Can there be other ways to earn merit? - page 2.

Luchinono

jr. member

Activity: 30

Merit: 12

Quote from: jackg on November 08, 2018, 11:38:17 AM

Well yes there aren't that many merit sources at the moment and much merit to give either...

There are about 119 merit sources,loaded with Smerits,which also gets reloaded at the end of every month..
And not all merit sources spend their Smerits within this monthly circle,so there is more than enough merits to give and even allow to waste/burn

Quote from: jackg on November 08, 2018, 11:38:17 AM

My op was more on the meh users that you see, some people who struggle with english

Such users can earn merits on their local boards,merits are being distributed in every section/board of the forum..
A user doesn't have to be perfect with English to earn merits,once your idea/post/reply is a wee bit coherent,if it's worth a merit,it will definitely get one

Kopyleft

member

Activity: 168

Merit: 15

Future of Security Tokens

This is a compilation of merit give away threads; https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/list-of-threads-giving-away-merits-updated-12-march-2018-3048258 it was last updated march of this year, so most of the activities and contests would likely be closed by now.

Merit was created to be earned for quality posting giving it out to members for failing to get it over long period of time defeats the purpose.
- More merit sources.
- Merit sources in local boards.
This could increase the merit circulation.

LoyceV

legendary

Activity: 3290

Merit: 16489

Thick-Skinned Gang Leader and Golden Feather 2021

Quote from: jackg on November 08, 2018, 11:28:16 AM

My upsuggestion: if you reach a thousand activity without any merit, the first merit gets gifted to you. It seems sad to see some members will be here over a year and never earn merit. I think it’d give people hope to stick around for longer...

The opposite makes more sense: If you manage to reach 1000 Activity without earning a single Merit, you should be banned.

Quote from: jackg on November 08, 2018, 11:38:17 AM

IT seems that there are some meriters who give to the same circles of people very time too.

Do you have examples? If I look at the top 20 merit senders, they've sent Merit to respectively 779, 198, 491, 203, 365, 346, 415, 333, 646, 415, 389, 489, 366, 258, 416, 120, 612, 149, 336 and 84 different users (the list is much longer). This doesn't look like merit is being sent to the same circle only, although it makes sense that the same people produce higher quality posts and thus receive more Merit than others.

S_Therapist

sr. member

Activity: 308

Merit: 280

Quote from: jackg on November 08, 2018, 11:38:17 AM

I reckon a lot of merit sources don't want to get into trouble with the community by sending high amounts of merit all of the time (which to some people might look a bit suspicious).

theymos has directly encouraged on sending high amounts of merits in case you can't spend all your source merits on due time. Therefore, there is nothing to suspect.

Quote from: theymos on October 21, 2018, 09:28:55 AM

If they complain about amounts, tell them to complain to me. It's best if sources try to exhaust their source allocations, even if it means giving posts higher amounts than is typical. If you have 150 source merit and you only see 3 merit-worthy posts in a month, then I'd rather you over-give each of them 50 merit than let the merit expire. That way there are more people capable of sending merit, and the "merit economy" is less top-down.

I think there will be no one without merit if s/he has 1000 activities, only exception is bounty hunters with reports. Or the repetive answer in altcoin board.

Coyster

legendary

Activity: 2184

Merit: 1302

Quote from: jackg on November 08, 2018, 11:28:16 AM

I think it’d give people hope to stick around for longer...

I think the forum has always been about quality and definitely not quantity..
Gifting a merit to anyone user with 1000 activities without a merit would just be encouraging such poster to go back to the low content posts/replies that never gave him/her merit in the first place...

Quote from: SoiledDove on November 08, 2018, 11:36:08 AM

I am in the same position. It is really frustrating to have done over 100 posts and never received a single merit.

The problem is definitely not with the system,but with you..
You really cannot blame the merit sources or users for not giving you merits,because apparently they haven't seen any of your posts worth meriting

And judging by the op's suggestion you have about 900 more activities to go before we "gift" you a merit

jackg

copper member

Activity: 2856

Merit: 3071

https://bit.ly/387FXHi lightning theory

Well yes there aren't that many merit sources at the moment and much merit to give either... They're quite limited on what they can do.

IT seems that there are some meriters who give to the same circles of people very time too. Some who are a bit of a renagade in their merit giving also but I reckon a lot of merit sources don't want to get into trouble with the community by sending high amounts of merit all of the time (which to some people might look a bit suspicious).

My op was more on the meh users that you see, some people who struggle with english or even to write posts that make people wnat to merit them. Sometimes a conveluted reply, while accurate, might not encourage someone to merit it (especially since it's a kind of seal of approval on that post)...

SoiledDove

jr. member

Activity: 126

Merit: 4

I am in the same position. It is really frustrating to have done over 100 posts and never received a single merit. But I guess one day I'll crack the code and get merit. Just trying to learn more and give value.

DdmrDdmr

legendary

Activity: 2338

Merit: 10802

There are lies, damned lies and statistics. MTwain

Quote from: jackg on November 08, 2018, 11:28:16 AM

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But arguably, if a poster has not been noticed for a year, and has been posting regularly to rise his activity, there is something wrong with either the poster or the system. I’d say the former is more true than the latter, and would prefer a higher amount of weekly merit circulation on the whole, with more people involved, and let things come naturally.

jackg

copper member

Activity: 2856

Merit: 3071

https://bit.ly/387FXHi lightning theory

Since it has been decreed that you need at least 1 merit to become a jr member, can we also make it that if you get a certain number of activity and don’t get blocked then you can earn merit? I think there are a lot of standard posters that go amiss.

My upsuggestion: if you reach a thousand activity without any merit, the first merit gets gifted to you. It seems sad to see some members will be here over a year and never earn merit. I think it’d give people hope to stick around for longer...

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