Topic: Is it too hard to get Merit? (not a CryBaby post) - page 2. (Read 500 times)

Got you. I do understand the point, just one addition. This forum is for a long time not only about Bitcoin. It has become the sanctuary for all of the cryptocurrency discussions. I also do understand, that the quality measurement is subjective as someone might find even single line post worth meriting. The thing is, people love the sense of progression. That is also one of the reasons to have ranking system (sure, the additional features are there too). And as i understood, ranking only based on activity was too easy to misuse (leading to spam etc.). But the Merit system might still prove to be too difficult sometimes, hindering the progression too much. On the other hand, the lower ranks actually do not limit the use of the forum...

We can deduce that you have completely missed the point.

A forum is a place where people come together to discuss a shared interest, in this case Bitcoin. Where that is happening people are getting merited not on an arbitrary measurement of quality or how much time was involved but on how useful other people valued that interaction.

Well as i could see in the past, it was much easier fir higher ranked members to actually get Merit. People tend to send Smerit to Sr. Members and above more often, even on a single comments, not just posts...


Oh my, you don't have the "GrumpyKitty" title just for the show ey? This post is meant for a discussion, not a one way thinking like yours. Different people have different opinions, i do not force my opinion on you and i take your opinion int oaccount. I understand you don't have any issues with the system, as you are standing at the top of the system.

There is no need to write again and again on same old topic related to merit..... merit and merit.there is no need to change ,it is working with good speed.
You will not get any merit for this type of post.There is only one way to get merit, write quality post with some new or unique topic that will enhance the knowledge of members .

If you are insinuating that I'm in favor of this flawed solution to spam because I was already a legendary member, then you are most definitely the crybaby that this thread makes you look like.

If you want me to be frank, then I'd say that I consider this thread a shitpost and would demerit you for it if I could.

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Just lock this thread.

Oh common, I have put quite a lot of effort into the post and you are jsut a hater ( JK, well it is really easy to become jr. member can't argue with that, but that is not a bad thing though. The member is not that hard too, but requires some effort at least... Anyhow, i expect you getting the legendary status before merit system?

False. It is still too easy, especially becoming a jr. member.

No.

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This is a crybaby post. Go away.

Hello everyone!

As the title says, do you think it is too hard to get Merit? To get Merit, you need to produce high quality post. But not only that, someone has to consider the post to be of high quality. And not only that, that certain someone has to have Smerit... Now you need to meet those 3 criteria and everything has to be at exact time. So taking the time of posting the article into account too... So to get anywhere near sr. member rank now you need to produce articles of following criterias:

Variables:

• Quality
• Interest
• Smerit
• Time

Interest is produced by quality so you can say Quality=Interest, now you will get merit only if the interested person has Smerit, so Merit = Smerit * Interest (if the interested person has 0 smerit, you will get 0 merit), also you need to post it at a time the interested person would be online... So we need to update the Quality=Interest to Quality * Time = Interest. The time can move between 0 and 1. 0 being wrong time, the interested person would not be able to see the post so the interest = 0. 1 is being the correct time and your post will meet with the targeted audience.

If we put everything together, we get Merit = Smerit * Quality * Time. What can we deduce? First of all, if there is too little Smerit between users, you will never get merit even though you produce high quality posts... Second of all, if you post high quality psot at a wrong time, once again, you will get 0 merit. Lastly, if you post anything at the right time and people with enough smerit see it, but the quality is not high enough, once again you get 0 merit.

There are just too many variables and it is really difficult for new members to rank up. I have seen people with more Activity than me with 0 Merit, being jr. members or memebers (with difficulties). Is tehre any chance for the revision of the Merit system?

Thank you for your time and have a great day!