Several members have stated in private conversations with me that BT is getting boring. I must admit that I sometimes have trouble stimulating interest, or finding topics where I can contribute. The world is in economic turmoil with various economies on the brink of failure. Alongside this, established and new crypto-currencies and digital banking methods are gaining in popularity and strength. One would expect Bitcoin Talk to be humming at the centre of this revolution. How can we stimulate informed discussions, and help BT to grow away from its current emphasis on the crypto underworld, and gain a place in the respectable financial world?
I've started an initiative to award merits on a different board each day for a week or so, and I'm starting with the political board. Is there a better use for my sMerit awarding time?
The problem is finding threads with posters not posting repetitive nonsense to earn a few bucks.
No sigs, at all for anyone under hero and any heros and legends found to be posting blatant nonsense get bumped down a level
Junior boards for any one under full member.
You would see the main boards start to flourish.
Hell if that sounds unfair just remove sigs for everyone. You still need the junior boards though because noobs have no issue asking the same questions over and over on new threads and saturating the main boards. Hence finding an interesting thread with some incentive to reply on is almost impossible. This applies to the alt boards far more than than the btc.
Then rather than feeling negative about reporting spam and endless shilling we can feel positive about going to the junior boards now and then to merit those making efforts to contribute or learn for real.