Topic: What does the forum want? my question/message to jollygood. (Read 307 times)

Thank you very much. But I am not a he but a she. The way some people post without affection suggests that some people did not pass through newbie stage. They joined the forum as a legendary, they don't know how new people feel, perhaps they have forgotten how they started, the feeling of false allegations, the feeling of recieving merit.

Here is dominated by men, does it require everyone to behave like a man.

@Fatfork, thank you for this advice "Merits come naturally from generous participation, not calculation." I have done it the wrong way.

Thank you for being honest with me. I thought there is a judge or a group of judges who will help me, that is why I brought the case here after I sent jollygood a message over 3 weeks and he ignored me. Since he is the only one to remove it, he said he will remove it at the appropriate time, I will rest my case. I don't know when will be appropriate for him.

Thank you very much. I am happy for one person to understand that I a newcomer. I am also beginning to feel important if I learn so fast that someone don't believe I am new. You said something about my gender.
"Your profile says female, and this is exactly what can explain your lack of understanding of everything that is happening on the forum."
Is it bad that I identified as a woman I am. Crypto is not like a hard job that only men will do. I am understanding it and happy to learn something outside the everyday college teachings.

What you said is the truth. Jollygood is wrong ofcourse in what he wrote on my profile.

The last side that I bolded shows that you didn't even read through and probably does not know what we are discussing here. It is bad to write in this type of thread without knowing the subject matter.

@bitcoingirl.club, you sound different, fearless and bold, thank you. Everyone keep saying the neutral tag won't affect you, without asking jollygood to remove it.

I have seen perfectbaby and bitcoingirl.club, these should be women.
I am closing this thread since the community will not help me, only jollygood will, according to Stalker22.

Hello,

Can you show us where Jollygood said he was wrong and he would remove it?   

If I can advice you, I will say you lock this thread, since you stated that Jollygood already mentioned that he will remove the tag if you prove him wrong and turning out to be a better forum member, I don't think this is any serious issue he, and you shouldn't lose your motivation because of this less concerned situation and what you should do is that.

1 lock this thread, because this will create a wrong impression in the mind of many, to mean that you are defending yourself and trying to prove Jollygood wrong, which definitely is not so, locking this thread will save us from a whole lot of drama.

2: put in more efforts in creating quality post's, that way when jollygood read those post's z you may not need to remind him, he definitely will change the tag or remove it entirely, but that all depends on your ability to prove to him that you have changed and improved in your post's quality.

Yet the user will need to have a character tag

You all seem very okay to give a blank cheque to JollyGood. Yes it is a neutral, it does not make any change to those of us who know the forum environment and those of useless forum police.

But for a newbie like OP and others when they see such things it's easier for them to feel frustrated and even demoralized at its highest level that they will lose motivation to do anything in the forum. Users like JollyGood are the obstruction for the growth of this forum.

First, I need to clarify why I did not reply to the PM you sent on 7th October 2024.

I had received nonsense PMs a day before and after (6th and 8th) therefore overlooked it probably because at the least the latter PM was another request asking for me to remove a neutral tag (and though not entirely off-topic as we remain on the subject of tags, I received subsequent PMs asking for negative tags to be removed even though several other members had given negative tags to them too) therefore I must have overlooked your PM.

On the subject of your confidence being reduced, I have a different point of view. I left the neutral tag on 26th September 2024. From that day until today you have made 19 posts in 39 days. Before that, you have made 31 posts in just 16 days and you had several long absences from the forum since creating your "Floxynice" account that were long before the neutral tag.

On the subject of the neutral tag, your "Floxynice" account is showing classic signs of being an account that was created to increase rank and apply for campaigns hence the neutral tag. Newbies creating threads with the intention of hunting for merits in not a good idea as it usually attracts attention from those that notice it:

Some myths bitcoin has defeated.
Using AI to Our advantage in the forum.
Advantages of Bitcointalk over social media
The beginning of a new journey.
Spam: What is it, what to do.

Having said all that, I will revise the tag at the appropriate time but that should not affect your activity here. Alluding to (or asking for) a neutral tag to be removed as a prerequisite to continue posting is an utterly preposterous notion.

He is an interesting person. You will be surprised to know, in many cases he was proven right after a couple of months. I guess this boosted his confidence, so he actually always sides with his gut feeling. He was proved wrong sometimes, as we all others. I had some disagreement with another user and I was siding with Jollygood in a thread, I was called out as JollyGood's friend for just sharing my genuine opinion.

Interestingly, I found out that JollyGood does not trust my judgment for some reason. I realized that once I came back from a vacation and bought times. I don't know if it's a wrong word choice, but he is too prestigious. Even if there was a chance he would remove the feedback, now you hit on his prestige and you will have to prove him wrong to get the feedback removed.

We all want validation in some form, even just a few digital kudos.  But chasing merits too aggressively often backfires.  Better to focus on making authentic contributions that enrich the conversation and align with your genuine interests. Share ideas or experiences that provide insight or make people think differently.  React thoughtfully to what others say. This will benefit the community the most, imo.

Merits come naturally from generous participation, not calculation.  When people sense truth and effort behind a post rather than strategy that post sparkles. And it's not about racking up the most merits either.  Instead aim to give something meaningful, however modest.  A few kind words at the right time or a unique perspective expressed sincerely.   If you seem to offer something of value, though, more people will likely toss merits your way.

I think this sums it up nicely. Merits will come organically, as a result of your active participation, if you have at least semi-intelligent and/or original things to say. The merit system has been around since 2018, and we've seen every method under the sun used to gain more merits. If it looks like you're merit hunting (trying too hard), at least some people will be less likely to give you merits. If it looks like you're actually contributing something someone finds valuable, you'll be more likely to get them.

OP, I read your posts, and I can say that you are a newbie, very proactive, and also very emotional. Your profile says female, and this is exactly what can explain your lack of understanding of everything that is happening on the forum. You should not take to hear the criticism you receive (I have seen it) from people you do not know. Taking offense at a person from the Internet is a very thankless task; neither you nor he knows about you and a tenth of your life.
The fact that you were given a neutral tag should not affect your mood to communicate on the forum.  Jolly's suspicion arose from your activity, since we often see active merit hunters calling themselves newbies.
This tag cannot affect the termination of merits; you are fixated on increasing rank and not on natural communication.
Contributing to the forum does not mean that you should create beautiful topics with information that is already frequently discussed. Also, whatever you think is merit-worthy may not look like that to others.
Relax and just chat on the forum.

I can feel his pain because he is trying to rise and you should understand what it's when trying to grow up and received such tags even though it's a neutral that has no effects on the account, but at least it has entirely brings down his speed. While growing when received 1 merits it will make you that happy and feel more energized to remain online to write and read more things.

I know you may not have that feeling probably because you might have grown above their level, but however it's not something that will kill his desire for the forum and if you (op) think you aren't earning merits enough you can report your good to @filippone thread for evaluation.

My advise to you is that you have to be strong and be a man, this is a place where you would see all mixed characters and you must learn to have thick skin.

To be honest, personal feedback doesnt necessarily have to be factually correct. The community standard is that both positive and negative feedback should be supported by evidence or facts. However, neutral feedback is often just a personal opinion and may not always be correct or true.


I doubt it, but if you believe that is the case, you should discuss it with him.  He is the only one who can change it. The community cant help you with that.

If you say so and others say so. But the real thing is that jollygoods feedback on my profile is not correct. If there are some questions he needs to ask to be convinced he should do and remove the feedback. It's affecting me honestly.

It could be that the merit came after this post. I just saw hat my merit added.
I reduced the zeal of my research and post when I saw the feedback. I saw a post he compiled my topics as if it was a bad thing to raise topics.

That's not true, you received a merit today. 

And its not like he left you a feedback few months ago, you wrote hundreds of quality posts in the meantime and you didn't receive a single merit (you wrote less than 20 posts in the last month or so).

Jollygood wants you to prove him wrong that you are not farming accounts. The only way you can prove him wrong is to post good, earn merit and let your rank increase and still focus on quality posts.

People that have negative trust can be given merit on this forum. Jollygood tag will not affect. It is even a neutral tag.

You just have to relax mate... The neutral feedback isn't the reason you aren't receiving any merits.. you should try to calm down and continue your good posting. Jolly good has his reasons as stated on your trust page which sometimes makes sense as I've seen also some accounts which actually comes to the forum claiming to be newbies, they aren't but alt accounts.. 

Again, not every has the time to look at your profile before sending merits so the neutral feedback isn't the cause of you not earning merits...

I don't think a neutral trust feedback would affect your chances of earning merits, it's usually based on the content of your posts.

If you read through the thread I created here ' Do you merit based on post or on the account history?

Most of the posters does not look on the profile when sending merits.

I have been using the forum, learning about bitcoin and making good posts that earned me some merits. My confidence increased and I was happy getting to know many things my gender and pair group don't even understand. Whenever I'm discussing with my real life friends, I feel different from them all and they respect me like a tech savvy person even if I don't understand so many things yet.

While I was enjoying my new (tech) life, jollygood wrote something in my profile that I belong to a farm. He knows that he is wrong and that is why he said that he will be glad to remove it. I sent him a message weeks ago and he ignored the message. This is my message and question to jollygood.

Jollygood said that I wrote good posts as a newcomer, so I am not new. So, what does the forum want? I read that the forum doesn't like spam and I even made a post about spam. If you spam you will be tagged, if you put so much efforts to make good post you will also be tagged.

Since jollygood wrote that on my profile, I have not received single merit again. The tag is giving people wrong impression that I am impersonating and they stopped to send me merit, which is totally wrong. Jollygood succeded in reducing my confidence, right now it seems I am struggling to cope when I thought I have understood the forum.