Topic: Demoted to Newbie - page 2. (Read 507 times)
Then there's no point in trying. No one gives out merits. They like to keep them as trophies or use them to get attention. Giving them more wont change that. And the idea of trying t make money in a forum about currency is perfectly natural. I think you're going to see a sharp decline in people that even use this site.
Totally agree with you! Though they lowered me in rank, but I was not upset! This gives me a greater incentive to write quality posts. I also see that the forum is cluttered with spam and offtopic, but new rules prevent it only before the first merit is received, and then everything will continue. I think that it is necessary to tighten the rules and make sure that all participants confirm their rank by earning a merit a week for example.
I am aware there are already dozens of threads addressing this issue, but most of these threads seem to be venting-threads for these newbies. If you are unaware of the new changes, the official announcement thread can be found here : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/enhanced-newbie-restrictions-requirements-5030366 . In summation, any Jr. Member without 1-merit has been demoted to Newbie and Newbies cannot utilize the signature feature or personal text feature without Copper Membership.
Now, I've already seen endless seas of Newbies complaining about the changes and this to me is a positive sign. Any Newbie with good intentions getting involved in this forum will not mind the changes, especially if they fully understood the situation we've been dealing with. We are only hearing from a loud minority of users that have malicious intentions of abusing our forum for economic gain and these people should be disregarded. Any Newbie concerned about this change can relax, as all you need to do is be a genuine member of the community and you will receive merit. There has been an increase of about 40% in the amount of Merit Sources, and many current Merit Sources have received an increase in the amount of merits they can distribute. 36-New Merit Sources and an increase in the amount of Merit many sources can distribute happening simultaneously with this change tells me something; theymos is not interested in leaving behind Newbie that are genuinely interested in getting involved on the forum. These restrictions will almost exclusively negatively effect those currently abusing the system. The new Merits will then be much more likely to end up on your posts, because your posts will no longer be buried in a sea of spam as those posting are mostly those genuine community members.
Long story short, theymos has shown real initiative towards dealing with our spam problem without harming newcomers, and in fact making their path a little brighter. This is nothing but a good thing for everybody besides those looking to abuse our system. There's nothing for Newbies to complain about. Convince me otherwise
Now, I've already seen endless seas of Newbies complaining about the changes and this to me is a positive sign. Any Newbie with good intentions getting involved in this forum will not mind the changes, especially if they fully understood the situation we've been dealing with. We are only hearing from a loud minority of users that have malicious intentions of abusing our forum for economic gain and these people should be disregarded. Any Newbie concerned about this change can relax, as all you need to do is be a genuine member of the community and you will receive merit. There has been an increase of about 40% in the amount of Merit Sources, and many current Merit Sources have received an increase in the amount of merits they can distribute. 36-New Merit Sources and an increase in the amount of Merit many sources can distribute happening simultaneously with this change tells me something; theymos is not interested in leaving behind Newbie that are genuinely interested in getting involved on the forum. These restrictions will almost exclusively negatively effect those currently abusing the system. The new Merits will then be much more likely to end up on your posts, because your posts will no longer be buried in a sea of spam as those posting are mostly those genuine community members.
Long story short, theymos has shown real initiative towards dealing with our spam problem without harming newcomers, and in fact making their path a little brighter. This is nothing but a good thing for everybody besides those looking to abuse our system. There's nothing for Newbies to complain about. Convince me otherwise
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