Topic: Merit and New rank system in Bitcointalk - page 7. (Read 1504 times)

maganda naman talaga ang pakay nang merit system na ito, para maiwasan yung mga shitposting dito sa forum, bagamat ang hirap na mag.rank up nito kasi kahit gaano ka quality ang post mo e walang magpopost sayo, also one thing! ang saya siguro nga taong madaming alt dito, andali na nila mag.rank.up! just my two cents.... cheers!

Basta para sa ikaayos ng forum na ito ay sang ayon ako sa ganitong panibagong batas lalo na ang pinoy ay mainit ngayon na mga shitposter sa bitcoin discussion kaya naman mas maganda na din ito sa atin at maiwasan nila ang pag trolling or farming ng mga alternative account nila

And yung madaming alt account possible din na lalagyan nalang nya ng merit ung accounts nya para mag rank up.  

Ganoon din ang naiisip ko, So paano kapag na attain na yung no. of post required para tumaas ang rank, pero hindi pa na attain yung no. of merit points required edi hindi tataas rank mo?

Maganda, pero iniisip ko paano kung wala namang magme-merit sayo kahit gaano pa ka "quality" ang posts mo? I know we are encouraged to give merits pero we are not forced to do so, diba? I'm still on my my way of sinking it in.

Maganda, pero iniisip ko paano kung wala namang magme-merit sayo kahit gaano pa ka "quality" ang posts mo? I know we are encouraged to give merits pero we are not forced to do so, diba? I'm still on my my way of sinking it in.

In addition to activity, everyone now has a merit score, and you need both a certain activity level and a certain merit score in order to reach higher member ranks. The required scores are:

Rank	Required activity	Required merit
Brand new	0	0
Newbie	1	0
Jr Member	30	0
Member	60	10
Full Member	120	100
Sr. Member	240	250
Hero Member	480	500
Legendary	Random in the range 775-1030	1000

You get merit points when someone sends you some for one of your posts. Additionally, when someone sends you merit points, half of those points can be sent by you to other people.

Certain users are designated as "merit sources". They can create new merit out of nothing, up to a limited number per month (which differs per source). I will not be posting a definitive list of merit sources (so that people don't bug them too much), though you'll soon figure out who they are if you pay attention.

There is currently no such thing as a "demerit". I'm hoping that the positive merits alone will be fine. I could add demerits pretty easily later on if necessary, though.

I'm hoping that this system will increase post quality by:
 - Forcing people to post high-quality stuff in order to rank up. If you just post garbage, you will never get even 1 merit point, and you will therefore never be able to put links in your signature, etc.
 - Highlighting good posts with the "Merited by" line.

While we will not be directly moderating this, I encourage people to give merit to posts that are objectively high-quality, not just posts that you agree with.

The forum ranking system is a bit complicated now... It'd be nice if someone made an infographic explaining activity and merit.

If you want to be a merit source:

Collect TEN posts that have not received nearly enough merit for how good they are, and post quotes for them all in a new Meta thread.

Trivia:

For current members, your initial merit score is equal to the minimum required to your rank. Of that, a certain amount (less than the usual half) is spendable. The spendable amount was calculated based on your current rank and the number of activity points you earned in the last year. A Legendary member who hasn't posted in the last year would still be Legendary, but would not have any spendable merit.

If someone sends you 1 merit, the 0.5 sMerit is not wasted; it is just not shown until you get another merit point.