I may be a cunt about it, but that is because it is so boring seeing the blatant 0 effort merit farming that goes on here. I could get my youngest kid a forum membership, give them an hour on the politics of the merit system and get them to devise a way to get merits.. guess what, they would do better than this.
you spent 3 seconds doing something, you included me in the fucking list - that was a red flag for starters then you moved the goalposts more times than my mrs does whilst having a row on rag week.
you spent 3 seconds doing something, you included me in the fucking list - that was a red flag for starters then you moved the goalposts more times than my mrs does whilst having a row on rag week.
That's why I'm in agreement with your approach, at least in these types of scenarios. It is nice to see users putting more effort into their posts, but it is sad to see people doing things because they see it as a potential Merit-Go-Round. Being too gentle might not send the message clearly enough that we don't want disingenuous discussions and we will not be mislead by a newbie's desperation for merit.
I would be endlessly interested to hear you give one hour on the politics of the merit system.
My first red-flag was being included in the list. I have long posts and I actually try to have conversations with people, but my technical knowledge is pathetic and my forum information is equally poor. I don't know what made them include me, but I might have even merited this thread if there was real effort put into it, with real criteria and I wasn't on the list.
OP, if you want this list to be worth anything then you should probably lock this thread, spend a few hours researching the history of the forum and bitcoin development and start grabbing names of knowledgeable and informative users. I have been helped by dozens of intelligent people and this is partly how I came up with my few names.
