Topic: New Merit Proposal - page 2. (Read 354 times)

Good point, perhaps any users who have member status or above should be able to upvote, and those who are newbies and jr member shouldn't. Anyway, I think it would be far more profitable for users to spend time making quality posts and gaining merit that way instead of making loads of alt accounts for only a few merits or less. Bitcointalk has a huge user base to dilute alts.

This is a centralized forum, and even though it's about something decentralized, it shouldn't be. Imagine how much worse the spam situation would be with no moderation at all.

What's stopping me from making hundreds of alt accounts to easily gain merits? Your idea gives power to the account farmers again, which is a horrible idea and restarts something that shouldn't exist. I think we should wait a bit more time before jumping to conclusions with the merit system, and if you consistently post quality, missing out on some of those posts shouldn't be an issue. Only the people that are here solely for signature campaigns and spam dislike the merit system.

So I have an idea for a new merit system that might work a little better, hear me out.

It seems like the general consensus is that merits are too difficult to get, and that they are awarded in a non-consistent manner. Some poor quality posts receive them and other good quality post's dont. here are my thoughts on fixing this...

1. A system of 'upvotes' could be added to this forum, whereby anybody is able to upvote a thread or post. (the number of upvotes doesn't need to be visible on threads and posts, which will stop people complaining about not getting them, because they wont know if they have or haven't)

2. At the end of a set period of time (eg, once per week) a pool of merits are evenly distributed among all the members who received upvotes. The amount of merits they get is proportional to to number of upvotes they have received divided by the total upvotes given to all members in that week.

3. There are a set number of upvotes that each member can give each week, but this number is the same for every member. This creates a more evenly distributed, non centralized way of proving post quality, rather than giving the power to only a select few members who are receiving so many merits that they don't know what to do with them.

4. Users will still be able to send merits directly to others.

EDIT: Users must be member status or above to upvote.

This system will give a more decentralized approach to the system, which is what crypto currency is all about. It will also give everybody the opportunity to join in with the system and more people might therefore accept the system. Let me know what you think.