Here, he confirmed it is real;
It actually is a real stat (counting instances of "thanks" etc. in posts). But he has a lot of posts.
Here he explained what the virtues are;
The seven virtues are chastity, temperence, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility. Any true Bitcoiner will fully exemplify all seven virtues, of course.
And here, he explained how the imaginations, politeness coins are calculated;
Politeness, Imagination, and Coins were calculated based on all of your past posts, but they don't update real-time. fMerit, Virtue, and Karma do update roughly every 20 minutes. But only Staff, Donators, or VIPs will find themselves able to adjust their Virtue that quickly.
He is serious about this but most people aren't taking him serious because of the day he implemented it.
So these are all real? I'm freaking out already.
I just logged in on my account and these things just pop down in my account.
How are we going to know or what should be the achievements that are required to rank up? Does theymos have an answer about it?