Topic: The Serious Discussion Board is not "serious" anymore?? (Read 363 times)

This merit /activity ratio is interesting.(which is a merit per day stats, considering 1 activity=1day)
But it's hard to keep the ratio high, as you need to be very active on the forum..

In general when I am reading threads I got used to look at the merit stats. If he has earned none I just skip his comment (when there are already a few posts in the topic). It was kind of natural to me, as if the user has like 500 or 501 until now and 700 activity he is just a spammer and it is probably not worth reading what he writes.



That's a very nice name for a board lol

Maybe this name could be used in the altcoin session, where nobody reads just spam.
Altcoin Asylum, instead of altcoin discussion board lol

As I suggested in another thread, I think some people just see the title of the sub and think it's some sort of Politics and Society board or literally just a place for discussion on 'serious' topics. Many users are probably not even aware that posts or signatures don't even show up in there because people don't read stickies so they just spam away in there because it's another board they don't really need any technical knowledge about anything and hence why Off Topic and Politics and Society are so popular with spammers and those who know nothing about bitcoin.


Newbies should have to at least get one merit before they become Juniors. Would sort a lot of wheat from the chaff. I've also suggested sub boards for only those that have received a lot of merit over time.


I've requested to theymos that both Beginners and Help gets its own dedicated mod and that an Alt Coin Beginners and Help should be created since most of the threads in there are now about alt coins and bounty help. Would clean things up a lot.

I kinda liked the idea brought up by Lafu as a bit of a joke in a different context (merit complaints) but I think it could be applied here:

Starting a thread in Serious Discussion should cost 1 merit. Going negative could be allowed so it wouldn't really prevent users from posting even if they have 0 merits but it might make them think twice.

And I also like the idea of hiding merits in Serious Discussion but these threads would have to be hidden on merit stats pages too, which might create some problems for merit abuse investigations.

In definition, a joke is not a serious thing :/
Or, are you joking right now?


We're literally talking about "Serious" board here.

Sometimes people need serious joke
So do not need to be so serious
because often get serious will got you on serious disaster

I suggested that juniors should not be able to post in serious discussion.

I's not worth reporting any thread on the beginners board. If any mod was working there, then 80% of the index would be deleted.

To be honest I understand why to post on Serious discussion rather to in another shitty board, because mostly the "general" ones are polluted quickly with all kind of crappy post and such.
The issue here is that the serious discussion in beginning to be polluted, maybe because almost all the threads in there are receiving merits, deserved ones, but it seems like merited boards are like the light to the flies (look what`s happening with meta too, and all the crappy guides).

So maybe, in order to keep the spammers far from this one, which is already quite polluted, maybe merits shouldn`t be shown in there. I don`t know, like a kind of "hidden merit", you can see them in the people`s profile but not in the thread.
I think many of the shitposters are just seeking some reward in there, and I`m afraid it can become a useless board soon (look at was speed we have lost other boards).
Besides, I totally agree with the Pharmacist and with the rest too. Maybe the problem is not "too big" yet, but, isn`t better to be a step ahead of an incoming issue in order to keep the board?
As vpashita01 pointed to determinate what kind of posts should be in there or not is truly difficult, I agree too. But shitposters are easy to detect, and they are coming, and more are going to arrive. So Maybe The pharmacist is right or maybe by simply hiding the merit rewards in this and the IT board can help the matter.

I just see the forum being more and more polluted every single day. Of course, I`m tired of that. Reporting the shitpost in the serious discussion is a great tool, but it comes impossible to handle with time (just look at the Bitcoin Discussion or Alts boards).
I don`t know, people, I just think we need to begin to see the problems before they became impossible to fix.

I was thinking about this too, but much stricter: Forget about the rank-requirements, and only allow posts from users who earned at least a quarter of a Merit per day (since the introduction of Merit, or since registration for newer users). If a Newbie registered 2 weeks ago, and earned 4 Merit already, he should be allowed to post there. If he's not worth it, he'll lose access in a few days as he doesn't receive more Merit.
If a Legendary hasn't managed to earn about 50 Merit since January, he won't be able to post there. I'm not sure if a quarter of a Merit per day is the right amount, but this can be changed to any value that works.

I think its just fine. The discussions posted there are not really too off-topic for the section. But again, if you dig very deep you will probably find a few posts or a thread or two that are not supposedly meant to be posted there but that is more than normal for me seeing the current situation of spam in the forum. Not every person cares about the section they are posting their stuff, and by that I mean the spammers, who are the reason behind every second discussion in the Meta section these days. But, that being too little compared to other sections of the forum, I think is bearable. A discussion as long as is not promoting something or is extremely off-topic is just fine to be posted in that section, IMO.

I love this statement.

I think the forum needs a section so exclusive that only the user making the post can see it.  We could call it the Asylum.

Hey @seoin I think answer for question is also within your explanation. You and me all agreed that "Bitcoin discussion" board was polluted by spammers. "We" always try to contribute with good posting. The question shall be asked from not "us" but "spammers or shitposters" wether they are willing to change their posting behavior. I don't think so. Until then it's better to move from there.

BTW I hope mods are active in serious discussion board too. If they or other member thought that it doesn't belong to "serious discussion" board, then move it where it appropriate.( Because I don't think those posts are spam)


Isn`t it belongs to Politics & Society? or... even better, to "Off-topic"?