Topic: New collection of badges for self-made users - page 2. (Read 1283 times)
I want a badge for 1,000 merit "self-made Legendary without topic spamming"
Self made Full/senior/hero members after merit system implementation, are no less than super humans to me. Good job bud!
Old undeserved high-rank members will be banned or red-tagged sooner or later anyway.
I don't think so.Bans or red tags need reasons to occur, so if they don't violate forum rules, they won't be banned or get red tags from DT members.
Even they are shitposters, and repeatedly posting shit, they won't get bans or red tags if they won't violate forum rules.
If you want to brag about "self-made," you could put it in your "Personal Text" field.
The reporter badge is more important IMO.
You guys also need to understand that "Merit" was never "a thing" back in the day, so a lot of us just don't care like we should - We never had to before so why take extra time now, we are all just as busy as before Merit occurred.... 
In a way, yes. But it's also nice to show the difference between an account farmer and a user who earned his Merit. I think a Newbie with 20 earned Merit is much more impressive than a Legendary with 0 earned Merit.
I can not disagre with LoyceV at this point.Old undeserved high-rank members will be banned or red-tagged sooner or later anyway.
I don't think so.Bans or red tags need reasons to occur, so if they don't violate forum rules, they won't be banned or get red tags from DT members.
Even they are shitposters, and repeatedly posting shit, they won't get bans or red tags if they won't violate forum rules.
@OP, you will stop paying attention after you reach a certain amount of merits. So, I think these badges are not necessary.
Old undeserved high-rank members will be banned or red-tagged sooner or later anyway.
Old undeserved high-rank members will be banned or red-tagged sooner or later anyway.
So I didn't earn my merit? Or am I an account farmer?
Currently, you have had exactly 2000 merits in total, 1000 from allocated merits, and the rest 1000 merits earned over more than one year.Congratulations, you are self-made Ledgendary, for now.
Hmph. I'm not going to sit here helping other people earn new shiny badges and see myself get left out. 
From my perspective, this new badge would make me feel so used. 
From my perspective, this new badge would make me feel so used. Yeah fuck that shit, I’ve only got 482 earned Merit. My account would look shit compared to loads of people then.
Merit 1000+482
At least wait until I get 1000 earned Merit
482 is not bad thou. It shows you really contributed and earned it without any motive of ranking up further. I know there are legendaries who don't care anymore because they already at the top In a way, yes. But it's also nice to show the difference between an account farmer and a user who earned his Merit.
So I didn't earn my merit? Or am I an account farmer?
Hmph. I'm not going to sit here helping other people earn new shiny badges and see myself get left out. From my perspective, this new badge would make me feel so used.
From my perspective, this new badge would make me feel so used. Yeah fuck that shit, I’ve only got 482 earned Merit. My account would look shit compared to loads of people then.
Merit 1000+482
At least wait until I get 1000 earned Merit
What does self-made mean?
You're 10 Merit away from being Self-made Legendary too.I think I'm the one who came up with this term. The oldest reference I can find is this:
With the obvious exceptions of theymos and satoshi, LoyceV might well be the first "regular" forum user to break 1000 earned merits. Which, for anyone who joined the forum after merit was introduced, is now the threshold to attain Legendary rank. That's quite the achievement.
Since I realized that, it feels like it takes forever to get there. I plan to change my personal text to "Self-made Legendary" I later added this:
To sum up
theymos is Meta-made Legendary
LoyceV is Meta-made Legendary
hilariousetc is Meta-made Legendary
Last of the V8s is Speculation-made Legendary
achow101 is Self-made non-Meta Legendary
theymos is Meta-made Legendary
LoyceV is Meta-made Legendary
hilariousetc is Meta-made Legendary
Last of the V8s is Speculation-made Legendary
achow101 is Self-made non-Meta Legendary
Isn't every profile self - made?
In a way, yes. But it's also nice to show the difference between an account farmer and a user who earned his Merit. I think a Newbie with 20 earned Merit is much more impressive than a Legendary with 0 earned Merit. legendary
Activity: 2408
Merit: 4282
eXch.cx - Automatic crypto Swap Exchange.
Instead of having so many different coins under the name isn't it better just to add the earned merit to the airdropped like :
Merit: 10+256
Merit: 10+256
Another suggestion is for we to forget totally about earned or airdrop merit badges, gold or silver badge and we concentrate more on improving forum and quality we contribute. If anyone is that interested in finding out if someone is a self-made rank up member, he can checkout his profile on BPIP although the merit stats there aren't that always correct but it can give you an idea of the users earned merit. Theymos would only be interested in implementing new features that will have a positive effect on the forum and I don't think displaying Self-made rank up member badge will add anything than a bragging right to the users benefiting.
I would favour though displaying the number of earned merits alongside the merit counter (i.e. 120/ 620 -> 120 earned merits out of a total of 620 merits).
Merit: 266/256
I also think this is a neater solution for this issue.As I said before, I don't think it's fair to think about deranking older members who reached their status before the introduction of the merit system - it puts too much weight on the last 12 months, and it essentially punishes users for being most active during the early years of bitcoin, which is completely backwards when you think about. I'm also not a huge fan of another distinction being made between "good" users and "bad" users. We already have the ranking system and the trust system. As Crypto-DesignService says, it just seems like these badges would introduce another "us v them" or superiority/inferiority dynamic which is counter-productive to a cohesive community and good newbies getting involved in discussions.
I would like to be able to see earned merit vs total merit as in the examples above, or have the airdropped merits slowly start to decay, but I don't think anything more than that is really needed.
Oh' I haven't seen DdmrDdmr's post before mine
, seems like i suggested something he already mentioned. I would favour though displaying the number of earned merits alongside the merit counter (i.e. 120/ 620 -> 120 earned merits out of a total of 620 merits).
Merit: 266/256
I also think this is a neater solution for this issue.As I said before, I don't think it's fair to think about deranking older members who reached their status before the introduction of the merit system - it puts too much weight on the last 12 months, and it essentially punishes users for being most active during the early years of bitcoin, which is completely backwards when you think about. I'm also not a huge fan of another distinction being made between "good" users and "bad" users. We already have the ranking system and the trust system. As Crypto-DesignService says, it just seems like these badges would introduce another "us v them" or superiority/inferiority dynamic which is counter-productive to a cohesive community and good newbies getting involved in discussions.
I would like to be able to see earned merit vs total merit as in the examples above, or have the airdropped merits slowly start to decay, but I don't think anything more than that is really needed.
What does self-made mean?
Isn't every profile self - made?
How about the idea to add the term 'self-made' into bitcointalk dictionary?Isn't every profile self - made?
You've missed a big point in Vod's post.
Your endeavor emphasizes user contribution in the last year and forgets about everything the user has done in the other many years.
While some users are still active and earn merits, some not. Should those be demoted or seen somewhat as "inferior"?
I think this type of self-made account to old accounts will give a gap on both sides in the forum because it will just bring inferiority/superiority which will sprout problem.
Instead of having so many different coins under the name isn't it better just to add the earned merit to the airdropped like :
Merit: 10+256
Or total merit/earned merit - this will save more space
Merit: 266/256
Merit: 10+256
Or total merit/earned merit - this will save more space
Merit: 266/256
Having two sets of rank badges with different colours coexisting, with different semantics that depend on the set of rules that were in state at the time would seem a bit weird in my opinion, and dealing with the overlaps in non-trivial. Take for example a Legendary who happened to earn enough merits to become a so called self-made Hero. Which of the two sets of forum rank badges should he be wearing?
I would favour though displaying the number of earned merits alongside the merit counter (i.e. 120/ 620 -> 120 earned merits out of a total of 620 merits).
A simplified version of rank badge change would be to add a trailing (or leading) icon with an enclosed number, equivalent to target earned merit values (i.e. 100, 250, 500, 1k, 2k).
I would favour though displaying the number of earned merits alongside the merit counter (i.e. 120/ 620 -> 120 earned merits out of a total of 620 merits).
A simplified version of rank badge change would be to add a trailing (or leading) icon with an enclosed number, equivalent to target earned merit values (i.e. 100, 250, 500, 1k, 2k).
Forgive me for my ignorance, "airdropped" member status? What? I worked my ass off for my hero status and being a trustworthy member. All I know about besides earning it like I did is buying an account... what's an airdropped member? Hmmm... Also, looking forward to getting my LEGENDARY status! Also sorry OP... the silver badges don't look that great compared to the gold IMHO.
You now need 1000 merit to rank up to legendary, on top of the activity pts. You were airdropped 500 merit as part being a hero member. Did you miss the introduction of merits to clean up the forum?
I thought it was strange that you did not know about Merit. But I saw you've been out of the forum for a year. That is, during the period of introduction of the Merit system. Good to know you got into a signature campaign, from Stake, right after you get back to Btalk...
Isn't every profile self - made?
There are many sold and hacked accounts which changed owners. These profiles cannot be called "self-made", in my opinion.
How about the idea to add the term 'self-made' into bitcointalk dictionary?
A definition from the Cambridge Dictionary:
Meaning of self-made in English
rich and successful as a result of your own work and not because of family money:
a self-made man/millionaire
"self-made" in American English
successful as a result of your own effort:
a self-made man
"self-made" in Business English
rich and successful as a result of your own work, and not because of money from your family:
a self-made businessman/entrepreneur/millionaire
rich and successful as a result of your own work and not because of family money:
a self-made man/millionaire
"self-made" in American English
successful as a result of your own effort:
a self-made man
"self-made" in Business English
rich and successful as a result of your own work, and not because of money from your family:
a self-made businessman/entrepreneur/millionaire
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