This isn't begging, and I don't really see anything necessarily wrong with it EXCEPT the first thing that came to mind was that there could be an alt of OP sprinkled among the quoted posts. I recognize the first 4 members but haven't heard of the others. It'd be a pretty sneaky trick to start up a thread with "Hey guys, plz merit these great posts!" and list some good posts from fairly established members, with the alt account somewhere in the mix. I'm not saying this is the case, but you can see the danger in threads like this when intentions aren't pure.
OP doesn't look like the typical signature spammer. He doesn't even have a signature, and he uses the forum as a forum (instead of an ATM), selling a motorcycle and gun parts, and asking mining questions. I don't mind the rookie mistake of making the occasional
useless post, because most of his posts aren't like that.
OP can expect scrutiny. If he did beg for his own alt, he'll be busted sooner or later anyway.
I won't merit the OP here, as I don't want to encourage people to dump lists to earn merit. But in this case, I assume good intentions and for that reason I'll check the posts. I appreciate new users who want to improve the forum, and lists like this bring me to parts of the forum that I don't usually read, which is nice.
Merited!
Merited and I posted in the thread.
Not merited. I doubt this should be in Services, as it's barely related to Bitcoin. But the main reason not to merit is that "free followers" are only used to spam more, and I don't think posts like that deserve more attention.
Not merited, it's kinda trivial information to me.
Not merited. It received 2 + 1 Merit already, and I know too little about the subject to assess its value.
Not merited. I know too little about the subject to assess its value, and it's on page 105, so I can't easily check if it adds any value to the thread.
This post didn't feel right. I've
reported one of his other posts for plagiarism.
Not merited. I know too little about the subject, but it doesn't look too valuable to me.
Not merited. He's basically explaining
Piskeante's short post. I considered meriting Piskeante instead, but again: I don't know enough about the subject to know if he deserves it.
Not merited. I know too little about the subject.