Topic: Merits - An erroneous feedback system with no credibility. (Read 478 times)

If there's anything that's more disappointing than the innumerable alts that exist on this forum, it is the merit system!
When the Merit system was announced initially, I was really looking forward to it since it would have helped me differentiate myself from the majority of the shitposters that exist here. I saw it as an opportunity to rank up by writing quality posts, but even after being a regular and efficient poster, I haven't received any merit.
The funny part? The majority of the people who have it are either mere shitposters who end up receiving merit from their alts or close friends, or the campaign managers who get merited by desperate bounty hunters on the day they send payments or when they announce a new campaign.
What is the fun of having such a system in place where merits no longer carry any sort of credibility and are just freely given away for no apparent reason?!
I saw a one liner post by Lauda which received 50 merits from aTriz, a 7 word post from a user which received 5 merits from Pharmacist and innumerable other similar examples.
Almost everyone on this forum is misusing it. Hardly do I ever see a good post being merited.

Another thing that surprises me is that a lot of users have some special affinity for Yahoo. So many of them are busy licking his balls and worshipping him. The majority of people that he has accepted in his own signature campaign are actually the worst shitposters I have seen around with absolutely no command over English grammar whatsoever.

I wish there was a better system in place compared to the Merit system. It makes it near impossible to ever rank up on this forum.

P.S - Before you call me a hypocrite, I do not support alts. I made this account just to vent out my frustration. I was and shall always be a trusted member of the community.

Those are valid concerns and need to be addressed by the admin in future updates. We should still give it some time as I think the merit system is quite new.

Members sending merits to campaign mangers just for impressing them is a big problem.

Greed is an obvious human behavior and some will always act based on that.

However, note that some of the campaign mangers make excellent posts as well, in fact one is even among the top merited embers here.

very difficult to be promote to next member. I see too many people are struggling to promote higher rank

I am not trying to support OP, but he got some point about Merit system. Every section seems have it's own standard for "quality post". You will see some shitpost in Altcoin section getting merit, just because it support the merit sender's opinion. Or some bounty managers get ton of merittls just because he/she send the payment on-time. And Yet, they are not abusing the merit system, because the receiver do not beg for merit, and the sender don't get anything for giving merit.

I don't say that merit system is bad, this forum really need this kind of system. But somehow it still has many flaws

Hm.
I was thinking about Moufidoff and post from topic on page #35 and similar complain.
But also, he could be anyone  I won't break my head too much because of this, it's just another whining merit topic So sad.

The message was just under Jet Cash's comment only for few minutes before user gilad215 removed it. Was saying about the amount of merits I received talking about merit. He was claiming 90% of my merits came from talking about merit.

We do not, but you can make some educated guesses based on this: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats=topsendat. However, down in the 1-3 hundred range you can't be sure in cases where the user has received a lot of merit.

Do we know who the merit sources are then?

a 7 word post from a user which received 5 merits from Pharmacist

If you don't like forum GO AWAY.

Another thing that surprises me is that a lot of users have some special affinity for Yahoo. So many of them are busy licking his balls and worshipping him. The majority of people that he has accepted in his own signature campaign are actually the worst shitposters I have seen around with absolutely no command over English grammar whatsoever.

I wish there was a better system in place compared to the Merit system. It makes it near impossible to ever rank up on this forum.

wow 20 merits for the post from 2014 excellent.... good going members

https://i.imgur.com/dVwzuE1l.png

I saw a one liner post by Lauda which received 50 merits

I encourage people to give merit to posts that are objectively high-quality, not just posts that you agree with.

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I do not have anything against you, but this just shows your double standards, Lauda! Beats the purpose of having a merit system in place if "notable" names like you are going to misuse it. I have done everything possible (ethically) to earn merits, but it just doesn't happen.

Exactly what I have been complaining about. There is no possible way for a full member like me to ever rank up on this forum! Shouldn't it be a task of "notable" names like you to actually merit the people who are writing "worthy" posts in order to encourage others to do the same?

Due to this self-entitled bullshit..

Update:
He won't, may be he is another one of those spammers of bounty hunting group - fearing to get caught and receive negTrust from the DT members

Exactly what I have been complaining about. There is no possible way for a full member like me to ever rank up on this forum! Shouldn't it be a task of "notable" names like you to actually merit the people who are writing "worthy" posts in order to encourage others to do the same?

You're a worthless shitposter despite your somewhat passable English. Feel free to prove me wrong by logging into your real account.

You're a worthless shitposter despite your somewhat passable English. Feel free to prove me wrong by logging into your real account.

P.S - Before you call me a hypocrite, I do not support alts. I made this account just to vent out my frustration. I was and shall always be a trusted member of the community.

You do not get to decide for others what they are going to merit, especially not for more notable names. Due to this self-entitled bullshit from account farming buffoons, I am almost never giving out merit to people who need it to rank up (regardless of the "worthiness" of their post).

I am almost never giving out merit to people who need it to rank up (regardless of the "worthiness" of their post)

7 word post from a user which received 5 merits from Pharmacist

P.S - Before you call me a hypocrite, I do not support alts. I made this account just to vent out my frustration. I was and shall always be a trusted member of the community.

I was really looking forward to it since it would have helped me differentiate myself from the majority of the shitposters that exist here. I saw it as an opportunity to rank up by writing quality posts, but even after being a regular and efficient poster, I haven't received any merit.