Ps: What depth do you guys use?

I have a strong belief that someone is a scammer. Outside of a miracle, this is something that I vehemently believe is a ponzi. (Am I allowed to tag people for that, even if nobody has reported a scam yet?)

Moving on to this example.

I have a strong belief that someone is farming accounts/trading merit. Outside of a miracle, this is something that I vehemently believe is abuse of the merit system.

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Transferral of merit without reason or for monetary gain is equivalent to buying trust and that is something I do not trust.

I wouldn't be against a like button in addition to this but I think then people would just give them out instead of merit and would be given too easily so I don't think they should actual count for something. I think the +1 merit button would be a good idea and maybe each time you click it it gives you an additional 1 merit every time. Would make things a little quicker and swifter rather than having to navigate to the new page just to dish it out.

Only on the starting post? But then what if someone writes a really, really high-quality reply?

For example, in response to a Technical Discussion thread, a DannyHamilton facsimile Newbie account may decide to write up an elegant reply that fully answers and questions and adds additional content to the discussion.

What then?

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And the monthly giveaway would take a lot of time. Wouldn't it be better to view quality posts as they come out rather than all at once? That makes for some really rough intervals of quality control.

There's no point of hoarding and theymos stated that if people do it he'll add a decay.

I just read that they can burn your merits if you simply horde them, is that true?

Hey SFR10 , you've included me here even though my thread was closed at the time you posted this list.

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CEO & Founder at Shopawl

The term that was violated said you would receive negative trust & specified exactly what to do to have me remove the negative trust, and what not to do. Complaining/asking for consideration (to relieve the grief, pain, or dissatisfaction) is not it.

I've noticed loans being given based on built trust & then defaulted on with impunity. I've noticed campaign managers building trust only to be accused of scamming campaign participants. I've noticed "self-escrowing" & escrows not keeping up/being able to keep up with their deals. I've noticed an escrow telling the victim terms for release, then when met, going back on them & not releasing, leaving it up to the perpetrator to authorize release.

I can't remember ever using a bitcoin escrow (and can't find it in my oldest ratings), not even when I was a noob, and I think I had enough foresight of how escrow could go bad back then, that my opposition to escrow has been consistent. I've missed out on deals recently because people still want me to go through an escrow or send first (if not use a fucking exchange that "loses" deposits, balances, withdrawals) in spite of all my ratings, length of ratings, and all my cryptographic links to those ratings (including enough meatspace info to get me murdered), when they have none or almost none.

Receiving positive trust ratings only seems to be an asset to those who don't/can't keep their word.

I hate debt.
If "I" ever ask for/offer a loan, assume my account is compromised. If "I" ever accept or offer escrow services, assume my account is compromised. If "I" ever recommend or say one positive word about an exchange, assume my account is compromised. If "I" ever get into campaign managing, assume my account is compromised.