Should the lowest merit spenders among us be known? - page 2.

Vod

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Quote from: HabBear on February 07, 2018, 06:21:32 PM

Those that have merit, and moreso those that have received merit, who aren't sending merit aren't fulfilling their side of the transaction.

Great points; I thank you - I just have the one issue with this statement.

Sending merit requires work. You need to evaluate many posts and pick the ones you think are most worthy. We are not being paid to send merit, so it should not be a transaction we need to fulfill.

An innocent new user makes an oddly relevant comment and receives two merit points. Suddenly this user has an obligation to reward someone else with a point? I don't think so....

This kind of bias would be magnified how many times if we published a list of those who had spendable merit?

Quote from: HabBear on February 07, 2018, 06:21:32 PM

If there is going to be no expectation that the holder of smerit has to actually use it then we also can't admonish those who squander their smerit on friends or give 50 merit to one post.

I think that is a different issue. Not spending merit and sending all your merit to a friend are two different things. :/

HabBear

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Quote from: Vod on February 07, 2018, 06:10:39 PM

Quote from: HabBear on February 07, 2018, 05:32:35 PM

If we want the merit system to be used as intended the people who are hoarding their merit should be made public.

I would challenge you to defend that odd statement.

How is revealing who has sMerit going to help the Merit system to be used as intended?

This system was established to reward those that make quality contributions to the community.

That objective requires two parts to a single transaction to occur.

(1) Someone must make a quality contribution to the forum
(2) Someone else must reward that quality contribution by sending merit

Those that have merit, and moreso those that have received merit, who aren't sending merit aren't fulfilling their side of the transaction.

I totally agree that people should be able to send merit as they see fit, but if people are sent merit they should be willing to return the favor forward.

Quote from: Vod on February 07, 2018, 06:10:39 PM

Are people supposed to be encouraged to beg for Merit from those who have it?

Great point, and absolutely not!

If there is going to be no expectation that the holder of smerit has to actually use it then we also can't admonish those who squander their smerit on friends or give 50 merit to one post.

Vod

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Quote from: HabBear on February 07, 2018, 05:32:35 PM

If we want the merit system to be used as intended the people who are hoarding their merit should be made public.

I would challenge you to defend that odd statement.

How is revealing who has sMerit going to help the Merit system to be used as intended? Are people supposed to be encouraged to beg for Merit from those who have it?

The Sceptical Chymist

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Meh. I think it's people's right not to give out merit points. Some people don't buy into the merit system, are lazy, inactive, or whatever. It's not a cause for concern and really isn't anyone's business anyway. That's my take on it. The only people who should be censured are the ones who are gaming the system.

Tipsters

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hmmm, how about the members and full members, i know that they are only given 5-15 initial sMerits, and it can be easily exhausted unless they got 2 merits to share 1sMerit, so I think that this would not work unless full members and below can get some merits so that they would be able to merit others.

actmyname

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You should deal with lowest merit spenders that have spent above 1 merit. Otherwise, you'll have to deal with a lot of inactive accounts, unless you decide to exclude them from the list.

HabBear

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Should those that have sent very few to no merits to people be known?

If we want the merit system to be used as intended the people who are hoarding their merit should be made public.

The algorithm would have to be different from the list of top merit spenders, I'm sure Theymos and team could easily create the most appropriate relationship. However I propose it include some or all of the following:

Lowest merit sent in relation to merit received (including the original issuance)
OR lowest merit set in relation to current merit score
Exclude Newbies, Jr. Members, and Members
EDIT - Only add accounts for consideration if they've been active since the Merit System started

I know Theymos and crew are considering decaying the merit at some point, but this list would be an appropriate metric to add to merit stats and could help gauge if/when any decaying rule should be applied.

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