Topic: *Restarted* Post history review offer - page 3. (Read 3338 times)

That's pretty honest of you.  I suspect many members here in sig campaigns do the same thing--and there's nothing inherently wrong with wanting to make some money by posting, but if you're posting in a thread with a topic you either don't know anything about or have no interest in, it's going to result in posts that add sweet fuck all to the discussion at hand--and it will show, too.

About my merit-giving process.  Since I don't want to spend all day and night reviewing people's posts, I do a lot of skimming as opposed to close reading.  I've read so many posts since I've been a member here that I can generally gauge the quality of them fairly quickly, because mistakes in grammar, spelling, and all that other stuff will usually show up in the first sentence.  However, today I did do some close reading of a few members' posts, and I could absolutely tell that some of them were posting in the gambling section because their campaign required it, and it was clear that they either weren't gamblers or were just posting in threads that they could kinda-sorta say something, but what they wrote was far from substantial and were not what I'd consider constructive.  Suffice to say, I've been fooled (probably many times) by my skimming style of reading into meriting posts I shouldn't have.

I will be more strict and attentive from here on out.

I did get your PM (the title of which amused me) but haven't gotten to you yet.  I'm getting caught up, though I can't guarantee I'll get to your review today.  You were honest about your motivations for posting, but I hope when I do your review that I'm not going to be disappointed, because I'm not in the mood to show mercy right now.  No offense intended, my man.

This is another good step for you. To be honest, I thought you already read every post that you merited. I don't know how you merited before. You must have some criteria and I believe it was good as well. Posts like "I agree with you" and adding some generic words don't make the most valuable. In any discussion, if people share their points of view, that's better than saying I agree with you.

If we want to talk about boards, I want to be bold here. I used to post on the Gambling discussion section just to increase the post count. Before the signature campaign, I was only posting in WO and The casino I play.

Recently my signature campaign manager Royse777 Asked me to improve my post quality. Then I tried to explore more sections where I could have an interest. If I post somewhere without any interest. That is going to be Crap.

Anyways, I sent you a DM last week asking about the current situation of your post-history review. I believe you receive a lot of DM and maybe you missed mine.

Crap, I missed your post entirely up until now, and I appreciate what you wrote--but knowing I'm not alone in being a merit source isn't of comfort to me.  And why?  Because I've made this offer to the community, and it has nothing to do with any other merit sources, and it's often a grind. 

I just started looking at a bunch of post histories today, and I'll admit I was a bit lax about reading in detail in the past few months.  Now that I'm looking closely at what's being said in the posts I'm reading, I'm seeing that while there might be time and effort put into them, many of them are generic and don't say anything of value. 

So I'm telling everyone who has or is thinking of PMing me: If I think your posts are crap, I'm just going to block any further PMs from you.  I don't have time to give feedback or send PMs telling people that I won't review their posts anymore (even though I've done that already today, that's ending now).  Also, I see a lot of posts in the gambling section, and I'm not a gambler and thus have a hard time judging a truly constructive post from one that's just bloated.  I'm going to start handing out way fewer merits in that section.

I'll keep this open for a few hours.

Oh shit....I just checked, and I didn't have the button checked off that allows newbies to send me PMs.  I know I intentionally unchecked it (or made sure it was that way) a long time ago, because a lot of newbies were bothering me about feedback removal but I just fixed that. 

However, I would advise any newbies to really evaluate whether they think I'm likely to merit their posts before contacting me.  If a member has been here for a few months, has been posting regularly, and still hasn't gotten any merits then I'm probably not going to find anything in that member's post history that's good--and if that started happening regularly, then I'm going to block PMs from newbies again without a second thought.

Lol again.  This time I didn't forget; I fell asleep.  But thanks for the thought, and with that I'm going to lock this bee-otch of a thread and see what's going on with the rest of the forum today.

It's even possible that you can't PM higher ranking users because they don't allow newbies to do so.

Regarding the rules, you can understand by reading, but since you are a newbie, the best advice for you is keep consistency your post rather than expecting higher merit source attention for a low number of posts. You will get it sooner or later, but don't get distracted by the merit.

Unfortunately I am still a newbie who does not dare to send you PM and various rules that you have given the red color above.

Maybe later it will be filled again. If you forget to lock, I will remind you.

LOL.  I unlocked this thread last night and was going to do an update but got distracted and never did.

Just a message to those who've PMed me in the past 2 weeks or so:  right now I'm just waiting for my sMerit allocation to replenish and then I'll pick up wherever I left off with the reviews, and I apologize for the delay.  Again, just be patient and I'll get to you ASAP.

Now I'll leave this open for a few hours and hopefully I won't forget to lock it.

Ehhh....OK, since I've gotten like 20 PMs in the past 24 hours asking for reviews and I'm not exactly willing to go back on my word as far as restarting this offer, I just want to tell those of you who've contacted me to be patient.  Right now I think I've got about 150 sMerits, so I probably don't even have enough to give away even if I was willing and able to do everyone's requests today. 

If I haven't reviewed your post history within a week (or more), or if I haven't PMed you back telling you your posts suck, please don't send a reminder PM.  I'm not deleting any messages until after I've done reviews, so they aren't going anywhere.

And with that, I'm locking this bitch up and hoping it disappears to page 30 of Meta within minutes.

*Restarted* Post history review

Wow so there’s a good news…? Should we let the merit party begin   

Please tell us… looks like your wishes coming true.

My first request via PM went through last November, and I received some merits from you; the second PM was a reminder after I discovered this thread in December, because I was one of those you requested for. I guess you mistook me for someone else, which is why you blocked me. fate accepted.

Done.  I'm going to lock this thread in a few minutes so as not to boost the chance of me getting PM-bombed.  Not that it completely helps; even when I said the offer was on hold, I'd still get so many requests from members who obviously hadn't read the updates.

If I blocked your PMs, I did it intentionally and for a good reason.  I don't remember blocking you specifically, but if you're blocked you're going to remain blocked.  Sorry.

I just realized I can't send you a PM after the last one I sent. My last PM to you was a post-review reminder, so I'm guessing my chances of acceptance are now 0.1%. I would have liked to join onboard, but whatever decision you make is final.. apologies

Rofl, Sorry if I almost awaken Mr.Beast again but seriously the current title looks like his request is still unanswered. I just notice this thread when I browse TP post history to check his merit thread. I thought his recent merit distribution will be the last batch. 

Can we do PM about this. I’m interested to know what’s necessary step to request for merit source besides the merit source application. I don’t to off topic here so can we discuss via PM?


Sir, Maybe add a note on the title as resolve?

I audibly chuckled at that with no one else in my house, that's how funny I found your metaphor. 

I am calm, and in fact I've gotten caught up on all the requests I needed to do and have about 160 sMerits left.  So I'm going to relax that last rule about people needing to have consistently requested post history reviews since September.  If you're under Legendary rank and/or have fewer than 1000 merits and would like me to take a look at your posts, drop me a PM and try your luck.

Should I get overwhelmed with requests and run out of sMerits within a day or two, I'll have to tighten up the requirements again of course.  Thanks for bumping this thread, else I probably wouldn't have posted any updates about my offer.

Noticing it sooner wouldn't have made any difference. Lol.
Problem was solved, theymos gave the Chymist a chocolate bar and he is calm for now, please don't wake the beast by mentioning the past. 😅
If your local board has no active merit source, please inform the admins in the respective merit topic.

Sorry for late noticing this thread. It's sad that your request is ignored by @Theymos despite you doing this voluntarily without any benefits that you can get. I'm one of many users who benefit from your good gesture because the merit system on our local board is already dry due to the absence of our own merit source. You are the only hope for users like me that is not being noticed due to the nature of my post. I hope that @theymos will eventually notice your request to continue your service.

Honestly, I never thought the word rank up again if I didn't see your thread. 

No need to be sad friend.
I have never known the contents of the OP writing that was sent to you via PM, from my understanding in your post here, the Op has rated your post based on his personal views. Actually he expects something more from you to break old habits by improving the quality of posts.

You don't need to tell him has posted some quality posts, Op has his own judgment on posts submitted to him. Op decision has been considered wisely, he only considers users who follow his rules. Regarding quality posts, Merit Source including Op will spend sMerit on worthy posts.