Do You Consider This To Be A Friendly Community?

[Shishir99]

I guess it depends on who you are. If you are genuine forum members who genuinely ask questions to know about anything, this is a good community that can help you learn many things. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who create threads on every board and leave them because they are not interested in genuine discussion. Most of these members want to get some merits.

This is a friendly community to learn about Bitcoin. But not anymore once you get caught lying or trying to cheat or scam someone. The community could be harsh sometimes. There was a Legendary member with a high reputation who got busted because of his misbehavior.

[NotATether]

Fuck off!

hahaha I see what you did there 

[Ultegra134]

It's a great community and the one and only forum I've remained in. I signed up in 2014; some of my questions were completely dumb back then, while I've also requested assistance a few times. Everyone was pleasant and willing to help me, and that's what I've also noticed myself. Anyone who's asking for assistance is receiving it without taking their rank into account. From scam accusations to the technical department, there's always someone willing to help.

I'm not claiming that everyone is great; there are always a few bad apples, and during my time I've encountered a few. However, most people I've interacted with are pleasant folks, and I've even kept in touch with some via messages.

[Easteregg69]

Yes.

 I have to stay friends with everyone as soon as I step out the door. No bodyguards.

Rubber band by the meter. I see if I can get a smile.


I would trust it with my life. Brain thrust.

It's a great community and the one and only forum I've remained in. I signed up in 2014; some of my questions were completely dumb back then, while I've also requested assistance a few times. Everyone was pleasant and willing to help me, and that's what I've also noticed myself. Anyone who's asking for assistance is receiving it without taking their rank into account. From scam accusations to the technical department, there's always someone willing to help.

I'm not claiming that everyone is great; there are always a few bad apples, and during my time I've encountered a few. However, most people I've interacted with are pleasant folks, and I've even kept in touch with some via messages.

Scam accusations is beginners pensum. Class.

What if they find their bike in your garage? 8 grams.


Not gonna hang around to listen to it. Back on topic. You know the day I was scared.

PS. I found a smile in Babylon. (Fireman rip. Fireman tip).

[Peanutswar]

In terms of knowledge forums tons of different people share their experiences, and of course, the concerns of others, some of them answered. Its just people are tired already to the repetitive question of the newbies who lazy to use the search function, but in terms of learning we have different boards where you can get in on what you would like to focus on in your crypto journey. I learn a lot from other members here even now because not all of us have a time to study and learn those new things in the crypto space and some of them willingly share those. It seems OP just came to visit only. The account came from the old era.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Do You Consider This To Be A Friendly Community?

You are too early to ask for it, in fact you don't need to ask. Spend a few months you will discover yourself.

Fuck off!

Come on, you are too friendly 😂

[LogitechMouse]

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Questions: In general, do you think Bitcointalk.org is a friendly place, and/or would you be really comfortable telling close friends (offline, in the real world) that they should come here and sign up?

This is subjective, and there's a diferent answer to that one.

The forum is friendly to those users who're willing to learn with the help of this forum, and with the help of experts here. There's some criticisms along te way, but over all, it's for your own good. The forum isn't friendly to those who're here only for the sake of money through bounty campaigns, signature campaigns, and whatever it is. I don't know, but most of the high ranked members despise those newbie ranked accounts that are only posting "Proof of Authentication" on differnet bounty threads in the Bounties section. The forum doesn't need people who are prioritizing money than learning. Like what other are saying, spend a few months here, learn more from the experts, and from YouTube and try to share it here. Be confident with sharing and don't focus on the money when you're here.

Would I tell to my friends to come here and register? I don't think so immediately because they will just get overwhelmed at first. I would suggest them to watch some documentaries on YouTube first about Bitcoin and the basics of it then from there, I will guide them here and will try to register, and I'll say immediately that you will not make any money here in order for their mindset to change from a place where they can money to a place where they can earn more information.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

I can not tell friends out there to come to the forum without a purpose. If any fellow have interest in learning about anything that the forum teach such as Bitcoin, altcoin, economics, mining, tech and development, etc, then I can easily tell the person about the forum but apart that, I can not telling anyone about the forum if their interest is just to make money.

[SamReomo]

Questions: In general, do you think Bitcointalk.org is a friendly place, and/or would you be really comfortable telling close friends (offline, in the real world) that they should come here and sign up?

Yes, I think Bitcointalk.org is a friendly place and it won't be any issue for me to tell my friends and family members about it. But, I would share about this place with those people who consider Bitcoin seriously without doubting about it.

I often avoid suggesting anyone in offline world about my online activities, but I always recommended Bitcointalk.org to all those members of my family and some close friends.

But, to be honest, none of them joined this forum because I told them about the forum not about the signature campaigns and earnings from those campaigns.

I guess the ones who consider Bitcoin seriously would join the forum without any questions but those who are just curious may not give it proper attention. I must say that I haven't told any of my friends about my Username, but told them about the forum in general.

[Stalker22]

Well, it truly does depend on what someones looking for on Bitcointalk.  As one of the first and busiest crypto forums out there, you can find tons of info on everything from the techie stuff to talks about different projects.  But I gotta say, as useful as it is it can totally overwhelm new folks with all the complex lingo and chats.  And yeah, some of the users can be real jerks, making it a rude place for beginners at times. Though thats usually only when you are asking for advice without doing your own research first. The community can be quite helpful if you show that you have put in the effort to understand the topic.

[vapourminer]

basically it reflects back what you put into it.. be polite, we are polite. be a jerk and rest assured our top quality jerks will swing by.

exceptions exist of course

[Alone055]

Fuck off!

That answers the question, I guess. 

Anyway, jokes apart, @OP, it basically depends on what you are here for and what your intentions are, and your intentions can't be hidden for long because your posting behavior and the efforts you put in will give it away. So if your primary purpose behind joining this forum is to learn, share knowledge, and participate in constructive discussions, you will never see the unfriendly side of the forum. However, if you are here with a different purpose, such as earning money, spamming, running scam services, selling unauthorized and illegal stuff, and whatnot, then you are surely going to see how unfriendly the friendly people can get in here.

Every single person in this world will have both a friendly and an unfriendly nature. It depends on your behavior whether they choose the friendly or unfriendly way to deal with you.

[nakamura12]

It depends to every person if they consider this forum to be a friendly community. For me, this is both friendly and not because there are some forum members who are a scammer or similar to a scammer. For discussions then I can say that this forum is friendly and you'll see that many newbies and those who are no longer newbie got help from everyone who wants to help like answering questions like what you did. As I explained, it depends on how a person see they think about this forum.

[EarnOnVictor]

Questions: In general, do you think Bitcointalk.org is a friendly place, and/or would you be really comfortable telling close friends (offline, in the real world) that they should come here and sign up?

These questions are two, for the first part of friendliness, No, I don't consider Bitcointalk a friendly community, but it's still not a cruel place either. On a scale of 10, I can still hand it a 3 for clarity's sake.

And for recommending the forum to friends, well, it's a choice and the purpose of signing up on the forum matters. Above all, the forum is engaging and educating, this alone is enough for anyone to sign up on it without regrets.

[ethereumhunter]

I am not comfortable telling my close friends about this forum because I know how my friends are. Once they know something, they don't want to learn by themselves but keep asking me about they want to know. That will not good for them especially if they want to learn about many things including crypto. I will prefer telling them to just Google about their question related to crypto so they can find by themselves without depending on me. At least, they need to know the basic things about crypto so I will not feel difficult to teach them for more. We give them the hook and let them dig it themselves so they can know and learn and if they have a difficulty, they can ask to me or other friends that have more knowledge.

[LoyceV]

Fuck off!

I'm surprised this post was deleted by a Mod! It received 4 Merits from 3 users, and I considered Meriting it myself (but didn't). To me, this summed up a lot of things Bitcointalk stands for: freedom of expression, some sarcasm directed at OP, and a very unsubtle way of saying not everyone is friendly all the time. Nor do we need to be friendly all the time.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

Fuck off!

I'm surprised this post was deleted by a Mod! It received 4 Merits from 3 users, and I considered Meriting it myself (but didn't). To me, this summed up a lot of things Bitcointalk stands for: freedom of expression, some sarcasm directed at OP, and a very unsubtle way of saying not everyone is friendly all the time. Nor do we need to be friendly all the time.

For me it falls under a general rule: that moderators tend to give little thought to deleting a short post if it is reported. Einstein's e=mc2 would be in danger of being deleted here.

The main thing about this deleted post is the sarcasm, I think the moderator didn't realise this when he deleted it.

[Cricktor]

Fuck off!

I'm surprised this post was deleted by a Mod!

I'm surprised too and very disappointed, to say the least. Why did a Mod abuse his moderation ability to effectively show his middle finger to, well, free speech and a spiky post with traces of elements of S, Ar, Ca, Sm. Clearly, more than one user got the joke. (If you need to explain a joke, certainly too few brain cells are in action, or what.)

Gosh, how norrow minded. This is where we are now with some moderators? Great job, indeed!

I'm quite certain the mod will excuse his deletion by refering to another forum rule which frowns posts with little to no content. Anyway...


This forum isn't a pony or unicorn garden. If you ask questions for which you could've found the usually numerous already posted answers yourself, someone might call you out. Lazy questioners sometimes get harsh feedback. Well, I'd say, they deserved it then.

Show some respect, try to do some decent searching yourself and show that and if you still can't get your answers, there will be helpful souls here. Just don't be a lazy jerk.

And it helps if you're not a thin-skinned cry-baby, too.

[LoyceV]

For me it falls under a general rule: that moderators tend to give little thought to deleting a short post if it is reported.

Meta used to be the one board that's least likely to have any post deleted.

This forum isn't a pony or unicorn garden. If you ask questions for which you could've found the usually numerous already posted answers yourself, someone might call you out.

Actually, that should happen more often, but signature campaigns make people too eager to respond anyway.

And it helps if you're not a thin-skinned cry-baby, too.

I'm teaching my kids not to give anyone power over them with words. Too many adults still don't understand that it's a choice.

[fillippone]

I think that is one of the friendliest communities on the internet.
This is quite surprising given the topic and the peculiar mechanics of the forums (signature campaigns).
On different media, there is far more "toxicity" than here.
Of course, there isstill some friction, brawls and wars, but they are somewhat limited compared to the full potential.
It is not an unplanned choice to send newbies to this forum.