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legendary
Activity: 1722
Merit: 4711
**In BTC since 2013**
Few weeks ago I was thinking to apply to be a merit source but after looking so many pending requests, I decided not to apply now. Not at least theymos starts approving some of the applications given by the users from last more than a year. Do we know when did we have our last new merit source?
joker_josue is a good candidate to flourish local board. I hope you get accepted.
Good luck brother.
If you think you can be a source of merit, you should apply. I also had some fears, but I realized that the important thing is to show this availability. Whether we're going to be accepted or not is another matter. The important thing is to demonstrate that we want to help the community and do what we can to keep it growing. Now give me my share is to wait and see what happens. Now is to wait for Theymos to devote time to this folder and evaluate all applications. And you may have the privilege of being accepted. Thanks for the support: @TryNinja @The Pharmacist @AnotherAlt @uchegod-21 @BitcoinGirl.Club @Daniel91
sr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 259
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I could be wrong.... TheBeardedBaby gathered them in one thread. Yet you are wrong. The last time new merit source assignments were in early July 2021. At that point, 14 new merit sources were assigned, I remember exactly the assignment of dkbit98, Julien_Olynpic, NotATether, etc. In 2021, the long-awaited merit-correction took place, which was organized by theymos. New Merit Sources have been assigned, and the monthly Merit Bank has been increased for all active Merit Sources. Oh heck yeah. Thanks for the correction. I was talking about This thread by TheBeardedBaby. That's all I get from his thread. Also, forum search and google search both don't show those applications for me. Or maybe I don't know how to search properly. I was going to post on his thread and link to this thread. But, look like there were a few more applications in the last two years. I am not sure if I am aware of them. So, I gave up after seeing your post.
sr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 259
https://bitcoincleanup.com #EndTheFUD
Do we know when did we have our last new merit source?
I could be wrong. But, If I am not mistaken, The last accepted merit source was Ratimov. That was long ago. 30-Oct-19 was the application date and it was approved without even comments from the community (Lucky one). We had five approved merit sources in 2019. Ratimov, Royse777, fillippone, 1miau, Heisenberg_Hunter. Not sure if all of them still are merit sources. Ratimov's activity decreased a bit when it comes to merit distribution. We have another 13 pending Merit Source Applications. TheBeardedBaby gathered them in one thread.
hero member
Activity: 1134
Merit: 643
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Congratulations joker_josue for your application. I am not from your Portuguese locals but I am very sure I have seen your names severally in this forum making good contributions. I am also amazed at the fact that you have been around here since 2013. That is about 7yrs. This should simply mean that anything giveable you honestly ask for in this forum should be given you. I am also encouraged to see your stat of activiness in the forum and merit sharing.
I cannot say more than this about you because I don't know much about you, but for being passionate about the forum for 7yrs and still counting shows that you mean well for the forum.
If theymos wants to consider, he will consider you, although there are other good applications not approved yet.
legendary
Activity: 2800
Merit: 2736
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Few weeks ago I was thinking to apply to be a merit source but after looking so many pending requests, I decided not to apply now. Not at least theymos starts approving some of the applications given by the users from last more than a year. Do we know when did we have our last new merit source?
joker_josue is a good candidate to flourish local board. I hope you get accepted.
Good luck brother.
legendary
Activity: 3374
Merit: 1824
joker_josue, as far as I can see, you are very active on the forum, and you are a respected member of the community.
In principle, I always support proposals for more merit sources in local communities, so that the posts of local members get merits for their contribution to the forum.
You have my full support, but experience teaches me that you will have to be patient and wait for the right moment when theymos decides that the time has come to promote new merit sources.
Good luck with your application!
sr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 259
https://bitcoincleanup.com #EndTheFUD
I am not a well-recognized or elite person. I don't know if my opinion matters at all. You are one of the most active out of 10 (Nine actually- Except ChartBuddy). If you write more, That means you have to read more to do a healthy discussion, and I believe you do. I would say you deserve to be a merit source. So, I support your merit source application.
legendary
Activity: 3500
Merit: 6981
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Most of the time we do not notice but in local boards so many things too to notice. We only notice them once they are in English boards. It amaze me when I see some users from local boards with good contribution and earned a lot of merit in a signature campaign.
Ain't that the truth. I have no sense of how active the local boards are, since unfortunately I don't speak any language other than English, but the Turkish board for example has made their presence known (though not in an entirely positive way) in the past when some members posted in the English section. And I know damn well that bitcoin is popular the world over, so it makes sense that some of the local sections are buzzing with activity. OP, I definitely support your application, and I hope Theymos considers it. We lost a merit source somewhere along the way, and we probably needed to add a few anyway. Even if your merit-giving is targeted primarily at the Portuguese community, I think that's a good thing. More merit sources, Theymos!!
legendary
Activity: 2758
Merit: 6830
Vouch. joker_josue is a great contributor to the Portuguese board and one of the most active users, not a spammer and helps a lot fostering new discussions. You can't go wrong with him being a merit source.
legendary
Activity: 1722
Merit: 4711
**In BTC since 2013**
OP, I support your application too. I hope you are lucky. Meanwhile, you can still share 1 sMerit for every 2 merit you earn at any time. So don't worry because you can still contribute even for a small amount.
Thank you for your support. That's what I'm going to keep doing, using the merits I have, in the best possible way.
legendary
Activity: 2464
Merit: 2094
110 merit sources in a forum of over 3.4 million members is rather too small, way way smaller than I even imagined, I did not forget the fact that majority of those 3.4 million members are newbies, but I think more merit sources are needed not withstanding. The number of users doesn't mean anything: many of them are never used because of evil fees, many are spambots, many are banned, many are bounty spammers and many others don't deserve Merit anyway. Fivestar4everMVP, I agree with what LoyceV said; the number of profiles is not important for some of the reasons above. But if you check bpip, then you will definitely see that there are only 57,950 active users on the forum in the last 3 months. Think half of them are newbie and bounty hunters, so 110 merit source seems enough to be expected to make the current merit system work although some additional merit source are also needed in the local board.  I quoted DdmrDdmr data from last september 2 to show here too. Updated the Merit Dashboard to reflect the most recent sMerit available data:
Total sMerit: 1.285.279
Total TXs: 691.708
From Users: 24.522
To Users: 44.190
minDate: 2018-01-24 22:12:21
maxDate: 2022-09-02 02:51:32 Now it's just a matter of waiting how it goes. Maybe a year from now, I'll earn this privilege.  OP, I support your application too. I hope you are lucky. Meanwhile, you can still share 1 sMerit for every 2 merit you earn at any time. So don't worry because you can still contribute even for a small amount.
legendary
Activity: 1722
Merit: 4711
**In BTC since 2013**
I am glad to see that you finally decided to apply for a merit source status as Portuguese local board could certainly use one more, judging by your merit/post ratio which is below average for a local board, info which I often mentioned in my local boards overview. You being one of the most active members on the forum is certainly another big plus so good luck with your application!
I am grateful for your support. I think you were one of the ones that motivated me to make this application. Bitmover too, and the two of you were primarily responsible for being here now. Now it's just a matter of waiting how it goes. Maybe a year from now, I'll earn this privilege.
legendary
Activity: 1722
Merit: 5937
I am glad to see that you finally decided to apply for a merit source status as Portuguese local board could certainly use one more, judging by your merit/post ratio which is below average for a local board, info which I often mentioned in my local boards overview. You being one of the most active members on the forum is certainly another big plus so good luck with your application!
sr. member
Activity: 1148
Merit: 346
I don't think that happens much in the English sections, but it could very well be the case on some of the local boards.
I think that's what sometimes happens, in some local boards. For some, the fact that they have difficulties in English does not motivate them to participate outside the local board of their language. If on your board, there are few sources of merits or no sources of merits, you may have a harder time leveling up. Yes, you are right mates, there are a lot of users who are worthy enough to receive merits but they can't receive merits. On every local board, there are many merits worthy threads written in their language because of the reason that they are not a good English speaker. Merit source in every local board is very important to motivate his/her fellow countrymen to create more quality threads written in their languages. Therefore, I congratulate the various sources of merit, who occasionally visit local boards (even when they don't know that language) in search of good topics/posts Yes and one of those generous merit sources who visited in local boards is LoyceV as I experience that he gave some merits in my local boards Philippines, I don't know if he understand my language but still I admire him.
legendary
Activity: 1722
Merit: 4711
**In BTC since 2013**
I don't think that happens much in the English sections, but it could very well be the case on some of the local boards.
I think that's what sometimes happens, in some local boards. For some, the fact that they have difficulties in English does not motivate them to participate outside the local board of their language. If on your board, there are few sources of merits or no sources of merits, you may have a harder time leveling up. Therefore, I congratulate the various sources of merit, who occasionally visit local boards (even when they don't know that language) in search of good topics/posts.
legendary
Activity: 3290
Merit: 16489
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110 merit sources in a forum of over 3.4 million members is rather too small, way way smaller than I even imagined, I did not forget the fact that majority of those 3.4 million members are newbies, but I think more merit sources are needed not withstanding. The number of users doesn't mean anything: many of them are never used because of evil fees, many are spambots, many are banned, many are bounty spammers and many others don't deserve Merit anyway. As of last Friday, only 44,190 users ever received Merit. By saying the total number of Merit sources isn't enough, you're basically saying there are people who deserve to rank up, but are limited by Merit. I don't think that happens much in the English sections, but it could very well be the case on some of the local boards.
legendary
Activity: 1722
Merit: 4711
**In BTC since 2013**
Joker appeared suddenly, as LoyceV pointed out, and his posting activity is really impressive. He is online 24/7, posting in every topic.
It is true that I was not very participative before 2021, but I have always maintained some presence on the forum since 2013. Now it is undeniable that since 2021, I must have made more than 5500 posts.  Now there are only 110 merit sources, so if theymos wants then the number will grow soon.
110 merit sources in a forum of over 3.4 million members is rather too small, way way smaller than I even imagined, I did not forget the fact that majority of those 3.4 million members are newbies, but I think more merit sources are needed not withstanding. Really 110 sources of merit, seems to be a small number for the size of the forum. But also, if the idea is to maintain a reasonable criterion in the attribution of merits, so as not to become something banal, the number cannot be extremely large either. I can even think that it should be a higher number, but there is certainly a set of valid criteria to be so. Thanks for the support: @bitmover @_BlackStar @Fivestar4everMVP
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