What is the function of the "Merit" score?

[Mintycash]

MAYBE have the amount of Merit points applied to an account "diluted" if fraud is detected:

- If the account receiving the points has ever used a proxy/tor - reduce by 50%
- If the account receiving the points has ever posted using the same IP ever used by the sending account - reduce by 100%

The amount of points being deducted off the sending account stays the same - just the amount received is diluted.

This is a great addition to this new feature. I just discovered it myself when I checked my profile. It's not a bad idea. Let's see how this scales.

I see a few problems with that in bold. There is nothing wrong with using a proxy/tor. It is even recommended. How do you think Satoshi Nakamoto has remained uncovered? By loging in from google chrome in Windows 10? You will basically deny the founder of Bitcointalk access to the site, if he ever logs in anymore at all.

Some people really need this feature and if I had a significant amount of bitcoin, eth or whatever altcoin I would certainly use it. Whales are being targeted by gobernments, institutions and criminals. Just look at the amount of scamming that goes on here, account farming and what else. The world predators are watching. One day you might have to use it. Although, if I remember well, there was a problem with the cloudflare security service that protects the forum from DDos attacks not allowing people to log in from TOR and that was a bag thing. They want to watch inside...Know users and IP... I'll leave it here for your consideration.

[Alexeu000111]

it's been more than a day since the introduction of the new parameter, but there has not yet been any official information, or am I mistaken !? If someone has information from an ojicial source, provide the

[Forward_Thinking]

Also don't know how it works atm but will figure out anyway.
But.. it seems you don't gain holding on to the sMerits... or something like that.
So.. you have to earn Merit, and handout sMerit?

Ok, so.... as a result on this post I clicked the +merit next to it and received this :

You have received a total of 100 merit. This is what determines your forum rank. You typically cannot lose this merit. You have 5 sendable merit (sMerit) which you can send to other people. There is no point in hoarding sMerit; keeping it yourself does not benefit you, and we reserve the right to decay unused sMerit in the future.

In short.. sMerit = sendable merit.. which you can sent to other users...
Merit= the ones you receive from other members...

Thanks for sharing that. That's helpful information. I'm surprised that an old site like this is shaking things up. But that's the world of crypto for you.

[suchmoon]

it's been more than a day since the introduction of the new parameter, but there has not yet been any official information, or am I mistaken !? If someone has information from an ojicial source, provide the

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

[hppcoin]

i noticed merits param in my account and i don't understand what is it ?

[Alexeu000111]

i noticed merits param in my account and i don't understand what is it ?

read this post from the very beginning carefully! There is almost all information about the new parameter!
Also, I advise you to pay attention to this: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

[Juggy777]

i noticed merits param in my account and i don't understand what is it ?

read this post from the very beginning carefully! There is almost all information about the new parameter!
Also, I advise you to pay attention to this: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

It's really simple according to your rank you'll get merits, this no one can take away from you. The Smerits you should give to deserving posts, and What merits others give a part you can give back. It's a innovative move to fight spam and make this forum great. Let's hope it goes well, all people need to keep on giving merits to deserving posts so it goes smooth.

Also DO NOT BUY OR SELL merits you'll get a negative for indulging in it.

[khufuking]

 Some posts here have really valid points . While some will give there merit point to those who really deserve , We all know that there is others that will only +merit those who they know whether they deserving it or not .


I think taking 1% from every bounty rewards that run on this forums and hear admins with good payment salary that can give there time to moderate the quality of posts is also a good , better and more effective idea  .

[roxbit]

Some posts here have really valid points . While some will give there merit point to those who really deserve , We all know that there is others that will only +merit those who they know whether they deserving it or not .


I think taking 1% from every bounty rewards that run on this forums and hear admins with good payment salary that can give there time to moderate the quality of posts is also a good , better and more effective idea  .

If merit is the basis for ranking up it will be sad for me because what if no one will merit me? That means my rank will stay this way forever? How sad, even how much hardwork I do I will never be a Member at all. I hope and pray that this “merit” it not what this means. It is not beneficial to the new comers like me. 😢😢😢

[xYakult]

Some posts here have really valid points . While some will give there merit point to those who really deserve , We all know that there is others that will only +merit those who they know whether they deserving it or not .


I think taking 1% from every bounty rewards that run on this forums and hear admins with good payment salary that can give there time to moderate the quality of posts is also a good , better and more effective idea  .

If merit is the basis for ranking up it will be sad for me because what if no one will merit me? That means my rank will stay this way forever? How sad, even how much hardwork I do I will never be a Member at all. I hope and pray that this “merit” it not what this means. It is not beneficial to the new comers like me. 😢😢😢

You will get Merit if you do good posts, there are Merit sources around the forum so if they found your posts constructive/helpful then they will probably give you Merit. It will surely take some time for new comers should adapt to the new system but we can't really do something about it

[thelemot]

Some people would just ignore this. A good new addition of requirement if user would like to have higher rank. However, as you can see, only a few people would care meriting those who are of low rank. I really think that those who are late joining this forum would have a hard time getting merits, because on the first day of the implementation, only those legendary or hero members who already knew each other on this forum are meriting each other, only few random members (who are not well known on this forum) gets merit from posting that makes sense.

Hope that there would be a little modification on this new system because if some people would try hard to improve their posts because of this new system, it would be a waste of time if their posts are just ignored. This would just be more likely a class room where if you are not known by people you will just be a lone loser, and only those who are famous get attention (merit.)

I agree with you, that this new rule is only concerned with the old users in this btc forum. how about people who just started in this forum. and just got to know about bitcoin forum. how to make a quality post, what you want to do is confused to comment on a thread that is not understood, because new to know about bitcoin. so this is just a barrier for new users to get more rank. and what's in it if it has a lot of merit? whether it can be cashed or something. I guess that's what needs correction. What benefits of merit?

[Bitfort]

Some people would just ignore this. A good new addition of requirement if user would like to have higher rank. However, as you can see, only a few people would care meriting those who are of low rank. I really think that those who are late joining this forum would have a hard time getting merits, because on the first day of the implementation, only those legendary or hero members who already knew each other on this forum are meriting each other, only few random members (who are not well known on this forum) gets merit from posting that makes sense.

Hope that there would be a little modification on this new system because if some people would try hard to improve their posts because of this new system, it would be a waste of time if their posts are just ignored. This would just be more likely a class room where if you are not known by people you will just be a lone loser, and only those who are famous get attention (merit.)

I agree with you, that this new rule is only concerned with the old users in this btc forum. how about people who just started in this forum. and just got to know about bitcoin forum. how to make a quality post, what you want to do is confused to comment on a thread that is not understood, because new to know about bitcoin. so this is just a barrier for new users to get more rank. and what's in it if it has a lot of merit? whether it can be cashed or something. I guess that's what needs correction. What benefits of merit?

Tell us why do you (or other low rank users) need to rank up? Think I know the reason but still curious.

[Jitra]

Some people would just ignore this. A good new addition of requirement if user would like to have higher rank. However, as you can see, only a few people would care meriting those who are of low rank. I really think that those who are late joining this forum would have a hard time getting merits, because on the first day of the implementation, only those legendary or hero members who already knew each other on this forum are meriting each other, only few random members (who are not well known on this forum) gets merit from posting that makes sense.

Hope that there would be a little modification on this new system because if some people would try hard to improve their posts because of this new system, it would be a waste of time if their posts are just ignored. This would just be more likely a class room where if you are not known by people you will just be a lone loser, and only those who are famous get attention (merit.)

I agree with you, that this new rule is only concerned with the old users in this btc forum. how about people who just started in this forum. and just got to know about bitcoin forum. how to make a quality post, what you want to do is confused to comment on a thread that is not understood, because new to know about bitcoin. so this is just a barrier for new users to get more rank. and what's in it if it has a lot of merit? whether it can be cashed or something. I guess that's what needs correction. What benefits of merit?

Tell us why do you (or other low rank users) need to rank up? Think I know the reason but still curious.

I think the obvious answer to that is money.  Newbies cannot make money or participate in most bounties unless they're at least Junior Member.  Signature campaign probably requires higher rank.  Yes there are some people who would post based on the goodness of their heart, but most of the posts have reasons behind it.  More posts means higher rank, the higher the rank, the more money they can't make.  BTW as a newbie I can assure you the threads I read are mostly originated from Google search, not from using the forum archaic's search engine. 

[ruthbabe]

Yeh i was Jr Member and with 56 activity just needed 4 more and now im back to a newbie
I Got demoted so how do I get Merit Now?

Seems like Jr member got removed completely as well.

Oh I see now you have to make quality post so people can gift you Merit.

Nope, you're not demoted. You'll attain the Member rank once you reach the 10 merits required. I gave you 2 merits because I like your post here. Continue making quality posts to receive lots of merit points. So, now you only need 7 more merits to become Member.

Thats a nice system tbh, do you only recieve merit when u are a member+ as well?

It's for everyone regardless of rank. I see lots of Newbies and Jr. Members receiving merit points. The good thing is that you can trace where they got those merits.

[Simplyield]

Here too. I did get confused anyone knows the actual reason behind it?

[TMAN]

Here too. I did get confused anyone knows the actual reason behind it?

People like yourself who cannot easily navigate the forum and read the numerous threads about the same issue...

[owlcatz]

Oh no! Your account may had been scammed or hacked. You should immediately report authorities and the developers

Lol... who? What? Nobody will care but funny laugh!

[Vikhy]

How do i earn merit ? It's really hard to earn them and people usually don't merit me . What are the odds of people gifting me merit, no matter how good the post is ?

[suchmoon]

How do i earn merit ? It's really hard to earn them and people usually don't merit me . What are the odds of people gifting me merit, no matter how good the post is ?

Your odds are quite bad. Most of your posts are useless one-liners. Here's a massive wall-quote with one word added: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2956049.msg36015072#msg36015072

[Steamtyme]

How do i earn merit ? It's really hard to earn them and people usually don't merit me . What are the odds of people gifting me merit, no matter how good the post is ?

I wouldn't take those odds and I enjoy a good gamble.

Your posts will need to be "good" at least in the eyes of a potential meriter. You will also want to make sure you are on topic in the thread, just because Merit is in the title doesn't mean it is the place to ask about merit.

You need to figure out why you want Merit, is it just to make more money from your signature campaign? If so you will never get there. There are a few threads that try to give you an idea, most of them center around putting in effort to become better than you are. Not meant to be rude but you need to develop enough knowledge to contribute to a conversation or even help someone. You may also try and check out your local board, I know the posts don't count for your Sig but there is a better chance of you posting something meaningful in your native tongue.

You can start here for a guide