Advice for Writing Good Quality Forum Posts

[blueprints]

So today was reading this one topic about people who post on the forums just to get bitcoin. First thing that came to mind was well Stake has done a pretty good job at having stuff in place to discourage poorly written posts and quickly stopping spam. 

Then I thought on how despite stakes efforts there are still people posting just for bitcoin. They are not breaking any rules or contributing unwanted trash to the forums, but still it makes a differnce when  a persos only motive to post is to get money rather then  because they are interested in the topic. They contribute with the appreciation of the incentive to share their thoughts and feelings rather then with the expectation to get Paid.  

I think for anyone to contribute to keeping a topic moving smoothly, organized, on topic, and pleaseant to read, they must read whats already posted so that they can stay relevant and avoid repeating what alreadys been said.  Readers should be able to read without feeling confused or feeling mentally tired. 

For example

•  Before you start wrting, look through whats already been posted to see if there is anything that you agree or disagree with.
• Quote them, and if its more then one person then just mention seeing it written by a couple people and then what you want to add on to it. 
  • "As others have mentioned" "I agree with___"  Then state why you agree or disagree and any personal experience or insight that supports your point so that people can understand your perspective better. I love reading new perspectives! 

You can help make each topic golden by making sure whats already been posted so that you avoid posting reduntant content and make it more enjoyable for readers to read. 

Quote people and summarize whats already been shared. Especially when you dont have a clue of what to post, just go through and see what others have written! I can guarantee you will stumble upon things you did not know or point of views you never would of thought of. I know after you click on a recent post it takes you to the very end of the topic, but encourage you to read the starting post and a few posts after that one. ask all your questions at one time, and be specific!

 

 

 

[concertrate]

This is useful to note. At the same time I hope people are actually treating the forum like a community channel and not just spamming to get coin... 

[williamshennie9]

Great topic Blueprints! It seems like this post has come at a perfect time, since I have noticed many spammers and people posting one or two word replies. This will definitely help with that

[Aazzah]

Good topic and good points. 

I will for sure take this for note in future. Although, I do try and do my best when responding and creating topics. I do really put effort and time into them. But to be honest, most will leave a short message on this topic saying 'Yeah thanks for the advice' And after they will carry on with pointless and effortless topics. Which is kind of annoying but yeah.

[Kippo]

Good point. I always want to suggest about that thing. Some forum topics is pointless and meaningless. They just made it for contributions rewards only. 

[CntryBoy]

Very nice summary and useful insight.  Another big thing I have noticed lately is very repetitive topics... if folks would take a few minutes just to look through the recent topics, many would notice that the exact same topic worded differently has often been posted within the last few days.  I have seen this countless times just in the last week or so.

[Focus123]

This information is personally important to me because I am a new member and have no experience on how things are done here yet. Thanks.

[BidaManEris]

Come out with your own idea as much as possible and stop reading other posts just to get an idea (re-hashing). It is from there where posts are being removed by moderator because it will look like familiar.