Topic: [POLL] Top 5 boards deserve most merits - page 2. (Read 349 times)

Since the merits system was implemented four years ago, there has been a significant drop in merits. I believe the merits source on that board is inactive since looking at the board, I could see quality posts deserving merits.

My comment on this also may sounds weird to many of you guys but I always thought about this, we are in bitcointalk and most of us learned more about bitcoin from the bitcointalk (bitcointalk discussion) but due to the presence of too much spams we are ignoring the most important section these days.

My point is also the same that merits are not limited to any of the board but the main implementation was to enhance the post quality on the overall forum as whole not that if Technical discussion are being made then more merits should be poured on that leaving aside the non-technical and healthy discussion.You have come across these surprising results yourself that the boards which were on your mind to be top 5 were actually not and some other not so visited were.But the actual point is if you find any conversation intersting you would spend more merits on them rather than some technical things.

Technical discussion - There are lot of technical or say most of the technical details are being shared and use of those terms so now whosoever understand those terms or say have knowledge about bitcoin will post on that board like some terms like Locking and unlocking script,UTXO set,eliptic curve and some other and all those lines of codes could not be understood by all but by only those who have knowledge about them whether he is newbie or senior member.So the amount of merit transfer is less.

Bitcoin Discussion- I also have the impression that this was main board of the forum and usually post on it but with time the spam posting filled the threads with ineffective discussion and the board became less frequently visited by members and you could check it yourself that how the post quality has deviated over these years.

Beginner and Help - This is now one of the most frequently visited board on the forum and you could see lot of guides being made by members to aware the other members and how to use certain application and help them.They get merited for the same as they come under effective posting and quality is being maintained so you see more merits.

Economics - This is another interesting board where you could see some healthy economy related discussions over inflation, government policies, national funds and all other matters.People usually get interested in these conversations as you don't need any technical knowledge for them and share your thoughts and if liked by any other members you could get merits as reward.Like @paxmao is giving out many to the members in that board including with other members as they are more likely to have such economic related discussions.

Same is the case with other boards but the main thing is it's never board resticted but whenever you find a suitable post that matches your thoughts or say even not but they have some good content to share with others and promoting healthy conversation among the members then you will get merits for them.

There are lot of board on which you can't visit frequently or say never visit and for someone it could be the main place to write up the post so each and every member has different criteria but in the end the main point is the deserving posts should get merits to whatever board they belong.

On the top of my head, I’m probably going for Development & Technical Discussion as my #1. Just due to the simple fact that I’m not the most technically literate person, so I kinda look up to the avid posters there. Literally couldn’t decide for the #2-5 because most of the other threads are pretty leveled to me.

^Going to be totally honest though, I rarely go to that section.

I believe that the majority will agree with your opinion, because how to objectively decide which board deserves more or fewer merits? It is quite normal that in some boards the activity and quality of posts is higher, which in turn attracts a larger number of users who then distribute more merits - which is certainly not the case with Altcoins or some local boards with a small number of active members.

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Technical boards are too demanding for most beginners, and for most of those who have been members of the forum for years - there is a very narrow circle of people who visit them, so it is logical that there is no large distribution of merits, except from the circle of people who visit them regularly. Mining is another level above technical discussion, a board visited only by those who really have a sincere interest in crypto mining, and probably uninteresting for 90% of forum users.

I had this on my mind to put boards activity too in the OP but as I said I did it from mobile, I couldn’t present it in better shape. A comparison between post vs merit and a ratio would make better sense.
I have no specific purpose to prove that Economics board don’t deserve a lot of merits, nor any other ranked boards. I have shared my opinion. I was in the impression that Bitcoin Discussion sub board should receive more merits than others and that turns into wrong.

1. Many of us just don't visit all the boards. I don't visit P&S or the boards in most foreign languages. I guess I'm not alone in this and such votes may distort the result. Also there's a good chance that certain areas have less merit sources than others.
2. I don't think that the amount of merit should be based on a board. Some are more active, some are less active, sometimes there are better posts here, sometimes there are better posts there.

So, unfortunately, I won't vote since I believe that it can't do anything good / useful...

Background
From miner29's post history, I thought altcoin (mining) board is having less merit than it should be. The user had 1000 posts on that board but he had 59 merits received before LoyceV had merit rain on his profile.
So, I looked into Ddmrddmr's Bitcointalk Merit Dashboard to check out whether altcoin mining board getting enough merit or not.
I had this impression (before check) for the top 5 boards-
1. Development & Technical Discussion
2. Mining
3. Bitcoin Technical Support
4. Meta
5. Beginners and Help or Reputation

But this is what I ended up from the dashboard-
1. Economics- 11.32% of total merit (Didn’t have WO thread in mind)
2. Meta- 11.25% of total merit
3. Marketplace- 10.09% of total merit
4. Russian- 8.90% of total merit
5. Trading discussion- 6.06% of total merit

My opinion, observation
Well, this is not something like these boards don't deserve such huge merits. I used to think that bitcoin technical discussion, mining related discussion should have received more merit than other boards as most of the people who are here is primarily joining the forum from the curiosity of learning about bitcoin (please keep people aside who are spamming here and there for bounty). So, many of them should be active in this board with real questions, discussion and should receive more merit. But though it's nothing of unusual, complain, I was kinda wtf with the top 5 boards. I really had no idea these boards are having more merits than my top 5 boards.

What is your top 5? Please be sure to be honest. Vote for the top 5 in your mind, not from the result.

PS- I have written this post from mobile. So, I may have done some wrong info. Please point out this if you find any.
And
I apologize. To some user, this poll may sound stupid.

Data time range- 1/24/2018 to 9/17/2021