Topic: Brainboss's Merit Source Application. [Focus Alt subsections] (Read 1253 times)
It will surely be a good decision to make the OP a merit source seeing his immense contributions to the forum and for the fact that he visits almost all the boards, commenting and seeking to help others. Theymos, kindly do this.
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but you don't seem to speak German?
I use an Android phone so I make use of chrome browser which automatically converts most local languages to english (at least gives me an idea what OP is trying to say). When I don't find any useful english post, I do visit local boards just to see how things are going over there and sometimes show appreciation through merits. If you check again (my sent merit history), the German board isn't the only local board I have merited posts from. If I can remember clearly that post was answering a question and wasn't a spam that's why I merited it.
I just looked into your "sent" merits, and noticed something "odd":
You merited this post in the German board:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.50143051
but you don't seem to speak German?
You merited this post in the German board:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.50143051
but you don't seem to speak German?
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I also support the merit source application by BrainBoss cuz mic. no better.
Goodluck Boss
I also support the merit source application by BrainBoss cuz mic. no better.
Goodluck Boss
Hopefully that'll get his attention.
I think you can be almost certain theymos has seen your application. He is obviously very active around the forum, even if not posting that often. I think a weekly bump as a reminder and an indication that you are still interested is more than adequate.
It took me 3 months of daily bumps before I was made Merit source. I only got a PM when it was done.
Don't think I'll go with daily bumping since that might give the impression of my desperation of being a merit source I'll consider weekly update with statistics of merit sent to the board. Hopefully that'll get his attention.
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It took me 3 months of daily bumps before I was made Merit source. I only got a PM when it was done.
Don't think I'll go with daily bumping since that might give the impression of my desperation of being a merit source I'll consider weekly update with statistics of merit sent to the board. Hopefully that'll get his attention.
Only wish theymos could drop a DM to applicates so those who aren't qualified can give up hope and continue their normal activities on the forum. (Don't want to be keeping tab on the meta board always).
It took me 3 months of daily bumps before I was made Merit source. I only got a PM when it was done. legendary
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As r1s2g3 said, Theymos could be considering for more options or you and tk808 both could get a chance. 
Then I'll give it a try to see how it plays out hopefully he'll find me worthy, maybe we could co-be merit sources for the board. Only wish theymos could drop a DM to applicates so those who aren't qualified can give up hope and continue their normal activities on the forum. (Don't want to be keeping tab on the meta board always).
Can I express my opinion in opposite side? 
Merit source applications are always good, because, to be qualifying enough to made application and got attention, consideration from @theymos, applicants have to choose ten high quality topics.
So, they have to spend time, to find, collect, and present them into their applications.
Is it good or bad?
It is obviously good, because some of those topics have not listed or mentioned in any list before they collected and presented in merit source applicatioins.
No matter result of application is, got accepted or rejected, it is only good for community.
One more thing, spammers should and could not apply to be a merit source. Maybe I missed something, but I have never seen spammers applied to be merit sources.
Consequently, each batch of ten-chosen-topics in Merit Source Applications are usually good topics.
Merit source applications are always good, because, to be qualifying enough to made application and got attention, consideration from @theymos, applicants have to choose ten high quality topics.
So, they have to spend time, to find, collect, and present them into their applications.
Is it good or bad?
It is obviously good, because some of those topics have not listed or mentioned in any list before they collected and presented in merit source applicatioins.
No matter result of application is, got accepted or rejected, it is only good for community.
One more thing, spammers should and could not apply to be a merit source. Maybe I missed something, but I have never seen spammers applied to be merit sources.
Consequently, each batch of ten-chosen-topics in Merit Source Applications are usually good topics.
I don't think you should withdraw your application until someone like theymos officially disapproves it.
Also you don't need to to shift the support you could still support tk808 by personally being an applicant. It's not like a competitive type of application.
As r1s2g3 said, Theymos could be considering for more options or you and tk808 both could get a chance.
Also you don't need to to shift the support you could still support tk808 by personally being an applicant. It's not like a competitive type of application.
As r1s2g3 said, Theymos could be considering for more options or you and tk808 both could get a chance.
Having considered my chances of getting accepted by theymos as a merit source for the alternative subsection based on my contribution to the board, I have decided to withdraw my application although I'm not withdrawing my support for the board as I'll always merit deserving post when I get the opportunity to see one on the board. I'm shifting my support to tk808 (he's more qualified to handle the responsibility based on his years of experience). Hopefully he gets appointed soon. Thanks you guys for the positive feedback. I feel appreciated.
Shifting support will not help because 1. New Merit sources rarely get a big bag.
2. Altcoin sections is too big for a person.
3. Might be Theymos is looking for choices.
I would hate to see you become a source.
This topic shows your poor judgement: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/infographic-guide-on-possible-reasons-to-leave-a-veve-trust-feedbacks-5100675 - you are just throwing rules in the air, that are at best not true. Bumping them all the time won't make them any more legit.
The OP is certainly not applying for to be a dt rather applying for a merit source so I don't see how that can discredit his application.This topic shows your poor judgement: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/infographic-guide-on-possible-reasons-to-leave-a-veve-trust-feedbacks-5100675 - you are just throwing rules in the air, that are at best not true. Bumping them all the time won't make them any more legit.
And also the altcoin discussion section has for a long time been disregarded I think more merit sources allocated to that section would drive more active and productive member there.
Also the OP has steadily rise and if you check he has been effective and not greedy when it comes to giving his earned merit. I think he would make a good merit source
What does what you mentioned has to do with him applying for merit source?
I disagree with most DT members and how they go about using the trust system, i have a total different opinion on how the trust system should be used, does this mean i do not deserve to be a merit source?
If you have something against how he distribute merit then that would be a valid concern and opninion , aside from that you are completely off-topic here.
Maybe LoyceV partially agreed with those posts.
It doesn't matter if I agree or not, CryptopreneurBrainboss' post is clearly not spam, and he put a lot of work in it. Asche shows a totally different angle, and cabalism13 disagrees with asche. The Pharmacist gives a different insight again, and hacker1001101001 provides a reason to support CryptopreneurBrainboss's merit source application. There were a few more posts, but you get the idea My possible conclusion will be he just offloaded the smerits so he'll be eligible to receive new allocation.
Correct. Although I still try to only Merit posts that are worth reading. I keep my source amount low (I just sent the last one to Heisenberg_Hunter), but I have 471 of "my own" sMerits left. That number keeps slowly going up. 
I would hate to see you become a source.
This topic shows your poor judgement: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/infographic-guide-on-possible-reasons-to-leave-a-veve-trust-feedbacks-5100675 - you are just throwing rules in the air, that are at best not true. Bumping them all the time won't make them any more legit.
Thats certainly a rude statement from you. I have seen you giving out harsh comments on people not being right on certain instances, but it has nothing to do with being appointed as a source actually. I don't find any such merit abusing traces from brainboss and he seems to be contributing to the community in a positive way. Along with this, people also commonly have misconception with the moderator appointment too. The moderator doesn't need to be popular enough but should be active and report posts along with gaining some minor reputation from fellow members.This topic shows your poor judgement: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/infographic-guide-on-possible-reasons-to-leave-a-veve-trust-feedbacks-5100675 - you are just throwing rules in the air, that are at best not true. Bumping them all the time won't make them any more legit.
But on the other hand, i also guess that there are enough merit sources managing the main boards and I think ATM we don't need any additional sources. Also if all the sources finish off their source merits and the merit receivers giving out all their smerits by spreading them in the Non-spammy boards, I guess the current generation of smerits is more than enough for a decent poster to rank up without any hurdles.
For the topic which you have pointed out, brainboss has mentioned he will be correcting the topic if it's proven to be wrong. He has never said that right, nor he stands for that. We shouldn't expect everyone to be right from the beginning.
That is why I said he or she probably agreed to disagree.
Sometimes, you can find a post which wrote so long, and you only pick a small part, small point that you agree or satisfy with.
And that point is what you need for you answer, or what you experienced yourself in the past, there is no reason to hesitate to merit that post.
This is why a helpful post is only helpful for someone who need it, everyone has different point of view, different demands, so one post might be helfpul for one guy, but might be not helpful for others.
I known well that LoyceV rarely send more than 1 merit per post what he/she think deserve a merit.
Sometimes, you can find a post which wrote so long, and you only pick a small part, small point that you agree or satisfy with.
And that point is what you need for you answer, or what you experienced yourself in the past, there is no reason to hesitate to merit that post.
This is why a helpful post is only helpful for someone who need it, everyone has different point of view, different demands, so one post might be helfpul for one guy, but might be not helpful for others.
he merited two different opinions so that can't be the case.
You don't know LoyceV too well if you think so, my possible conclusion could be he just offloaded the smerits so he'll be eligible to receive new allocation.
oh, my friend, it is just an assumption, who knows what LoyceV really thought?I known well that LoyceV rarely send more than 1 merit per post what he/she think deserve a merit.
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Maybe LoyceV partially agreed with those posts.
You don't merit posts simply because you agree to them and I'm sure he didn't merit those post because of that, beside he merited two different opinions on the same issue so I'm positive that isn't the reason.
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Finally, one of the forum merit whales has decided to increase the speed of his/ her merit give aways.
You don't know LoyceV too well if you think so, when it comes to awarding merit he's the 4th Most generous recent merit senders and 9th All time meriter. My possible conclusion will be he just offloaded the smerits so he'll be eligible to receive new allocation.
although don't understand LoyceV meriting all post on thread lol (is that some kind of a support?)
Maybe LoyceV partially agreed with those posts.It's hard to find posts that readers can completely agree with, so I guess that is the case of LoyceV when sending merits to those posts.
It is some kind of rewards for posts that LoyceV agreed to disagree.
Another reason is likely that LoyceV decided to give their sMerits away, rather than hoarding them for too long.
Finally, one of the forum merit whales has decided to increase the speed of his/ her merit give aways.
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We have some confused individuals on the forum, they don't understand the difference between Merit source, DT member and Moderator. Maybe if I was applying to be a DT member (if that was even possible 😁) then I'll consider his feedbacks useful or maybe it's just hate (like I usually received numerous PM of haters accusing me of ass liking just because I get merits from forum members they have issues with. maybe I would had put more thought into his claims if it was based on my post meriting history.
I'm glad from the feedbacks I have received so far, this post was also created to rate myself on forum and all feedbacks are welcome to achieve the perfect result. People hate on you when they see progress, I like that makes me feel important lol
Even though theymos isn't ready to appoint new sources or I'm not qualified enough based on his standard, I'm glad with what I'm seeing although don't understand LoyceV meriting all post on thread lol (is that some kind of a support?)
I'm glad from the feedbacks I have received so far, this post was also created to rate myself on forum and all feedbacks are welcome to achieve the perfect result. People hate on you when they see progress, I like that makes me feel important lol
Even though theymos isn't ready to appoint new sources or I'm not qualified enough based on his standard, I'm glad with what I'm seeing although don't understand LoyceV meriting all post on thread lol (is that some kind of a support?)
I would hate to see you become a source.
No need to be so rude here, hate is a very hard word. Some of the points Brainboss mentioned there are maybe a little bit uncommon and it's usual on DT that different people have a different point of view. There are also points I disagree with like OPs view of not giving negative tags to plagiarizers. I would have no problem to tag them and warn people from sending sMerit to them. If an account is banned for plagiarism we can't see it right now directly and it would be a pity to waste the scarce sMerits for banned plagiarizers.
(Slightly) different opinions are an important factor of DT and I think theymos has nothing against it. The community is always evaluating how to judge things and adjust them if abuse is detected. OP hasn't done a favor to himself by posting his guidelines for DT but I don't see a reason to affect his Merit Source application in a negative way. I would like to support him, too.
I could make a list of great ICOs and only list scams, not being the author of said ICOs wouldn't make my judgment any less deficient.
Well, that's very far-fetched. 
However, based on that thread I don't think brainboss exhibited judgement that was severely lacking. What he posted was basically a summary of community standards that already exist but which were unwritten. In other words, he didn't make all that stuff up himself. He wrote down what are essentially unwritten rules for leaving feedback.
To be honest that is exactly my point. It is more of a list of things he was able to scramble up, but hasn't gone through any "filtering" if you will.
And there have been some people trying to adapt, or give feedback on the list, with no action/answer taken or given.
I stand by my point.
I could make a list of great ICOs and only list scams, not being the author of said ICOs wouldn't make my judgment any less deficient.
I don't think theymos will consider to add more merit sources soon, maybe till the end of 2019, or even never consider about this.
Some potential reasons that led to theymos' hesitation are:
- Some abusements from limited merit sources.
- The admin don't want to generate more merits and sMerits to all merit sources (both current sources and new ones). Because, more monthly generated merits and sMerits will in turn lead to higher sMerits circulations in the forum. That, in turn, gives forum users more chances to be promoted, much faster, and in other side might create more potential incorrect usages of allocated sMerits.
- Limited merit sources, and limited monthly generated merits and sMerits will force the general quality of posts/ topics, users higher than adding more of them. Because users have to fight hard each other with their posts, their contributions to get sMerits from merit sources.
In general, I think theymos has lack of interests in adding more merit sources.
The admin might only consider about this if more than 10% of current merit sources kicked out (due to abusements, for instance).
Some potential reasons that led to theymos' hesitation are:
- Some abusements from limited merit sources.
- The admin don't want to generate more merits and sMerits to all merit sources (both current sources and new ones). Because, more monthly generated merits and sMerits will in turn lead to higher sMerits circulations in the forum. That, in turn, gives forum users more chances to be promoted, much faster, and in other side might create more potential incorrect usages of allocated sMerits.
- Limited merit sources, and limited monthly generated merits and sMerits will force the general quality of posts/ topics, users higher than adding more of them. Because users have to fight hard each other with their posts, their contributions to get sMerits from merit sources.
In general, I think theymos has lack of interests in adding more merit sources.
The admin might only consider about this if more than 10% of current merit sources kicked out (due to abusements, for instance).
I would hate to see you become a source.
This topic shows your poor judgement: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/infographic-guide-on-possible-reasons-to-leave-a-veve-trust-feedbacks-5100675 - you are just throwing rules in the air, that are at best not true. Bumping them all the time won't make them any more legit.
This topic shows your poor judgement: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/infographic-guide-on-possible-reasons-to-leave-a-veve-trust-feedbacks-5100675 - you are just throwing rules in the air, that are at best not true. Bumping them all the time won't make them any more legit.
But he is not applying for Moderator position or proving his worthiness to be DT member.
Merit Source is a very different aspect though cryptohunter mixed DT,Merit source and merits all in one.
Can I support this application? I guess yes.
I think CryptopreneurBrainboss is an good asset to the Bitcointalk and especially the African Community. His efforts is starting a personally funded signature camping for African Community awareness here should be noted and appreciated too.
I would support this application.
I would support this application.
This topic shows your poor judgement: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/infographic-guide-on-possible-reasons-to-leave-a-veve-trust-feedbacks-5100675 - you are just throwing rules in the air, that are at best not true. Bumping them all the time won't make them any more legit.
I don't think it's the right thing to judge people through their own perception that is against to yours.
And all of that aside, you don't have to be Mother Teresa in order to be a merit source. If a source ends up abusing their position, that abuse will get picked up on fairly quickly and the member won't be a merit source for long. So I think if someone has a reasonably good reputation and shows reasonably good judgement, they ought to be considered. OP has been around here long enough and his reputation certainly is good enough. I'd support his application. The real question is whether Theymos is thinking of adding any more merit sources. Haven't heard anything about that lately, nor have I seen a lot of applications.
I would hate to see you become a source.
This topic shows your poor judgement: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/infographic-guide-on-possible-reasons-to-leave-a-veve-trust-feedbacks-5100675 - you are just throwing rules in the air, that are at best not true. Bumping them all the time won't make them any more legit.
This topic shows your poor judgement: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/infographic-guide-on-possible-reasons-to-leave-a-veve-trust-feedbacks-5100675 - you are just throwing rules in the air, that are at best not true. Bumping them all the time won't make them any more legit.
I don't think it's the right thing to judge people through their own perception that is against to yours. I have seen his Merit History and the fact that he gives it to contributive posts, I think there isn't wrong about this. If you're truly against his application because of that, I think it's only necessary to consider his works.
I would hate to see you become a source.
This topic shows your poor judgement: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/infographic-guide-on-possible-reasons-to-leave-a-veve-trust-feedbacks-5100675 - you are just throwing rules in the air, that are at best not true. Bumping them all the time won't make them any more legit.
This topic shows your poor judgement: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/infographic-guide-on-possible-reasons-to-leave-a-veve-trust-feedbacks-5100675 - you are just throwing rules in the air, that are at best not true. Bumping them all the time won't make them any more legit.
legendary
Activity: 2408
Merit: 4282
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legendary
Activity: 2408
Merit: 4282
eXch.cx - Automatic crypto Swap Exchange.
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