Topic: Enhanced newbie restrictions & requirements - page 8. (Read 41699 times)

You need to post where you can contribute in a meaningful way. If you go looking for merit sources you're more likely to get in trouble than to get merits.

Also it's not just merit sources - there are thousands of other users who can send you merits.

Yet another newly demoted noob wanders into meta to fish for metrits only to get nailed for plagiarism. Sweet, sweet justice.

I agree with you, but sometimes I get confused. At example, you wrote a great and quality post in detail, but it received no merit. At the same time, post below, where we write something like:" I fully agree with the opinion above, Bla Bla Bla, etc..." or any other set of words, repeating posts in the topic, only his/er own words, and this post get a merit, and me case it's a shame for my efforts.

No, it's a necessary measure because people like you are greedy and lazy and abuse things to benefit themselves financially. When something is free people take advantage of it and sadly people are free to create as many accounts as they want here just to abuse sig campaigns and bounties by spamming. You are a perfect example of why the merit system exists and you've only got yourself to blame because of it. You aren't interested in contributing to discussions here, you just want to rise through the ranks to earn money in the laziest way possible and will even cheat to achieve this:



I'm sure this isn't your only account here so onto the next one you go.

There are such called merit sources to whom you may perform some of your posts that you count good enough. Although I saw months ago such suggestions from metit sources on Services board, but I didn't meet them long time ago. I do not know the current situation with those sources, but I have found the official info from older theymos post:
So, you kinda will have to make an effort to find them.

To draw the attention of sources of merit to a good post, where to can I write in this case?


In which thread of the forum should I quote better posts from my point of view? How to do it correctly? I really want to make a useful contribution to our forum.

So this is democracy in business. Write and talk on any topic. It is clear that not all write well and pleasant things.
And it turns out that someone pressed the button and what was free - now you have to pay money, although not great, but if you take into account millions of users, the amount turns out good.
It turns out that because of the manipulation of a group of users such as I can not use the system and all its advantages.
I believe that the system should be as transparent as possible and clear.
....... now I look how to earn 1 merit.

To get something-you need to give something in return. In this case, we give nothing.We are parasites on the body of the forum, and enjoy its benefits.

If you're deserving to be a Junior then you should have no issue in getting merit and that is what the entire system is there for in the first place. If you post crap then you will get nowhere and receive no merit but those who contribute and post something worthwhile will likely get the merit very quickly and rise through the ranks naturally over time and in line with activity. Alternatively, you can even bypass that by purchasing a Copper Membership which gives you the benefits of being a Member, but I'd just work on ranking up naturally by improving your contributions here.

Draco's code style, well I was thinking of other system, then considering bounty etc.. I have to say, this is the best solution with least effort.  

But I might have a good example, I am on a tech forum where we have:

Point system for comments, comments in specific topics give u points while others are worth less points, shit posting warning then ban (With your personnel dunno, as money is involved so shit posters attack in waves) + Registration time (without bans/warnings) as a + requirement for certain ranks.

We have these in the formula:

Professional posts
Community posts
Classified ads and comments (we have a marketplace here)

"Accordingly, the posts entered in the various main themes represent different '' values ​​'' in the aggregate, '' combined '' comments: Professional comments are complete, communities are 0.25 times weighted, and marketers are 0.1 times.

The formula is the following: combined = (1 * professional) + (0.25 * community) + (0.1 * market)

Example: Professional posts: 200 Community posts: 500 Post posts: 700 combined = 1 * 200 (professional) + 0.25 * 500 (community) + 0.1 * 700 (market) = 395 The registration time and the number of posts required to access the rank do not change, but only the combined post count."

This means more ranks more work, we have 12 ranks + VIP/Special ranks  there. + From a certain rank u can get custom Avatar.
Can be done right and with nice visuals. Its just my two cents, I know it is a simple forum.

Cheers!

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And to answer his question... you may find one in your Local Board, I know there are some people who offers there time reviewing other accounts just to help their fellow countryman. But if you still find it hard, then the possibility of ranking up for you would be 0.1 percent ( you're still lucky because it wasn't still on the exact Zero percentage)

How about those people that's is deserving to be a Jr member even without merit. Is this can be possibly get ranked up and join bounty to earn money? Its true that there's a lot of people posting nonsense and doing shitpost in forum but how about those deserving ones. I think reviewing other post can be a helpful to be ranked up.

Therefore you should theoretically be in a position to overcome your Newbie Rank, simply by using all that amassed knowledge and experience on the forum through decent posts …

That's no way to speak in public, young lady. If you ever want to earn merits on this forum, you'd better watch your language. It's "most users are now newbies." (And learn to swear like a grown-up, for fuck's sake.)

The whole point of the merit system is to stop people ranking up simply by existing. You actually have to contribute meaningfully to a discussion. I'm afraid I agree with Lafu - there is nothing in your generic, vague 2 line replies that is worthy of merit.

Maybe you should think about why!

If i watch your post history and saw the 3rd post i stoped reading and all is clear !

Just crap

This forum is so strict.
Most users is now Newbie. Kaka
I have 3-year experiences in Bitcoin and crypto investment but I still just a Newbie in Bitcointalk forum

Babies don't cry forever. They soon get bored or tire themselves out, especially when the realise their temper-tantrum isn't working, but I said this would happen. I'm sure if theymos ever makes more restrictions they'll all be back again here crying in Meta. I hope the next one is removing Junior's signatures completely because one merit isn't enough to be able to earn here and cheating to get it will become rife. Ten merit is obviously ten times as harder/expensive and would have a much bigger impact on spam. 


The user that merited him also merited 11 for this:


Something is going on there.

I'll even speak for myself.The new rules made newcomers to think differently.Now to get one measure-you need to write something correct and smart, so that others see your contribution and appreciated. Now many just do not want to write outright spam that no one will be rewarded.I already now see that in the main remained those whom merit indeed need and who seeks to his obtain - not buy.Innovations definitely brought more benefit.

This new rule will bring WIN WIN on both the members and to protect also the forum, we couldn't deny the fact that this forum were abused by those greedy and taking advantage the forum's popularity by creating farm account to use to some bounty offers and it will bring a bad reputation for the forum itself. Thanks Admin for this clarification that we need to abide and follow.