I think this must had been in the mind of the admin while introducing merit system. Low quality posts were degrading the forums and this will repel advertisers. Without earnings, it is difficult to run such a huge forum.


Such people are being caught and given negative trust by senior members. You can also help by reporting such members.

Agreed.


1) That has nothing to do with merit system. Whether it is there or not, someone with no knowledge will never be able to make quality posts.

2) This can happen to some of your posts. But if all your posts are good, you will be recognized. There are members offering review services where you get more exposure.

3) It may occur but eventually the situation will improve especially when those default merit points are spent.

This is not an exchange but a forum. Forum is a place where people discuss about something. I think even if the owner has interests in making a trading platform, it should be done on a different domain. Regarding the future of the forum, I see that it will only get better in terms of discussions with time. The owner of the forum has already took the much needed decision in the form of merit system to eliminate spam posts.

If someone is troubled by 5% drop, I think he should not invest in crypto at all. There is lot of volatility in the prices and we have seen more than 30% change in the price levels in the past. If you really want to make sure shot profit with Bitcoins, all you have to do is to hold it for more than 6 months or so.

For instance see the prices:

October 2016 - $600

January 2017 - $800

May 2017      - $2000

September  2017  - $5000

December 2017 -  $13800

It never decreased in 3 months gap.

I checked the website that you linked to. All I can see there is that clicking on any link just redirects to a WordPress theme. So where are those tutorials to learn. This looks like an attempt to make money through the site by referring them to themes. Please do not make such misleading posts.

Only the credit card companies will benefit from this decision. I think seeing the huge money involved with Bitcoins, everyone is increasing their cut like the exchanges. The investors suffer at the end as their profit is reduced by this. Such kind of decisions also discourage the new investors which further reduces the demand and affects price negatively.

I heard about this case recently on another forum and it really made me sad. But one thing to consider here is that how can anyone one know of your Bitcoin investments. Provided you do not show off your earnings or talk about it to relatives and friends, there are very less chances of this getting in notice of criminals. I think it is better to remain secretive about Bitcoin investments to remain on the safe side. Finally, I hope those criminals are exposed and dealt with.

I am surprised to see the prices going down and be ready to see a further decline of at least $1000 in next few days. This is because today in the Financial budget announced in India, the finance minister had already announced that they will ban Bitcoins in India. This means that a lot of Indian people will take pout their money and we will see decrease in demand. However, there is no need to panic if you are investing for long term.

You may teach old people about Bitcoin but there are very less chances that they will be ready to invest in this. Personally, I tried to make my father understand about Bitcoin and the huge returns people have got from it in the past. He dismissed all my teachings by saying that this is all scam and he will only invest in real things like real estate. I think old people like to go with traditional methods of investment only.

Initially this will have a negative impact on Bitcoin prices and we may expect some drop in the prices. But I think in the long run this is good for Bitcoin. Facebook was being used by a lot of suspicious companies to promote their coins and ICO and cheat people. If these people are eliminated, the faith of people will only increase on Bitcoins.

Thanks. I am still new here and learning.


He has not started a service for this, thus not added to the list.


Added.


This is not the place to post this. You should apply in the threads that I listed above. If you are making quality posts, you will not get unnoticed.

Gave you 1 merit for one of the posts.


I asked for posts after 24 Jan. I checked the post you gave and it does not deserve one in my opinion.


You also need to work harder. As I mentioned in starting thread, I would prefer users first to comment. Your posts are made after a lot of replies.


You are right. I will make it six weeks.


Oh, you mean I should giveaway these merits randomly. Regarding me earning merits, all the merits I am giving here are earned. I got only one Smerit by default.


Gave you one. I think, you will soon reach next level if you post like this.

For new members:
You can apply. If your posts are really good, it will be  noticed by other senior members visiting this thread as well.

I notice that the merits that this thread announcement got had been removed. Earlier it was about given a lot of members and was one of the threads getting highest number of merits. Is there any new rule regarding this ?

What is offered here: I am giving away 10 merit points in total to different Jr Members and newbies.

How to Participate:

1) Make a quality post below quoting a post that you made after Jan 24,2018 (day when https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0 was announced) and that failed to get any merit.   You can quote more than one posts but include it in single post below. It will increase your chances of getting merits.

2) I cannot read posts other than English and thus do not submit such posts below.

3) This giveaway lasts for 2 weeks 6 weeks in total. So you have submit your application in that time. Do not send me any pm for this otherwise I will report that.

4) I may check your past history before giving the merits. This will be done if there are huge number of people applying.

How to increase your chances:

1) I will give preference to members who are first to reply to threads posted.

2) Quality posts need not be lengthy essays in my opinion but they should address the issue asked completely.

3) I will prefer those members who need 1-3 points to reach next level.

I can make some minor changes based on how this goes. All the best.

User: krishnaverma
Position to Apply: Member
Posts Start: 161 (including this post)
Address: 34Hkz3LMrmjwSkxJwYHWUby4okJgCb6JGD

Negative trust is being given by higher rank members for suspicious accounts misusing the new system. We may see other stronger actions being taken in future. See whatever change you do, there are always some people who try to game the system. Overall this is expected to give good results in long run.

So what is the issue with it if I am making quality posts here. You asked a query here and if I am providing my opinion about this, what is wrong with it. Regarding me making posts here only, I had made posts in other sections as well. But if someone has noticed posts in this section only, how is this my fault ?

You are right that people are not getting that many merits in other section and I hope this gets better with time.

Consider yourself very lucky if half of those  merit sources are sending you merit for quality posts. You will reach the higher ranks in very less time with this provided you keep making quality posts. I am fine with even one noticing my quality posts.

Also a small suggestion use a capital "I" in your sentences instead of "i" irrespective of wherever it occurs.

If this is allowed, people will start creating accounts in bulk and use their free merits to rank up those accounts. This will defeat the purpose of introducing the system.

Regarding the people being happy and sad with the decisions, it is better if you keep your emotions independent of the rules of a forum you are registered with.

Creating a new thread for expressing something that is already said here multiple times is quality. May be you need to rethink about what is a quality post.