Is self-meriting possible? - page 3.

sheenshane

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Quote from: Stepstowealth on March 12, 2023, 01:04:55 PM

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

I didn't try it myself because I know that's an offense and could be punishable but I think that function isn't available to merit yourself even if it shows on your own post. Think it over in the first place if that's possible, would you merit yourself even though you know that's not how the proper distribution of merit is?

Besides, it's easy to spot to anyone else that you possibly abusing the merit if it's possible can send it to yourself.

Mr.right85

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Quote from: Stepstowealth on March 12, 2023, 01:04:55 PM

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

Of course it's not possible and you must have known that by now. It's just a rewarding power and what better way to having the thrill of merits if not gotten from other users. Trust me, its something you or any of us would want to be possible. If you think merit is sacred now, it would be even worst should users be allowed to merit themselves.
The best is what we have now and it makes meriting a lot more meritable and users are challenged to better themselves by being more constructive in there write up.
Meriting one's self is a bad idea that shouldn't be put into context of considered.

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Quote from: nurilham on March 12, 2023, 05:25:49 PM

Quote from: Stepstowealth on March 12, 2023, 01:04:55 PM

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

Even if it is possible, it is strange to give merits to your own posts. Cheesy

You made a post, other people will evaluate/rate your post, right? So, only other people deserve to give merits to your post.

I suggest you never try something silly.
It is easy to break your reputation in this forum, you must be aware that there are many members who got red trust by doing silly things. Always remember that give merits to deserved posts only and exclude meriting own posts because it doesn't make sense.

This reminds me of the the story of a lizard that fell from a very tall tree. Having landed, no one clapped. It just did a few push ups, nodded and crawled out.
As ridiculous as the story sounds, it could be likened to this scenario. It is better to just know for yourself that you made a great post, and wait for merits to confirm how great it was.
Criticisms and good replies/comments would suffice both ways, but if the latter is more than the former, then you made a very good shitty post and should do better.

No, you can't merit yourself, because, you aren't a lizard, you need people to confirm your worthiness and merit is like keys, it is not just handed to a stranger passing by.

nurilham

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Quote from: Stepstowealth on March 12, 2023, 01:04:55 PM

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

Even if it is possible, it is strange to give merits to your own posts. Cheesy

You made a post, other people will evaluate/rate your post, right? So, only other people deserve to give merits to your post.

I suggest you never try something silly.
It is easy to break your reputation in this forum, you must be aware that there are many members who got red trust by doing silly things. Always remember that give merits to deserved posts only and exclude meriting own posts because it doesn't make sense.

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Quote from: Stepstowealth on March 12, 2023, 01:04:55 PM

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

No, you can't evaluate yourself as a merite. As well as exchanging it with another forum member for no reason. Merit is a utility assessment tool. If no one believes that the posts of a certain person do not deserve to be evaluated, then they will remain unappreciated by Merit. In fact, it is very easy to earn, and you should not try to cheat the system.

Pmalek

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Quote from: _act_ on March 12, 2023, 01:10:57 PM

Is it possible to frown about what is not possible? Only what I know some members frown about is to be meriting alt account with another alt account, I guess that is what you meant.

That's what he said as well. The way you explained it, there are three accounts in question. You just need two. Your main account (_act_) merits your alt account (_act_ alt account). No need to get another alt account involved. The community doesn't want to see that, and it's a good way to lower your forum reputation.

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Quote from: Little Mouse on March 12, 2023, 01:06:14 PM

what's the point of the merit system? People would be easily ranked up even if they have shitposts.

Theoretically no. You would need to earn merits consistently to be able to gain smerits and a shitposter would not get much or any merits at all. And even if they did get some merits the count gained from meeting themselves would be progressively decreasing (2 merits gives only one merit).

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Quote from: Stepstowealth on March 12, 2023, 01:04:55 PM

<…> Is it possible to merit yourself?

No, but all attempts at doing so are logged, and the accounts tracked in case they try to merit themselves from alt accounts or attempt to acquire merit in the black market … (kidding ... or not ...).

Conceptually, what would be the reason to merit oneself? I mean one could believe that his post is smashing and deserves a self-pat of the back, but besides some trip down the ego lane, the only other alternative would be to try to increase his merit counter per se.

Fortunately, it is not feasible to sMerit one’s own posts (I just checked my complete merit database in case someone had managed trick the system at some point historically).

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Quote from: Stepstowealth on March 12, 2023, 01:04:55 PM

but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

I have tried it several times but I was unable to merit myself.

Quote from: Rikafip on March 12, 2023, 01:06:31 PM

No, its not possible to merit your own post and its also frowned upon to merit your post from your alt account (meaning you gonna get negative feedback).

Is it possible to frown about what is not possible? Only what I know some members frown about is to be meriting alt account with another alt account, I guess that is what you meant.

Rikafip

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No, its not possible to merit your own post and its also frowned upon to merit your post from your alt account (meaning you gonna get negative feedback).

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Quote from: Stepstowealth on March 12, 2023, 01:04:55 PM

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

Instead of creating a thread about it, why don't you try it yourself and see? I believe you have enough smerit to try. Btw the answer is NO

Edit:
I just checked, you've 27 merits and sent 13 merits meaning you have exhausted all your smerits.

Little Mouse

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No, you can't merit yourself. You will face an error that says "You cannot send merit to yourself". If someone can send merit to themselves, what's the point of the merit system? People would be easily ranked up even if they have shitposts.

Quote from: Cantsay on March 12, 2023, 01:06:22 PM

Instead of creating a thread about it, why don't you try it yourself and see? I believe you have enough smerit to try. Btw the answer is NO

If he would try and if it was possible to send, he would end up sending merit to himself which could be frowned upon here. There's nothing wrong with asking this.

Stepstowealth

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May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

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