Try to read the replies to your topics

[Kelward]

This is main issue of people especially new members who post question and then never read or reply to answers they get. This drive by posting wastes time of people trying to help. Main lesson for everyone is that forum works best as two way street. Starting topic is only first step. Real value and learning come from discussion that follows. With reading replies and asking more questions members learn better themselves and encourage others to keep sharing their knowledge. And that is right using Telegram bot to follow up is smart way to stay engaged and see topics through to end.

I understand, it can be quite disappointing when a newbie asks questions and experienced members takes their time to answer and the newbie never acknowledges. Nobody is paying anybody to answer their questions in this forum and when an experienced person answers the right thing for who asked the question is to appreciate or ask more. This is a discussion forum and it is not good to start a topic and abandon it for others to be making comments without your further input. Even when your question as a newbie is answered I believe that courtesy demands that you appreciate your helpers with a comment of gratitude.

[Ronsbit]

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It's pretty easy. Once you get the notification, click the link, and it takes you to your browser. I guess you haven't tried it, that's why you have this question. Use the bot first, and you will see it's self-explanatory.

The notification bot helps a lot  to access replies quotes and mentions. It also notifies of tags and merit received.  When I first came to the Platform I had no idea about it till I was told that I could link the bit to my account for notifications then I did so and this has made accessing the platform very easier for me to do because once I get a notification, in just click the link and it takes me directly to the page to read and reply without much stress. Maybe you would like it after using the function.

[Issa56]

Most times, I see topics by lower-ranking members about something they don't understand, and there will be answers and solutions to that problem in the comments, but there is no follow-up reply by the OP. It leaves me wondering if the person actually reads the replies to their posts. When you read the replies, you will learn more or have more questions.

Why will you create a thread, and you won’t even fall back to read the response of other people, it doesn’t make sense to me. I know some of them will definitely read it, just that they won’t respond to anyone, but if you create a thread and you noticed that people were able to provide answers to your question, at least you should also make your contribution also. You shouldn’t just create thread and ignore the thread, visit the thread often and check out what people are saving on the thread.

Make use of the Telegram bot or any other ways to keep track of replies to your topics and posts, interact, and not just drop topics and forget about them.

It’s a good idea to make use of telegram bot, at least if you are quoted, you going to receive notification, and you going to visit the thread, but even without telegram notification, if you create a thread, you should always make sure you check out the thread to check people’s responses.

[Jegileman]

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Why will you create a thread, and you won’t even fall back to read the response of other people, it doesn’t make sense to me. I know some of them will definitely read it, just that they won’t respond to anyone, but if you create a thread and you noticed that people were able to provide answers to your question, at least you should also make your contribution also. You shouldn’t just create thread and ignore the thread, visit the thread often and check out what people are saving on the thread.

Sometimes it gets boring with so many similar responses on the topic, so OP don’t feel the need to engage their again and look to let the topic be. If the OP have gotten the answer to the question it doesn’t mean he should be there to answer to every reply there, it may becomes spamming. Leaving the thread open for others to learn from and also draw some questions from his topic for other users to reply to is fine. I have seen OP creating a thread and the replies coming will be quoted more than the OP itself. In this regards, the OP just needs to sit back and learn again from his own topic and only ask again on where he/she is not clear, otherwise no need to comment on his thread again.

Make use of the Telegram bot or any other ways to keep track of replies to your topics and posts, interact, and not just drop topics and forget about them.

It’s a good idea to make use of telegram bot, at least if you are quoted, you going to receive notification, and you going to visit the thread, but even without telegram notification, if you create a thread, you should always make sure you check out the thread to check people’s responses.

Telegram doesn’t really give some users the impression to always go back to their topic even if they’ve been replied to. Some use it more for merit notifications or watching of a topic or board rather than using it to get back to mentions on the forum.

[Makus]

This is main issue of people especially new members who post question and then never read or reply to answers they get. This drive by posting wastes time of people trying to help. Main lesson for everyone is that forum works best as two way street. Starting topic is only first step. Real value and learning come from discussion that follows. With reading replies and asking more questions members learn better themselves and encourage others to keep sharing their knowledge. And that is right using Telegram bot to follow up is smart way to stay engaged and see topics through to end.

I understand, it can be quite disappointing when a newbie asks questions and experienced members takes their time to answer and the newbie never acknowledges. Nobody is paying anybody to answer their questions in this forum and when an experienced person answers the right thing for who asked the question is to appreciate or ask more. This is a discussion forum and it is not good to start a topic and abandon it for others to be making comments without your further input. Even when your question as a newbie is answered I believe that courtesy demands that you appreciate your helpers with a comment of gratitude.

I understand where you're coming from, it's good to always acknowledge good replies that was helpful, i think that's also one of the reasons why the merit system was introduced to act as a form of like to appreciate someone for their response. Well aside that the knowledge here is free and majority of us can attest to the fact that this forum has helped us increased in knowledge that most persons pay for outside this space and we grow by also helping other so it's just like a culture of sharing resourceful content irrespective of the benefits you get, because it may actually help someone. However what we should be concerned about is the growth of the person we're trying to help, and not some appreciation from a newbie.

[Alpha Marine]

Telegram doesn’t really give some users the impression to always go back to their topic even if they’ve been replied to. Some use it more for merit notifications or watching of a topic or board rather than using it to get back to mentions on the forum.

Are you sure we've been using the same telegram bot? The telegram bot gives you a notification whenever you're mentioned and whenever you get a reply to any of your posts. You can also track a topic you didn't create and get a notification whenever people reply to that topic. You can do the same with a board. You can track a board and get notified whenever a new topic has been created in that board.
I don't know where you got the idea that the bot doesn't give notifications for replies.

[Jegileman]

Telegram doesn’t really give some users the impression to always go back to their topic even if they’ve been replied to. Some use it more for merit notifications or watching of a topic or board rather than using it to get back to mentions on the forum.

Are you sure we've been using the same telegram bot? The telegram bot gives you a notification whenever you're mentioned and whenever you get a reply to any of your posts. You can also track a topic you didn't create and get a notification whenever people reply to that topic. You can do the same with a board. You can track a board and get notified whenever a new topic has been created in that board.
I don't know where you got the idea that the bot doesn't give notifications for replies.

You are mistaken and maybe didn’t get what I said. I meant some users are not really concerned with the notifications they receive from telegram bots after being mentioned by a user in the forum or after being mentioned under a topic they’ve created and users are replying to. They’re more concerned with attending to the telegram bot notifications when it is about a new topic created in a board they’re tracking, or after receiving merit and was notified by the bot.

[DPHOR]

I think this is general problem which I think most people are having here because they felt creating topics shows their relevancies but to me without properly following up their topics to know what others are contributing to that topic doesn't show a proper way of learning from the community. Yes you are right that this is a community where information are being passed through reading and learning without that, it could be hard for people to understand how things functions over here. If you look carefully, those who keep creating topic and not following up are same sets of people who keeps saying the forum is actually difficult to scale through, okay tell me, how could they scale through the forum when they aren't paying attention to read the information other has conveyed.

[Maslate]

I think this is general problem which I think most people are having here because they felt creating topics shows their relevancies but to me without properly following up their topics to know what others are contributing to that topic doesn't show a proper way of learning from the community. Yes you are right that this is a community where information are being passed through reading and learning without that, it could be hard for people to understand how things functions over here. If you look carefully, those who keep creating topic and not following up are same sets of people who keeps saying the forum is actually difficult to scale through, okay tell me, how could they scale through the forum when they aren't paying attention to read the information other has conveyed.

True learning only comes from discussion and interaction, not only with the co-members but most specifically the author itself. So if you decide to create a topic, whatever your purpose is, then its your responsibility to make some follow ups and cite your own reactions to the different replies. That way, your co-members will know that you are actually interacting with them, not just dropping a topic and leave without notice.

[Ronsbit]

I think this is general problem which I think most people are having here because they felt creating topics shows their relevancies but to me without properly following up their topics to know what others are contributing to that topic doesn't show a proper way of learning from the community. Yes you are right that this is a community where information are being passed through reading and learning without that, it could be hard for people to understand how things functions over here. If you look carefully, those who keep creating topic and not following up are same sets of people who keeps saying the forum is actually difficult to scale through, okay tell me, how could they scale through the forum when they aren't paying attention to read the information other has conveyed.

True learning only comes from discussion and interaction, not only with the co-members but most specifically the author itself. So if you decide to create a topic, whatever your purpose is, then its your responsibility to make some follow ups and cite your own reactions to the different replies. That way, your co-members will know that you are actually interacting with them, not just dropping a topic and leave without notice.

You are right that true learning comes from discussion and interaction, when you constantly engaged in interaction with people or OP of posts, you learn new things from them and they also learn from you because there are some information or knowledge that they might grabs while discussing with each other on the thread likewise other members as well.

One thing that is Sacrosanct about replies is that there is one thing to learn from it. As long as the communication is still going on in that thread and as much as people keep reading it irrespective of whatever is being communicated on that thread, there is something new that people would learn from. Do not forget the sayings that says " no knowledge or information is a waste"

[Abdulzuruku01]

This post is mainly for newbies, but I guess older members can take the advice too.
Don't just create a topic for creating's sake; create it because you want to learn/know something, or you're passing on information or news.
Most times, I see topics by lower-ranking members about something they don't understand, and there will be answers and solutions to that problem in the comments, but there is no follow-up reply by the OP. It leaves me wondering if the person actually reads the replies to their posts. When you read the replies, you will learn more or have more questions.

This is a discussion forum, and the only way you can learn is by discussing. Just dropping a topic and not reading to see what people are discussing on the topic doesn't make sense. Make use of the Telegram bot or any other ways to keep track of replies to your topics and posts, interact, and not just drop topics and forget about them.

This is a helpful reminder that, if followed, I believe will benefit newbies because the only way to learn in this forum is to read other members replies. We share knowledge through discussion, so being lazy and not reading other members replies won't help you learn.
To Newbies, when you create a topic, carefully read through the replies on your post. If there is anything you are not understanding, you can still ask for clarification. You can also use your Telegram bot. As the Op mentioned, if any replies appear, don't post for only the aim of fishing for merit, that won't help you learn.

[Sanitough]

This post is mainly for newbies, but I guess older members can take the advice too.
Don't just create a topic for creating's sake; create it because you want to learn/know something, or you're passing on information or news.
Most times, I see topics by lower-ranking members about something they don't understand, and there will be answers and solutions to that problem in the comments, but there is no follow-up reply by the OP. It leaves me wondering if the person actually reads the replies to their posts. When you read the replies, you will learn more or have more questions.

This is a discussion forum, and the only way you can learn is by discussing. Just dropping a topic and not reading to see what people are discussing on the topic doesn't make sense. Make use of the Telegram bot or any other ways to keep track of replies to your topics and posts, interact, and not just drop topics and forget about them.

This is a helpful reminder that, if followed, I believe will benefit newbies because the only way to learn in this forum is to read other members replies. We share knowledge through discussion, so being lazy and not reading other members replies won't help you learn.
To Newbies, when you create a topic, carefully read through the replies on your post. If there is anything you are not understanding, you can still ask for clarification. You can also use your Telegram bot. As the Op mentioned, if any replies appear, don't post for only the aim of fishing for merit, that won't help you learn.

Posting a topic and just don’t have any plans for a follow up, that’s a selfish act of OP. You don’t post for your own sake, but for the rest of the members to understand and get feedbacks from your topic. With that, you need to participate with the discussion and even exchange opinions and ideas as much as possible. That way, you can assure that not only you will benefit from the topic that you created, but you also leave insights and essential ideas for others to benefit as well.

Don’t just see this forum as a source of merits, but always take time to understand that everyone here takes part in making this forum a more interesting and engaging source of discussion and ideas. Everyone has its own role, but others just seem to neglect it while others are only just taking advantage.

[Zlantann]

I think this is general problem which I think most people are having here because they felt creating topics shows their relevancies but to me without properly following up their topics to know what others are contributing to that topic doesn't show a proper way of learning from the community. Yes you are right that this is a community where information are being passed through reading and learning without that, it could be hard for people to understand how things functions over here. If you look carefully, those who keep creating topic and not following up are same sets of people who keeps saying the forum is actually difficult to scale through, okay tell me, how could they scale through the forum when they aren't paying attention to read the information other has conveyed.

Some people create topics just to ask questions. It is expected that if the questions have been duly answered that they return to the thread and state that they have gotten the needed reply. They can decide to thank respondents and lock the thread. Even if the thread is not locked, any member who goes back to that thread without a good reason is just spamming.

Another set of members open threads without enough information or they just give out false details. Such people might want to stay away from the thread because of the negative response that the thread might get.

I usually tell newbies that if they want to have a good time on this forum, they should pay more attention to reading than writing.   

[SOKO-DEKE]

This post is mainly for newbies, but I guess older members can take the advice too.
Don't just create a topic for creating's sake; create it because you want to learn/know something, or you're passing on information or news.
Most times, I see topics by lower-ranking members about something they don't understand, and there will be answers and solutions to that problem in the comments, but there is no follow-up reply by the OP. It leaves me wondering if the person actually reads the replies to their posts. When you read the replies, you will learn more or have more questions.

This is a discussion forum, and the only way you can learn is by discussing. Just dropping a topic and not reading to see what people are discussing on the topic doesn't make sense. Make use of the Telegram bot or any other ways to keep track of replies to your topics and posts, interact, and not just drop topics and forget about them.

The point is that some set of members are doing this for one or two reason, especially newbies. Many newbies are created some topics that they also know that have been created before. One of the reasons is for fishing merits, and other reason just to get most post counts for activity. But they are some set of people that really don't give their time to check whether the topic and been created before or not. Honestly, if newbies can be going through topics and replies, it really be a great help for them, and it will be the easy way to learn. But it seem that some of newbies accounts are just disgusting account to rank up.

[Anthony Bill]

This is my first post in this forum and I have learned from this thread what will help me tomorrow. What you explain here will make learners like me to catch up fast to no what I have not know before in this forum. If I have the knowledge to create topic in this forum I will definitely come back to the thread to see users reply and comments to lean more.

[Majestic-milf]

I think it's fine for the @OP to not make reply even though someone have answered the @OP question correctly. No reply doesn't mean the person didn't the replies, they might not have something to reply or other user already answer it.

What should be the reply you expect if it has been solved? Didn't "thank you" or something like that considered as low value for bringing no point to the discussion? but I'm not saying if someone is not allowed to post like that.

If a question has been answered and the op who started it has nothing meaningful to add or no more questions to ask, they can easily lock the thread to limit spam.
I'd admit that I've been guilty of this in the past; opening up threads and not going back to follow it up. I felt it was okay till my attention was called upon. When you follow up threads you open, you don't only acknowledge that you're keeping to speed with that topic, you also show that those responses that was given to you mattered and it solved a problem.
 I've noticed that when you don't follow up your posts and discussions, users would sometimes find it hard to respond to your inputs and would rather go for those that can engage them in discussion.

[Nheer]

This post is mainly for newbies, but I guess older members can take the advice too.
Don't just create a topic for creating's sake; create it because you want to learn/know something, or you're passing on information or news.
Most times, I see topics by lower-ranking members about something they don't understand, and there will be answers and solutions to that problem in the comments, but there is no follow-up reply by the OP. It leaves me wondering if the person actually reads the replies to their posts. When you read the replies, you will learn more or have more questions.

I have actually had this thought in the past because whenever such post is created about something they don't understand I also expect the OP to at least follow up the discussion to some extent and engage in the discussion that way it would be easier to learn faster but most Beginners don't really care, they are probably after the merits or maybe they have already gotten the answers they seek that could be the reason why they didn't respond the replies. Instead of just going silent and not responding it would have better if they lock up the thread to avoid spamming but they just carelessly leave the thread open without even responding.

I see moderators helping out now by locking up some of those thread since the op lacks the sense to do that or was after something else.

[CryptoYar]

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You perfectly outlined great rules for forum especially for people just starting out. It is absolutely necessary for users to close their discussion once they get their answer maybe with simply saying thank you because it shows everyone else problem is solved and stops people from wasting time posting more replies. You are also right that people who post bad or incomplete information mostly cause confusion and then disappear when they get negative responses. Your best piece of advice is spot on that newbies should focus on reading more than writing as this helps them learn community ways see how to post correctly and mostly find answers without needing to ask new question in first place.

[Localhostspeed]

The point is that some set of members are doing this for one or two reason, especially newbies. Many newbies are created some topics that they also know that have been created before. One of the reasons is for fishing merits, and other reason just to get most post counts for activity. But they are some set of people that really don't give their time to check whether the topic and been created before or not. Honestly, if newbies can be going through topics and replies, it really be a great help for them, and it will be the easy way to learn. But it seem that some of newbies accounts are just disgusting account to rank up.

There is this guy that caught my attention on Bitcoin discussion. There is no day that I don't see his notifications from Bitcoin discussion and immediately he create a thread and ask his questions, he is not visiting that thread again. In fact, going through his profile, his topic are more than replies that he has done and I'm not sure if Moderators are paying attention to what he has been posting or maybe there isn't limit to how someone can create a topic. To me, it looks more like spamming but maybe it keeps engagement going on in the board.