Topic: Merit sources can join casino campaigns, it's a choice (Read 1263 times)

Is a complain that merit sources don't visit the gambling board but we shouldn't forget that is still a choice to merit post from that section as some of them find it to be an area of countless spamming and is also difficult to spot (you need to look deep to find quality ones) out quality post because I do know some of the Merit Sources do visit there, but the thing is gambling posters go there to complete post count (like some would say) like many of them so I believe is part of their reasons I mean the merit sources for not paying attention to the board.
And remember that another man's food is another man's poison so don't expect at least half of the merit sources we have here on the Forum to love anything related to gambling, I think some despise it if not for anything but for the spamming sake, I'm just saying though.
I believe the merit sources still have enough reasons about these whole lack of merit distribution on the gambling section, is not when they start doing it that's when you see many members forcing themselves to post repeated threads on the gambling board just for the expectation of merit. The thing is not really stable on my end to be honest, because I really want that board to at least have some merit source who will look into the posters on that board if not we'll complain till there's nothing to complain about.

I don't know what kind of sports interests you but if you are looking for where actual gamblers post for passion and not to complete signature post count, you need to be on threads like this;

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/sportsbetios-english-premier-league-football-pool-discussion-thread-4479837 (limited to only subscribers) moderated by hilariousandco

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/euro-2024-tournament-discussion-thread-5432337 (Euros) moderated by JollyGood

And many other great discussion threads, but I would advise you stay on a self-moderated or private threads for your own sanity.

I am a football fan and I have spent a lot of time and money watching many matches in various domestic leagues and several other big competitions including the Champions League and Europa League every season. I subscribe to Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Serie A shows every month and spend at least $50 + 11% tax every season just to enjoy these shows. Of course, this doesn't include the monthly electricity bill and WiFi bill and if added up over a month, it would cost me close to $90. Recently I also subscribed to the Copa America and Euro 2024 package, because I really like football.

So far I don't like sharing there without watching the match and what I write should be what I watched. This is just my habit and I consider it normal because I like football, even though my interest in gambling is not higher than other users. Even if I spend time and money on it, I never know if it's worth it considering that many people consider gambling boards to be boards that are bombarded by spammers.

Main problem of that board are imho not megathreads as they are actually quite natural for those boards, but the fact that so many who don't gamble or even watch sports and are writing there purely because their signture campaign demands it. 

Some quality and organic traffic can still be found there, mostly in pools or organised competitions like for example Sportsbet's Bitcointalk Sports Fanatics League (BSFL) – 10000$ rewards and other similar ones.

For those who question the merit system I think they are the type who are not satisfied with how things are being done in the Forum, like when things are not going their way. Imagine someone who lacks merit, the only thing that comes in his or her mind is the merit system is not working just because is not favoring him or her, I have seen a user who complained about the merit system how it isn't working well, the whole complain about the merit system isn't suppose to be, is not easy to run this Forum, we only suggestion and let it be, is left for the ones above us to decide.
Some don't like anything called gambling but that doesn't mean they don't go through those sections I mean the gambling board, from what I understood is that these merit source don't see the gambling board as a place they feel deserve it (merit), not all but some of the merit source. Maybe some of the merit source sees those gambling post as one boring post to read, they find them uninteresting, they either read something from the economy board or Bitcoin discussion. So is their choice to merit the board or not just like you said.

Please show me a few good posts in gambling board so I will take a look if they are worth merit. I will also try to engage in related discussions.

I usually don't visit to that board , but I believe I should go there more often as I am participating in a casino campaign for some weeks already.

My whole problem with that board is that there are so many megathreads...

Of course these do exists in the gambling board and you’ve just spread it out wide if I were to dissect what you’ve said here in the comments as I see fit given the way it applies.

Point of views is the very essence while we have ourselves a discussion platform, free to air and not have some mute option on users less they break forum rule and get temp ban or permanent.

Having to look at who is posting is more like, is this individual a gambler, a want to be gambler, sports/casino wanna be/gambler. While, What’s being posted about could be about unique gambling situations about a gambling site, why gambling is this or that in the society, why it has such strongholds in people and society despite attributes to it and more.

This might relate logically to the campaigns and true gambling fans who, despite the campaigns be sure to have fun in the arguments, pools and side bets that exists within the field.

Hope I got this correctly though.

All these truly do exists within the space and sadly, the quantity often floods the board and to some extent affects appreciation of quality but, not overly though. Many users might have it on ignore but, there are really some real activity on there between user which could be rewarding. Even though a few might see it for a gang.

There are different perspectives on gambling board – there are definitely pluses and minuses. The quality of posts also depends on an individual's point of view - sometimes also on who is posting and what is being posted. There are those who chase quality and there are also those who chase quantity - this is a unique thing that this simple forum basically has.

It’s not untrue that most persons by virtue of the forum mechanics have seen the gambling board for a low quality or merit dead zone and the people you could find there are those that are either interested in the sport or or just there to make their post quota as per campaign requirements and leave which is easy to spot by the way. Gambling posters as we would have them could easily be noted by the way they engage in conversations with other gambling posters within the board, their passion for the game could be noted in the history and events that occur within games and how they’ve been able to pursue this even still through the pools.
When these sort of persons find what is worth meriting within this space, many of them wouldn’t hold back but, it’s mainly minimal and that’s because of the stigma that has been long associated with the board.

It’s somewhat difficult to have a really unique and enlightening gambling post. Not saying they don’t happen, but the competition to be original is much greater than with typical Bitcoin posts where unique opinions that one might feel deserves to be merited are more common. I’d venture to guess that is the factor in why it appears merit sources don’t “like” to merit gambling posts.

It's a common mistake and it always looks convincing.

I used to write walls of text beating around the bush but loycev changed that perception of me, maybe I was influenced with the posting style of others. quantity doesn't determine quality, unfortunately you just learnt that late.

Never came across that thread before, so I wouldn't know about this decision of yours.

I was way too new to the forum to know about your post review. 

Nahh, I'm not nudging your to go against your will.

Sad you can't get rid of scumbags because everyday we breed them, I'm not perfect but I see you trying to keep the forum more clean.
y'all trying hard to keep the place clean deserve some accolades.

much love mate!

Have you tried visiting some other mega threads apart from the ones in gambling discussion? Try to visit mega threads in Altcoinstalks and also understand the level of spam going on there. I am beginning to understand that spam is not peculiar to gambling discussion boards but to any mega threads. Just for the sake of post count, people can just drop shits and move one. They don't care if anyone will attempt to read or not. You only understood the level of spam happening in the gambling discussion board because of your post review. The review demands that you have to read to know post quality. This is why I most times blame managers who read the posts of these spammers week in and out and yet still retain them in their campaign.

Tell me about it!  Often I'd be doing a post history review for a member who posted primarily in the gambling section and I'd see that nearly all of the other posts on the pages I was visiting hadn't received any merits.  And I started to think, "Am I the sucker here or what?".  Sad to say but I believe I was.  I made the classic mistake of equating post length with effort (or how much thought was put into it) when in fact a lot of the longer posts were simply bloated crap.


Maybe you didn't realize this, but before I ended my offer for good in April of this year, I had already made an announcement that I was no longer going to review posts made in the gambling section in October of 2023, because that's where I saw most of the potential abuse coming from.  So I don't know if your sentence above is nudging me to reconsider starting up my review offer, but either way I'm not going to do it.  Abusers will always be abusers, and a corollary to that is the vast majority of them are found right here on this goddamn forum, which is like a scumbag magnet of sorts.

*Note: I love this goddamn forum despite its various infestations.*

Issues like this keep coming up and it’s either people complain about the gambling board lacking merit or sometimes people still criticize the merit system and merit distribution. Everyone will definitely have their likes and dislikes secondly my own way of choosing quality posts will be totally different from someone else choice that’s why most times few merit source can decide to ignore any board, from my observation it’s either most merit source don’t understand how gambling works so it’s difficult meriting any post in gambling discussion with zero experience but, reasons best known to oneself for making any decision so it’s best we respect their different decision.
Here is just one merit application I found concerning the gambling board: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/cryptofrkas-merit-source-application-lets-improve-the-gambling-boards-5464289

Meriting a section of the forum has never been resisted in my opinion, at least not by any rule and no one would say you should not merit a certain section being a merit source even if you were granted the status for a different section during the application. All I see here is a practice that has had a solid root, which is fine. But one thing that is certain is that there are many posts in the gambling section that are multiple times better than the posts they merit elsewhere when it comes to construction and meaning.

That section is merely stereotyped by many, and as you know, what others are doing, many others would follow, it is just a trend. Had it been you see the huge voices on the forum meriting well at that section, you will see many others doing that's well. This is why I conclude that it is not natural but a copied practice.

Even members who have smerits in their custody don't even find it convincing to spread merit among themselves in the gambling board. That also sends a message.

If anyone (merit source) would dedicate themselves to giving out merit in that board it must be an obvious merit worthy post. Basically all I can see there is repetition of post or should I call it shady paraphrases. over 95% of post in that board are for post count.

The Sceptical Chymist maybe you forgot one thing "Abusers will always be abusers" maybe you might give a rethink to post review.

It will be a good thing if at least one is assigned there but just like I said earlier, since we know there are merit sources who frequent the gambling, it's also hard to get good posters and even when there are, it's difficult to locate those who drop good content. Or do you propose create a separate room for quality posts so it can be easy for them to locate?
 The gambling section has earned a reputation for housing spammers and sometimes shit posters and it's unfortunate that good posters who go there often get roped in. I can count on my finger how many times I've being merited on that section and if it isn't for Sceptical's benevolence when he was still doing the posts reviews, I doubt it will have reached six.
 The way I see it, it's not like MS are stingy or they don't see good posters over there, it's just maybe they are trying to be fair; because if you start giving a particular set of users, the ones who don't receive will start feeling left out and you'd begin to see threads being created to voice out their displeasure.

You use a hell of a lot of words to make a minor statement, just saying.

There are NO restrictions as to boards on which merit sources can hand out merits--and if there are, Theymos certainly didn't send me the memo.  Probably against my better judgement I've given plenty of merits to members who post in the gambling section, but that was when I was doing post history reviews.  It was also one of the reasons why I stopped doing them; I started to suspect that there were a ton of shady members who pitched their tents in the gambling sections, were making borderline OK posts but were using me to farm merits.

I've already posted in this thread, but if there's a section that doesn't need a devoted merit source, it's gambling.

With that number of merit source in the Forum won't it be ok if 2 or one be assigned to the gambling board? I'm only concerned about this particular move, at least 1 who can as well act as the person to give members pass mark on their post, although we only have to say it but the only one who can make it work is Mr Theymos, if he doesn't then all we're saying are for nothing. Mr Theymos knows best and we can't tell a man how to run his home we only give advise and suggestions.

Well, I did just say that you are not far from the truth, if actually all that you said isnt the exact truth.
I personally don't understand the rules that goes with being a merit source, whether they are restricted from sharing or sending merits to posts in some board, I can't really tell but if this be the case, then I guess it's not really their fault neglecting the gambling board, since from what I know, the gambling board seems not to have any merit source dedicated to it.

But in a situation where the merit sources are at liberty of sending merits to posts from any board of their choice (doest matter if they applied to be a merit source in a local board, bitcoin board etc), then it's completely their decision to neglect the gambling, and this is because most of them believe that no good posts are being made in that board aside spam, which totally is incorrect.

Pssst young padawan, this list is only visible to Staff members or admins. Theymos has never publicly given out the list of MS (even though they are quickly and efficiently spotted), so I assume that this list is "secret" .

This is the list of both old and New merit source + allocation power https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats=sources


You're referring to sponsored pool threads - well, you're welcome to Post but we only allowed participants so you're gonna pay small fee to come onboard and enjoy all the privilege that follows... 

The threads in gambling that end with 15 pages on average are the regular posting sections for those who are enrolled in casino signature campaigns with a gambling section posting requirement. Then there are those discussion threads that go for hundreds of pages. I believe you are talking about the first one, because I have rarely seen posts beyond page 2 getting merited and then the discussion gets rehashed and off topic from the OP.

There are specific threads where some sources are regulars, but not everyone feels welcome while posting in them.

Not everyone who noticed these spamming on the Forum like those who post, some just do their thing and go without checking the harm it will cause but I believe with time the number of spamming will reduce especially in the gambling board. I myself I don't really know most of the merit source, I see them same way I see other Forum members without knowing they hold a particular position but I wish one source would be in control in the gambling section.

Yes, if we look at various posts on gambling platforms, a very small percentage of posts get merit. Indeed, each merit sources certainly has certain criteria in distributing their merits. And so far, it could be that the discussion on gambling is not one of the priorities for getting merits.

Oh yes, actually it's not just the merit awards, but also us as members, so far I personally have never given merits on the gambling board, or I forgot. Have we become accustomed to the fact that it is only for gambling discussions, so we ourselves are not able to think about it to provide merits?

Yes, there are still some campaigns, especially altcoins, which still have exceptions for posting on several boards, one of which is on gambling boards. However, this also seems to be because who knows what the project team wants, that their target is not on the gambling boards. So, whatever it is, we just do it according to the rules of each campaign we are running.

There are merits on the gambling board, but not as many as on other boards, and those who post on proper thread with less spam find it much easier to gain merit than those who exclusively post on mega spam threads that no one reads... I've handed out a few merits on the gambling board, and I've received a couple of them. It's also about posting where everyone can read.


Most of the individuals I engage with on the gambling board are merit sources who rarely read mega threads. Those who complain about not receiving a single merit are the ones who spam mega threads and avoid discussing in self-moderated threads.

Or can we say one of the reasons why gambling board lacks merit is because almost all the merit source are not into gambling or they don't really fancy going there to read post in that section. I'm just saying and if you check we hardly see some of them posting there even if they the campaign they're in support gambling.
If is not addiction then the discussion won't make members say much about a thread so we shouldn't blame users if the topics keeps repeating it self and that shouldn't stop merit source from strolling towards that area.

For real, this will work, the gambling board is also a section of the forum. And it's weird to say that members of this forum who write well in other sections lose their writing skills when on the gambling section. Lots of good writers with nice contributions are on the section, but the conversation does not vary so extensively with other created threads. Which could be a good reason why most merit sources get tired of reading the section. Looking at it you'll notice how the gambling niche revolves around addiction, win or loss. Hence, they are no much new discovery on discussion that wouldn't sit on the three I mentioned above. So, with the involvement of merit sources on casino campaigns they'll most likely read through few responses on the board, and figure out the few ones eligible for merits. The efforts there shouldn't be tagged as wasted.

From what I saw I don't think that's going to work I mean on the link you provided, the best thing is send someone to base on the gambling section to attend to quality post, if not then I think that section is on it's own. I don't know if the spamming is what's making merit source to abstain from the gambling board, I can't tell. But 1 or 2 merit source should throw some attention over to the gambling board and I think it will make members who post there to add some seriousness, there will be some improvement in that section if it happens.

Some members apply to be merit sources of a particular section, however if their application is approved by the admin, it does not mean they cannot merit posts outside that section, but most of their source merits would likely be spread in the section they indicated in their application.

The only gambling board merit source application i have seen is this one, and as far as i know it hasn't been approved yet, so there is no merit source for that section.

I'm not in doubt that the gambling board do have Merit source but the board doesn't really seems like there's a single merit source talk more or many because I haven't seen merits flowing.
I've personally been wondering about this for times now. Let me not say there had been quality posts in the gambling board as I'm not a Merit source to figure that out unless I've sMerit to merit desired quality posts in there but my question is that since merits hasn't been flowing there, does it mean there hadn't been quality posts to be merited?
Sorry does it really mean that merit sources do have the right to do whatever they chooses to with merits assigned to them to distribute in the board?

Even though I didn't read in detail what was posted on several gambling topics, I clearly saw that the gambling topics gave me a little enlightenment about good analysis before a match starts, so I can consider something before placing a bet, so as stated you say, not all members who make posts on gambling topics are spammers

Being a regular in the Gambling sections, the quality of posts there is less as compared to other sections because most casino campaigns have a weekly specific quota for Gambling posts and thus we see churning out of similar posts and rehashed content in different ways of speaking.

Still I try to merit some of the posts that have some quality in them or actually discusses something that is on topic. But chances are low of me going to a thread and reading the 5*10 pages of replies and finding one post worth giving a merit to.

Funny. And the posting requirement also leads to the section being flooded with posts like this:


Posters like these aren't even trying to say anything when they post. They just trudge through the keyboard, churning out perfunctory text that loosely makes sense but doesn't convey any actual information. Again, I can't believe the bar is so low for these campaigns.


True. One of my favorite gambling posters left the forum altogether... They are too good at what they do to bother posting here anymore.

Yes, the majority of campaigns have a minimum requirement for posting there, so some find themselves forced to become gamblers when in reality they haven't or don't plan on gambling ever.  There are always funny moments when someone who says that gambling is against his religion posts about betting or some who think gambling is bad and should be banned are wearing a signature for a casino!

To be honest I don't think those posters even realize what they are saying and doing!



Again I'm willing to bet that the few who do so, which you can count on using your fingers,  are at the same time the last persons on this forum who would ask for merit.

Does anyone still force someone to write their posts in a particular board? My campaign does not require it, although I sometimes peek into that board and write some posts - because I think the best way to promote some company is actually writing in a variety of boards, not focusing on one board.

The number of posts in this board is simply such that even some super good post is quickly remained cluttered with dozens of posts mostly of those campaigns that seek quantity instead of quality.

I know spamming is one of the major battle everyone who wants the Forum to grow is fighting against but I've been asking myself, what is the way forward to stop it? How can members avoid (I think is very hard for many) it because the gambling section has been marked as the number one area where spamming do take place (correct me if I'm wrong) that's why merit hardly shows up there. Is there a way to say fine if a member uses this method you're spammer and mind you, some don't take note of all these things that are against the Forum rules and regulations, they just do their thing, is there a better way to skip it? People only think of what they want to post without putting first the rules of the Forum and it becomes a bigger problem for everyone.

You could be right or wrong. If we have a statistics about merit earning from the gambling boards including the ration then I think there will be a chance to agree in an agreement. Otherwise it does not seem both of us will have the same agreement. Spammers are not only in the gambling section but all over the forum. When you see a spam you can help the forum by reporting the spam posts [if you care].

Not all gambling posts looks like the one you just described. There are also post in the gambling section that gives indept analysis about a club, a coach or players. There are good posts in the gambling section, that as a sports Man, when you read it you will see that the author has valid points and the posts makes sense.

There are good posters in the gambling section, if as a merit source you come across posts that don't make sense or posts that are shitty you have to ignore it and look at other posts. Not all the posts in the gambling section are low quality.

I get what you said but we know spamming in the Forum is something that can't be avoided and we shouldn't use because of other members who spam without knowing (if I should say) to dust off the other members and to be frank with you, members hardly get merit on post in that section and is very hard to even get half a merit in the first page of any thread in gambling section. About the % I just said like a little attention should be paid to that section of the Forum but since you said is not like the gambling board should be left like that is still cool to make that section feel among.

I did not mean excluded area but to treat it as just a regular board. It does not need any attention. Regarding 30% of 45%, do you have a stat or you are just guessing? The member who drops real post are earning merit that's what I said on my post, merit is not for spammers.

If you say so then we should see the gambling board as the land of outcast 😅. The traffic over there is one of the largest in the Forum and no other board comes close, at least 30% if not 45% of the Special attention (like you said) given to other boards should be thrown in that direction, gambling board shouldn't be seen as an excluded area in the Forum (just like Off-topic). In as much as we have lots of spamming in the gambling section I think we still have members who drops quality post in that board.

The provision of merit on the gambling board is indeed the least if we compare it with the speculation or technical board, but in my opinion that is quite reasonable considering that most of the posts you make on the gambling board are only posts that are common sense and not very useful, but there are also several merit sources that provide merit there when someone likes a post, the point is to go back to the merit source, if he likes it, he will definitely give merit.

It is just a matter of general notion. It is believed that most posts in that board are spams. However, it will take only a gambler to know related and unrelated topics in such board in order to determine spam. But then, since posts there are regarded as low quality, a merit source dropping merits there might be seen as someone meriting low quality posts.
It is just a notion I don't know how it came about. It is only a few people that will change the impression only if they are determined to do so. This could be the time theymos had to allocate a merit source to such board.

Based on some topics i read in the past, some merit sources believe that there is a lot of spamming and substandard posts on the gambling board, which I can tell is actually the truth, but that doesn't mean that there are no exceptional topics and comments on that board too, which makes me think that the gambling board actually needs a dedicated merit source to enable merit to circulate more on the board.

Although I know that there was a merit source accepting merit reviews from members, and he was also reviewing posts in this gambling section, that was actually based on a request and not of free will.

Lol you are a funny lad Victor , but it is what it is!

And as far as I know, the gambling industry has and will always be among the biggest when it comes to cryptocurrencies despite other industries having had the big budgets to spend more money in a short period, but still when we look at the actual traffic coming onto their platforms and the alike... gambling, exchanges and gaming have the lion's share and deserve the deliberate support 💯 ✅...

Regardsless of where merit goes on the forum, I think over the years it's really not circulating to be honest...but maybe one day it will happen, let's hang in there  

I think there are too many complains that merit is not enough on the Gambling board. I see a lot of gambling buddy on the board earned a lot of merits. If a user does not create good posts but spam then there are no way they will earn merit. Gambling board does not need any special attention.

When I started posting on the Gambling board or the discussion board, I felt lack of merit source involvement. The reason is simple, that the topics are not worthy enough to get merits and the replies are repetitive.

That doesn't mean that everyone active on the said boards doesn't get merits. They do get merits but most of them are not from any merit source.

The biggest revenue generation after the ban on mixer is still being done by gambling portals. The only issue is that there is more spam than actual discussion. On a board that is contributing spam more than good topics or replies, how can anyone expect merits.

There is also the issue or you can say potrait that the every thing related to gambling is a not worthy of merits. The simple reason being gambling is still considered a wrong than investing or trading.

Unfortunately, I have to note once again that I remain unpleasantly surprised with such questions coming from members with the highest ranks. Actually the real question of this thread would be "how to force merits sources to give merits for shitposting?"

Instead of asking merit sources to look merit worthy posts from many garbage posts, why you not report those merit worthy posts here [self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source?

There are no standard  or rules here, merit sources can choose which board they want to merit, you don't have to report all the merit worthy posts and each user can send their merit worthy posts by themselves.

It takes extra time to moderate gambling forums, but it is not impossible that with strict moderation,
spam comments can be overcome and also other members can report to moderators, quite simple.

I myself saw on gambling boards a lot of quite useful information about gambling.
Some people give their gambling tips, do reviews, share their gambling experiences, and many others.

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I'm not a gambling professional, but seeing now that the signature gambling campaign is more,
it needs special attention for merit sources for gambling boards (of course they have merit recipient criteria).

Some reviews are helpful and more people will be able to know about the gambling they are using,
so as not to get caught up in scam gambling places.

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That way there will be more attention to the gambling board when what is discussed gets merit from the merit source directly.
When the signature gambling campaign is more, of course the gambling board will be paid more attention,
after all there is no prohibition for merit sources to spread their merit on the gambling board.

Surprised you got a .com extension for the domain name above. Do you have a certain concept for the site it'll be hosted on? With its meaning, visitors would expect to gain some free Bitcoin while wagering money. Was once in the domain name flipping business, how is it going? We used flippa, does it still function as it did in the past? (2016) there about.

Regarding the gambling section, too many writers are active on the board yielding enormous posts to that part of the forum and the distribution of merits would be tiring for sources due to the difficulty in finding a worthy one. Because of the fact that quantity surpasses quality in the board. That doesn't mean it's irrelevant to look out for a few merit worthy posts on there. However, on this post's contexts, if a merit source is active there, gradually he'll find time to read some responses on the board that deserves merits. This will help in building the quality of contents in the board. People tend to put in a better effort if they know it'll get rewarded, compared to when there is no form of reward available.

There isn’t any rule that prohibits merit sources from being active on certain boards or joining just about any campaign that they are open to. Having this and that prohibitions would just make it less relevant. Even as it is, it doesn’t stop them from dispensing their duties as they should, they still do and the gambling board is fairly moderated too. The global mod Hilariousandco is there and still gets to kick some posts out.

Merits isn’t a huge challenge on that board. Some posts still gets merited, I’ve seen a couple of those, even The Sceptical Chymist have had to a couple of merits on gambling posts while doing reviews. Regular users on the gambling board still do as well. It remains open to all and I think you would be more supportive of that board if you ain’t just creating a thread about it but, doing some of the meriting yourself.

This isn't about users get the merits from other boards, it's about how pathetic the situation of gambling board is becoming. I get that idea of gambling is pretty simple so there's not much to discuss at all but we also have to accept that casinos played a major role in the adoption of crypto as well as keeping the forum active so we can't just stand and watch it's to go down. Atleast there should be some strict moderation needed for the betterment of forum in the very particular board.

This is because these sources feel majority of the users in the gambling section are shitposters and spammers so instead of seemingly encouraging these posters when you dole merits, they prefer to look to other boards. The truth is I rarely see posts get merited in the gambling board and it's something I've reconciled with so I rarely get bothered by it.

I used to promote casino sites as an affiliate, and I made a fair bit of money from this. I always felt guilty, as I was aware that any money I made meant the somebody had lost 5 times as much to the casino. I did it because i was an active domain name trader, and it is useful to have active sites to promote name sales. I currently own freebitcoinbets.com which I plan to sell, so I've been tasting the market by evaluating freebitco.in. I'm not convinced at the moment, and that is why I rarely visit the gambling board. As most know, I am a merit source, and I find it difficult to imagine how posts on that board can warrant the awarding of merits. Any good posters will receive their merits by posting on other boards, and I feel this is more beneficial to the forum.

The moderator already add the discussion of sports as part of the gambling discussion so it’s literally a sports discussion like what you described since it’s the only topic that partially related to gambling that can give lots of potential for discussion unlike the common topic on gambling like bets, addiction, strategy and so on.

You can see this description on the gambling discussion board.

I’m not an avid fan of sports especially football which is the one being frequently discussed on that board but it’s still appealing to read some insights there when I’m doing some research for the bets I’m taking on my casual bet on football.

Low quality good for nothing not interesting at all discussion!


Imagine the speculation section being only about what the price was yesterday, with no TA no future predictions whatsoever!
Would you call it speculation?

It's gambling, the discussions should be about gambling:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gambling
They don't?