I don't think it matters anyways. There's no use to merits other than you sharing it to others. I'd honestly just tell you to post where you feel comfortable with, don't worry about merit, you're doing just fine even without it.
As someone who doesn't receive merit alot, it doesn't affect me at all, so just you do you fam.
Topic: Legendaries need love as well. - page 3. (Read 932 times)
I think I use some of the threads and posts as an alternative bit of social interaction. Sometimes I spend quite long hours on the computer, and it makes a nice break. ~snip~ Knights Templar, and their subsequent evolution into controlling the EU and the UK amongst other countries. It's quite difficult to introduce that into a social conversation ~snip~
I've made some random topics round here in the past (most on serious and ivory) - I remebmer a few chemistry topics and one on wind speeds.
I'm the same with the TV thing, I don't really unserstand leaving it on in the background but I know a lot of poeple do.
You're better off mading spontaneous topics and just leaving them where they are - even if theyre' not of interest now someone will probably comment something at some point.
There are no rules outside of the mining boards against making topics that are of a similar nation (but aren'tt he same in a material aspect).
Also on the antipharma aspect, I think a lot of drugs are overprescribed or cause other problems. I saw a ted talk on statins a while back that looked interesting but didn't look further into it, also knowing people from a clinical psychology background it seems some conditions are over diagnosed (but I wouldn't want to comment much on that because most are meant to be on medication - it's a slim majority though who get an accurate diagnosis).
Maybe I will just slip in a few Knights Templar and the origins of Unicorns threads on the way.
Do whatever feels right to you, Jet Cash--I always enjoy reading your posts regardless of what they're about.And yeah, I've slowed down a lot on the merit-earning myself, but I don't care one whit. If there was a rank above Legendary that I could be striving for, then I might be more interested in earning them but there isn't. Nor am I trying to compete with anyone else with respect to merits. In fact, I'd prefer someone give a lower-ranked member some merits instead of me if it came down to a choice between the two.
I for one do agree with a lot of your personal points of view concerning the Covid hype. It's just that I don't see any reason why I would come to the Bitcointalk forum to discuss other stuff except for crypto stuff.
All of that stuff--COVID-19, the upcoming US election, and everything aside from bitcoin or altcoins should be relegated to the Off-Topic and P&S sections. I don't post in Ivory Tower or Serious Discussion, because the crypto discussions there are usually over my head and everything else is non-crypto stuff that I don't care to share my opinions about. 
I think I use some of the threads and posts as an alternative bit of social interaction. Sometimes I spend quite long hours on the computer, and it makes a nice break. Often if I visit people, they seem to have the TV on all the time, and it isn't very often that there is anything interesting on there. Then I might get involved in researching things like the Knights Templar, and their subsequent evolution into controlling the EU and the UK amongst other countries. It's quite difficult to introduce that into a social conversation, as most people don't seem to go much further than talking about Trump's hairstyle or similar topics of world shattering importance. They also seem to be more concerned with the colour and decoration of their face masks, rather than their efficacy.
(...) I suspect that most members discredit the personal research that I have done into various health issues.
I for one do agree with a lot of your personal points of view concerning the Covid hype. It's just that I don't see any reason why I would come to the Bitcointalk forum to discuss other stuff except for crypto stuff. I see the Serious and Ivory boards also as boards where crypto stuff can be debated with people who at least try to read the whole thread and do not spam or post one-liners. It's why I post my judicial topics in there, otherwise they are spammed to off-topicness within hours. I do not see these boards as "Off-Topic for high leveled members" and I think some of the subjects you post about in Serious and Ivory are imho off-topic. Do not be offended plz, because "off-topic" is in no way synonymous of "low-quality", and I'd never claim for a second that your posts are of low quality. It's just that they are not about crypto directly (but maybe they are indirectly).
Anyway, congratz with your impressive Merit level - and if you're in lack of love with 2000+ Merits, then how do I (and others) have to feel about having "only" 400+ Merit?
. I'm quite sure that you're getting all the love you need. 
Let people disagree with you from time to time. You won't be receiving Merits for certain points of view, but at least you'll keep the debating flame burning, and that's what this forum is all about.
I think quite a lot came from my fit to talk and other projects,and I became a bit disenchanted with those. The blogs and forums were getting a lot of spam, and very sporadic support. I wouldn't mind reviving Fit to Talk and the Crypto Coin Tree. The lock downs changed a few things for me, and I decided to move further into off grid living. It is a far healthier life style, but I need to install a couple if solar panels to generate my own electricity. Maybe I could use those to power that ASIC miner that I was given, that is if I can find what I did with it. 
It is my congratulations for you JetCash!
Data is newest Friday merit data dump (hours ago).
From the weekly merit plot, I see a decrease since (second quarter, maybe) 2019 so I guess you are more actively posting in 2018 that reflects on your earned merits in that year.
Weekly earned merits
Summary
Data is newest Friday merit data dump (hours ago).
From the weekly merit plot, I see a decrease since (second quarter, maybe) 2019 so I guess you are more actively posting in 2018 that reflects on your earned merits in that year.
Weekly earned merits
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| week weekly_merit summerit |
|-----------------------------------|
90. | 2018w4 37 1499 |
160. | 2018w5 34 1499 |
450. | 2018w6 36 1499 |
486. | 2018w7 65 1499 |
662. | 2018w8 16 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
785. | 2018w9 3 1499 |
911. | 2018w10 40 1499 |
1165. | 2018w11 16 1499 |
1229. | 2018w12 19 1499 |
1407. | 2018w13 9 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
1625. | 2018w14 6 1499 |
1651. | 2018w15 6 1499 |
1820. | 2018w16 24 1499 |
1980. | 2018w17 14 1499 |
2241. | 2018w18 7 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
2293. | 2018w19 1 1499 |
2473. | 2018w20 37 1499 |
2613. | 2018w21 9 1499 |
2752. | 2018w22 14 1499 |
2858. | 2018w23 25 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
3019. | 2018w24 5 1499 |
3265. | 2018w25 18 1499 |
3348. | 2018w26 29 1499 |
3452. | 2018w27 36 1499 |
3634. | 2018w28 30 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
3835. | 2018w29 4 1499 |
3928. | 2018w30 18 1499 |
4083. | 2018w31 32 1499 |
4288. | 2018w32 17 1499 |
4467. | 2018w33 23 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
4642. | 2018w34 13 1499 |
4658. | 2018w35 10 1499 |
4838. | 2018w36 19 1499 |
5005. | 2018w37 12 1499 |
5141. | 2018w38 32 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
5255. | 2018w39 15 1499 |
5411. | 2018w40 3 1499 |
5688. | 2018w41 15 1499 |
5821. | 2018w42 2 1499 |
5970. | 2018w43 10 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
6029. | 2018w44 11 1499 |
6269. | 2018w45 7 1499 |
6334. | 2018w46 20 1499 |
6580. | 2018w47 14 1499 |
6622. | 2018w48 19 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
6820. | 2018w49 13 1499 |
6931. | 2018w50 1 1499 |
7152. | 2018w51 6 1499 |
7296. | 2018w52 9 1499 |
7406. | 2019w1 14 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
7600. | 2019w2 57 1499 |
7694. | 2019w3 19 1499 |
7830. | 2019w4 12 1499 |
8009. | 2019w5 21 1499 |
8249. | 2019w6 4 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
8291. | 2019w7 28 1499 |
8505. | 2019w8 19 1499 |
8682. | 2019w9 15 1499 |
8716. | 2019w10 30 1499 |
8869. | 2019w11 27 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
9091. | 2019w12 7 1499 |
9177. | 2019w13 3 1499 |
9322. | 2019w14 0 1499 |
9506. | 2019w15 11 1499 |
9634. | 2019w16 2 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
9767. | 2019w17 3 1499 |
10035. | 2019w18 2 1499 |
10134. | 2019w19 2 1499 |
10248. | 2019w20 6 1499 |
10367. | 2019w21 0 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
10601. | 2019w22 3 1499 |
10683. | 2019w23 9 1499 |
10818. | 2019w24 7 1499 |
11017. | 2019w25 12 1499 |
11205. | 2019w26 4 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
11311. | 2019w27 3 1499 |
11515. | 2019w28 13 1499 |
11637. | 2019w29 6 1499 |
11731. | 2019w30 2 1499 |
11872. | 2019w31 3 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
12092. | 2019w32 2 1499 |
12239. | 2019w33 4 1499 |
12313. | 2019w34 8 1499 |
12526. | 2019w35 8 1499 |
12618. | 2019w36 8 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
12816. | 2019w37 11 1499 |
12925. | 2019w38 6 1499 |
13175. | 2019w39 5 1499 |
13246. | 2019w40 10 1499 |
13416. | 2019w41 2 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
13532. | 2019w42 3 1499 |
13680. | 2019w43 7 1499 |
13826. | 2019w44 5 1499 |
14017. | 2019w45 0 1499 |
14103. | 2019w46 12 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
14352. | 2019w47 2 1499 |
14495. | 2019w48 0 1499 |
14607. | 2019w49 7 1499 |
14814. | 2019w50 0 1499 |
14919. | 2019w51 2 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
15141. | 2019w52 2 1499 |
15246. | 2020w1 1 1499 |
15383. | 2020w2 4 1499 |
15497. | 2020w3 4 1499 |
15702. | 2020w4 38 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
15855. | 2020w5 1 1499 |
15940. | 2020w6 2 1499 |
16164. | 2020w7 6 1499 |
16213. | 2020w8 6 1499 |
16390. | 2020w9 2 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
16643. | 2020w10 7 1499 |
16751. | 2020w11 12 1499 |
16811. | 2020w12 4 1499 |
17025. | 2020w13 1 1499 |
17117. | 2020w14 10 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
17386. | 2020w15 7 1499 |
17450. | 2020w16 0 1499 |
17566. | 2020w17 0 1499 |
17832. | 2020w18 0 1499 |
17977. | 2020w19 0 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
18099. | 2020w20 0 1499 |
18279. | 2020w21 0 1499 |
18337. | 2020w22 1 1499 |
18594. | 2020w23 0 1499 |
18627. | 2020w24 0 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
18786. | 2020w25 0 1499 |
18999. | 2020w26 0 1499 |
19131. | 2020w27 10 1499 |
19211. | 2020w28 25 1499 |
19461. | 2020w29 20 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
19525. | 2020w30 6 1499 |
19668. | 2020w31 11 1499 |
19921. | 2020w32 3 1499 |
20021. | 2020w33 2 1499 |
20161. | 2020w34 4 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
20398. | 2020w35 0 1499 |
20481. | 2020w36 3 1499 |
+-----------------------------------+
| week weekly_merit summerit |
|-----------------------------------|
90. | 2018w4 37 1499 |
160. | 2018w5 34 1499 |
450. | 2018w6 36 1499 |
486. | 2018w7 65 1499 |
662. | 2018w8 16 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
785. | 2018w9 3 1499 |
911. | 2018w10 40 1499 |
1165. | 2018w11 16 1499 |
1229. | 2018w12 19 1499 |
1407. | 2018w13 9 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
1625. | 2018w14 6 1499 |
1651. | 2018w15 6 1499 |
1820. | 2018w16 24 1499 |
1980. | 2018w17 14 1499 |
2241. | 2018w18 7 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
2293. | 2018w19 1 1499 |
2473. | 2018w20 37 1499 |
2613. | 2018w21 9 1499 |
2752. | 2018w22 14 1499 |
2858. | 2018w23 25 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
3019. | 2018w24 5 1499 |
3265. | 2018w25 18 1499 |
3348. | 2018w26 29 1499 |
3452. | 2018w27 36 1499 |
3634. | 2018w28 30 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
3835. | 2018w29 4 1499 |
3928. | 2018w30 18 1499 |
4083. | 2018w31 32 1499 |
4288. | 2018w32 17 1499 |
4467. | 2018w33 23 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
4642. | 2018w34 13 1499 |
4658. | 2018w35 10 1499 |
4838. | 2018w36 19 1499 |
5005. | 2018w37 12 1499 |
5141. | 2018w38 32 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
5255. | 2018w39 15 1499 |
5411. | 2018w40 3 1499 |
5688. | 2018w41 15 1499 |
5821. | 2018w42 2 1499 |
5970. | 2018w43 10 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
6029. | 2018w44 11 1499 |
6269. | 2018w45 7 1499 |
6334. | 2018w46 20 1499 |
6580. | 2018w47 14 1499 |
6622. | 2018w48 19 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
6820. | 2018w49 13 1499 |
6931. | 2018w50 1 1499 |
7152. | 2018w51 6 1499 |
7296. | 2018w52 9 1499 |
7406. | 2019w1 14 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
7600. | 2019w2 57 1499 |
7694. | 2019w3 19 1499 |
7830. | 2019w4 12 1499 |
8009. | 2019w5 21 1499 |
8249. | 2019w6 4 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
8291. | 2019w7 28 1499 |
8505. | 2019w8 19 1499 |
8682. | 2019w9 15 1499 |
8716. | 2019w10 30 1499 |
8869. | 2019w11 27 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
9091. | 2019w12 7 1499 |
9177. | 2019w13 3 1499 |
9322. | 2019w14 0 1499 |
9506. | 2019w15 11 1499 |
9634. | 2019w16 2 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
9767. | 2019w17 3 1499 |
10035. | 2019w18 2 1499 |
10134. | 2019w19 2 1499 |
10248. | 2019w20 6 1499 |
10367. | 2019w21 0 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
10601. | 2019w22 3 1499 |
10683. | 2019w23 9 1499 |
10818. | 2019w24 7 1499 |
11017. | 2019w25 12 1499 |
11205. | 2019w26 4 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
11311. | 2019w27 3 1499 |
11515. | 2019w28 13 1499 |
11637. | 2019w29 6 1499 |
11731. | 2019w30 2 1499 |
11872. | 2019w31 3 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
12092. | 2019w32 2 1499 |
12239. | 2019w33 4 1499 |
12313. | 2019w34 8 1499 |
12526. | 2019w35 8 1499 |
12618. | 2019w36 8 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
12816. | 2019w37 11 1499 |
12925. | 2019w38 6 1499 |
13175. | 2019w39 5 1499 |
13246. | 2019w40 10 1499 |
13416. | 2019w41 2 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
13532. | 2019w42 3 1499 |
13680. | 2019w43 7 1499 |
13826. | 2019w44 5 1499 |
14017. | 2019w45 0 1499 |
14103. | 2019w46 12 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
14352. | 2019w47 2 1499 |
14495. | 2019w48 0 1499 |
14607. | 2019w49 7 1499 |
14814. | 2019w50 0 1499 |
14919. | 2019w51 2 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
15141. | 2019w52 2 1499 |
15246. | 2020w1 1 1499 |
15383. | 2020w2 4 1499 |
15497. | 2020w3 4 1499 |
15702. | 2020w4 38 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
15855. | 2020w5 1 1499 |
15940. | 2020w6 2 1499 |
16164. | 2020w7 6 1499 |
16213. | 2020w8 6 1499 |
16390. | 2020w9 2 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
16643. | 2020w10 7 1499 |
16751. | 2020w11 12 1499 |
16811. | 2020w12 4 1499 |
17025. | 2020w13 1 1499 |
17117. | 2020w14 10 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
17386. | 2020w15 7 1499 |
17450. | 2020w16 0 1499 |
17566. | 2020w17 0 1499 |
17832. | 2020w18 0 1499 |
17977. | 2020w19 0 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
18099. | 2020w20 0 1499 |
18279. | 2020w21 0 1499 |
18337. | 2020w22 1 1499 |
18594. | 2020w23 0 1499 |
18627. | 2020w24 0 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
18786. | 2020w25 0 1499 |
18999. | 2020w26 0 1499 |
19131. | 2020w27 10 1499 |
19211. | 2020w28 25 1499 |
19461. | 2020w29 20 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
19525. | 2020w30 6 1499 |
19668. | 2020w31 11 1499 |
19921. | 2020w32 3 1499 |
20021. | 2020w33 2 1499 |
20161. | 2020w34 4 1499 |
|-----------------------------------|
20398. | 2020w35 0 1499 |
20481. | 2020w36 3 1499 |
+-----------------------------------+
Summary
Code:
variable | N mean sd p50 p25 p75 min max
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weekly_merit | 137 10.94161 11.79093 7 2 15 0 65
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weekly_merit | 137 10.94161 11.79093 7 2 15 0 65
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Thanks for the kind words, and I did only get 500 merits in the air drop. 1,500 is pretty small beer when compared with the statisticians here.
I'm actually not too keen on John Campbell. I think John Bergman is far more useful when it comes to natural health issues, but he is anti-vax and anti-Pharma, so he gets demoted quite a lot. The Irishman, Ivor Cummins ( the Fat Emperor) interviews some very interesting and unusual medical people.
I'm actually not too keen on John Campbell. I think John Bergman is far more useful when it comes to natural health issues, but he is anti-vax and anti-Pharma, so he gets demoted quite a lot. The Irishman, Ivor Cummins ( the Fat Emperor) interviews some very interesting and unusual medical people.
I didn't even know you were posting specifically about health stuff. But anyway, if you like posting about health stuff and if you actually enjoy researching about it, then why stop? We don't really need merits as Legendary members anyway(though I'll admit receiving merits makes me feel good a bit).
I suspect that most members discredit the personal research that I have done into various health issues.
I may disagree with some of your opinions on health issues but I have also gotten lots of helpful information; for one, I got connected to Dr. John Campbell's YouTube channel through your threads, and it has been a great resource for useful content related to global health situations.Congrats on your merit achievement. Your contributions would be valuable whichever board you stick to.
Does this mean you're up 1500 merits since the systems introduction?
I'd say that's pretty impressive. I'm normally targeting "curious newbies" and people on the tech boards so I'm probably guilty of not being fair to some legendafies in my merit dispursements.
And meh on the health research stuff. Everyone gets an opinion and to make their own decisions when it comes to their health. Your autonomy rights are protected by law.
I'd say that's pretty impressive. I'm normally targeting "curious newbies" and people on the tech boards so I'm probably guilty of not being fair to some legendafies in my merit dispursements.
And meh on the health research stuff. Everyone gets an opinion and to make their own decisions when it comes to their health. Your autonomy rights are protected by law.
What a struggle it has been to get my last 20 merits to get to my 2,000. Well, I guess I didn't really try too hard, as I wasn't posting in the merit earning threads. Merits are a recognition that a poster's opinions are of benefit to the forum, and I suspect that most members discredit the personal research that I have done into various health issues. But then, this is a Bitcoin and crypto forum, so I should really be contributing in those topics. I've just announced that I am going "Bitcoin only" in accepting payments for domain names in a domainers' forum, and I'll let you guys know how that goes.
Now the question is - can I behave myself, and stick to Crypto and economics. Maybe I will just slip in a few Knights Templar and the origins of Unicorns threads on the way.
Now the question is - can I behave myself, and stick to Crypto and economics. Maybe I will just slip in a few Knights Templar and the origins of Unicorns threads on the way.
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