Breaking... Crypto<fill in blank stupid username with #> noob posting twatter links on wob for merits.
Because I'm first!
This is not the first time you have seen this, nor the last time.
A lot of WO members have already explained why they merit those posts.
Some of them don't use Twitter at all. So, they don't mind seeing them on WO.
Some of them find that helpful news. But, The question is, Why noobs only?
I have made some explanations of my own meriting conduct, since I sometimes do merit some of these posts that have little to no original content, and many times if newbies are at least citing the source and the content is interesting, then I will send a merit, and I will be more inclined to send merits more frequently if they at least are making comments (which would include some kind of critical thinking analysis)
Not only on WO. There is some controversy happened on Reputation boards because some members use WO to earn more merits. There was a guy who
complained against four members that belong to the same local community, and all of them used the same pattern to earn merits (Post Tweets and memes). I believe a lot of members already used WO to rank up (me too), and I don't see any problem as long as they are not shit posters and constructive. @dragonvslinux already explained his merit conduct too and here it is;
Personally I care much more about the
value of posts, than the
intent on posting, even if I do bare the OP's opinion in my mind and therefore sometimes I don't send merit because of this (WatChe comes to mind).
For example one of those users mentioned -
Hamza2424 - I have sent merit a handful of times for charts mainly regurgitated from twitter. This for me is useful/vauable as I don't spend much time on twitter looking at charts or analysis, so WO helps to refine this process for me with other users posting what they consider to be the most relevant. As long as it has a source, I don't see any issue with that, and it remains useful for me.
Is it a very lazy form of posting, without adding much additional opinion yourself? For sure, and that's why I usually don't give more than +1 if the analysis isn't original. But doesn't make it less useful personally.
A few examples:
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4. Note I'm also not the only one who finds these types of posts useful, or with value.
So far I think WO is an easier place for spammers to get merit without putting too much effort into improving the quality of their posts. They can post memes, some words or whatever just to get merit, but I'm not generalizing all users there are the same. It's just about some users who aren't really sincere about having a good discussion about bitcoin.
Could someone explain the difference (
in terms of value) of a hat-wearing WO member regurgitating a chart or meme from twitter and getting 5-20 merits for it, compared to some newbie or low ranking member getting 1-4? Obviously the
intent from WO regulars is rarely to gain merit (as most have enough), but I don't see how the
post value is any different. Double standards come to mind here.
If others want to be "more careful" with who they send merit to, then you are more than welcome. Personally I'll merit what I find useful or of value to me, because
I'm meriting a post not a user.
I stand with dragonvslinux, and I don't see any problem posting tweets and memes as long as they are related to Bitcoin. But, Still, I expect some constructive comments from them too.
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