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Re: Is Bitcointalk.org losing user base?
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fillippone
on 22/07/2021, 09:34:24 UTC
⭐ Merited by DdmrDdmr (3) ,caryoscar (2) ,skarais (1) ,CryptopreneurBrainboss (1) ,DroomieChikito (1) ,vapourminer (1) ,ChuckBuck (1) ,Rikafip (1) ,hosseinimr93 (1) ,KingsDen (1)
I must admit I am quite surprised of the quality of this thread.
Every single post contributed valuable ideas and proposal. Even if I might not agree I think everyone tought about what proposed.
So I tried to sum up here the main points that emerged all over the thread. I also included some sort of “proponent” even if the idea was shared or proposed by multiple users. This is why I didn’t link to a specific post.

So, here is the foor for thoughts that emerged on this thread

According to some of the readers of this thread, Bitcointalk is losing steam because of the following reasons:
  • Lack of SEO. Bitcointalk.org results are buried in tha back pages [@NeuroticFish]
  • Automated payment for posts on other platform[Citation needed] [@NeuroticFish]
  • In the last 12 years, community spirit has changed since Satsohi created it: it’s no longer a transnational free spirits community, but some bunch of people looking at bitcoin as a “Get rich quick scheme. As opposed to a “don’t get poor slowly'' scheme. [@JetCash]
  • Declining quality of posts [@ddmrddmr]
  • Lack of mobile theme [@almost everyone]
  • Hostility toward new members [@Daniel91]
  • Staticness, or too slowly evolving forum experience [@CryptopreneurBrainboss]
  • It’ a natural evolution of the userbase who moves on, not replenished by other members. [@dkbit98]
    the forum is dying - and perhaps that's deserved / inevitable. [@ AdolfinWolf]

Suggestions:

  • Mobile theme
  • SEO Optimisation
  • Strategic Targets in order to  push Bitcointalk as a reference “brand” for bitcoin (/crypto)information into the mind of newer generations further that it currently does.[@ddmrddmr]
  • Revive altcoin Board to Attract more newbies primarily interested in quick profit to later convert them to bitcoin [@rikafip]
  • I think there is the potential for a lot of discussion around things such The current structure of the altcoin section does a poor job at facilitating conversations around topics like smart contracts, stablecoins, ERC20 coins (and similar), and NFTs (this may be temporary).[@PrimeNumber7]
  • Refine Evil Fee to avoid false positive.
  • A system that has a means of punishing the offenders or disobedience, should have a means of rewarding the law abiding members. When there are no means of rewarding goodness, it will surely decline. [@KingsDen]
  • Focus on branding and corporate advertising (@ChuckBuck, stripped of sarcasm). Necessary evil to keep Bitcointalk relevant and finance more money intellectually relevant part of the forum, I might add.

This is only what has surfaced until now. Feel free of course continuing proposing or discussing everything proposed so far.

I hope @theymos, even without commenting, is reading this.
We talked about and analysed all the forum weakness. But I am sure what is the biggest driving force and asset behind during these last 12 years: the community.