Because it relies on merit which is totally broken.
People are simply cycling their merits to each other (proven) does not matter what reason they give
Then voting the same people on to DT because the merit cyclers are the main ones that meet the threshold merit.
Simply observable by pulling up bpip and studying top fans and receivers (even worse I am sure if you can see top 20)
start with suchmoon , loyceV, the pharmacist, ioeioe start finishing through them all on bpip they are a linked together through the fans and receivers that's just the top 10.
Then pull up the DT lists of inclusions exclusions and you soon see what a joke the entire thing is.
I think you will find that is the main issue with it.
Merit should be abolished it is only good for stopping new spammers rank up. After snr it should be decoupled from rank and also legends should not be permited to give it to other legends.
NOTHING should be built upon the merit system in its subjective and gameable state.
Merit was and is a low low value metric because it was left with no criteria or strict mandate and no way to stop cycling it to friends and colluders who you all help get on to DT to push their agenda. So not only does it mean something different to every person, depending on mood, or if they like your views it is also used by people to attract asslickers who they can recruit to their group.
I like this statement from suchmoon which is not especially damning since anyone is allowed to merit in this fashion.
I notice this post I reported all got merited ,Were this bad reports on my side? how come I wasn't rewarded or are the merit reward for reporting quality post optional? If they aren't them I believe I should be encouraged
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Noted, I suggest the meriting of report should stop or all valid report should be merited. It isn't just fair meeting some and ignoring others (I'm taking about the reports not the reported posts). Lets play fair. It makes me feel undervalued when I come over here I see reports get merited but mine isn't.
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Noted, I suggest the meriting of report should stop or all valid report should be merited. It isn't just fair meeting some and ignoring others (I'm taking about the reports not the reported posts). Lets play fair. It makes me feel undervalued when I come over here I see reports get merited but mine isn't.
If you're doing it for merits you're doing it wrong. Reading your post makes me cringe, please stop. This might even get you on Loyce's ignore list.
Also please keep in mind that every merit sender makes their own decisions so I can only speak for myself. The amounts of merit I send can vary from 0 to a lot, depending on how good the post is, my mood, the music I'm listening to, what my spouse is wearing, and whether I can get the stupid GRIN miner finally working on the GTX 1060 before Tuesday. That's just how life is.
LOL yeah merit such an objective meaningful metric let's link it to trust too whilst we are at it. Sounds like a good plan.
