Topic: A proposed sticky all about Activity and ranks (Read 433 times)

Mention about the possibility of merit decay if merit is received through unfair means or if the merit being hoarded?

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Why not merge FAQ: Everything you need to know about forum 'activity' and ranks and Forum ranks/positions/badges (What do those shiny coins under my name mean?)? This would reduce the amount of stickies-> more possibility of newbies to read them seeing the lesser number of huge-ass threads.

Add, all merit sources should come out as source and let the community know who they are, we all know who DT members are, nobody is bothering them with trust begging, nobody would bother sources either, a link to source's distribution thread in this FAQ should be included.

Here is mine:   
Provide information and receive merits from the most reputable source.
I'm going to torture people before sending them any merit, since I'm not trusted with more than 5-8 sMerits, I will update my thread with a task and would include the same amount of sMerits available as the reward, if people ignore my task, I will spend my source merits on hero members, legendary or staff.

Let's just hope that they will really read it and not go scrolling to the bottom of the page and pressing the "Skip" button. Well if there would be a really  ignorant person that will sign up in the forum, I guess their tendency after reading such is that to post confirmation threads like "Does it really take that long for me to rank up?" and etc.

On the side note, I think that it would still be great to implement this FAQ you're talking about. It may lessen newbies that are frequently creating those topics.

There was already a thread like this if I remember. The member starting that thread covered most of the questions there. I think that thread is now buried again among these infinite thread being creating everyday about merit system. Here is the link to that thread:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/vital-facts-and-figures-about-merit-point-systemanswers-to-your-queries-2820030

Bump. Any additions?

Gonna add the following to the Activity FAQ. Is there any errors or anything I've missed that should be added:

What is Merit?

Merit is a new system created in order to reward quality contributions to the forum. Now to rise through ranks you will also need to acquire Merit in addition to Activity.

How do I receive merit?

You are awarded merit by people of the community if they find your post helpful or informative.

How do I send Merit?

There is a +Merit button at the top right of every post. To give merit click on it and follow the instructions.

What is the difference between Merit and sMerit?

There are two types of Merit. You cannot send your merits, just sMerit. For every Merit you receive you will have 0.5 spendable merit to give away as you please.

Can I ask for merit?

There is no need to do this and this behaviour is usually seen as 'merit begging' which is frowned upon by the community and may lead to you receiving negative feedback. Keep making quality, constructive posts and you will surely be rewarded over time.

Can I sell merit?

Selling merit is disallowed.

Can I give merit to my alt accounts?

Well you can, but this is frowned upon and will almost certainly lead to you receiving negative feedback if discovered.

Can I be demerited or lose merit?

No, not currently. Even if your post is removed the merit will still stay.

What is a merit source?

There are a certain number of special Merit sources who receive additional amounts of merit to give away.

How do I become a merit source?

As per theymos' instructions:


Is there a limit on how many merits I can send?

Yes. You can give a max of 50 merit to a user every 30 days.

Merit stats: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats

Both bugs are because of the same principle. You're sending the same request twice. Clicking once = 1 request. Refreshing/clicking again = 2 requests.

It's similar to that of giving out trust (try clicking it twice) or double-clicking a report submit button.

Yes, but perhaps with the addition of the following table (only) + a link to "Vital Facts and Figures about Merit Point System.(Answers to your Queries)".

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Not sure about the "double click" bug, but someone reported a similar outcome through refreshing the page (MERIT BUG).

If you have enough merit, and you give someone merit, and you double click, it gives it to them twice. I don't see that listed anywhere

Should  I include a FAQ section about merit within this seeing as the system is now directly tied in to ranks? Have there been many similar questions asked yet regarding merit or things that people are confused on? If there is post them here and I'll consider adding them.

One that I've seen pop up a few times is people asking whether sending merit comes out of their own earned points.

What exactly do you mean?

If a post gets deleted from a certain period, it shouldn't matter, since you will still have the potential activity for that period, thus shall the activity be rewarded for any other post.

( Unless ofcourse the deleted post is the only post you've made in that period, in which case your potential activity would decrease with 14. ( And depending on the posts you made your "real" activity might also decrease with more then 1?)
^ Someone with more knowledge then me might be able to eleborate/clear this up a bit more.

I'm quite curious - if there is a bug on the forum connected with deleted threads - may it somehow unlock your activity periods?

Considering the new PM limits haven't been stickied and are getting difficult for new members to find, you might want to consider adding this information to the thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.25872334 (Or some variation)


I know you are trying to keep it as simple as possible and avoid information overload, but if you could tone down this information and incorporate it into the existing information then I think it would be beneficial to add it. Possibly add it to the activity timeline.

Love the idea and the sticky if that's the case.  What you've written is pretty comprehensive and should suffice for anyone with the "how do I achieve Jr. Member status" question--or anyone with even a semi-functioning prefrontal cortex who's actually interested in reading an answer.  Somehow I get the feeling that these morons just won't do the reading because they're way more interested in posting...but this is definitely progress.  Props, Hilariousandco.
This is basically what I've been thinking as well, and I can't imagine most of them can even read English for shit.

They will be forced to read it upon sign up. If they don't and break one of the golden rules they get banned.


This will be difficult to implement and people will just google for the answers.


That question and answer is already there.

I think this is a good idea and needs to be done on a number of topics in other sub forums. For example technical support should have a sticky regarding low fees and a link to all free/paid accelerators to prevent people asking the same question over and over.

Seems a good idea. I agree with this together with the FAQ. But I'm sure half of them will ignore this message and still post shit.


95% of those posts are. Mostly from newbie to jr member rank do this believing they will get more activity by posting more.

I was thinking about something well unrealistic tho.
Forcing newbies to read a sticky FAQ then to answer basic questions correctly. Once they succeed the basic test they can start making topics.

Not all the users would read the sticky /article properly, as it'd waste of their time . How about implementing the idea of having a small questionnaire after the user proceeds reading the thread/s? If the users fail answering the questions, they'd be redirected yet again  to the sticky, and the process goes on and on like a cycle. And the questions should be shuffled every time a user enrolls for a better cause. Though the idea seems ridiculous but can it be helpful?
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Add one more question :-
I have crossed the activity of 775,why am I not in legendary yet?
Answer: Because the activity for a user to become legendary differs from 750-1030.
People tend to ask this question too quite frequently.

There will be some of that no doubt, but I think the vast majority are just lazy idiot kids who can't be bothered searching for anything so they just ask. I mean, what better way to rank up their account and get an extra post in the process because reading certainly doesn't get you any where and they need everything explaining to them. If we have some sort of introduction/welcome post that has links to all the rules and commonly asked questions about activity and ranks etc then they really have no excuses. If they sign up and ask the same questions then that shows you that haven't read anything and their thread can go in the trash. If we want to be even harsher we could just nuke their account. Maybe people will learn to read the rules then.