Merit & new rank requirements - page 230.

Thirdspace

hero member

Activity: 1232

Merit: 738

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One question please....
Do you need ten sMerit to rank up from Jr. Member to Member or you need that ten sMerit from Member to next rank?

Thank you.... Just gat confused...

Quote from: theymos on January 24, 2018, 06:00:11 PM

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.

you don't need sMerit to rank up. you need Merit!
you need to receive 10 Merit to rank up, at the same time you will gain 5 sMerit you can send out
for every 1 merit received you also get 0.5 sMerit that you can spend

100+ pages of discussion Shocked

SpyX

member

Activity: 90

Merit: 10

Wow, I wasn't on the forum last week, and this is a really big change. I like the idea, it will increase post quality, but in other aspect I think it may be very difficult for new member to become Legendary and other stuff.

Don't get me wrong, legendaries members made usefull post, but all this merits needed to gain that rank? Please, they're just older member, that's all. The gap was already big, and now it's bigger than ever. I'm pretty sure we'll find member which will sell their merits in the future.

@cryptocommoner ---> It sounds hyprocrite haha, but yeah, I think it will decrease bot and fakes members who're only here to participate signature campaign.

PS: Sorry for my english, it's not my primary language but I tried to give my opinion here.

cryptocommoner

jr. member

Activity: 112

Merit: 5

Quote from: Igor17Krik on January 31, 2018, 03:24:10 PM

I like the idea with merit. It would not be bad to clean the thread with the shit of ICO companies.

Are you saying that ICOs should not be on these forums anymore? You are barticipating in an ICO bounty right now Roll Eyes

Igor17Krik

full member

Activity: 518

Merit: 100

I like the idea with merit. It would not be bad to clean the thread with the shit of ICO companies.

GreatFelix

member

Activity: 168

Merit: 12

And I was wondering why I was not leveling up. Hopefully this feature will up the quality of posts. It is sad to see so many Bounty/Shit-Poster at the board... Mostly automated. Roll Eyes

romanovst

member

Activity: 98

Merit: 13

Quote from: Jaroslav2007x on January 31, 2018, 08:19:26 AM

Today was supposed to be HIRO! But apparently not fate with this meirite!

With so many spelling mistakes, I think you will be stuck at current level forever.

Quote from: dreamer81 on January 31, 2018, 10:35:13 AM

Really glad this was implemented. So much spam these days. Asian users are creating several 100 users each. Big farms just to level up users here. That will stop now.
THANK YOU whoever made this happen

There is no need to point fingers towards a particular community without sufficient proofs. There are good and bad people everywhere. For instance, some of the users in a particular local board (not Asian) were found to be exchanging merits recently.

Quote from: DanielRR1997 on January 31, 2018, 12:39:36 PM

I did not think it fair to change who changed the ranking just in the week of implementation of this new system. The merit should be proportional to the number of user activity, for example I have activity to be a full member (126) but I was awarded 10 merits , and a user with 60 activity earned the same number of merits (10) as me. This is not fair, it needs to be reviewed

A lot of members demanded this but we have not seen any change. So it will be like this only and we have to move on.

DanielRR1997

member

Activity: 196

Merit: 14

I did not think it fair to change who changed the ranking just in the week of implementation of this new system. The merit should be proportional to the number of user activity, for example I have activity to be a full member (126) but I was awarded 10 merits , and a user with 60 activity earned the same number of merits (10) as me. This is not fair, it needs to be reviewed

YuTü.Co.in

sr. member

Activity: 728

Merit: 350

Re-monetizing YouTubers via Crypto-commodities

Quote from: QuestionAuthority on January 31, 2018, 11:24:34 AM

Quote from: YuTü.Co.in on January 31, 2018, 11:03:52 AM

Quote from: YuTü.Co.in on January 30, 2018, 09:34:23 PM

Quote from: nullius on January 30, 2018, 06:34:22 PM

Quote from: theymos on January 24, 2018, 06:00:11 PM

Do not beg for merit excessively.

Code:

s/excessively/at all—ever/

The merit system is a promising idea. But it will only work if we develop a strong cultural expectation that merit will only be awarded for meritorious posts. Requests for merit must be declared extreme rudeness, a forum faux pas. Such a thing is fit only for social opprobrium, derision, sneers, and shunning.

In most cultures, fishing for compliments is viewed as something between boorish and unthinkable. Asking for merit is worse, because it may accrue monetary value due to signature campaigns. It is like begging a professor for a top grade, instead of doing work worthy of earning a top grade.

By contrast, those who have something worthwhile to say will take pride in earning merit the normal way: By making posts which others find valuable. Whereas those who have nothing worthwhile to say, as such have nothing to add to the forum.

For my part: Nobody who ever asks me for merit will ever get any from me—period.

P.S., all the whiners complaining about the merit system ipso facto thus demonstrate that they are incapable of writing meritorious posts, and therefore worthless to the forum. Make good posts, and people will notice. Or shut up.

Edit: Added the paragraph about people taking pride in earning merit the normal way.

+1 sM because I love your command of the English language. I even learnt something.

PS: Due to all the excitement, I'm not sure if that's the first time I doled sM due to actually liking the post's content where most, if not all, of previous sM allocations were gifted for humor et al. purposes.

Aside: There are no asides.

Edit: Reserved for edits.

Calvo turpuis est nihil comato: Practicing my Latin while eating my Reuben in case I ever meetup with CBH again.

Testing my Latin: Cogito, ergo sum dignum merito.

Well that worked out swell. I receive +1 sM from a user on record in stating that none would be doled out to beggars which is exactly what I did, albeit in Latin [and tongue in cheek] with "Cogito, ergo sum dignum merito." Next stop: Klingon. Grin

Thanks kindly, nullius.

CBH just gave you merit. Unfortunately, his merit is invisible so it won’t do a damn thing for you.

Leave it to CBH to introduce the cloaked sM, cleverly dubbed csM (unless you prefer isM; i = invisible ... wait, ISM isn't that bad). Now that we all of 21M csM-cum-isM-cum-ISM, please use them wisely including when gifting them to your other accounts which is allowed.

Alexander_Z

member

Activity: 114

Merit: 26

Z

All right, looks like it is a good time for a small experiment. Recently I have found that I can still access my old account, created some time ago and never used. I have a habit to read, not post. But now it may be amusing to watch the merit progress of this "new" account, so I have decided to revive it.

jimmywh

member

Activity: 140

Merit: 22

Quote from: Lutpin on January 31, 2018, 11:38:18 AM

Quote from: Jaroslav2007x on January 31, 2018, 08:19:26 AM

Today was supposed to be HIRO! But apparently not fate with this meirite!

I was supposed to be LUGENDARY 6 months ago! But apparently not fate with this activite!

Quote from: nullius on January 31, 2018, 09:58:18 AM

Another exemplary object lesson on why we don’t need the merits system: Posts like this are excellent!
No, wait—sorry, I got that backwards. Posts like this are garbage. This is exactly why we needs the merits system.

I like your humor. Not enough to give merit for that, but enough to point it out.
That made me chuckle, thanks for that.

You are like a friend of mine. His hands are always glued to his pockets when we go out for a beer. Cheesy

Lutpin

copper member

Activity: 1904

Merit: 1874

Goodbye, Z.

Quote from: Jaroslav2007x on January 31, 2018, 08:19:26 AM

Today was supposed to be HIRO! But apparently not fate with this meirite!

I was supposed to be LUGENDARY 6 months ago! But apparently not fate with this activite!

Quote from: nullius on January 31, 2018, 09:58:18 AM

Another exemplary object lesson on why we don’t need the merits system: Posts like this are excellent!
No, wait—sorry, I got that backwards. Posts like this are garbage. This is exactly why we needs the merits system.

I like your humor. Not enough to give merit for that, but enough to point it out.
That made me chuckle, thanks for that.

QuestionAuthority

legendary

Activity: 2156

Merit: 1393

You lead and I'll watch you walk away.

Quote from: YuTü.Co.in on January 31, 2018, 11:03:52 AM

Quote from: YuTü.Co.in on January 30, 2018, 09:34:23 PM

Quote from: nullius on January 30, 2018, 06:34:22 PM

Quote from: theymos on January 24, 2018, 06:00:11 PM

Do not beg for merit excessively.

Code:

s/excessively/at all—ever/

The merit system is a promising idea. But it will only work if we develop a strong cultural expectation that merit will only be awarded for meritorious posts. Requests for merit must be declared extreme rudeness, a forum faux pas. Such a thing is fit only for social opprobrium, derision, sneers, and shunning.

In most cultures, fishing for compliments is viewed as something between boorish and unthinkable. Asking for merit is worse, because it may accrue monetary value due to signature campaigns. It is like begging a professor for a top grade, instead of doing work worthy of earning a top grade.

By contrast, those who have something worthwhile to say will take pride in earning merit the normal way: By making posts which others find valuable. Whereas those who have nothing worthwhile to say, as such have nothing to add to the forum.

For my part: Nobody who ever asks me for merit will ever get any from me—period.

P.S., all the whiners complaining about the merit system ipso facto thus demonstrate that they are incapable of writing meritorious posts, and therefore worthless to the forum. Make good posts, and people will notice. Or shut up.

Edit: Added the paragraph about people taking pride in earning merit the normal way.

+1 sM because I love your command of the English language. I even learnt something.

PS: Due to all the excitement, I'm not sure if that's the first time I doled sM due to actually liking the post's content where most, if not all, of previous sM allocations were gifted for humor et al. purposes.

Aside: There are no asides.

Edit: Reserved for edits.

Calvo turpuis est nihil comato: Practicing my Latin while eating my Reuben in case I ever meetup with CBH again.

Testing my Latin: Cogito, ergo sum dignum merito.

Well that worked out swell. I receive +1 sM from a user on record in stating that none would be doled out to beggars which is exactly what I did, albeit in Latin [and tongue in cheek] with "Cogito, ergo sum dignum merito." Next stop: Klingon. Grin

Thanks kindly, nullius.

CBH just gave you merit. Unfortunately, his merit is invisible so it won’t do a damn thing for you.

YuTü.Co.in

sr. member

Activity: 728

Merit: 350

Re-monetizing YouTubers via Crypto-commodities

Quote from: YuTü.Co.in on January 30, 2018, 09:34:23 PM

Quote from: nullius on January 30, 2018, 06:34:22 PM

Quote from: theymos on January 24, 2018, 06:00:11 PM

Do not beg for merit excessively.

Code:

s/excessively/at all—ever/

The merit system is a promising idea. But it will only work if we develop a strong cultural expectation that merit will only be awarded for meritorious posts. Requests for merit must be declared extreme rudeness, a forum faux pas. Such a thing is fit only for social opprobrium, derision, sneers, and shunning.

In most cultures, fishing for compliments is viewed as something between boorish and unthinkable. Asking for merit is worse, because it may accrue monetary value due to signature campaigns. It is like begging a professor for a top grade, instead of doing work worthy of earning a top grade.

By contrast, those who have something worthwhile to say will take pride in earning merit the normal way: By making posts which others find valuable. Whereas those who have nothing worthwhile to say, as such have nothing to add to the forum.

For my part: Nobody who ever asks me for merit will ever get any from me—period.

P.S., all the whiners complaining about the merit system ipso facto thus demonstrate that they are incapable of writing meritorious posts, and therefore worthless to the forum. Make good posts, and people will notice. Or shut up.

Edit: Added the paragraph about people taking pride in earning merit the normal way.

+1 sM because I love your command of the English language. I even learnt something.

PS: Due to all the excitement, I'm not sure if that's the first time I doled sM due to actually liking the post's content where most, if not all, of previous sM allocations were gifted for humor et al. purposes.

Aside: There are no asides.

Edit: Reserved for edits.

Calvo turpuis est nihil comato: Practicing my Latin while eating my Reuben in case I ever meetup with CBH again.

Testing my Latin: Cogito, ergo sum dignum merito.

Well that worked out swell. I receive +1 sM from a user on record in stating that none would be doled out to beggars which is exactly what I did, albeit in Latin [and tongue in cheek] with "Cogito, ergo sum dignum merito." Next stop: Klingon. Grin

Thanks kindly, nullius.

dreamer81

sr. member

Activity: 616

Merit: 252

Really glad this was implemented. So much spam these days. Asian users are creating several 100 users each. Big farms just to level up users here. That will stop now.
THANK YOU whoever made this happen

djangocoin

sr. member

Activity: 474

Merit: 285

Brave New World

Quote from: Jaroslav2007x on January 31, 2018, 08:19:26 AM

Today was supposed to be HIRO! But apparently not fate with this meirite!

Yeah, new system really screwed you man; i'd be pissed if i was that close.. you're taking better than i would be lol

nullius

copper member

Activity: 630

Merit: 2614

If you don’t do PGP, you don’t do crypto!

Quote from: coinsniperX on January 31, 2018, 09:37:23 AM

Yes, English is not my native language, but it doesn't give you any right to judge me or call my my posts shit.
And if you do this, then I can assume that you have a shit in your head, many shit, and you want to through out it to another people, but we don't need your shit. Just eat it by yourself.

Another exemplary object lesson on why we don’t need the merits system: Posts like this are excellent!

No, wait—sorry, I got that backwards. Posts like this are garbage. This is exactly why we needs the merits system.

+0

coinsniperX

member

Activity: 404

Merit: 11

Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on January 30, 2018, 11:16:44 PM

Quote from: coinsniperX on January 30, 2018, 08:32:08 PM

every day more and more people comes to blockchain ecosystem

This phrase-a-rooni is a hallmark of fine shitposting. A staple, if you will. I don't know what it is, but you can pick out the people who are on bitcointalk solely to choke the bitcoin chicken by looking for variations of the above words. Damn straight it's a garbled mess by someone who knows just enough English to be fucking annoying. Sorry, bud.

That whole post is a great example of how a gigantic brick wall of text is not equivalent to a well-thought out and written post. Quantity isn't necessarily equal to quality, in other words, and it's a concept that seems to elude most of Asia and eastern Europe.

Quote from: JayJuanGee on January 30, 2018, 09:13:04 PM

You are speaking nonsense mumbo jumbo.

Mmmm-hmmmm.

Quote from: pablopsantos on January 30, 2018, 08:30:51 PM

Thanks a lot for the explanation, man. Despiste

Explanatacations are of no cost here, keep them comming sir.

Yes, English is not my native language, but it doesn't give you any right to judge me or call my my posts shit.
And if you do this, then I can assume that you have a shit in your head, many shit, and you want to through out it to another people, but we don't need your shit. Just eat it by yourself.

cryptocommoner

jr. member

Activity: 112

Merit: 5

Quote from: Toughit on January 31, 2018, 08:20:49 AM

Hmm..

Laszlo, with a dead account is now up to 38 merit.

I am now announcing my services as a BMG (Bicointalk Merit Generator), for a fee, I will will advise on how to increase your merit score.

lol Let me be your first advisee

TheQuin

hero member

Activity: 2576

Merit: 883

Freebitco.in Support https://bit.ly/2I9BVS2

Quote from: Toughit on January 31, 2018, 08:34:25 AM

Quin, my service works so well, I even managed to get you 2 more merits.

Seriously though, given that there is dollar value in ranking up, this system WILL be gamed by people 'selling' their merits, shilling with fake accounts, gathering circular groups to self merit, etc.

I understand the reason behind it (Reddit Karma), but it will need heavy policing.

Last post, Got to go to work......

People will try to game any system invented. This one will be quite hard to game after all the airdrop sMerit is used up. Anyway, it's a big improvement on the previous system of spamming your way to Legendary status.

I really don't care about ranking up or even the small bit of BTC I make from my signature. I got involved and bought my HODL stash in 2012 & 13. The only benefit to me of getting those 2 more merits is I now have another sMerit to give to a post I like.

Enjoy your day at work.

nullius

copper member

Activity: 630

Merit: 2614

If you don’t do PGP, you don’t do crypto!

Quote from: TheQuin on January 31, 2018, 08:21:05 AM

I think people following this thread might have also seen your post and decided it needed to be highlighted more.

Attention, everybody following this thread:

Prior to my giving merit for Laszlo’s famous pizza post, the oldest post to which I’d assigned merit was this 2014 explanation by gmaxwell on the problems with DHTs which once upon a time much educated me.

I had been intending at some point to comb through my bookmarks to many such excellent posts from the past—the quality of posts I wish I could now experience. The archive of this forum contains a hidden library of invaluable information—a record of dialogues involving the brilliant minds who took Satoshi’s client and shaped it into the global financial networking bedrock which today holds value equivalent to hundreds of billions of dollars. Reading those posts teaches both Bitcoin history and Bitcoin technology. We can bring all that to the surface, and perhaps even slowly revive the forum to those glory days!

If we desire to highlight good posts from the past, could we please also start giving merit to the deep technical discussions by Core developers?

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