Topic: Is this a drawback? ChipMixer!! - page 2. (Read 523 times)

True. The Meta-board gets a lot of Merit, but I expect this to become less over time. You could argue the people using Meta are most aware of the Merit-system, and use it more.

I disagree. I have received and sent many (s)Merits outside of Meta.

Right after the introduction of Merit, Meta was almost exclusively filled with Merit-threads. It was indeed a quick way to earn some Merits, but as expected, the number of threads about Merit went down already.

Again i don't want this to be taken to another merit farming thread if you want i can easily find out users exchanging between themselves and i did mention such activity in the main post above you can go through it.


The reason why i considered this as a issue is because this is the current reality posting in meta is the only way people are actually able to gain any merit.

For the sake of decentralization of merit distribution, this doesn't look good.

Especially if this is true. I'm saying 'if' because I have not verified this claim.

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That is not an issue.

Don't get me wrong the whole idea of why i made this posts is more about receiving merits i have no issues with you or any member sending merits i just wanted to show the drawback of merit system.

Yah, so I'm failing to see your point here--I post a lot in meta because I find the goings-on of the forum quite interesting, not because I'm seeking merit points.  I don't need merits, because I can't rank up any more than I have.

I've also said this multiple times, but I'll reiterate it here:  I'm fairly ignorant about how bitcoin works.  I don't know much about the math behind crypto, so that leaves me ignorant about a lot of things in many sections of bitcointalk.  I also am not a trader, and I don't gamble so I don't post in threads dealing with those things. 

In fact, the reason I joined this forum in the first place was more for the social interaction than anything else (though I do use and support bitcoin).  So naturally the sections I post in are Meta, Reputation, Scam Accusations, and one or two others exclusively. 

Bitcoin Discussion and Economics are shitposter-magnet sections anyway, and anything I write there isn't going to get read anyway.  I'm not posting in Meta for any purpose other than the interaction with members who also post there frequently.  I'll repeat it:  It's not for merits.

Also, look at the merits I've left for other users.  Yes, some of them have been to other Chipmixer members, but I'd say the vast majority are NOT.  Nor am I sending merits to anyone to boost DarkStar_'s weekly statistics about how awesome the Chipmixer people are (which is true). 

Hope that clears things up about me at least.

Now before many of you jump to conclusions firstly i would like to say that this is a post related to merit system but it is different from other posts (Hopefully)
Now i'm not sure weather to call this is a drawback but it exists

I have quoted few posts below i'm not targeting anyone but i just want a sort of awareness


I noticed that every week while making payments darkstar posts this message regarding the merit stats but if you all notice the merits most people in chipmixer campaign have received is either exchanged between them or they have received from posting in meta

Let's ignore the first part of the above line and concentrate on the bold part
I have also noticed in order to earn merit without posting in those merit giveaway thread or farming from alt account the only way possible is by posting in meta as that's literally the only place where someone can receive merit , there is barely anyone who receives merits for his reply to a discussion which isn't in the meta section

Here's a example of TryNinja a user enrolled in chipmixer campaign

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=557798 - If you notice 80% of the merits he received on posts is from the meta section

Here's another example take a look at Pharmacist merits - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=487418 most are from meta

If not from meta another easy way of getting merits is by starting a merit giveaway thread - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.30499459

I only found HeRetik who actually received merit from his contribution https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=99837

Again i'm not attacking users enrolled in chipmixer they all have constructive posts this is just to create a awareness of how exactly the merit system is working , i'm sure there are many more people who receive merits from posting in meta but i specifically stuck to chipmixer