I disagree, I got 10 sMerit points already which are needed for a Newbie/Jr. Member to become a Member am I one of this 0.1%. If you contribute to the community sure you can rank up. Well, I need 80 more points for a Full Member, but I like helping people and I think they will appreciate what I do. I was a newbie just 3 months ago, and here I am, learning and enjoying my time here.
Don't blame the system, blame yourself. And do respect Satoshi and the early adopters, because of them we have more freedom.

I have already suggested easy solution and I think the idea is good and it will reduce a great deal of spam and save a lot of time to the user and managers here.
Here is the link to my post:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2827369.msg28970830#msg28970830

Let me know what you think

This is an example how a newbie can contribute to the community. This is a valuable information not only for the newbies but also for everyone looking to gain more knowledge the field. It will be interesting for me to follow your project. You just got 1 sMerit point from me.
Good luck!

This is just one idea how to put a little order in the mess /at least I see it that way/ in the forum. Regarding the bounty links, I think the link to the ANN thread is enough because everyone should read it before joining campaign.

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Looks like a promising and strong team. I will check the their profiles in LinkedIn later. Maybe I'll join the whitelist but first have to read the whole white paper and roadmap


Yeah this is what I also liked about the project.Hope to see more from the team and good luck.

I made an example of something maybe useful and something that was missing here from my point of view. Many people are in the forum only for the bounties, f is this good or bad I can't say, but this is what they ask for all the time, especially the newbies: A list with all the bounties available for them.
If theymos decides to remove the signature campaigns, as it was discussed earlier HERE this will be irrelevant, but I leave this to the Admins.

Now the problem I see:
The Services and Bounty sections are full of spam posts with questions like "Which sig campaign to join", "Any campaign for newbies" etc.
Old bounties and new bounties are mixed on every page and it is a mess.

This is just an example how the system might work and improve the currents situation >
Here is what I created - Google form to be filled by the bounty managers /I have to note that it does not collect email addresses/:
https://goo.gl/forms/hXdTSWTwSc7pvg6H3

The spreadsheet with the answers:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CFL41C6zmkKkzBpqgghR93WGIvqp8N_XT4WlqeW4vkg/edit#gid=1594220160

Everything will be easier to read and to follow bounties, find a new one according your rank.

I want to hear your opinion.

Just a note to the early adopters: Not all the newbies,bounty hunters or non-native (NNES) are shitposters. For some It's more like a stage you go trough when you are new to the community, and you have your first interactions with this different cryptoworld in some way.
Trough the campaign I've joined til now I've learned many new things, reading whitepapers and understanding the process and possibilities given by the blockchain technology. I'm not gonna make big money out of it,I have my well paid job here in Norway, but acquire knowledge on the way.

I think this is one solution to all the spam here. It's easy to reach 10 Merit points if you post quality posts. From 10 to 100 is a bit more difficult for Full member. We are still in the beginnig of the new system, hope that with the time the system will be adjusted. Lets see what happens from now on.

I jointed today again



Regards:)

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I was following the thread for while and it was mentioned that there will be a rewards system for reporting spam. I can say that I do understand the whole concept of the Merit system and I totally agree with it. I guess the reward system for reporting spam was just a user proposal.
Just wanted to thank you for doing this, answering all these questions. It's appreciated

There are also ways to farm Merit Points so the Mods/Merit Sources have to be careful, here is just a scenario:
You create 10 accounts, then you start spamming with all 10.
You report all the spams accounts you created from your main account and there you have Merit points for reporting spammer.
There always be someone trying to cheat the system unfortunately, so Admins and Mods have to be aware of this.

I see people can get a negative Merit Points too. Do you actually rank down if fall under the rank limit? This can be speculative option if it gets into bad hands.
But the idea is really good, well I was really close to Full member now I have a longer way to go, but no worries, I think I can contribute to the community, already got 7 Merit points and this is awesome

Thank you, just corrected the mistake.

Now the game has changed and for the newcomers coming only for the bounties it will be difficult. Now you have to contribute to the forum and earn Merit points in order to rank-up.
I have updated the calculator with the Merit point system. More information you will find in the calculator
Good luck

I Have updated my Rank and Activity Calculator according to the new rules. Now you can learn more about Merit and sMerit.
If you find it useful that would be great. It's made most for the new users
Cheers
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2534500.msg25841174#msg25841174

Here is one idea, merit points as a reward for reporting spam posts/accounts.

I think this was the initial idea:
There was a long discussion regarding the changes here >
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2605767.0

Just the perfect app for controlling your portfolio, I'm using it now for almost a month and I can say that this is the best portfolio app on the market. Good luck to the team.

Here is an answer. You can remove it now

Here is my idea and contribution to the community.

There are two type of Newbie spammers, the ones that are really new and have no idea what to do here in the forum and trying to joint bounties and repeatingly asking how to rank up. (I was the same in the beginning)

BTW is really messy here in the forum if you need find info. The search engine is horrible and the main guidelines are scatterd arround on differents posts.As a newbie it was really difficult for me to find what I needed.

The other ones are the side/fake accounts - for trade or extra profit.

For the first ones I have created one Rank and Activity calculator so they can stop asking every day when they are going to rank up.
Now I created hopefully something usefull and something that was missing from my point of view. Many people are here only for the bounties, and this is what they want: A list with all the bounties, here is what I created:
Google form to be filled by the bounty manager I have to note that it does not collect email addresses:
https://goo.gl/forms/hXdTSWTwSc7pvg6H3
The spredsheet with the answers:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CFL41C6zmkKkzBpqgghR93WGIvqp8N_XT4WlqeW4vkg/edit#gid=1594220160
I want to hear your opinion on this idea.

For the fake accounts I do report every suspicious activity I spot.