Topic: I put the meriters and the OP on ignore for this thread. - page 2. (Read 730 times)

You are allowed to take actions without making a thread about it.

One of the meriters has only received two merits, and he gave his sMerit for that post. That looks like the underworld looking after the spambies. It's why I try to keep merit away from them.

The OP's post is definitely a harmful one for the forum,at least for those who actually care about the forum,as it only encourages spam and spammers..

With that being said,he actually put much work into it, probably why the meriters did merit him(which he didn't deserve in my opinion)

The last line is kinda a debatable one,but I'll say he's done nothing wrong by asking for merits,as he didn't beg excessively for it

Looks like merit begging to me.

As far as I know there is an official rule against merit begging, but it is unmoderated, and as such users can get around it.
Trust rating is also unregulated and as such DT members can give it out for what they deem fit at their own discretion
To deter other members it should probably receive a penalty.

Just wondering is this considered as a merit begging ??


and if it is, will be there any consequences or not?
There were some discussions about the giving red trust for merit abuse, but I don't know what happen at the end.

I don't know why you continue to do it then.  That's one of the sections I have on ignore, and I never even visited it when I was new here.  

As far as that tool in the link you provided, I don't think it's going to adversely affect bitcointalk in any way, but if putting the OP on ignore as well as the members who merited him is what you think is right, go for it.  I'm indifferent about the matter, because I have a feeling that the days of mass airdrop participation are nearing the finish line.  Let 'em do it as much as they like as long as they're not spamming the main sections of the forum.

Oh yeah, that's annoying.  That topic is garbage anyway, just a generic question about bitcoin's future that's poorly-worded and vague.  Those threads are custom-made for shitposters who have cookie-cutter replies for such topics, and it wouldn't surprise me if most of the replies there are from OP's alts.  Despite shit like that, I can't bring myself to put Economics on ignore.  There are some interesting threads in that section, and Hydrogen usually posts some news articles worth discussing.  

I will say that it's damn hard to find posts to merit in Economics, because that's one section where I actively look for low-ranked members to give merits to--and then I usually run into a fortified tower of bullshit like the thread you linked to.

Edit:
Meh, I don't think so.  I also don't think anyone would give out a neg for something like that.  He did actually contribute something that's useful for a lot of people--even though it's just an airdrop tool--so a little addition asking for merit at the end of the post doesn't constitute "begging" to me.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.45456682

I don't think that we should be posting spamming tools in the beginners board, even if they may be for other sites. It gives the forum a bad name.  The OP is also begging for merit for his post as well.

It things like this that discourage me from visiting the spammers training board ( sometimes known as the beginners board).

and this is one reason I put Economics on ignore - 17 out of 32 posts quote the opening post. You know when you see that , that the replies won't be worth reading.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/future-of-bitcoins-what-will-happens-to-btc-5062702