As a further aid to non-English speaking members, Jet Cash has created an image hosting site for Fit to Talk members. You can post pictures of your local activities, historic monuments, or your pet dog. Then discuss the picture as best you can in English, and we will help you to improve the content and flow. He has done this so that members can avoid accusations of posting off topic content in Bitcoin Talk, and to help members to produce English prose with good content and fluidity. This is a skill that will help you to attract the attention of the merit awarders, and let you rank up by becoming a good quality contributor here.
Don't let "newbie" mean "he doesn't speak English".
Topic: Demoted from Jr. Member to Newbie? Read here first. - page 4. (Read 1297 times)
Before all of y'all start complaining and making a billion new topics about being demoted, read this announcement from theymos. Essentially:
It's not super difficult to get one merit. Make decent posts that add something to the conversation rather than just rephrasing something someone else has already said. Also, if you're concerned about any bounties you were in that had a rank requirement, talk to your bounty manager about seeing if they will still give you credit for your work.
Finally, don't beg for or buy merits. I can understand that this is frustrating for a lot of you guys, but there's no reason to risk your account for just one merit.
And for those of us that have merits to send, please keep this in mind:
You may not agree with everything someone says, but try to look into the effort behind the posts. It will encourage those who are at least trying to make decent posts to continue posting in the future. Spend some time in the patrol section and look for posts to give merit to.
Due to excessive garbage-posting, you now need 1 merit to be a Jr Member. All existing Jr Members who didn't meet the requirement were demoted. Also, newbies can no longer set any signature or personal text.
It's not super difficult to get one merit. Make decent posts that add something to the conversation rather than just rephrasing something someone else has already said. Also, if you're concerned about any bounties you were in that had a rank requirement, talk to your bounty manager about seeing if they will still give you credit for your work.
Finally, don't beg for or buy merits. I can understand that this is frustrating for a lot of you guys, but there's no reason to risk your account for just one merit.
And for those of us that have merits to send, please keep this in mind:
I encourage people to give merit to posts that are objectively high-quality, not just posts that you agree with.
You may not agree with everything someone says, but try to look into the effort behind the posts. It will encourage those who are at least trying to make decent posts to continue posting in the future. Spend some time in the patrol section and look for posts to give merit to.
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