Quality lost in the spam | Bitcointalksearch.org

The Sceptical Chymist

legendary

Activity: 3500

Merit: 6981

Top Crypto Casino

Quote from: TMAN on October 03, 2018, 01:26:55 AM

so we have to trawl through a load of dog shit to give the odd merit?

Egads, the horror!

I've recently done exactly this, trying to find some posts in Economics that were just "good" and it is extremely hard to find them being made by low-ranked members--and I'm trying to help that population specifically. Unfortunately I end up giving merits to members like Hydrogen, who quotes news articles with his commentary attached. Most of the meritable replies are made by more senior members, who seem to be the only ones who can write coherent sentences.

Once I return from my tooth-pulling dentist appointment later today I'll have another look through Economics and maybe another spam section. Hopefully I'll get back before the laughing gas has worn off, else I may not be in the mood to read a bunch of BS much less give out merit for it. Maybe the dentist will give me a dose to go.

Quote from: TheBeardedBaby on October 03, 2018, 01:47:54 AM

Before you consider one post to be a "quality one" check if it is not copied from somewhere and the author "forgot" to mention the source.

No kidding, right? That's a very real problem when trying to give merits to newbies in particular.

hilariousetc

legendary

Activity: 2954

Merit: 3060

Join the world-leading crypto sportsbook NOW!

Quote from: Ferrytale1 on October 03, 2018, 01:25:36 AM

Browsing through the forum, I come across quite a number of quality posts in mega threads which goes unnoticed, and unmerited.
Could we have more presence on merit sources in those boards and threads which are just recovering from the spam attack of Tue past few months. This would encourage posters on those boards and lead to a general cleansing, and also quality posters would be rewarded, regardless where they post.

Well that's just the reality of the situation. There might be some good posts in those sorts of threads, but not every good or great post is going to get merited (especially when it's subjective). I make plenty of good posts that don't receive any merit at all but that's just how the cookie crumbles. I get plenty of merit for other posts as will any other poster, and good or great posters should probably have no trouble in ranking up quite fast, but the merit system is more to stop the worst of the worst of posters from getting anywhere and it's fairly successful in that. If you come here and post pure nonsense or just collect bounties constantly then you will get nowhere and be a permanent Newbie and that's a good thing. If you want to move up rank then you're going to have to start making worthwhile contributions but if some of your posts don't get merited then is it really such a big deal? Just keep making quality contributions and if you're a good poster then you'll get them for other posts eventually so just keep posting and the merit will come.

meanwords

full member

Activity: 1624

Merit: 163

It's really hard to spot a quality post in those spammed threads. Most of them rephrase what others had said already making it more attractive using complex words but the meaning and context is still the same just like any others. Giving merits to those mega threads is not possible or not worth it at all.

TheUltraElite

legendary

Activity: 2898

Merit: 1253

So anyway, I applied as a merit source :)

Quote from: Ferrytale1 on October 03, 2018, 01:25:36 AM

Browsing through the forum, I come across quite a number of quality posts in mega threads which goes unnoticed, and unmerited.

Cant help it mate. Those who really care about their posts getting merited try to avoid the threads which become a cesspool of shitposts and post in new topics worth talking about. I mean like seriously, look at some of the posts on a mega thread in Bitcoin Discussion. They are repeating the same things over and over again. Its not worth reading after sometime.

Quote

Could we have more presence on merit sources in those boards and threads which are just recovering from the spam attack of Tue past few months.

Spam attacks? Thats something that is omnipresent in this forum.

Quote

This would encourage posters on those boards and lead to a general cleansing, and also quality posters would be rewarded, regardless where they post.

Like I said, merit sources dont like to go to these threads and so its better off not to expect any merits to be given to them.

LTU_btc

legendary

Activity: 3234

Merit: 1375

Slava Ukraini!

You're saying that many quality posts in mega threads aren't merited. I think it's fine. I don't think that posts in megatgreads should be Merited. Let's say you made quality post in 25th page of tread. It's 99% that something similar was already posted by other users in that thread. It's likely that you just will repeat what was already said.
And don't put too much pressure on Merit source. They're just volunteers and their job isn't easy. It's difficult to find quality posts amongst all these shitposts in spammy boards like Altcoin/Bitcoin discussion. Searching for quality posts would be just a waste of time. I think that we have to encourage users to stop posting in megathreads, not award them with Merits.

CryptopreneurBrainboss

legendary

Activity: 2408

Merit: 4282

eXch.cx - Automatic crypto Swap Exchange.

Sorry Ferrytale1 I don't think you saw any post won't meriting. I feel you wrote this topic just to get attention. Remember the saying, "it take one to know one". Funny to say but you're not that one became you're not actually a writer of posts which are beneficial to the forum (worth meriting).

Examples:

Quote from: Ferrytale1 on September 02, 2018, 12:41:28 AM

It all depends on your level of skill and capital.
They all are going ways to earn from cryptocurrency, you can also combine more than one at a time.

Quote from: Ferrytale1 on September 02, 2018, 01:03:14 AM

I mostly avoid pump and dump groups, I mostly avoid any scheme in which I join high up.
Once you've seen a bandwagon, it's already too late.

Quote from: Ferrytale1 on September 04, 2018, 11:28:49 AM

Exactly, there are spammers who are at higher ranks, and I think they should get the benefit of the doubt as they are fairly new.

Quote from: Ferrytale1 on September 09, 2018, 04:15:28 AM

I disagree here, if you're a fast follower and can quickly read charts from small movements, you can join the train, before it becomes a bandwagon..

Clean up yourself and improve on your post quality then you might get merited before you even think about meriting others.

And if you feel the posts you saw are worth meriting post a link Here and they will be looked into and get merited if they deserve any.

Jet Cash

legendary

Activity: 2814

Merit: 2472

https://JetCash.com

Quote from: Ferrytale1 on October 03, 2018, 01:25:36 AM

Browsing through the forum, I come across quite a number of quality posts in mega threads which goes unnoticed, and unmerited.
Could we have more presence on merit sources in those boards and threads which are just recovering from the spam attack of Tue past few months. This would encourage posters on those boards and lead to a general cleansing, and also quality posters would be rewarded, regardless where they post.

Report the spam and clean up the thread.

TheBeardedBaby

legendary

Activity: 2240

Merit: 3150

₿uy / $ell ..oeleo ;(

Before you consider one post to be a "quality one" check if it is not copied from somewhere and the author "forgot" to mention the source.

tweetbit

full member

Activity: 560

Merit: 112

Quote from: TMAN on October 03, 2018, 01:26:55 AM

so we have to trawl through a load of dog shit to give the odd merit?

I think we need to ignore almost 90% accounts in bitcointalk, such work for nothing.

New account spawning like mushrooms.

Ferrytale1

newbie

Activity: 23

Merit: 0

Quote from: The Cryptovator on October 03, 2018, 01:32:24 AM

First I want to know how you determined post are quality ? I notice most of post on your profile are one line. Do you consider this kind of post for a quality post ?

I determine quality the way any other person does. If it's is constructive and helpful. I was not referring to my posts, and made no claims. I guess you're found nothing quite extraordinary there, I'm still reading and learning.

Quote from: TMAN on October 03, 2018, 01:26:55 AM

so we have to trawl through a load of dog shit to give the odd merit?

Precisely!

Quote from: HODL2090 on October 03, 2018, 01:27:22 AM

Firstly, if you came across a post and found it helpful, then it has completed more than halve of its intended purposes.

That's true but quality should always be rewarded. That way the deserving users can rank up easily and faster and wouldn't have to hover around a specific board.

The Cryptovator

legendary

Activity: 2394

Merit: 2223

Signature space for rent

First I want to know how you determined post are quality ? I notice most of post on your profile are one line. Do you consider this kind of post for a quality post ? Obviously merit source are active and that's why admin promote them for merit source. You can't expect all of your post will merited even there are quality post.

HODL2090

member

Activity: 210

Merit: 29

Firstly, if you came across a post and found it helpful, then it has completed more than halve of its intended purposes.
Merit source go around (I've noticed a few), but we can't expect them to pick up everything, that's where users come in, and if you could acquire some merits, then you can reward such posters when you come across their post. Same way merited users also do. So if they keep at it they would surely get merited.

TMAN

legendary

Activity: 1414

Merit: 1808

Exchange Bitcoin quickly-https://blockchain.com.do

so we have to trawl through a load of dog shit to give the odd merit?

Ferrytale1

newbie

Activity: 23

Merit: 0

Browsing through the forum, I come across quite a number of quality posts in mega threads which goes unnoticed, and unmerited.
Could we have more presence on merit sources in those boards and threads which are just recovering from the spam attack of Tue past few months. This would encourage posters on those boards and lead to a general cleansing, and also quality posters would be rewarded, regardless where they post.

Topic: Quality lost in the spam (Read 273 times)