I haven't added this one. It looks a bit messy, and there is not a single reply on successfully using this.

Added.

Not added. My Altcoin-section is still in "I'll see how this develops"-mode, but I draw the line at ICOs.

Added.

Added. Even though I just said I draw the line at ICOs, spotting scams is important.

Not added because it's about promoting ICOs.

Thanks for the reminder, I'll move it to that board for a while.

Not added. I consider it common knowledge not to trust random callers. And I highly doubt the people who don't know that yet are going to read this topic.

You'll see it when you click +Merit above a post.

I've suggested it before, and I'll suggest it again: I'd like to see (or manage!) a signature campaign paid in Blackbytes, to promote the most private currency ever. It's so private, barely anyone knows about it
See my Byteball: Blackbytes FAQ.

I know you didn't say that, I said that It's a warning, because many users seem to think they can get away with plagiarism.

Many of your posts look like text spinning bump bots:

Why not? Click here and click the delete button. Then open your post history and do the same to all other spam. Since you have 23 replies and 15 topics deleted by moderators, you would do the forum a favour if you clean up on your own.

That's not true, you got merited in April already.

Two more things: there's no need for all the bold font, and there's no need to send me a PM when you reply to my post.

And for all Newbies who think they can copy someone else's work: this will get you banned! See this example from a merit hunter, or this entire thread for many more examples.

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I have some advice for OP too: I would have merited you, if you wouldn't be a nice project and ponzi spammer.

I think losing 1 Merit every 3 or 6 months would be enough to derank most spammers, and that was my initial idea. However, this would be bad for high quality posters who don't post often, or even inactive accounts. By tying it to activity, none of these are affected.

After checking your post history, I believe you're right. I'm no expert on mining, so I wouldn't know which post deserves Merit the most. Hence, I'll Merit your post in this thread. Welcome back to Jr. Member.

I think you're looking at a few million posts to read. You'll go crazy from the lack of quality. I have no doubt some of those millions of posts deserves Merit, but it's like finding a needle in a haystack.

Before you give up, at least try to open the wallet.dat (all different versions you have!) in a fully synced Bitcoin Core.

I download recent every few seconds, so not many posts can escrape my scraper. This is the post (in raw HTML):
Never mind, o_e_l_e_o archived it already.

OP is banned already.

I see great opportunities for "writing services": selling good quality unique articles, so a spammer can have one decent post and likely earn some Merit.
(and this is why I often check a user's post history before meriting him)

I have no doubt there will be some cheaters who slip trough, probably a few thousand (just like there are many more users with exactly 10 Merit than 8, 9, 11 or 12 Merit).
The Merit system isn't airtight, but it reduces the problem from "unlimited" to "a few thousand".

Don't worry, it's not an individual decision. About 17,000 users have collectively decided not to give you any Merit.

When I try to read your post, all I see is this:

I gave him my last source Merit (for the first time since I became a source, I finally managed to spend them all). On top of your reasoning: he's also a Copper Member, so he doesn't need to be Jr. Member for the perks. And he made only 3 posts since June, which isn't the typical spammer. Basically new users who aren't spammers make me very happy, as that is what this forum needs.

I'll have to disagree with your reasoning here. Making someone happy isn't a good reason to merit a post. I can just as well get them banned if they break the rules, knowing damn well it can seriously impact someone's income in a poor country. I won't merit them to make them happy, and I won't stop reporting bad posts because it could make them sad.

Users whom I consider "good" won't have a problem losing 1 Merit, they'd earn another one within a few days tops. Falling back from (say) 150 to 149 Merit points won't hurt any good member in the long run.
Spammers however will be seriously restricted if they lose 1 Merit, it could even lower the rank of high ranking users who haven't earned a single Merit since January.

I posted a different idea today, and already modified it a bit. In short:
Every time an account goes up 100 in Activity, remove 1 Merit. That means any normal person has to earn 1 Merit every 3 months to keep his rank, old inactive accounts aren't affected, and any spammer who got a Merit without deserving it, will lose it again unless he starts deleting many of his old posts.

This is like Merit in February all over again

Delphinus is on a roll
The good thing is, he'll soon run out of sMerit . At least the new restrictions changed Jr. Member spam from an unlimited problem to a restricted problem.

It's not only the English level, as long as it's not total garbage, and as long as the user makes a good point, I am willing to merit him.
However, Spam Megathreads serve only one purpose: spamming for post count. It doesn't matter what they post, nobody is going to read it, and the only other users opening those threads do the same.

Answering the same question in the same thread many times makes the post useless, no matter how good it is.

See Before you give merit to a newly-demoted newbie..., where your meriting is used as an example of how not to do it.

That just means that bounty manager is bad at his job. But I'm not surprised, you're wearing the PRiVCY signature, which causes the worst forum spam since DeepOnion.

You'll need to give a bit more information than this. The minimum we need to know to be able to help is which wallet you use.

This was one of the most needed improvements, and I know many users support it. But from the "No", I never expected this would be the first suggestion that gets implemented!