The only thing you can think about is merit abuse. Just accept the fact that merit trading if happening underground it cannot be prevented. But such cases if identified will be tagged accordingly. If you are not happy with this then please leave the forum rather than taking this tone/attitude or suggest some better method to weed out such sales.

Sarcastically speaking the 99.99% of the forum population is here for the signature campaigns and bounty hunting. Who cares about the forum or its discussions any more?
It is important that bounty managers apply strict merit rules on signature campaign participants.

I can vouch for some merit sources and I can tell you one thing - merit sources are lenient (which means opposite of strict in case you dont know). They are willing to give out merits to posts which are worth reading and are adding to the discussion. But if all they see is cry baby posts by bounty hunters then they will get ignored.

If you dont have proof dont make such comments. If you have proof post it in the proper section and await DT to neg them. Trading merit is an abuse of the system and hence tagworthy.

Admins dont have that much time in the forum to merit people. Mods already have their hands full cleaning up the shitposters.

A few ideas cropped up in my mind.

1. A rule like - those who dont receive at least 5 merits during their posting period of the entire campaign will not eligible for payment - for those which are paying in bulk once campaign end.

2. Some campaign are having a minimum number of merits in order to enter them. It would be great if these people are also evaluated in future about their post quality by looking at the number of merits gained while participating in that campaign.

Because this has become a trend now. Everyday when I come to the forum I see a new thread made by a newbie or junior asking for a loan without collateral and sometimes there is some laughable rant added to it as well. "Lending" is a great place to have a good laugh and troll the scumabgs.

Why are newbies, juniors and members so obsessed with merits? Studies have shown that being obsessed with something leads to the person's failure in obtaining the same.

What game are you talking about or are you trying to blabber out every word coming to your mind because you are now in delirium after getting negged?

Your negative trust has nothing to do with "pride". I have these people for sometime now and can say this much that they have been trying to clean up the forum from alt account bounty abusers in a proper manner.

Trust does not come. It is earned. You earned your negative trust by abusing bounties.

Delirium tremens confirmed.

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Need treatment? Recommend you visit The Pharmacist for a OTC prescription for alcohol addicts.

I am a "regular" "average" user in the forum. I am getting merited often for posting. I still need a huge number of merits to reach the next (and final) rank of the forum but do I look like I am complaining? Thing is that not everyone here has the ability to adapt to every new thing that the world throws at them.

If you feel that the merit system is favoring people and you are getting jealous of them for ranking up before you can (Hint: Rat Race??) then you can do the following :
1. Its time to up your game and learn better ways to post.
2. Stop visiting this forum and hope merit gets removed (Which will not happen)
3. The last but not the least - get a job and stop depending on the forum bounty earnings to get paid.

The previous ranking system was based on activity. Lets say people got activity from posting and then every fortnight their activity increased automatically. What you are suggesting is that we convert the merit system into another metric of "activity" and every shitposter in the forum will be getting activity (oops I mean Merit) for posting and there will nobody to judge whether those posts were actually worth reading or simply vomiteposted shitposts.

Nice way to say that you are actually supporting removal of the merit system by making up an idea which is nothing but the activity metric in other words.

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If bots were to become merit sources - who would be the judge?  

I never said that. It is the person who is doing something who is supposed to judge their actions as right or wrong. Gambling is wrong according to someone may not be true for another person.

Again, every gambler should understand the implications of their gambling habits. If they are having a bad time with their family due to their habits then they should stop gambling or reduce the frequency of gambling.

It is an addiction if done too much. But failing to realize that the effect is bad is being stupid.

Blame the shitposters for this. Its impossible to keep an eye on every thread you have posted. I do use that ""Show new replies" but I dont read the threads which have become spam mega threads. Instead I skim through the list from last page to first page everyday when I come to the forum and open the new replies to those topics which I am interested in.

You can also watch boards as necessary. But I dont use it much.

Agreed. I would have that button removed. It was only useful long time back and I never click on it anymore.

So a person who has gained their activity across this long period will lose their activity and rank and then when they come back they will be horrified to see what happened to their account. If this some sort of revenge that you people are trying to administer because you people are not gaining merits yourself?

Let them be as it is. Waste of time it would be.

No rules need to be added because you made this thread just like 1000 other merit crybabies do every morning trying to squeeze some merit from the sources.

Blame it on the forum software. Nothing else can be done other than the "Insert Quote" option. In fact the quote system is made to help people reply to multiple posts above them in a thread. So it serves its purpose if you just insert the text (quoted) and the snip the unnecessary portions.

I have had problems when I was new to the forum in properly making all the quotes end at the perfect lines. Takes a bit of practice to make sure you dont miss out any "open" [ quote] tags and then the entire post looks like a noobies post.

If you had withdrawn your four bitcoins after winning them you would have made a fortune today. Greed will kill you in life if you dont stop.


Good thing you stopped gambling. But I think you were referring to trading? Trading is not like gambling though and in my opinion its more profitable if you know which coins to buy and which ones to sell. But then again most people are led by brain dead shills of shitcoins to invest in their shitcoin - after which they panic sell.

As far as gambling is concerned, the less you do it the better.

You know the biggest traders of the stock market like Warren Buffet did not have much of an education. Then again these people are gifted and not everyone is like them. Being educated will help the person make educated guesses as to where the market is going - this does not come at high price. All you need to do is to watch the market movement (preferably at coinmarketcap) for a few months. Then understand how FUD effects the market and the price of coins.

Once you have an idea start trading with small capitals and watch as you make mistake and profits. Modify your methods gradually and you will gain your own trading style.

Not everyone has planned from the start. The new people who start trading without the knowledge of market spread wont be able to decide on what price to set buy or sell orders. They will end up buying high and selling low - leading to a huge loss and then they will go to their friends and say "Trading is usless and exchanges are scam."

We all fail to notice our own mistakes. Its true that mistakes happen but then you must rectify it and learn from them not to repeat them.

The system is made of the merit sources and the members of the forum of which the former is also a part of the latter. Everyone who is in the system is a human. Thus the favouring will be there. This is what we have been lacking in the forum for 2-3 years now. People reply to topics without even seeing what others say. We dont care about who the above us is - even though I agree the number of members is also big but still there is not sort of personal interaction through the posts.

Punishment for the bounty spammers.

Get used to it or better yet leave the forum.

The only hypocrite is you. The forum has its problems and the problem of spam control has gone so far that the mods are unable to control it anymore and admins had to take this harsh step.

Why do you even need those merit points? So keen on ranking up I see.

Written rule by theymos and the mods in the stickies. Read before you post.

The system is working fine. The only thing is we need more merit sources.

Being one of those people - I can assure you one thing. We are tired of seeing the spam in the forum. Thus the radical measure.

No.

You may have a good strategy developing skill but I can promise you that you will still lose. Because the luck factor is always working and it makes players lose as soon as they are starting to play. Making a good strategy will give you mental confidence but when the losing streak starts you will be wiped off your bankroll.


Wow just wow, people are trying to control their gambling habits and you are making them gamble. Yeah life is boring at times but then you should ask yourself if you are the problem of boredom yourself or not - because most of the time that is true. Also getting bored is no excuse to waste money be it yours or your parents.

Report them in the proper format to the respective and they shall be given judgement by DT with a red tag. Provide enough proof as well.

Every user getting merited every month will mean the same thing that used to happen to the forum before merit was introduced. Ranking up based on post count and thus people used to spam to get ranked up. You idea is so dumb that it denies the existence and objective of the merit system altogether.

Merit is not something to be given out for free. Hammer this idea into your brain.

Let merit sale happen - it will only give the DT more opportunities to wipe out these scumbags who do engage in such sales. Just like account sales. This will decrease the clutter of spam and in turn the legitimate users who try to follow rules will be benefited.

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Please work on your English if you want to get merited for your posts (if worthy enough) in future.

Accounts are not considered as valid collateral to get a loan here. I would accept altcoins of value as collateral.

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Do you have anything else to offer?

If you dont have a collateral then close this thread or risk getting a negative trust from DT. Try going to a bank and asking them do charity for you for 18000 USD and see what they give you other than a punch on your face.

Then wait for two months and then out your money there. Why such a hurry?

Sucks but we cant help that.

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Straight up 2BTC loan request always has beggars and scammers lurking inside

Crypto development is not something to comment on at any stage of you are not a developer yourself. There is always the scope of changing the economy be it on a small scale or a large scale, but mostly small in crypto. The adoption of crypto will probably never be extensive in the mainstream. Thus it is profitable but comparing it to the economy of fiat is a bit long shot. After all to buy your daily bread you need fiat - crypto cover is not that high.


There is too much of manipulated shills reddit and twitter shitshills, fake news FUD and panic sellers.