Topic: sMerit Post-Review - page 16. (Read 11291 times)

Thank you for your previous review. I request you to please review my below posts which I believe are worthy to get merit points,

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.30264931
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.30123858
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.30048806
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.29894238

Thanks in anticipation!

Well, I've now run out of Merit points to give away.

@Bill. Feel free to review these posts and send some sMerit if you think they're worth it:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bounty-signature-campaign-estimator-2948108
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.30326887
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.29684355
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.29638024
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.29552155

Hello! Good day, hoping that you'll have some time to review my post and if you think that it deserves merit then yeah, thanks in advance with that! 

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/list-of-decentralizedcentralized-exchanges-2906237

You'd think that when you are submitting posts for my review on whether or not they will receive merit you might be interested in reading the past reviews/submissions and merits. It appears this is not a thought process almost anybody has though, because I am constantly getting these mega-thread submissions. One of your posts is the 6500th+ reply in a mega-thread and offers nothing unique. Another is the 900th reply of a mega-thread that also does not provide anything creative or interesting. The last post is also just a mega-thread reply.. My biggest suggestion, stop forcing yourself to post in these horrible meaningless threads. Go learn something and challenge yourself.


Your first submission is just asking people what they do for money management, that's not high-quality, insightful or helpful by any means. I would expect there might be a high-quality answer somewhere in the thread, but it did not happen in the submission. The ICO post didn't even answer the question directly, and the question was poorly formulated to begin with. You just say nothing and contribute nothing to the thread or discussion. Another post is just rattling off which shitcoins you think are good, yet fail to provide any explanation, criteria or anything that would make someone agree with you or open their eyes to new information. The post about South Korea is riddled with typos and again, it seems like you go very far out of your way to write a couple sentences without actually saying anything. None of these are going to get merit from me.


300th+ reply in mega-thread. This thread is not having a meaningful conversation and you did not present any new information. You will not be getting any merit from that post, is my assumption. Do not post in mega-threads, and do not post unless you have something to contribute.


I have given you Merit for this thread, because as always it is thought-provoking and it is genuinely a conversation that I would like to have. I have literally clicked "Watch" on almost every single one of your submissions so that I can follow the discussion and join in if I have time to do so.  I like the thought process and I like the implications of what you're suggesting is happening. If I do apply as a merit source, I will most likely use a handful of your posts as my submissions.

Hello, I had posted here some links of my posts but got rejected. I will post some again and hoping to have some merits with my posts if they are deserving. Thanks

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--2851181
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.30107821
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.30127831

The one thread is basically just a justified "Up or Down?" Price speculation thread. I appreciate you trying to add some relevant recent news, but you fail it give context, explanation, clarification or any high-quality insights about what even would be affecting the price, causing this movement on a more fundamental level, etc. There is just a lot of missed opportunity for quality conversation. The other post is information that wasn't asked for, wasn't acknowledged and probably not necessary. I don't think you taught that user anything they didn't know, and they were already in a way different conversation at that point. It was borderline off-topic. No Merit here.


It might be worth meriting, but I honestly don't know enough about mining to even consider giving this kind of post merit. I appreciate the research and sharing your findings, but until I learn more about mining I will probably have to pass on things like this. I'm sure it'll help someone that will merit you for it though. I am in the process of learning more about mining, so hopefully in the near future I can have more of an input on this sort of thing.


I'll have to be consistent, so the post about mining I'll have to pass on for you as well. The post about asian countries accepting BTC kind of just reads like a rambling rant. I can't really take much information out of it, and it honestly looks like you were just trying to make the post longer (not saying you were). At any rate, it reads more like a conversation than something I would merit. The other post mostly just agrees with what has already been said, informs them of something they probably already know and isn't a solution to the problem they're discussing. I won't be giving merit for these.


You broke multiple rules and then just threw in a link to all your recent posts, presumably because you think they are all worth merit.I'm not going to fight through your formatting nonsense, and I won't be reading through your more recent posts. Feel free to not break the rules and resubmit.

Hello! Please check this topic that I started:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/why-we-need-price-crashes-and-panic-selloffs-2929187

I'm sorry that offering your assistance has led to the spamming of links to your inbox as it has mine. Thanks for being there, you may be on-call very shortly as I am down to my final remnants of merit. I would apply to be a source, but I am honestly unsure how to go about it; I know theymos said submit 10-posts in the meta section, but that seems a little vague and I don't want to screw it up. Anyways, I appreciate it and I'll be in touch; will also make a list of "Need-to-Merit" threads in OP for when this happens.


I have given this post Merit, because obviously this idea is similar to mine and I believe that it is run in good faith. It seems like you have your intentions well aligned and the merit is going to the right places; that being said I didn't review the posts you've already reviewed, I'm just basing this off of the criteria in your OP (which  I did review). If I had more merit to spare, in order to keep your service running as well, I would spare more, but I am also down to my last 6 after meriting you.


One of these posts is the 400th+ reply in a mega-thread, not something I'm particularly impressed about. Pretty generic, conversational response that wouldn't serve as extraordinarily helpful, informative, creative or doubtfully even read much, if at all (besides the one guy that already did merit you for it); I'd consider that merit a win and move on. The other is again, 400th+ reply in a mega-thread and I won't even explain the many other things that are wrong with the post. Mega-threads are not going to earn merit.


The post talking about ponzi-schemes is basically just repeating the same thing everyone else has already said fifty times prior to your post. One of these posts is in a language I cannot understand, which violates my Local-Rule and should disqualify the rest of these anyways. Another post was just asking for help doing some with a particular wallet program, that one has me confused why you would think it is meritable; could you please explain in PM or in your next submission? I am honestly very interested, because I'm confused. I don't normally merit anything to do with bounties, campaigns, airdrops or things of this nature so I won't be meriting the post where you mention the times airdrops normally take place. This may be helpful to a few, but allow them to merit you for this. The last post I can read in your submissions talks about working around social media rules in order to still force bounties, tweets, etc. onto a platform that clearly does not want you or this type of material and sees this as abusive. No way am I meriting a post that encourages breaking the rules of another site in order to exploit it for monetary gain.


You created a mega-thread which is not fostering high-quality or meaningful conversation. I would highly suggest you lock this thread in order to do your part in not contributing towards the spam problem we see around here daily. In fact, all of these threads are basically just repeats of the same mega-threads we see time and time again... You are a very big part of the problem and will not be receiving merit from me. Stop creating these threads, please.

 sir! hopefully not too disappointing
I hope to get a correction from you so that my posts will get better and i will work hard from now on.


https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--2838688
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/king-of-all-coins-2879154
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/two-ways-to-face-the-price-drop-2896110
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/its-price-decline-continues-until-february-this-month-2866679

I hate that I have to do this to you, but I am going to make an example out of this, because you are violating a Local-Rule that really grinds my gears. Don't add all of the tags and nonsense around the link, because makes it so annoying to use for my purposes.

Local-Rule : Do not format your links with tags, hyperlinks, lists or line-breaks. I will delete/reject your submissions instantly.

P.S. I probably wouldn't have merited anyways, so feel free to resubmit, but I would suggest different posts.


Thank you, for coming back and abiding by the rules this time around. First post is 3000th+ reply in mega-thread. One post is telling people to blindly invest without knowing anything about bitcoin; I can't say that this is good advice moving forward. Maybe something more practical, such as "educate yourself about bitcoin and decide for yourself". One is just conversation about trading, nothing particularly helpful or informative. The post about taxes I have no clue how that relates to the post you quotes, and I unfortunately cannot see the point you are trying to make. The last is just giving some half-assed advice about sometimes selling bitcoin for fiat under vague circumstances. None of these are going to be getting merit from me.


You broke a Local-Rule about languages, but I would've let that slide since there is still some I can read. However, it reads like these are some generic school project that someone was either forced to write for a school-project or paid a very small amount of money to write. Almost like a copy-past article of something, I don't know; there is just something odd about an account that started posting yesterday and is doing these strange type of posts that don't seem to be unique, creative thoughts; more like summaries and odd-essays.


No problem, that is my mistake for passing you; this is actually more work than most people might think. I feel bad that I have passed you the first time around, and then this time around I have to deliver the unfortunate news that I won't be granting you merit for this post. Although, this is helpful in the manner that I normally would merit, I don't feel like meriting posts that encourage low ranking and uninformed users towards signature campaigns is helpful to the health of our forum in it's current state. The OP should be meriting you for answering their question; you can't expect much more in this type of situation, but feel free to submit again.


Local-Rule : Do not post more than 5-links in one post ; therefore rejected. I'll say this, adding local rules has really helped me sort through the people that don't care enough about my time for me to care about their time. Feel free to resubmit and follow the rules; I hope I don't have to enforce a blacklist in the future.

Since I been a good member and giving merits to those who've yet to get their first, I submit my post/thread for merit, if you like you can give no compulsions.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/merit-review-free-service-read-op-one-merit-left-apply-fast-2896975

I have a lot of sMerit points sitting around. I would be happy to contribute some to the posts in which you find worthy. Please PM me when required.

Edit: I should have been more clear. This is a message meant only for the OP. Please do not PM me begging for sMerit.

Ignored Local-Rule, I'm not even looking; all rejected.


I have given both of these posts Merit, and I have to say that I am quite impressed. It's always a pleasant surprise when I click a link and actually feel like there was work, creativity and thought put into the post. Your "Thoughts about the merit system" post is ridiculously awesome. It isn't going to get anyone rich, or solve world-hunger, but it gives a very interesting look at how people have been feeling about the system. The poll, the graph, the discussion criteria, all of it is very unique; I have not seen another member doing something similar and with as much effort/creativity. Keep it up, because your info-graphic is pretty cool too. I think there may be some flaws with the idea, or rather the flow of your algorithm, because of cliques, bias, etc. Regardless, I can tell you put care into this. You are bringing information and opinions to the table that others are only whining about.


I almost didn't, but I re-read the post a second time and I decided that I would give this one a Merit. It speaks honestly of the state we find our beautiful forum-home in, while criticizing your own demographic. It is simple to the point, mentions that some old members got lucky by being grand-fathered in and that newbies will simply have to earn their place.


I have not given merit to these posts, unfortunately, because they read mostly like a regular conversation; this is not a problem, but if I am not in the conversation then I would have to suggest that the merit comes from those in the conversation. Simply sharing your thoughts and opinion are not going to be something I regularly merit if I can help it. I want to encourage objectivity, or opinion with a firm objective stance and helpful information that may benefit somebody.

I got a little bored roaming around.
And since I have nothing left to do may I ask if some of my post can get merit from such a pro like you.

Here are some of them.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.29070439

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.29519287

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.29102135

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.29071601


Fingers crossed no hard feelings here Sir

Edited: thank you Sir, also for your kindest suggestions. I will work on it and bear that in mind.

Thanks for the opportunity, i would be happy if you can review my posts :

1. My post about how people feel about merit system on Meta section. I gathered statistic from my thread and made an infographic from it.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.28909933

2. My infographic post about a suggestion on thread titled "solution for the spam problem" created by blazed
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.29623188

I don't know enough about these ICOs to give you a merit for organizing them in this manner. A lot of ICOs have proven themselves to be worthless scams that're desperate to grab money. I'm not saying this is the case with your list, but I would hate to give merit and be supporting the potential that is there. As for the second post, I do not understand whatever language that is so I unfortunately cannot read it. Since I cannot read it, I also cannot merit it; feel free to submit more of your posts though, because it looks like you put effort into your posts, more than 95% of the people I see.


With all due respect, you do not need merits. You need water. The first post is the 1000th+ reply in a mega-thread, the second post is the 200th reply in a mega-thread, the fourth post is the 1300th reply in a mega-thread, and the other two posts are very generic, boring and don't seem like there was any effort or thought put into them. None of these will receive merit from me, and I hope that you start to actually care about what and where you post.


I won't be meriting this post, because I'm not informed enough about all of the news, whether it's positive or negative I don't have the time to pay too much attention, unfortunately. I wish I could give this post a merit, but I will keep my eye on it; If I get the time to verify the current events and it seems like you are maintaining this thread then I will certainly merit it.


I have given these posts Merit, they are very high-quality and one of them seems to be very similar to what I am doing here. It doesn't look like you have been as busy as I have, but the idea is there and I can appreciate that. Thanks for sharing the wealth and paying it forward. I also enjoy your thoughts about the merit system, instead of crying about not being able to become a hero, you simply acknowledge and move on to the new system and how to properly adjust yourself into the new forum.


I give merits daily, sometimes I don't get to catch up for a few days; definitely more than once a month. None of these posts will be receiving merit from me. I did not even consider politics to be something I would merit, and I will probably add a rule not to submit political posts. I have a feeling that merit will be confused with agreeing or supporting your political opinion and I choose to stay away from that section of the forum to avoid the endless arguments and clashes of subjectivity and perceived identity. The other post was simply a post that could have been replaced by your meriting the person you are praising. The final post was just a link to an article that you said "I think will help". I'm just not able to see the benefit from any of these posts.


I have given you a Merit for this post. People are going to start thinking I'm biased, because I give you a merit for almost every submission; though, I will say that you are very good at writing up posts that are worth a merit. Every time I read one of your posts, I either learn something new, have a question or feel the need to jump into the conversation and have my opinion/stance heard. Feel free to continue submitting, because you are someone that deserves all of the merit that has been sent to you.


The one thread is way too simple and not enough information being shared to be worthy of a merit. This other thread "New to Bitcointalk" I almost want to merit you for, but it just doesn't feel like it is giving OP enough information; they are asking about signature limitations and you mention how to rank up, without actually letting them know how their limitations will increase, how long activity takes or even mentioning the new merit system which is just as important.


I wish I could understand these threads, because I think this a really cool idea. I won't be deleting your post, just in case someone else stumbles upon it in my thread and would like to utilize your thread. If I had a reliable translation software, or if I could speak the language I am sure you would receive a merit. This is a very interesting idea, and will help grow this idea of mine into a huge High-Quality posting fiesta.


I know this thread is a bit daunting to read through, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt on this one. I will probably add a Local Rule in the OP so that people don't have to guess which languages I do and do not speak. I unfortunately do not speak German, but I have a few friends that do so I will leave your post here for them to take a peak at when they have the time. Feel free to submit English posts, though!

Everyone up to this point has been responded to, reviewed and either merited or rejected. Thread has been cleaned up (for the most part), if I have missed anybody, please let me know.

Hey there, thanks for doing this! I don't know how you feel about foreign language posts, but in case you speak German I'd kindly ask you to review this post I made in a beginners' thread, comparing the exchanges Litebit and Coinbase based on my personal experience with both. If you find that you can't properly judge the quality of the content, I understand perfectly.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.29480462

I never click on suspicious links, not saying your link is suspicious, but I am not on a VM right now and I never take a risk that I don't have to. I have never heard of that site before, which is perfectly understandable, because it seems like this is a project you have been working on. That being said, most people already have their casino(s) that they like to play at pretty exclusively. Obviously there are new members signing up and some old members becoming frustrated or just intrigued, so they decide to transfer over. With this being the case though, I doubt many people will find their casino(s) through your site, they will simply use word-of-mouth or other reviews that are already in place. I hope your site takes off, but at this point I don't see who it would be helping and I haven't clicked the link to know whether or not the site is high-quality.


I know you mean well, but I don't generally like to feed the ICO crowd, because they seem to act like stray cats. You feed them a little, then they come back for more and they bring their friends. OP put no effort into their question, and I do believe you answered their question better than they would've guessed. I just wish these types of questions and answers were not needed, because OP could have easily used the Search function, googled it or a plethora of other options that would've led them to their answer. I unfortunately do not know anything about IOTA, so I can't give merit to something I do not understand. I'm sure it is deserving, but hopefully OP will merit you as they should.


I have given you Merit for this post, because although the information has been presented many times the Bitcoin Discussion section is going down the tubes. I would much prefer to see conversations such as this taking place as an alternative to the spam and mega-threads we are currently seeing. Yes, you are coming to similar conclusions as other members, but there is nothing wrong with this; it appears as though you are trying to do some digging, figure out what's going on and then ask questions in the pursuit of improvements and knowledge. My one suggestion, would be to STOP begging for merit in a bright red color (or at all) at the end of your posts; it is extremely pathetic and will most likely cause users to avoid meriting you altogether.


It is not my job, purpose, inclination or desire to motivate you to become a writer. I'm just trying to get my merit to those that I feel have earned it. If you are motivated by your own success and the fruits of your hard-labor, then I'm sure we can find mutually beneficial ground that we'll both be pleased with. The posts about trading have been beat to death, so I won't be giving merit to either of these. I'm not sure if the Legal section was the proper place for this thread, and in all honesty it is a tired/boring conversation to talk about why banks might dislike Bitcoin.


While I can say it takes a big person to admit their mistakes and faults, I am a little bit disappointed by the conclusion you come to from the thread about "Merit opening your eyes". You have all of the right information in front of you to make a meaningful conclusion, you notice your posts are bad and unhealthy for the forum, but then the only reason you seem to want to improve yourself if for making money in signature campaigns. This is not a good motivation, obviously there is nothing wrong with being motivated to make money, but the problem emerges when you are specifically catering your actions solely for the purpose of sucking money out of the forum. The other posts are buried in mega-threads and add no solid information to the discussion. I will not be giving you merit for any of these submissions. I hope you continue down your path of improvement, but I hope you realize a better motivation.


You must be trolling me, going to delete your post without much review. You did not post in these threads, and there is no message linked (probably deleted) and the threads are absolute garbage anyways. So whatever you could have posted in there, was most likely not going to receive any merit from me regardless.

I try to do my best, what do you think about https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.29684310

I have given this post a Merit, because I have seen this question asked a million different times. I have not seen very many adequate answers, and most of them just say something like "The government wants all your coin" or "It's bitcoin, you don't have to pay taxes". All of the answers I have seen are not legally sanctioned, legislated or even good advice. Your answer is very thorough, it explains the situation, the caveats and contingencies. I like seeing a well-written, well-thought out response to OP when it doesn't seem like they're getting it from anywhere else.


These couple posts are of a similar vein, but they just don't stand up to the first post, so they fell a little short of receiving merit from me. They are not as informative, helpful or have their foundation in legislation in the same manner that the first post was. I would not mind reviewing your posts in the future, because you're an interesting read.


Neither of these posts will be getting merit from me. One is complaining about KYC from bounties, which I disagree with, but is not relevent or helpful to many members around here. KYC is primarily for financial institutions operating with clients from particular regions. The other is talking about potential vulnerabilities in the ledger, without any explanation case-study or research cited. I can't say these are quality, or helpful, so you will not get merit.


Way too many typos, which make it almost impossible to read your posts at all; let alone decipher what you are actually trying to say. Threads like "Do you believe in crypto?" "Buy or Hold?" and "Pump & Dump" are not threads that will be getting merit from me. Your posts are thoughtless, filled with mistakes and contradictions; these threads are boring, uninteresting and repeat themselves daily. Try to have an interesting conversation with somebody, instead of just responding to "Yes or No" questions and trying to expand it into an entire post.


None of these will be receiving merit from me at this point. Most of them are the 200th+ reply to a mega-thread, adding no new information, responding to nobody and helping nobody. The couple of posts that were not buried in a mega-thread were 1-2 lines of unhelpful conversation. They do not offer a nuanced or informative opinion, and they do not add any depth to the conversation. If you were not in the thread, they would have changed negligibly.


You share your opinion on what a constructive post is, without actually saying anything. You just mentioned the categories that a constructive post would fall into, which nobody refuted or said certain categories couldn't be constructively posted in. Then you proceed to talk about how you deserve more merit for your posts and are proud of yourself for tooting your own horn. The post about selling your coin, you basically just say "I agree" in a long-winded manner. In one post you talk about how decentralization is a catalyst and incentive for abuse and manipulation; I would like that point elaborated, because I think you're talking out of your ass and do not understand what being decentralized means for "abuse and manipulation". None of these deserve merit, but feel free to improve your posting quality and resubmit some better posts.