Topic: *Restarted* Post history review offer - page 3. (Read 3662 times)

Lol....did you read the beginning of this thread where I made the offer?  It's bad etiquette to straight-up ask another member to give them merits without pointing them to a post that would be merit-worthy, but there have been merit giveaway threads similar to mine here ever since 2018 when the merit system was unleashed upon an unsuspecting and chaotic forum.  I think nearly all of those have ended since they basically became magnets for shitposters, but it's absolutely OK to ask for merits when someone invites you to (as I'm doing in this thread).

It's not that I dislike gambling; I just don't gamble myself and thus have a hard time telling whether many posts are untrue crap or if what's being written is legit and constructive.  I really hate to add this restriction, but at this point I have to. 

That isn't necessary.  What I'm going to do is put both of the gambling sections on ignore, and if someone PMs me for a review I'll only be able to judge their posts outside of those.

That's really understandable since you're not a gambler and it's fair for you to not give merit to a discussion or section you don't like. I think majority in this forum are participating in signature campaign related to gambling and they're obviously need to post in gambling board.

My suggestion for people who're creating a lot posts in gambling board could made a list of good posts on non gambling board when they want to ask you for a post history review, so you will not have keep scrolling to find the non gambling posts.

What do you think for this idea?

As long as the merit source did state it's fine to contact him through PM, it's not a problem.

But if he never state it, never try to ask a review or something like that through PM.

As far as I know, we are not allowed to ask for merit, but as you said, some members ask for their posts to be reviewed, is that another way to ask for merits?

I did see several threads specifically for receiving merit aid, especially for those of us who still have a small rank, and I have made posts there several times. But I just found out that we can PM someone to review post/merit request. Is that ethical enough? I didn't think to do that because I thought it would be rude

First I'd like to say that when I get requests for reviews, I'm always on the lookout for shenanigans.  The rule of this forum since I've been a member is that if something can be abused in order to milk it for all it's worth, there's going to be a bunch of idiot shitposters trying to do it.  Therefore when I started my offer to the community I expected people to get over on me in as many ways as can be imagined.

Over the last few months I've noticed that I'm getting requests from members who:

1. Post in a very similar style (which I'm not going to describe here, lest it cause those members and/or their alts to change their habits in order to drop off my radar).
2. Post primarily in the gambling section.
3. Are in gambling-related sig campaigns, sometimes the same one.
4. Sometimes have registration dates close enough that they arouse my suspicions.

I actually went back though my merit history and made a table of some of the above info and used it to judge whether there was something to my suspicions or if they were just me being paranoid.  I came to conclude that there's something fishy going on and therefore I am no longer going to give any merits for posts in the gambling section, since it seems like that's where I might be getting taken advantage of.

The second reason for my decision is that I'm not a gambler and have a hard time judging the value or even the veracity of some posts about gambling.  I can usually tell if someone has put in a decent amount of thought and effort into a post, and I've always given great weight to that when deciding to give out merits, but I think I've been too generous when it comes to gambling posts.  This is going to apply to requests that arrived anywhere in my waiting list, i.e., retroactively.

I'll leave this thread open for a bit.  I'd apologize but I'm not sorry.

I think I've stated numerous times that I'm so hermetic that I'm close to being a shut-in, i.e., social interactions mean less to me than other, normal people.  So I might have been a good husband had things turned out differently....but thanks.

Thanks to the rest of you who offered words of support.  Now I'm going to lock this thread, try to wake up, and later on I'll get to work on meriting the members who need merits.

In life everything we do comes with a demand for the task, honestly, The Sceptical Chymist you're trying your best in doing what you know and how to best apply it for the benefit of everyone, am not saying this because it will get to you or to praise your role as a merit source but the truth must be told that you're doing well ever since your post review initiative began, this can be attested by many members of this community that they have once or in many times had an encounter with you reviewing their profile, we understand how sometimes we could also appears being busy with loads of schedules despite we are not merit source, how much more the merit sources, yet you still find time amidst these busy schedules to review profiles and merits those deserving it, i will say nothing than to wish you more efforts and replenishment in the task ahead.

Life is complicated and we all know that but sometimes the hard times are really unbearable for us and in such times we mostly give up on it and grief follows us as a partner. I have also gone through a similar phase of my life where I thought that everything in my life is over and my life is the worst life someone can have, but those times are gone now and I'm very thankful to the ones who supported me in those times with their kind words and support. And, I have also realized that who were my true well-wishers during that phase of my life.

I must say that you should be bold to face all the challenges that you're having in your life because if you ignore them then we would only be lying with yourself. The hard times will go away but buddy don't just give up, continue to face all those challenges with a smile on your face. I know that it's easy to say such words then to do it in real life, but I've gone through the worst phase of my life and from experience I can tell you that these times are temporary and they will go away if you continue to face them as a bold person.

I would also say that you should not share your personal life with others because sometimes when we are trapped by the emotions like sadness and worries, and in those times we tend to trust others blindly and tell them everything about our situations. There are always wolves in the sheep's clothing and we sometimes tend to share with those people about the situations we are going through and instead of helping us they take advantage of our state of mind and we may face more troubles due to such people. Just trust yourself and face the challenges and they'll disappear after some time. Best of luck!

I dare not send you a message after reading this post. The reason for not daring to send you this message is maybe because I'm still afraid of getting a sudden attack which can make my stomach experience acid levels so I can't stand spicy food anymore... The second reason, my self-confidence is still weak in the quality of my posts.

Maybe when my confidence percentage increases I will try to contact you to ask for a review.
For now I will learn to often stand in front of a bigger mirror so that the overall posture is seen.

That's life for you sir, no matter how hard you try to beat it...it will still look for a way to bring your down.
Ever since I joined this Forum, I have been seeing this coming from you on how you elevate users on reviewing their post, at some point I was like, "this guy is really really trying in this Forum, is he the only merit source in here?" Life had to be tough on us to see who can withstand it.
Take your time and I believe you'd scale through.

You are a dedicated member of this community, I bet you are a loyal husband as well, because you have been loyal to your promises and to this forum.

I wish you the best where ever you are. People like you are rare nowadays.

To the people who've been PMing me for post history reviews and have not had them done yet, I give you a sincere apology as I've offered something that's pretty important to members who take this forum and their standing on it seriously but seemingly have slacked off since at least my last post here. 

I'm not going to go into the details behind my merit-giving torpor, but I'm just posting this to say that I haven't forgotten any of you and I've still got everyone's PM if you sent me one since July.  Today is a new day, and I'm making it my goal to whittle down the list a bit. 

My offer isn't paused, so anyone can still feel free to message me with a request--but be prepared to wait, because I could go flat-out Rambo and run out of sMerits or simply just not catch up enough with all the requests I've already received.

Ugh.  Life is kicking me in the nuts, hard.

OK, it might seem to those of you who've recently requested reviews that I'm asleep at the wheel, but that is far from the truth.  I've been out of sMerits for a couple of weeks now, and I've just been waiting for my monthly allocation to be re-upped.  I just checked and I have something like 150 (much lower than my full allocation), so I'm going to start doing some reviews later today.

Please be patient and I'll get to you.  Also, if you've never requested a post history review from me, now probably isn't a good time to start.  I've got a waiting list a mile long and only so many sMerits to go around.

This has been a public service announcement courtesy of your friendly neighborhood pharmacist...err...chymist. 

If you are a gambler, You have a lot of choices. If you are not a gambler but still wanted to join the Gambling section, I would say, you have to read a lot before you make any posts. Read what people saying and verify it. Suppose someone said this is that, you don't have to agree with them. Find out what they talking about and verify it yourself.

Don't join a discussion that you do not understand. I tried to understand what people writing in the Development section. I end up reading some programming codes and I have no idea what codes they writing. It's absurd to say anything there. I am not the right guy to suggest to you what you should do. Everyone has different interests and different points of view.

It's true, because there are some signature promotion campaigns that we can't post at will. Most of the signature campaigns have a rule that the Gambling section should have most of the posts, but to be honest, the Gambling section constructive posts/Improve posts can't be done much. So how can we post quality while joining these signature campaigns?

This is main highlight of your post on which each member who is trying to get merits from you by any means primarily by PM should keep in their mind and not waste your time and efforts in reviewing those posts which have no value added to the discussion or share something useful.

When we are applying for such post review offers we should keep in mind that our best posts which have not received merits should be shared only but you are right on the part there are many spam posters who will pile up such posts so if you are not comfortable in sharing merits in gambling board you can completely ignore giving merits or very few if you find them worthy or like you have Altcoin section board on ignore list completely.But it's all your choice at last.

I just wanted to share the real thing that shouldn't be done. But, I wanted to be honest as well. I believe people can improve their post quality if they want. But, when Campaigns require you to post in certain areas where you are not interested at all. It's not going to be good. I can return to my original interest because my campaign does not require me to post in the gambling section. But, Campaigns like Stake or other Casino Campaigns require high post count on Gambling sections, then you have no choice even if you have no interest there. I still post in the gambling section even though my campaign doesn't require me Because there is a thread to discuss cricket which I love to discuss.

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.