Topic: Merit & new rank requirements - page 261. (Read 167726 times)

Again, that is just one sample, one data point. It could even just be an anomaly.

For every one user that makes a hot post/thread and gets tons of merit. You could have 99 users who get next to nothing or anything substantial.

It just occurred to me that we can go back and Edit our posts to anything we want without changing their Merit score.

EG, I could add a "3 Merit" tier to my list and make it say something really rude/hilarious (best left to the imagination).

Of course you may also edit/delete your post in response but it's still a funny hack IMO.

I've suggested a system to introduce "negative merit" through a light/limited way in another thread discussing deMerit/antiMerit.
The essentials of the idea are that terminators can delete merit ratings and thus prevent farming or abuse, maybe not fully, but at least some of it.
The full details of my suggestion can be found over here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.28992369

Check this young account out..

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/merit-is-the-best-thing-that-happened-to-new-users-2828014

right attitude, quality post.. lots of merit from lots of people.. it is working fella

it's hard to believe this but not i'm near from sr to hero member, but the rules is rules you should accept it, so just do it.
i need read more about this update, thanks for info

Not sure you can say that at this stage though.. just because a trickle of new users in this thread (maybe 10% or so) are getting merit doesn't mean it's working. A lot are getting merit just because they are complaining that they don't have any merit and that it's unfair lol.

Out there in the wild: it may turn out that new users seldom get any merit at all.

you get yourself another merit... you got 2 in quick time, why?? cos you have the right attitude and your posts read well. now add some substance moving forwards and you will fly up the levels.

I don't think so, just look at this thread, a lot of higher rank members are already giving merits to lower rank members. This new method is not about hoarding bounties, this is about preserving the quality of the forum. There are a lot of forums in the internet that are already using the merit system in terms of likes and upvotes and so far it's been helping improve the quality of their forums.

I gave you 3 mate just to mess with your head a little..

great idea though, but it not quite as clear cut as loads of people didn't get as many as us!

Here is a handy reference for those confused by the Merit system.

• 1 Merit  =  Like (AKA Agree)
• 2 Merit  =  Upvote
• 4 Merit  =  Upvote twice (you know you've always wanted this feature)
• 20 Merit  = Bitcointalk Gold

_{/Merit whoring}

i don't think that this is what merit is introduced for.

Well, you see? Someone has noticed your post, you've got 10 merits in one shot and now you are fit to become a Member in no time, as soon as your activity is 60. I think this system could work for low ranking members, but only for them. When you join the forum it will take you two months or so to achieve the activity necessary to become a Member. In these two months you just need to get 10 merits - which should not be impossible, or even difficult, for someone who makes decent posts.
The problem rises afterwards, when you need hundreds of merits to climb further in rank. My guess is that that will be an impossible mission, given the scarcity of sMerits. In the rules will stay like this on the long run it will thus become a Forum of Members only - with a little elite of people with higher and mostly frozen ranks.

Merit is a new system where older users can withhold merit from younger users so they can't rank up and earn all the bounties!

I really, really, really dislike popularity-based metrics and voting, more so on a site like this where there are so many people with networks of anonymous accounts, and even more so when its grandfathered in. I remember when another forum I was a high contributor on added essentially the same thing, and I had 10,000s of posts and 0 of it. My guides combined have millions of page views, but I will receive nothing from them. Additionally, I would be penalized for not reposting the same guide every 120 days, which seems to go against the stated intentions.

LOL, how about I send you some and you send them back to me?

You can see why although this forum likes to paint the image of a free society it in essence, will never be. One minute I am working really hard, with honest and informative posts to help contribute meaningfully as well as grow my rank so I can earn more by participating in bounties of projects I feel are truly legit and have something to offer to the cryptospace, the next minute I wake up to this new, lame and unnecessary paradigm shift in our beloved forum.

All this does is place more power and riches in the hands of those high ranking members we look up to but cos they have earned their ranks by working hard here over time, and decrease or even destroy completely the ability of new comers to grow.

Afterall, we were all once newbies and many of us never spammed, trolled or created dummy accounts to rank up.

I hope Theymos and the other admins Reverse this rule for the hardworking, honest and sincere demographic.

How does the merit system prevent you form visiting threads and expressing interest in coins?


One can only hope. ICO cancer can't die soon enough.

I’m hoping (and helping) it will not become that way.

+10 sM

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Disregarding this aside, how's that (above horizontal line) for a quality post in the spirit of cleaning up the place?

 

See how Lutpin got more than 500 merits in a single day and on a single topic, How many of you already posted your week's required posts to be eligible for payment? Visit services How many edited posts could you find? all of which are the same viruses reserving spots as soon as a new signature campaign is posted. Who needs merits if you could join a signature campaign with 20 already farmed sr/full member accounts? Do you see any signs of shame on the faces of these illiterate sh*tposters? Don't be an asshole like Trump.
If you want a real fix, Try to force a signature to last for 3 month, If you're wearing a signature even removing it would still enter your signature in to a cool down period for 3 month. Make people think twice before joining any sh*tty campaign, When they see that wearing a signature sticks with you for 3 month, They would never join crap ICO's bounties to find a good paying campaign in a meanwhile. Limiting noobs is not the way whilst there are a million registered accounts ready for battle
Members like Lutpin as mentioned already are good, Will contribute and get rewarded, Someone who doesn't know how to spell receive and says recive/revice is sh*tposting in parallel to the good posters.
Would you stop posting that awful picture please? Or maybe as high ranking members you think that you're above the rules? NSFW

I completely agree with this (but sorry, would love to send you some merits though as you can see, I dont have any to send your way).

One of those who can be negatively impacted will be those who are true interested in coins. I for one visit the different threads because I have a genuine interests in those coins. Now with this merit system, I may never move up in ranking unless someone notices my posts and sees value in my posts. This is subjective and can also be subjected to chance.

Just sad that these distractions have hindered genuine people from focusing on the main reason for visiting this forum.