Topic: This shitty Merit System has ruined Bitcointalk and made it like Facebook - page 5. (Read 1279 times)

only an insecure person would think like that. and if there is someone like that in the forum there are tons of members and members that are merit sources who give merits to those that deserve it.

goodbye then. you would have had control of your words and thoughts if you weren't so desperate to earn merits.

I remember back in the day when I had to farm likes on Facebook so I could post "Marty's Apples" under my posts in a new Facebook Signature Campaign, which was definitely a secure job that made me create a mass of spam.

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It's the bounties of the altcoin cesspool that cause your discussion board to be tainted by such shit: that, and a lack of additional moderator support for locking down useless threads.

You have a report button, so start using it.

Did you either read the purposes of merit system or the welcome message?

• Merit & new rank requirements
• Welcome message

Many users (old-era and new-era) were ranked up. They are evidence that your statement is not accurate.

• Bitcointalk Ranking-up pipeline- Those close to their next rank (lacking Merits)

Please don't compare Bitcointalk forum to Facebook.

The purpose of this forum does not revolve alone in earning money through participating in campaign signatures. The forum is bigger than that- which is sharing your knowledge about cryptocurrencies in general. It just so happens that the traffic in this forum makes it as an avenue for businessmen to create advertisements.


The merit system actually contributed greatly in terms of post-quality of users. Lots of brand new users with relatively low activity are gaining hundreds to thousands of merits in a few months. With the merit system being implemented, it reduced the total number of users who farm accounts by ranking up only through activity.


I do think that the merit system will not be changed soon unless there is a compelling reason for theymos to do it. As we all know, the merit system cannot address every corner of each problem and it is not perfect but it does its job pretty well in combatting against spammers and scammers.

Whenever I find a post worth reading, I will give it merit, if I have any. I think there are a lot of posts that are not worth reading, and I want to encourage people to make more posts that *are* worth reading, otherwise being on the forum would be pointless.

Check this forum very well, there are best post qualities always. Have you ever since meaningful bitcoin forum like bitcointalk? If there is, still can never be compared.

That is why bitcointalk is now having over 3 million users. The merit system helps to reduce shit posters, unlike 2017 as I heard where a single person will have 10 accounts. The more the account leading to shitposting.

I do not think you are needed. You are not theymos, not any of the staff, not Loyce V not any of the best members. You can be the one that needs this forum, not this forum that needs you.

People with a lot of Merit can earn $50 in BTC a week easily and more in signature campaigns. They have absolutely ZERO motivation to give others Merit because if anything giving others Merit will give them more competition in the signature campaigns.

The cancer that is Facebook with constant dopamine-addiction and global mass insanity and people just creating posts to get a like has also made its way to Bitcointalk now.

While Bitcoin promised to destroy the established system now and this place was great for discussions, now its just another Facebook. The old quality of message boards that you can still see in Posts by Satoshi and many others (in OLD posts where people actually made thoughtful posts and did own research and posted about experiences) is now completely disappeared because people rather make posts thinking they will get a like, or to spam their X posts a week for their signature campaigns.

While its great to offer people a way to earn bitcoin, basing this so much on the merit system is the stupidest thing Bitcointalk has ever done and it has ruined these forums. I must have seen the exact same ETH-shill post in different words 50 times last week in the Altcoin disussion board. Always by different usernames but probably the same people/same guy running all them in his bot network.

Was a great time but until this system is changed I rather write in some old mailing lists or even to my own notepad because there I have control over my words and thoughts and am not influenced by retarded distractions as the Merit system.

Have a nice day!