I have to admit that I also write less on the forum than before because I have less time but there are also less interesting discussions that would inspire me to participate.
Same here. Less posts generally means less interesting discussions so whether you want it or not, you will end up writing less.
I think that this is also a generational difference, and that older members prefer this way of Internet communication and younger members prefer telegram groups, social networks etc.
It would be interesting to see the average age of bitcointalk users. Based on my IRL meetings with members of other forums, my guess that average is over 30, maybe even 35. So yeah, older members are getting tired of the forum or are finding some other interesting things to do, while younger generations have much bigger choice than we had 15-20 years ago, when forums were at their peak.
Another great job from you Rikafip, you came on the same date as last month (23). Are you going to keep it again next month?
Well, I will try to release next one a little bit earlier. Then again, that was the plan for this month's overview and we can see how that ended.
Some time ago I submitted a merit source application in an attempt to help my local users get more merit on quality posts, but I haven't received any response yet. Even though in the last few months the distribution of merit on Local Board Indonesia is still hovering above 200 per month but it might be much better to take them flying much higher like the early years this merit system existed. I want to do it, but have to be patient for it.
From what I noticed, theymos tends to appoint new (and remove inactive existing) merit sources in bulk, so you just have to be patient. Some people waited even year or two, so it won't happen as fast as you might think. In the meantime, I suggest that you use
Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source thread, which is kinda underused lately.
The best way to use it is by writing short sentences and logically with the respective punctuation.
True, Google translate works pretty good, as long as you are capable of writing a proper sentence in your native language and that's something that many fail to do
By the way, kudos on your activity in Portuguese board, keep it up!