I first learned about crypto back in 2017 noong 3rd year college student pa ako, pero recently ko lang nalaman na may ganito palang forum na pwedeng kumita.

Base sa nabasa kong guides (FAQ: Everything you need to know about forum 'activity, account ranks and merit), it would take at least 1.5 months to rank up from Newbie to Jr. member (could be around 15 days kung nag sign up ka at the end of an activity period), at pwedeng tumagal pa since kailangan mo pa ng merit points. Paano pa yung higher ranks? I doubt na maraming willing mag effort ng ganun katagal especially kung baguhan ka lang din sa crypto. I guess this explains why 2024 pa yung last post sa newbie welcome thread haha.

I don't think it's necessary to gatekeep the forum. Marami sa kababayan natin, ang gusto ay madaling pagkakakitaan. The activity and merit system filters them out. Ang purpose naman ng forum is to exchange ideas and views anyway. I think kung ang priority mo ay yung pag level up ng account mo para kumita instead of learning, mahihirapan ka talaga.

I guess Bitcointalk is not for everyone.