I've still got 80 sMerit to give away. - page 4.

marky89

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Quote from: Jet Cash on February 02, 2018, 04:21:36 AM

It's quite a bit of work hunting for people to award sMerit, and it seems you don't get much thanks for it. I'm starting to understand why sMerit holders just dump their merit on out of date posts. If there was any indication that there would be a penalty for not allocating sMerit, then I would dump them immediately.

I think newer members underestimate how much shitposting you have to wade through to find good posts. It takes work.

Quote from: Jet Cash on February 07, 2018, 09:54:14 AM

The only thing I would change is the maximum award per member per post. I think it should be reduced to 2. I suspect that the pattern of merit awards will be considered, and there will be some changes in the methods of creating sMerits and merit faucets.

Agreed there. The system loses meaning when some people are getting 20 or even 50 merits from one user, for a single post.

Jet Cash

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Quote from: Hero of Legendary on February 08, 2018, 03:52:24 AM

Thanks Jet Cash. The merit was much appreciated. I'm hoping that this simple message of mine would not make others think that I am a shitposter as there is no reason to be like that.

I think you got me into trouble for awarding that point, but then what's new? I seem to be at variance with a lot of people about merits. In fact I'm starting to wonder if there should be an opt out choice. It would mean that you couldn't increase rank, but it would free you from all the bad feeling and abuse that is creeping into the merit system.

Hero of Legendary

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Activity: 94

Merit: 4

Quote from: Jet Cash on February 07, 2018, 11:28:04 AM

Quote from: Hero of Legendary on February 07, 2018, 11:12:02 AM

This clear my unsettled thought about merit. Glad I found it here, I did make a lot of reading for this.

I gave you a merit for that post, and I suspect this will be another controversial award by me, so here is my justification.

The award was not really for the post, although it was precise and free from bloat. The award was for the fact that you had done some research before you made the post, and hopefully it will encourage others to do the same.

Thanks Jet Cash. The merit was much appreciated. I'm hoping that this simple message of mine would not make others think that I am a shitposter as there is no reason to be like that.

jpespa

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Quote from: 2girls on February 02, 2018, 04:35:05 AM

Quote from: Jet Cash on February 02, 2018, 04:21:36 AM

Quote from: creeps on February 02, 2018, 02:52:02 AM

Members who don't spend their sMerit should be punished because this is meant to spend for those people who deserve it. Maybe they just don't care for now but I hope in the future sMerit will be given to everyone specially for lower ranks.

It's quite a bit of work hunting for people to award sMerit, and it seems you don't get much thanks for it. I'm starting to understand why sMerit holders just dump their merit on out of date posts. If there was any indication that there would be a penalty for not allocating sMerit, then I would dump them immediately.

The point is we dont find good posts to give merit or even if we find, may people here are too lazy to give smerit.
Think of a point that 70% of the members here are to earn the BTC and tokens, so they don't care much in giving.

It is definitely a hard work to hunt for people to award sMerit. I also noticed that some out of date posts are given merits probably because what Jet Cash said.

But it is real that good posts are hard to find because some topics are being flooded by spams and because of that, quality posts are getting hard to notice.

And with what 2girls said I also think that some member here don't just care about the system or just to lazy to give smerit to somebody. I hope that all the members will not only be encouraged by this system to make quality posts but also be encouraged to give something to other members who deserve sMerit for their hard work.

Vod

legendary

Activity: 3668

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Please i need too

You are a shitposter. You will never receive any merit. You might as well abandon your account now. :/

Leanna44

newbie

Activity: 252

Merit: 0

Quote from: pablito1989 on January 31, 2018, 06:25:58 AM

Just go everywhere and give them to Newbies/Jr.Members that deserve them.
It's pretty hard to rank up now for them.

Its true, its so difficult to get some merits but ill just wait if somebody wants to give,if they think i really deserves .,i'll just be patience i have to take lots of ideas and informations for me to be more better.

Hero of Legendary

jr. member

Activity: 94

Merit: 4

Quote from: Vod on February 07, 2018, 12:48:44 PM

Quote from: Jet Cash on February 07, 2018, 11:28:04 AM

I gave you a merit for that post, and I suspect this will be another controversial award by me, so here is my justification.

The award was not really for the post, although it was precise and free from bloat. The award was for the fact that you had done some research before you made the post, and hopefully it will encourage others to do the same.

You realize that was just a garbage post, right? Like this one?

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.28672524

Thank you Vod. Although you consider my post as garbage at least you gave a support to what I say by quoting that one. I believe you love to incourage the new one to spend time for reading which what I did to avoid shitposts. Also I can't see any problem of giving thanks to someone from a helpful link specially I am just a newbie and have no merit to offer.

Jet Cash

legendary

Activity: 2814

Merit: 2472

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Quote from: Vod on February 07, 2018, 12:48:44 PM

You realize that was just a garbage post, right? Like this one?

I didn't think it was garbage, but as I said, the merit was for the fact that the poster appeared to have done some research before posting. Maybe I was conned, but I think researching before posting should be encouraged.

Vod

legendary

Activity: 3668

Merit: 3010

Licking my boob since 1970

Quote from: Jet Cash on February 07, 2018, 11:28:04 AM

I gave you a merit for that post, and I suspect this will be another controversial award by me, so here is my justification.

The award was not really for the post, although it was precise and free from bloat. The award was for the fact that you had done some research before you made the post, and hopefully it will encourage others to do the same.

You realize that was just a garbage post, right? Like this one?

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.28672524

Jet Cash

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Activity: 2814

Merit: 2472

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I've just awarded a point to a new(ish) member who posted in the beginners board. I decided to look through page 4 of that board, and I only found one post that I liked. Am I being too severe, or is it just that there are too many repetitive and thread bloating posts still?

LFC_Bitcoin

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I’ve got 187 left (used my allowance for the month as a merit source though)

Jet Cash

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Quote from: Hero of Legendary on February 07, 2018, 11:12:02 AM

This clear my unsettled thought about merit. Glad I found it here, I did make a lot of reading for this.

I gave you a merit for that post, and I suspect this will be another controversial award by me, so here is my justification.

The award was not really for the post, although it was precise and free from bloat. The award was for the fact that you had done some research before you made the post, and hopefully it will encourage others to do the same.

Hero of Legendary

jr. member

Activity: 94

Merit: 4

Quote from: Jet Cash on January 31, 2018, 03:50:36 PM

Quote from: Emilyearl on January 31, 2018, 03:41:53 PM

It's not about what your thoughts are it's what's at play right this moment. Merits are determinants of ranks now. To achieve a new rank, your merit point has to be same with the rank post count requirements.

Merit doesn't determine rank, activity does that. Merit just blocks promotion for spammers who gained activity by abusing the forum.

This clear my unsettled thought about merit. Glad I found it here, I did make a lot of reading for this.

Gintron

member

Activity: 112

Merit: 10

As a new comer I now realize how hard is it with this merit system to get the next rank.
I feel that I do not have the knowledge to join a serious discussion and I do not want to give
misinformation. It was fun actually before the merit system to join a campaign and see my rank going up
with just posting. Generally I do not think that merits are a bad idea I think it will stop the ones who are posting
shit posts.

sncc

hero member

Activity: 536

Merit: 513

Quote from: Jet Cash on February 02, 2018, 04:21:36 AM

It's quite a bit of work hunting for people to award sMerit, and it seems you don't get much thanks for it. I'm starting to understand why sMerit holders just dump their merit on out of date posts. If there was any indication that there would be a penalty for not allocating sMerit, then I would dump them immediately.

I agree, if there are many unused sMerits, this system does not make any sense. I think that is the reason why theymos wrote

"There is no point in hoarding sMerit; keeping it yourself does not benefit you, and we reserve the right to decay unused sMerit in the future."

You can check this sentence when clicking +Merit link. As far as I know this is not written anywhere else but maybe it is good to share this information to encourage people to use sMerit more.

al1n

member

Activity: 154

Merit: 29

No, the forum is fine. Occasional spam, like anywhere i guess, but otherwise normal topics (help, discussions etc).
Lack of merit points however.
I understand why you personally (or others non romanian speakers) would/could not evaluate the topics from there, that's normal.
But I would expect each language forum to have at least one native merit source admin/moderator.

Jet Cash

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Quote from: al1n on February 07, 2018, 10:13:30 AM

So, if you are romanian and your english skills are not that great, you are screwed and you will never rank up.
How such an issue can be solved? Currently the guys that offer merits will not bother with non english subforums.

It's not that we don't bother with the boards, in my case I couldn't contribute, and I couldn't evaluate posts. The answer is for bilingual members to frequent the boards. Alternative a Romanian merit source could evaluate the posts.

Part of the problem may be that some of the alternative language boards are being reported as low value spam areas ( I don't know if this is relevant to the Romanian board ). If this is the case, then the members of that board should endeavour to clean up the posting.

Sagaris

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Merit: 6

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This system is more necessary for another point system. He does not encourage himself to write good messages alone.

al1n

member

Activity: 154

Merit: 29

There are some unfortunate side effects however (at least in some subforums).
You can receive merits ONLY from other people. But if these people never give merits, no matter what, what can you do about that? Currently nothing.
My example is the romanian subforum. Nobody is giving merits there for anything. Maybe they are not aware about the new system, but I highly doubt that.
So, if you are romanian and your english skills are not that great, you are screwed and you will never rank up.
How such an issue can be solved? Currently the guys that offer merits will not bother with non english subforums.

Jet Cash

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Activity: 2814

Merit: 2472

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The merit system seems to be settling down, and I think that broadly it is a reasonable concept, and a useful addition to the forum. The only thing I would change is the maximum award per member per post. I think it should be reduced to 2. I suspect that the pattern of merit awards will be considered, and there will be some changes in the methods of creating sMerits and merit faucets. For example, if people are abusing their ability to award sMerit, then they should be deprived of that ability. It may also be useful for some members to receive one sMerit for every merit they receive if they are using the sMerits wisely.

I would also like to see an end to begging for merits via the soup kitchens and food banks. A better solution is the closing of spam threads, and the merging of others, this would allow members to find interesting threads in the swamp. Moving other threads to more relevant boards like speculation, beginners, and political would probably help as well.

Another useful change would be a cap on the size of images. I've closed several threads because of oversized images, and this isn't fair to the posters with comments following the image.

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