Topic: Planned merits vs actual merits (Read 807 times)

I think I am not able to provide enough evidence so I publicly apologize CB and anyone who might have been hurt throughout the discussion. I was just keen to know how some members are able to send so many merits if they are actually reading the posts.

I believe one answer that almost satisfies me is that they bookmark all such posts and send them once they have some available. I will re-open the thread if I am able to find any other information that helps this discussion. Locking it for now.

What the heck about merits here is worth THAT much arguing?

I remember being on invisionfree boards when I was a kid and I cared about post counts for rep points - and stars that when with them but - Merit? It's like a bookmark or a highlight to let the forum members know you like or have approved a particular post...

Then again doubt anyone is going to care about people passing around Merit for some speculative reason that it has value and if they do then kudos I wish i had inside info too but I don't.

At least it hasn't turned into a karma farm here... I know you know where that is so I'm not gonna shill it.

Ah, come on--we need members like suchmoon with his/her biting style of posting, often challenging other members to defend their viewpoints.  At the very least, suchmoon is definitely not a troll.

Damn you, LoyceV, with your technical and knowledgeable explanation to something I thought was magic.  I suppose you're going to tell me the easter bunny doesn't exist, too?  I've had enough of this logic, thank you very much, and I'm going back to living in my fantasy land.  See you in about 15 minutes or so.

Lol.

The logical explanation would be a delay in the internet connection, after which all 6 "clicks" reached the server at once. But what's the fun in being logical, when Foxpup has been using his time machine for years?

Wowza!  You wouldn't think even Foxpup's nimble fingers would be able to pull that off, and I'm actually puzzled as to how he did it (potential time machine aside).

I probably didn't mention that I occasionally do this for certain members when I'm out of merit, and even when I'm reviewing post histories I tend to hand out merits at a rapid pace if I'm familiar with that member's writing style and quality.  At that point, the only judgement left to be made is effort, and that IMO can be done by looking at post length--which is a quick process when you have all of the member's posts pulled up on your screen.

Imo, the speed at which merit is given should not be of great concern, rather the quality of post being merited. However, there a some factors that can lead to successive merit awarding withing an infinitesimal interval. They are;
1. Bookmarking of quality posts to be merited when merit is lacking. Someone who had already noted or bookmarked posts to be merited does not necessarily need to re-read the posts before meriting it as said by OP.
2. Someone might need all the replies in a page of a thread before he/she will start meriting. This can be common with merit sources on especially a merit cluster or giveaway thread. It can also be someones way of meriting. Most times I do this when I have a few smerit to give. O can hastily give it out and later find a better post on same thread, so I usually read through before meriting.
3. A user who is in a campaign, has a personal project and manages more than one account can have very tedious work in the forum.  Therefore may decide to have a forum time table, that between a certain time will be for posting, another time for post counting, another for meriting, another for marketing and maybe for plagiarism hunt etc. So, when the time is for meriting, you can see them coming within seconds.

That little incident shouldn't be too surprising, given that the art contest was (among other things) my biggest merit spree of all time. It's only natural that I accidentally left my time machine (the existence of which can't be proven) set to the same destination a few times. You can't expect me to keep track of every little detail.

I just checked my data, and indeed nobody ever Merited 5 posts within the same second.
However, Foxpup pulled it off with 6 posts:

(I'm not counting theymos' Admin tricks)

My fat fingers didn't allow me to merit that much faster.

My sMerits were scarce all the time, if I have 5 sMerit to spend then I will try your challenge next time.

You're wrong One request per second is the maximum the forum allows after a burst period.
It's totally possible to Merit 4 posts within 1 second. 5 seems impossible.

1 merit transaction per second is the threshold amount if I am not wrong so there is nothing wrong with meriting in the quick time and already people discussed about the possible reasons why there are some members send merits in quick session and OP if you still not convinced then you are supposed to provide more evidence to support your claim or everyone will consider you as a troll.

Sending merit in a short time does not mean that there is a problem or that the user is abusing the merit system. There are many members here who if they find a member deserves merit they check his profile and give merit to some of his posts. Recently when I needed merit to achieve Hero rank @LoyceV helped me to rank up with 30 merit. In the same way other members also help others to rank up. And if you have evidence that a member is abusing merit, you can post with that evidence.

Op, is like you are not fully aware that keeping or banking Smerit is bad character because Merit have be in circulating motion, it's obvious that your observation towards distributions of Smerit is totally wrong, anyone is entitle to review any users account and decide to award a merit to any of he or her post that's best known or interesting to him, giving ten or seven (10 to 7) Merits to a particular user account in different topics or post is not against of the community rules and regulations, and is not in any way seen as abuse of Merit system, i think some person's have clarified you very well before you will alleged another accusations to another merit source.

Come out clean and say what exactly, that they're my alts or what. Well if that's what you want to hear me say then sorry to disappoint but they aren't.
You can go on and review these accounts. Even if I was to have another account, It wouldn't be smart of me l, knowing the consequences of my action and its effect on my account and reputation, to abusive this privilege given to me to award merits knowing fullying well that nothing is hidden here, our account activity are open to public viewing so irrespective of what we do, it can be easily identify by just looking dipper into the account.

Are the merit planned obviously, these accounts are been reviewed that's why they're merited in that sequence. It's quiet surprising why you singular out those accounts while we have others been merited in the sequence. Initially I thought you were coming out with a convincing argument of their posts not been worth merits but I guess not as you haven't said anything in that regards.

If you still have something cooking up, do mention me so I get a notification and come clear the air. I was thinking there are other misunderstanding I need to come clear you on but it seems there isn't.

I have said this before, i don't know why he is after viewing smerit should be spent and not. there are many things to participate to gain merit in the forum.

Apparently your not entirely wrong @OP to have tagged the above scenarios planned merits but, to what extent are these merits planned or are they entirely wrong is what I don't get here. I like to examine cases and the facts in them. I might bring to your notice that, there is what we call post reviews and its done by mostly the ranked up users who are either concerned without being provoked and those for whom, they are sent a pm on post review and merits if possible. This is the sort of habit that prompts this sort of meriting and from where I stand in accordance with the forum rules, its not wrong. Posts are looked out for and merited.

Okay, I give you an example and it just came up few days ago from a merit source of which, CryptopreneurBrainboss is also a merit source. Here is a reputable user whom I respect so much and has being playing his part in ensuring proper merit distribution on the forum. Just read this;
What do you expect should the said user apply? I tel you. A post review and then, your most likely to see merits being awarded on a trend as its displayed in OP. The forum is a lot more simple only if yiu can understand. Well, i have to give it to you for being that observative and curious too, its a good one but, one can only so much and so little too.

I thought you've gotten the desired answers you needed from CB and other reputable members why it is possible to merits to a particular user as many posts as possible under 2mins or less, I've already bookmakered some posts I'd merit whenever I have smerits no matter how long it takes, it just a personal judgement thing. If you keep digging data or no data you'll only feel empty at the end

It's an idiom. Again, it's about an action and not about you being a dog. I'm starting to sense a trend here despite your repeated claims of how thick your skin is.


I'd be disappointed in your drama for nothing, not because CB is "clean", whatever that means. CB is an upstanding member of the community.

I read through her comment and I can't figure out where she insulted you, I'm not siding anybody but I think she just pointed out something to you, according to one of the greatest quote I love " I'm 100% responsible for what I write, you are 100% responsible for how you understand it (interprete it)

Sounds like someone jealous of other members' achievements, everything in life is all about passion if you are passionate about something you'd have time for it no matter how tight your schedule is, we are not here because we are empty in real life, most of us are successful businessmen and women, retired and other works of life, I'm an engineer but I always find time to be here not because of the little cents I got from sig but I feel at home whenever I'm here so l always find time for it. We love Bitcoin and that's why most of us are here.

Despite all the differences in opinions with him/her, I wouldn't do it because it's better to confront an intelligent person than to entertain a troll. They have a problem with me because I admitted having 1 more account, although I told them 50 times I don't use it anymore. The thread hasn't gone downhill yet, just wait for it.