whoever it is if a newbie it's better to buy bitcoin for the first time because tokens from new projects like ICOs or etc are very risky. many newbies who are losing money at this time are those who want to get rich quick and are greedy, those without experience fall into the ICO trap of possible scams.
Newbies are not recommended to immediately follow any ICO or anything, but here the Newbies are also not seen through forum accounts because there are also many people who already have a lot of experience out there when they enter here as a newbie, even though they have a lot of experience.
This thread was created in 2018, so wonder if the OP invested in ICO or BTC. Because if he invested in BTC, for sure, he is reaping the rewards by now. But if it was ICO, most ICO failed at that time because project owners were only after collecting money and not really implementing their project. So if he spent money on ICO, more than likely, he lost his funds. It goes to show also, that btc is really for long-term. When the OP created this thread, btc was only around 10k, and now, we are still above 40k, even if it has gone down already.