Topic: fillippone merited thread need more support of merit source. (Read 878 times)

In all the merit source applications I have witnessed in this forum, I haven't seen where theymos approved any. It could be that he believed that the number of merit sources in BTT is sufficient for effective distribution of merits in the forum.

I also believe that without applications, theymos should be able to know active participants in the forum and give them the role of a merit source. I will not want to see new merit source application when old ones have not been attended to.

Anybody is free to make an application to be a merit source, but one thing is involved here, one has to be more considerate in checking self to see if he's eligible enough for an application, check to see if you're worthy for the application and personally accessed yourself, Theymos can review those who applied at anytime when he feels there's a need to add more additional merit sources, here it's not in additional merit sources that matters if not the pattern through which tye merit sources distributes theirs, i want to believe that's how he has wanted his own, meanwhile the thread is still subjected to change in rules if he wish.

I quite agree with you on that ( theymos did not make open when making some people a merit sources so that no one will disturb them through pm) speaking on that thread, I feel the load over there is very very much for one person to handle and we can't really point out that this is a merit source to help out but I feel they should make the merit distribution as random as possible no matter the thread. They're not doing bad but no matter the thread I'd say let all merit source help scout out better post to be merited, we all know some people don't have patience but is for the best of the OP to see a helping hand to reduce his work load. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but if this seems to be the way they want it to be then so be it.

do you know that merits sources is hidden theymos did not make open when making some people a merit sources so that no one will disturb them through pm to give them merit, so nobody merits  sources is giving merit hidden, I know this my thread is a personal suggestion of supporting a particular thread which one of the merits sources created which may or they may not support the thread because they have a designation were they spend their own merits but people their merits is open is the people I mentioned and I have already notice their good wills including any other persons, I'm not pleading any one to merit in that thread or begging but i make my observation and opinion be known in public

I hope you understand when it was been said that merit is earned and not demanded, you earn it by the intensity in quality delivery you made through your post, merit is not what you receives for making a post,you work it out by giving the best someone can point out to see that it's meaningful, remember you're not the judge here, the third party seing your post will determine the extent at which he thinks it's deserving for merit.


And you're also here making an emphatic stress on the same issue again, do you care joining on such vacation or probably you make your own way out to help in the situation.

Submitting posts to merit sources for review is not excessively.

Creating this topic is excessively.

That is right, everyone, mostly newbies to full members now are into teaching of students on Bitcoin even those who have not even seen the four corners (walls) of the classroom are in teaching of students or kids. The imitation is on the peak. Many of them are not even teaching, but produce fake pictures and making the original teachers to look like fake.
As you said, in those days to rank was a thug of war, one must create quality thread to attract merits but today, things are very simple that they are not even creating good discussable threads.

This is exactly right.

I like the idea of requesting a post review but that's as far as it should go. If a merit source like SC wants to start a thread from his own will for post reviews and accept applications when he is doing them - fine - I mean, even that is a bit too much but it's not the worst idea for people who are making good content and feel they are going unnoticed.

All the other garbage though, it just makes people want and try to game those threads or it effects their posts.

I think Merit is just something that shouldn't be discussed. Ideally, the system should just be used as intended and overall it should be thought as if it isn't there. Post good quality, get merits, end of story. Not good quality, low or no merits. It's pretty simple.

You would agree with me that Ronaldo and Messi are great footballers but each of them has his own playing style, same is applicable to merit sources on the forum. They all have one goal to see the evenly distribution of merits to quality posters and they all have their own style. So I really don't see the need for creating this topic and not as if Fillippone is complaining or did he ask you to be his mouthpiece? Don't lost sight of the big picture, always have it at the back of your mind that merit is just side attraction, the primary reason why you're here is to learn about bitcoin and other crypto-related stuffs.

Theymos was asked about these topics and no objection was raised so we cannot consider it merit begging but I personally consider it spam, the participants in these topics are content to create 10 high-quality topics, put them in a list, search for any source that gives them merits for those threads, repeat it again and again.

The result is 10 high quality posts, 100 low quality posts, many spam review posts trying to get those 10 high quality posts more merits.

Read the last word you quoted "excessively".

I don't think it's wrong for someone to ask merit sources to review his posts or report some of his best posts to merit sources and ask for merit if he deserve it.

But it's wrong if you force the merit source to merit your post even though they feel you not deserve about it.

However @OP create this thread is pointless since not every merit source want to create their own thread to distribute their sMerit.

When you follow someone and and ask his money, merit, it is begging. If you ask his merit, it is merit begging. If you ask his money, it is money begging.

Why does it seems like merit begging, what is merit begging because as it seems now it all depends on user preference, what one sees as smart move may be seems by another as dumb (with regards to the upper rank members).

 Ranking up becomes difficult as time goes because there are a lot of members joining this forum though some are spammers, shit posters and others who go against the rule but there are others who also sticks to the rules and try to contribute in what way they can but did find it hard in ranking up, I guess that why Theymos created the merit source system and they work the way its convenient or  they see its more appropriate for them but currently it seems like there are few merit source (maybe they are few indeed or they have become tired of meriting others who later become shit posters or break rules or more focus on their local board or some other reasons) since there are now more good posters as time goes by ( keeping the fact that there are also more rule breakers ).
 OP the fact is Fillippone doesn't want any assistance because if he does he would have stated it, just as how LoyceV did here because this is among the Thread that inspired him to allocate merit this way.

But I don't think there is really any need for more merit source at the moment because there are likely gonna be more shit post merited since more smerits would be available and the standard for a good post would decrease or have a stunted growth as time goes by (I guess that the reason Theymos has not add any more merit source currently).

Don't give fillippone any more work than he has to do on merits. He'd better take advantage of the summer to go to the beach with pretty girls, as befits the Italian stallion.

I think The Sceptical Chemist has explained it quite well.

If every member byou newbie or a senior member do the needful, share the needful and enlightening  resource then such individual doesn't need to fam for merit, merits would look for you by virtue of those that comes in contact with your posts as a reward for giving them an informative note.

That's true, since everyone has his own pattern he created to distribute merit, we don't have to expect all the merit on the same pattern, not all of them took time to create a merit thread for members to participate, some uses the procedure of random meriting on threads as they users post, and it is very important to know that it's never a must to merit a post if it's not quality enough to be merited.


I believe fillippone has received enough tags on the mentioned of his name on this thread which i believe he must be somehow busy working out other things and reading all our comments before he can arrive on what to say whenever he's less busy, my thought though.

If you said so that means you are curious in meri and you don't read to understand, I just expressed my feelings and my observation towards a thread created by one of the prominent dignity in the forum, I noticed that many people submit applications of their quality post, and I have to throw my observation to air incase someone can volunteer and support the thread with the intention of fillippone

No need putting the pressure to people or precisely to one person since they have develop themselves in reaching out to some post that worth meriting, in other way round whenever you apply and got merited then fine but if you applied and didn't get any do not feels as if your post aren't worth meriting but is just because their way of evaluation is of higher standard than the others.

Those kind of merit threads are now flooded with bounty spammers and signature spammers who want to rank up quickly, and the majority of them wind up getting banned for using AI or plagiarism, so it's not really worth it. Those who submitted posts for review and those who were merited without seeking it generally receive more merits than merit hunters over time. I'm curious why the OP is concerned about something he claimed he wasn't interested in.

He was not talking about you, but about people who ask other users to merit their own posts.