I was too, when I am on that level but its just a bonus I think.

I can't also deny the fact that I always wanted to join the signature campaigns but not in this level tho but we gat to start somewhere and it's now a helping hand to me as a student I can no do somethings without parents. Infact the signature campaigns is one thing I truly enjoy here but the fact that most people deny it is ridiculous because it's obvious.

@OP if you are also look forward to that you can too but don't get yourself worked up for signature campaigns as you might not enjoy them when the time comes.

[hugeblack]

The first 3 months are always the most difficult as you are not accustomed to the forum and do not know much about it. I remember that it took me about 5 months to learn the rules of the forum and that there are signature campaigns, what Bitcoin is, how you can create a wallet and all the basics. This period is not enough for many to advance, but from He wants to learn and will be able to do so. After the first 3 months, you will find a lot of motivation and the forum will become part of your daily activity, such as visiting X and news sites.

[Su-asa]

Everyone that is new to the crypto space have experienced something like this, as a beginner you don't have to get tired of what you want to learn because it will help you in future. The crypto space is so large to the extent that it can contain the whole 8.1 billion people in the the world. Planning to achieve the bigger pictures from the crypto space is good but you need a solid knowledge of Bitcoin (crypto) before you can achieve that. That's the reason why you don't have to be tired of learning, even though you are getting it difficult to understand, there are other crypto beginners that have been scammed before now (more than 1 time) but they are still inspired to learn more about Bitcoin (crypto currency) because they believed that if they understand they can be able to recover all their losses.

[SatoPrincess]

you won't even have time to handle your phone to either read, do research or make post especially at the beginning stage when the merits is not coming,

Newbies get frustrated when their posts are not getting merits. I think this frustration stems from a place of ignorance because for some reason newbies believe that every post they make should have merits which is totally wrong btw. Even older members do not get merits for every single one of the their posts.

This causes them to create topics about technical discussion or guides in order to seem knowledgeable when in fact they are still struggling with the basics of cryptocurrency. So 6 out of 10 newbies plagiarize or use AI just to make “good” posts.

1. Hunger for crypto knowledge:   it takes only determination and the Hunger to be knowledgeable to get a user so active on this crypto space, because every minute you don't come online to see what's happening on the forum it will look like you are missing something, and u will be restless untill you come
2. Looking at the bigger picture:  if you are interested in growing on this space then that should be an extra motivation to you to keep putting in the hardwork and looking at the future.

Everyone wants something in this forum. Let’s be honest, the bigger picture for most newbies is to rank up and join signature campaigns, many of them were introduced to the forum as a means to earn money so their perception of Bitcointalk is misguided and they end up making mistakes that may cost them their account.

[Queentoshi]

1. Hunger for crypto knowledge:   it takes only determination and the Hunger to be knowledgeable to get a user so active on this crypto space, because every minute you don't come online to see what's happening on the forum it will look like you are missing something, and u will be restless until you come online.

A newbie who is interested in crypto knowledge will not be discouraged if after a while they are not able to get merit because their focus is mainly on the knowledge they can get on crypto if they consistently keep coming to the forum. If you are a beginner who was introduced to the forum as a way to make money, you will easily be discouraged from continuing if you are unable to get merits to grow your account. If it is also a newbie who is interested in learning about crypto but the drive to learn about crypto is not sustainable, the newbie can lose interest in learning. As a newbie who plans to keep going in this forum, you need to develop a sustainable interest in crypto knowledge.

[Alone055]

As a beginner or first timer on a forum like this it's not Always easy to keep up actively with the activities of the forum, we all can attest to that

I never found any difficulties with that because my aim was clear, I needed to learn as much as I could about this industry which kept me interested and intrigued at all times as a newbie.

we can also attest to the fact that at a point we felt like giving up, most times the activities of the day gets you exhausted that you won't even have time to handle your phone to either read, do research or make post especially at the beginning stage when the merits is not coming,

Why would one feel like giving up? Are you on a mission here? You shouldn't be chasing merits or ranks if your aim behind joining the forum isn't earning money, and if that is your aim, you don't need to twist the words and say it clearly, and that should be enough motivation for you.

1. Hunger for crypto knowledge:   it takes only determination and the Hunger to be knowledgeable to get a user so active on this crypto space, because every minute you don't come online to see what's happening on the forum it will look like you are missing something, and u will be restless untill you come online.

See? You are contradicting yourself. First, you said sometimes you feel like giving up because your posts aren't getting merits, and then you are saying hunger for knowledge keeps you going. Why would getting no merits make you feel like giving up when you are here to feed your hunger for knowledge?

2. Looking at the bigger picture:  if you are interested in growing on this space then that should be an extra motivation to you to keep putting in the hardwork and looking at the future.

Let me tell you, if you are interested in growing in this space/forum, don't worry too much about merits because that will cloud your thoughts. Focus on learning, the more you learn, the better your posts will be, and the better your posts will be, the more merits you will get.

[AVE5]

Merits shouldn't be a booster to you as a newbie, and don't prioritize your aim of being in the bitcointalk forum just on chasing merits.
If I may ask, why do you need the merit? Because if I can remember, the platform is prioritized on discussing bitcoin matters. So I hope you don't stay tuned here on competitive matters of how you would rank above other forum users?
Since the forum has been an open and transparent platform by which we can at some points have access to look at other users profiles,  I guess you must have come across beginners offering prospective contributions that even higher rank users never thought about which is highily rated useful to the users in need of the informations that covers the newbie or beginners posts.

That's basically what keep beginners going and as the case may be generalized, that's what keep forum users going while in the forum.
Contributing meaningful in the forum is a credit and a pride for the entire forum. You can attest to scale how useful you're to the forum by either compliments and contents of replies by other users in the same passage of threads with you.
Literally your constructive meaningful posts as that would could as well attract you merits and that usually comes at your unaware.

Message to the beginners: Dear newbies and beginners find tangible reasons to stay positive and reliable while in the forum hence this platform is prioritized on bitcoin discussions while others attached are just exemptional.
Think about if you can gather the whole merits in the forum while you're not doing well with your bitcoin investment which is primarily why we're all here.

[hd49728]

Why do you or a beginner join a forum will decide what you or that beginner do next.

If joining to learn knowledge about Bitcoin, this forum will be very insightful and you will addict it because it's helpful for your learning.

If participating in this forum to earn money, it can cause disappointment if you feel no chance to earn money here by reasons like forum rank stucks, can not get merit to rank up and other reasons.

[Jon pyagbara]

The first 3 months are always the most difficult as you are not accustomed to the forum and do not know much about it. I remember that it took me about 5 months to learn the rules of the forum and that there are signature campaigns, what Bitcoin is, how you can create a wallet and all the basics. This period is not enough for many to advance, but from He wants to learn and will be able to do so. After the first 3 months, you will find a lot of motivation and the forum will become part of your daily activity, such as visiting X and news sites.

Wow, your experience is motivating seen the level you have gotten to now, and knowing fully well you struggled at first, this will give me an extra motivation that will keep me going and hoping someday I will have the knowledge you have now about crypto, and maybe the level you are too, thanks sir.

[Ojima-ojo]

The ability to work and earn few satoshis if I rank up was the number one thing that keep me motivated, and secondly I was able to learn along the way because I was privelage to have some spear cash then to buy few bitcoin and as that becomes my reality I became interested in discussions as related and regards to bitcoin since I already have some good amount of my savings in bitcoin and at risk of losing if I lack knowledge.


So that becomes very important point for me because I always running after the knowledge and experience of others who I engage in discussions with here in the forum.

[moneystery]

after learning about this forum from my friend, i started to find out various things about this forum and then started registering and starting to read the various rules in it. at first it was quite difficult for me to understand how this forum works and what the rules are in it, but after asking my friend and he told me as much as he could, i started to understand what i needed to do in this forum and started to be interested in being able to discuss it in it.

to be honest, after being more involved in this forum and coupled with my luck in finding a signature campaign, i started to become more interested in discussing on this forum and that made me even more enthusiastic. this forum is not only a place for me to discuss and find various topics to increase my knowledge, but it can also provide me with additional income which is very useful for me, and i am grateful for that.

[Alphakilo]

What keeps me going in this forum is that I am playing my role to make bitcoin achieve its going. I am like a tiny piece of the whole. The first time I heard about the HODL, it was from a news source and they said it originated from this forum.

There are countless times that this topics, comments or discussions from this forum has been featured in major online websites like Forbes, bitcoin.com, and others and even on TV. This is what keeps me going knowing that I am a piece of the whole that is contributing positive to the growth and adoption of bitcoin worldwide regardless of how small it is. Therefore, I'll keep going.

Two instances -

• 1. HODL

As with many other popular memes, the origin of HODL can reportedly be traced back to a typo. It all started when a user named GameKyuubi made a post on the crypto forum Bitcointalk in December 2013 with the title “I AM HODLING.” GameKyuubi explained in the post that he planned to “hold” his Bitcoin (BTC) investments because he knew he was a bad trader. In no time, the term HODL spread like wildfire throughout the crypto world. Today, it refers to investors who refuse to sell their crypto regardless of how high or low prices trade.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/cryptocurrency/what-does-hodl-mean/

• 2. Pizza for bitcoins?

On May 22, 2010, now known as “Bitcoin Pizza Day,” Laszlo Hanyecz, the Florida man, agreed to pay 10,000 bitcoins for the delivery of two Papa John’s pizzas. On the Bitcoin Talk forum, Hanyecz reached out for help. “I’ll pay 10,000 bitcoins for a couple of pizzas … like maybe 2 large ones so I have some left over for the next day,” Hanyecz wrote.
https://www.investopedia.com/news/bitcoin-pizza-day-celebrating-20-million-pizza-order/

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[PX-Z]

I will not be hypocrite here, i'd start here because of the earning i can accumulate especially i'm just a student when i started here, but time passes by it gives me more knowledge financially, technically and almost everything lol. So, how come i will not keep going if i can earn the same time i can share knowledge and learn as well. It's just a matter of time, dedication and patience.

[LTU_btc]

Soon it will be 9 years since I joined Bitcointalk, so, it's good question what keeps me here. First I think that now spend here much less time than in early years. It's not that I check most boards here daily like I used to do. Simply don't have that much time because of real life stuff, but also probably got a bit bored with crypto.
What keeps me is probably that habbit that I made in all these years to check forum at least few times a day. Now it would be difficult to get rid of such habbit, something similar like quit smoking .
Also, what a l like here is community and projects, initiatives made by them. This is one of things that I like about Bitcointalk most. And another thing which is also factor - money, it would be stupid to lie.

[CryptSafe]

Joining this platform gave me a reason to continue with Crypto because I have got a lot of knowledge and information coupled with skills and experience since I identified with this platform. To be frank I gained insight into crypto by reading threads, topics and other important post that members pasted here. Tips on how to go about your activities here, Crypto projects and other engagements as it concerns blockchain technology.
The major thing I love most here is the fact that members are always open to sharing ideas and opinions with one another which is very much educative and entertaining to all who cares to read it.

[nakamura12]

Even though I am no longer a newbie but what makes me continue what I do in this forum is I can share what I have learned and also learned new things that I haven't learned yet. This forum also have discussions about latest news and drama for example which I have enjoyed very much when I read it. Aside from that, I am also earning money from campaigns as you can see in my signature space and avatar. The main point is that I can still continue joining discussions like this and helping newbies here in the forum.

[johnsaributua]

Yes I agree, I also used to have the principle that knowledge is lightly carried anywhere in the head of each person, bitcointalk forum in my opinion is a forum that is an easy place to understand, if described, you can choose according to your wishes, abilities and levels of each person are different in understanding. I was interested in the forum because I wanted to have insights that were then taboo and raw in my ears, it was my guess that crypto would become a necessity of life because of the age of digitalisation for me investing in any project could be an added value even if it was free. I am grateful to at least understand the basics, how it works and know between chains which makes it very easy . And the rest I am interested in what is happening in social, environmental both fud, fomo and ongoing events. Forum for me is the best tool. Because most of the contributors here are very insightful and know the source of the truth that each person is talking about (rank up). many goals and motivations of each person and even so bitcointalk is my favourite forum.