Ummm. nice one!!
"Bitcoin is the most important coin from a decentralized-technology called Blockchain, based on the trust of the many instead on the power of a few"

Jaaajajaja!!! I was about to merit you as well, for I do believe you are awesome, but, ok, I will save them for a deserving newbie!!!


Yes, we are used to talking about how newbies need to change their mindset in order to be a part of the forum, but we also need to change ours!! In my case, I have only few merits, so I will try to use them to help others to rank-up.
Absolutely agree with you.

The button to lock is in the low-left of the thread, next to the "move" one. Just pick "lock" and it will be done.
I'm glad I helped you. 

I will try too. I usually spend my merits as they come, but I will try to keep them to give an awesome newbie a great "punch". I do believe that by encouraging good posters we will be able of having really nice people around here.


Yes, but maybe we have settled the issue enough to have an argument in the case someone accused us or whatever. I think we have the same people in mind about the Spanish board, for this is easy (there are not too many good posters in there, but the ones deserving recognition are more than good, they're excellent!).


I guess the idea is that only good posters can rank-up, and that we are failing in that, to be honest, by giving merits 1 by 1. I think this is truly easy to detect the intentions of a newcomer by the way he/she is posting, for this is easy to see which ones are really interested on the forum and want to make it a better place by their contributions and which ones are just seeking for merits by making threads with "good appearance" but copying other's ideas.
From my perspective, the goals are clear: to encourage good ones to become an important part of the community and to relegate others to determined boards (meaning, of course, those "Forever Juniors" having fun in the Alts ones and coming in here from time to time just for cry about something), where they will be free of doing whatever they consider.
After reading the Theymos statement from the last week, I believe I understood the problem and his mindset. That's why we need to stop being shy regarding merit distribution and help the ones who deserve to rank-up. At the end of the day, to rank-up is a proof, as well as an example, of how far you can get by being commited to the forum's community. By encouraging some good newbies, by rewarding them, probably others will come.
To me, it is just the nicest way (personally speaking) of making from the good ones an example.

I get it. But if you spent some more time here on the English board, you would see how common are these kinds of posts and how tired we are of them.

I didn't see your registration date. Maybe you can ask. But, as said, I don't see any harm but the possibility of making the Meta even messier.

This is an automatic Google translation from his original Russian post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4560675.msg41089664#msg41089664

That's why it doesn't make any sense. To the OP: don't trust Google, even when they encourage the people to not "being evil".

There are already existing posts asking for others to share what they consider to be meritable posts. Maybe it is better if you look for them and share those you consider with the OP. For instance: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3040494.0
Please just read carefully the rules before posting.

I don't see any harm in sharing the post you consider to be undermerited, but, just to be organized, maybe this is better this way. If not, probably we are going to have posts like that every day.

Thanks for doing that. It illustrates really well our previous discussion on the Spanish board about how the merited posts are used to receive 1 merit by one person most of the times. Of course, there are exceptions, as you have presented, but those ones are few.
I've seen many times excellent posts with just one merit (if any), and, as we discussed the last week, I even stop myself of giving more than one merit (well actually now I don't have any, for I always give away each merit I earn), but even when I have some to spare I just prefer to give the merit 1 per 1 hoping that someone else give some other merit to the poster. In my case, I don't have many to spare, but, also, I have to confess, I rather give one than to being misunderstood or accused of giving merits to an alt I don't even have.
Regardless of the personal approach, I think the data is clearly speaking about the lack of merits. Sometimes I doubt for that to be the problem (especially when I search in the forum for meritable new users, really difficult to see), but I've come to the conclusion of the 50% reasons, meaning that one part of the problem is the lack of good posters and the other is just the lack of merits.
In the Spanish board, it is "easy" to earn a merit (one merit) by a person, if you post decently, but the problem is there are few in there and your merit history can be interpreted as farming, even when this is not. Besides, more likely you are going to obtain 1 merit from 1 person for an extraordinary post, this is difficult for the users in there to gain more. I think Paxmao is the only merit source around there and, of course, if one user is really good, he/she will obtain many merits from him, but the issue, again, is the risk of being misunderstood.

Well, that's just a personal approach.
Based on your data analysis (awesome as usual), Do you think the system needs more merit sources? Or just for the merit sources to don't be shy and give more amount of merits per person (if deserved)?

Strictly speaking, sharing "own experiences" maybe belongs to the Off Topic board, maybe that was the problem, not the content of your thread (really good) but the title. If you pay attention, from a couple of weeks we have been seeing some topics entitled "My first week in BT", and stuff like that. Maybe the trend somehow didn't like to the mods. Whatever the reason is, as I told you, don't give it too much importance. Mods are humans too, they can commit mistakes. This is neither the first nor the last time you are going to see your posts locked or erased with no apparent reason.

Of course, there are other posts deserving far more than the one you wrote to be deleted, locked or even cremated. Whatever, shit happens.

I presume he was talking about this thread;

But the user already has edited it. He was "explaining" how to introduce your instagram requirements () on bounties and airdrops...Since I know nothing about airdrops is that a new kind of requirement? Or a new form of spam?
Neither I can get fully the thread, JC.

Maybe we can't understand the topic due to our masculinization. I'm going right now to get a lecture from my aura and see if anybody can help me with my bad vibe, maybe I can just take a walk and smell the flowers, to smile at the sun and dance, dance and dance in the rain... after that probably I will go into the forest and make a chicken-sacrifice to the gods and see if they enlight me with some feminization...

Yep, the fall of the youtube is already happening, maybe that's why they implemented their "Red" stuff, they offer in there some TV serials and movies, but I haven't seen already any of interest in their promotions, just a bunch of crap and tv serials about youtube stars, dancers, etc.
Most of the bigger YouTubers are already moving to Twich and other platforms, due to the restrictions and the new policies.
But, still, Youtube is kind of the bigger, and it will still be for a while...

Yep, I understand you, but maybe this is a "timing issue". I am not a moderator in here, so I am just guessing.
Anyway, those you shared probably will be locked soon. Let's wait and see if a mod come and explain why the deleted ones, probably there's a reason...


This is awesome, thanks to you. We high-ranked are always going to have something to learn from the newcomers, at least in my case, each day I learn something new from you new members in here. 

I'm not a mod, but if you take a look at the complete board, many topics have been locked recently. Probably it was a repeated "idea". I mean: this is a new trend to speak about the first couples of weeks in the forum. I don't think it to be toxic, in fact, your post was really good from my perspective, but the "locking" issue has affected many, as far as I can see, so just don't take it too personal, it is common to see many posts suddenly locked if the idea has been repeated a lot recently.

I did like your post (as well as your posting history) so you have +1 from me. Congrats, and keep doing!!! Do not feel disappointed about that, It happens a lot, and, I repeat: do not take it personal.

Oh my.
One question: you DID move your threads trying to get more merits or not?
The answer is YES.

This is not about you, this is about someone breaking the rules. I have nothing against you, in fact, I would be glad if you change your attitude, but the FACT is that you did move your threads with that intention. Just don't do it again and confront the consequences.
Stop complaining, it was a mistake, ok, but it's done. Let it pass, as I myself did by locking the thread.

EDIT. He did it again. He just copy/pasted one of his post from the meta board to the beginners, using  a quote by copy/pasting to create a new thread(against the rules):
The Meta post:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2861268.msg40993439#msg40993439
The Beginners post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4552458.msg40995712#msg40995712


So, nngela, do you still think this is personal? You are breaking the rules again. Just read the rules and stop complaining if you break them and someone says whatever to you. In fact, I'm trying to be nice with you, since you deserve red trust for that and, instead of giving some to you, I'm just trying to explain the rules and why are you breaking them.

I'm working on my anger management, so I'm going to explain something you must know before adding you to my ignored list:
1. Merits are a kind of recognition for a good work. That's mean you will need to work in your threads, to write something not only useful but also clearly written, with imagination, easy to read, nice to see.
2. Since you are new, in order to achieve that, probably you will need to read a lot before posting anything because the forum is not only about bounties and such, but also about Bitcoin, technical issues, social issues, and the mere issues from the forum itself.
3. Given the complexity of the forum, receiving merits can be hard at the very beginning, so, you must also be patient and humble.

A topic receiving merits usually have something to say to the community. There are a lot of people with a voice in here, making their best every day and making from the forum a better place. These people are receiving merits. Those whose unique intention is to report bounties and make some bucks, well, probably will never receive a merit.
The merit system is thought to stop people to rank-up if they don't make contributions to the forum itself, to other people, to knowledge, to a discussion.
So, my friend, you have two options in here:
1. To take a breath, chill, read the rules (by the way you just already broken the rules by begging for merits), to learn a lot and to contribute.
2. Or, on the contrary, to keep doing that way and be into the ignored list of many, as well as become a "Forever Junior" unable to rank-up.

Think about that as a challenge. If you try your best you will eventually become a recognized member from the community, if you just think in your "here and now", meaning to earn some bucks, you will be probably ignored and unable to become someone in here with a major rank.
That's all.

The Beginners board has become a spam-fest of people searching for bounties or airdrops since the very moment they join the forum. You know, the classical "My friend told me I can make money in here, so I go directly to ask where is that money" mindset.
I think it is a reflection of, precisely, the mindset of most of the newbies joining nowadays, for the Beginners board seems like the one place to get into the most desired information they have.
Socially speaking, this is kind of interesting, for there you are able to see which ones are truly interested in the forum and which ones are just in their personal seek of earning some bucks by joining here.

Technically speaking, it strongly contaminates the Beginners forum, but most of the questions seem to be Beginners-legit-problem, for, as told, they only concern nowadays are bounties and airdrops.
Now, I always report any announcement in this board. Any airdrop, bounty, whatever, trying to announce their services in there, for they have their own board for that. But if it is a newbies question and all the newbies are likely most interested in bounties, what can we do?

I have always thought that the most you try to put a thought into a cage, the far you get from reality. Maybe I am an anarchist, but to confine ideas into a previous-designed mindset seems to me to lose all of the nuances a mere idea can have.
That's me, so far I can't see the point in creating such kind of mental-pre-schemes.

But maybe, since you are interested in doing so, you can look into the data and create your own SMART-based scheme and share with us. Probably it will take you time, but, the data is out there, you only need to organize it as you need. 

I don't think there is any harm in doing what you are doing, but, in my experience, most of the replies are likely going to be offtopic. I tried once, and the 99% of the replies were from users that didn't even bother reading the rules I clearly stipulated. Nevertheless, I did obtain a couple of nice replies.
When I did this, to be honest, I just feel it was pointless, and got angry anytime I saw they didn't even read the rules. But maybe you have enough patience!!
Maybe you can just advice that if someone don't read the rules of the thread, they will be directly into your ignored list  

EDIT. I actually had an idea... Why don't you create a post about the forum policies? I mean a kind of exam for newbies, in where they need to ask some True/false (maybe) answers to your questions or statements related to the rules in here. Maybe, by doing so, you can encourage them to go and read the rules for once