"better ranked members" I think you mean higher ranked members shouldn't be given more points just because they are a higher rank this doesn't mean they know what is a useful post and what isn't and would mean they would only upvote what they agree with and that's something that the merit system tries to avoid by only allowing non sources to send merit if they have received merit themselves and merit sources are selected because they are good posters themselves.

If you think Reddit promotes good posts then I have news for you...not only could the upvoting be misused more than the merit system it sounds like the system you are suggesting would result in a popularity contest and upvoting of memes and images rather than actual good posts.

It's not a problem when the majority of your posts are of stellar quality. Short posts don't always mean garbage neither but what some of these people are getting away with is criminal. In bounties it is common for some users to copy and paste previous replies in the same thread.

Yep those too should be reported. They are the same as the normal reserve posts except they have used an image instead and I would agree that the image is even more annoying than just the reserve posts.Especially when images can take a little while to load and then jumps the page as you are reading something.

I think for this exact reason if the reserve post hasn't been edited within an hour then it should be reported and if the user continuously does this then they should be temp banned. It's the only way to stop this from happening. The posts that have been deleted should be more than enough as a warning.

I don't see why anyone would use Poloniex over other trusted exchanges which don't require you to provide photographic evidence. I think we'll eventually see the others go the same route though and will eventually have to accept it or move on to p2p exchanges like localbitcoins.

I guess so. I would think they would be doing everything in their power to avoid regulation though. Doesn't look to be the case and I would like to think they'll lose a lot of customers. I just hope people will be able to get their money out without any issues.

Yes but the pros definitely outweigh the cons. The complaints about the merit system are restricted to the meta board and will soon die off once everyone is familiar with the merit system. 

It's not really spam when a feature is being discussed either. It's only spam if it's being repeated over and over and no new points are being made which is the case with some of the threads.

I would like to think anyone using Bitcoin would be encouraging businesses to go the decentralized route to a certain extent at least. I understand certain measures are to be taken but this is really overkill. They've been operating without this additional proof for a long time and I don't see why they have made it a requirement now.

Right. Strange as other services which require evidence of who you are don't require the additional timestamp on a photo and normally just require ID of some sort. This could sometimes be a driving license or even a bill that you've recently been sent via mail.

If they do seize the funds after 14 days that would be wrong. One could make the accusation that they had planned that a lot of people wouldn't be able to provide the information they requested in such a small amount of time and therefore knew that they would profit from this.

It's okay to suspend users from using their services if they don't live up to the standards of Poloniex but they should allow access to the funds indefinitely. 

It's not whether Poloniex themselves will use it for shady activities it's whether they can keep it safe. As we know from past events Bitcoin users who hold a substantial amount of coin can become targets of hackers. Exchanges in the past have been taken down and breached. In the past only certain amounts of coin were stolen. But if Poloniex was now compromised they would not only get coin they would also get the identity of several thousand Bitcoin users. This sort of shit is what turns me off from major exchanges and makes me wish there were decentralized exchanges out there I've yet to find one but if anyone knows of any please let me know.

Even if you aren't  bothered by the additional information required yourself you should still be prepared to boycott anyone that requires this information as it's just not needed.

Doesn't a passport have a photo anyway? I don't see why they would require an additional one.

Legendaries can send their earned sMerit too it's not like it's completely wasted and if a new rank comes out which there's been discussion of then it won't be wasted.

A great post is a great post ranked shouldn't really play a part in giving out sMerits.

You've linked to this forum in your title. Its either a phishing attempt or is a mirror of the site. Just bookmark this site and access it that way at least then you won't be logging in to a phishing site.

How did you come across the site? if its through google search or something similar you can report it as a phishing site.

That might happen but it would be severely limited compared to what we are seeing right now and those accounts which are bought for bumping would soon be found out and not only would we be removing spam but also preventing bought/sold accounts from scamming.

Any system we put in would lead to abuse one way or another.

What are bounty managers suppose to do about people who reserve posts? Sometimes they reserve posts and then edit it a few days later and the bounty manager might of not seen that they reserved it. This is something that needs to be enforced by the moderators. I know that bounty managers are seen as the evil of the forum and I would normally agree that  they are to blame for a lot of the problems but this is not one of them.

If they haven't edited their reserve post within an hour they should probably get it deleted and if they keep on doing it then they should receive a temporary ban.

The only problem with this is there's hundreds of reserve posts and not enough getting reported.

This is not always the case it can sometimes be confusing for a newbie who isn't aware of Roger Ver and his exploits via social media in attempts of making Bitcoin cash = Bitcoin. He lost a lot of credibility when he was exposed by many of the more experienced members but I feel that his propaganda worked on a select few and they were probably lower ranked members.

That's true maybe we could limit the announcement/bounty threads to higher ranked members then to prevent this issue and then default trust can weed out the bad ones.

I guess theymos wouldn't implement this because of the copper membership but I think this is the only way to do it other than removing bounties/signatures all together.

Works for me? Not sure what browser you are trying to access it with but it's working with Tor Browser. (firefox) Try clearing your cookies if it continues to not work.

I don't like the idea of a centralized picking of the certain people who can run the bounty campaigns but something needs to be done about it even though I disagree with a centralized list of people I think it would be better than the current situation where anyone and their mother can create a bounty.

Maybe DefaultTrust can start tagging the bad bounty managers as they are promoting spam?