Topic: Importance Of Merit Sources || Why do we need merit Source? (Read 383 times)

There's no problem with discussing anything here. From bitcoin to shitcoin & Elon Musk to surgical mask but you are not allowed to create repetitive threads again & again & again. Users more frequent in meta are very familiar with this type of thread & AFAIK, there was a compilation of threads on "Merit" just because someone was too bored. I can't remember when I last saw a thread as of this one; in fact, I can't remember if I have seen even it. But, I'm sure there were a few threads as of this one. That's why some see this as a repetitive thread & one more merit thread LOL.

Many people’s idea is very simple, just for the bounty program, and it is really easy to get the first few achievements, it is enough, in fact, there are not many people who are really active or continue to expand their knowledge for the forum, and some maintain the justice of the forum. . The degree of freedom of the forum is not high.

I wrote a similar thread back in 2019 where I tried to find users who have earned a lot of merits but never sent anyone a single one. Maybe you have seen it. Feel free to check the names and compare it with the ones you found, maybe many of them match. The last time I made changes to it was in February of this year when I removed those users who started sending merits to others.

Top 200 Active Members who have earned most Merits but have sent 0 sMerits

But discussing the same thing again and again in the different forms is not going to add any value to the content, I just felt why a new merit related again but its just opinion but I am not disrespecting any comments here.

Yeah. Here it is true!. Finally, I see a real hunter who speaks honestly and directly that he needs merits only to participate in the bounty. And it turns out that there are few freedoms on the forum, as well as active participants who are interested in the direct direction of the forum, that is, in bitcoin.
Buddy, how narrow your horizons are. I am generally surprised how you found this topic, leaving your comfort zone, that is, from the bounty reports section?

Added.
For obvious reasons, your nickname seemed very familiar to me. What made you wake up today? https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.58724215

Many people’s idea is very simple, just for the bounty program, and it is really easy to get the first few achievements, it is enough, in fact, there are not many people who are really active or continue to expand their knowledge for the forum, and some maintain the justice of the forum. . The degree of freedom of the forum is not high.

I don't think there are any rules that we cannot discuss merits often.

I don't think there are any rules that we cannot discuss merits often.

OP, how long did it take you to check all the holders and donors of merits? Your screenshots say little, it was enough just to say about it.
In my opinion, it is quite easy to get merits today. Some sources of merit, to spend the entire treasury, send merit in a circle for the same posts.
Others help to distribute merit, not in their local section, but where they are not even a native speaker, using and evaluating posts through Google Translate.
Isn't that enough? And as for those who only receive merit, but do not distribute it. Referring to their message history, most often these are people who are not at all interested in receiving merit, and when receiving such, they most likely do not worry about not giving back. Is there a rule that when we receive something, we must return it?  

I see my (supposed) alt account is very active lately. Lol.

On my local board, there are some profiles that are not too proliferating when it comes to sending sMerits (despite earning a fair share), but I much prefer their contributions through their posts than anything else, and if they don’t want to participate in the Merit System, then that’s their prerogative really.

Don't believe everything you read online.

According to that link I am #4 most generous giving merit. Hiding in plain sight, I am also one of the biggest sMerit holders of the forum.

If you know 27-ish posts that deserve 50 Merit, please post them in Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source

But why again merit-related thread guys? Its enough, better concentrate on other stuffs like Elon adding Doge as a payment mode.

Far more important things in life, genuinely puzzles me why people give a shit that much.

I cannot understand this extraordinary fascination with merits ... perhaps one of the people with immense amounts of time on their hands to analyse who does and doesn't give out their merits could instead assess whether there have been more posts about merits and the merit system than good posts that the merit system has directly encouraged ...

You will find this thread useful: [TOP-200] The most generous users giving merits

...But like me or another user here that new in the forum and also new in crypto, we can say that it's hard to get merits

In my opinion, it is quite easy to get merits today.

, because some people (merit sources) will leave the forum, or they will stop being so active distributing merits, but I don't think we will need many more, and even less soon.

<…>

In my opinion, it is quite easy to get merits today.

There are 111 merit sources with a total merit generation of up to 34139 sMerit per 30 days. [Ref.]
I think that's enough. The last time theymos appointed new merit sources was July 5.
Number of merit sources increased from 97 to 111 and total number of source merits generated per 30 days increased from 21171 to 34139.

Are those merit holders still active and regularly log in to this forum? If they are no longer active, we can understand why they didn't send their sMerit.
But for those merit holders who are still active in this forum, it is very unfortunate to know they don't care about spending their sMerit. Well, they may think they have no obligation to send their sMerit, but what's the purpose of holding it? No worth of holding sMerit, it is not BTC.    

Not sure to say we will have a merit crisis without merit sources. There are still many generous members who regularly spend their sMerit although they are not a merit source. But I can agree if merit sources have a big role to spread sMerit. Without them, sMerit can be very limited and possibly lead to a crisis if the awareness of spending merit among members be worsen.

I've got no problem with those so-called merit hodlers.  Everyone's got their own opinion of the system and no one is required to participate in it, so I wouldn't be quick to lay a guilt trip on them.  Just my opinion.

Yes, we have 111 merit sources but not all active givers because of some reason. If theymos add some merit source I think must be better if he adds in other local boards who suffering to get merit.
Cause many local boards only have a few or worst 1 merit source. But in overall there's still generous giver in the global section all we need to do is report unmerited post/thread so that some active merit source take an action.

BUMP, All the way up.

We were expecting a dedicated local board. An application has been pending for a while. We Bangladeshis are still limited to one thread. We have no local board. Some countries do not have local boards. There is only one reason. High-rank members are not active in this thread. The thread creator created it as self-moderated, and he himself is not active. As a result, even though there is a low-quality post (One Line Post), there is no one to watch. There are only 2-3 active brothers, of which Little_Mouse & Review Master brothers are the most active in this thread. The local board application has been pending for a while now but is not being approved. Just because most of the high-ranked members don't contribute there. Here are a few reasons,

If you visit the Local board often, You will see a lot of Questions raised by newbies. They ask a lot of things about bitcoin but the reality is most of the member doesn't reply to them just because they are newbies. This is true that when you will give a lot of effort to writing a good post and only newbies read that, You won't get merited. I think this is the only reason why newbies don't get their questions answer. If your board has few High-rank members, Then the case is a bit different. If you write a good post on the local board, Your Other good ranked local board mate will appreciate your post. But, If there are only a few people. Your post won't be appreciated. This is the reason why people don't contribute to their local board. I think Our Merit source Members should visit Local boards more Often and take a look.


Look like we are not going to get a Merit source in near future.  
Look like a bunch of Merit sources are already engaged on this thread. I am seeking attention from Our Respectable Merit sources @LoyceV, @The Pharmacist, @suchmoon, @Royce777. I am here to share a few stats

Number of Post Per Local Board


Merit Per Post Ratio

Even if everyone spent all their sMerit, the merit system would eventually run out of sMerit. Without merit sources, the total amount of merit that could be sent would be appropriately (but under) the amount of merit that was air dropped.

But for those merit holders who are still active in this forum, it is very unfortunate to know they don't care about spending their sMerit. Well, they may think they have no obligation to send their sMerit, but what's the purpose of holding it? No worth of holding sMerit, it is not BTC.   

I've got no problem with those so-called merit hodlers.  Everyone's got their own opinion of the system and no one is required to participate in it, so I wouldn't be quick to lay a guilt trip on them.  Just my opinion.

Yeah, and it was inevitable that what you listed would happen.  Not everyone here cares about the merit system, and I doubt Theymos expected everyone was going to.  So yeah, merit sources are a necessity to keep the whole machine greased and operating smoothly--and obviously Theymos was very forward-looking in having members volunteer to be sources.

I've got no problem with those so-called merit hodlers.  Everyone's got their own opinion of the system and no one is required to participate in it, so I wouldn't be quick to lay a guilt trip on them.  Just my opinion.

Right. But, As far I know we have 111 Merit sources only. it's been a long time since theymos didn't add any new merit sources.

I listed only Active members.

THE HORROR!  NOT A MERIT CRISIS!

I propose we increase the total number of Bitcoin from 21 million to 30 million and use the 9 million new BTC to make sure Bitcoiners are prepared to face this Merit Crisis.  I suggest implementing a new merit distribution program without merit sources, where everyone gets the same amount of merit every week regardless of their contribution.  In fact, we should even make it so people can't send merits to each other, and only get their allotted merits directly from bitcointalk.  That way we can ensure everyone gets their merits and there is no crisis.  God forbid a life without a steady stream of merit for everyone.  We must defend against this at all costs.

/sarcasm

Bitcoin is completely decentralized. This might lead to another hardfork, I believe bitcoin community is trying their best to move forward without further hardfork. Just my opinion. People would go for stable or reduced supply rather than increase supply.

I found a few Profiles who usually don't send merits to others for some reason. Some of them either forget how to send Merit or believe In HoDling sMerit.

If we do not have any merit sources, There could be a Merit Crisis  

I do not know about AakZaki and the time he applied, but I know of crwth, skarais and myself. Before the three of us applied, total merit sources were 111, while still 111 till today. No one among the three has been accepted.

I found that some merit source application have been submitted such as AakZaki, Charles-tim and skarais which I met on the meta board but I don't know if those application have been considered or not.

I propose we increase the total number of Bitcoin from 21 million to 30 million and use the 9 million new BTC to make sure Bitcoiners are prepared to face this Merit Crisis.

I suggest implementing a new merit distribution program without merit sources, where everyone gets the same amount of merit every week regardless of their contribution.

If we do not have any merit sources, There could be a Merit Crisis  

Right. But, As far I know we have 111 Merit sources only.

it's been a long time since theymos didn't add any new merit sources.

Not only that.
In the case we don't have any merit source, we would still face lack of merit even if all users spend all their smerit.
Without merit sources, as users get 0.5 smerit for any merit they earn, the total number of merit that are in circulation would gradually decrease to zero.

Yeah, Merit HoDLers is the reason. That's why we need merit Sources

And here he comes again, Satoshi, number one, with 1,652 sMerits.    (And a shit load of bitcoins)

Seriously now, what does the title have to do with the content of your post? You just speak of the merit “HoDLers”.

If we do not have any merit sources, There could be a Merit Crisis

The top 1000 most earned merit. reports are calculated using any merit given after the creation of the merit system.