Merit & new rank requirements

[Ikonik]

Getting that merit gathering seems very difficult. But I got a merit. This makes me happy and will continue to make valuable posts

You're a Facebook and Twitter spammer, none of those posts is valuable.

How you can call  him a spammer?He is just doing his job as Bounty Hunter.Your job is signature campagne BHunter and his twitter and facebook.Are you signature spammer?
I guess not,i didn´t prove it yet,but everyone get what they deserve,right?But how about this:

"Merit system has a purpose of quality posts being posted in the BITCOIN FORUM. But as you go through a topic in the BITCOIN FORUM you will realize that there are only few fixed members who are posting the required way , whereas , others are still posting as if they are only required to have a post daily or so. These members are generally of higher ranks and already merited. However , on the other side it is completely reversed . Even if the BITCOIN FORUM members , who are ranked newbie or junior member, are posting quality posts as per the guidelines, then also they are not getting any merit which is affecting their rank a lot. This has become a headache for some and is not really appreciated because despite the the work required accordingly, they are not being rewarded. "
Said a guy just after your reply.Thats my thoughts also,lot of you Legenderys got your rank with spaming forums with "high quality posts" (not saying you are the one of them,don´t know you) and job is done.Now you can offend others becouse you are a LEGEND ?

You can call me a spammer,i´m not writing all my post just becouse i have my own opinion and want it to share with all legends here to get merits.I just want to get enough post to be part of some twitter campagne.Just like you at the begining.And we all have a same goal!

I really hope that you have no idea what you are talking about. I will not discuss who is LoyceV,  and what he is done for cryptocurrency community, I'm gonna mention that he is a merit source, but calling him a signature spammer you have to be out of your mind. Check his post history and tell me if you can compare it to yours?

Here is not a place to "work", if you support a project you can put the signature while you discuss different subjects, express your opinion or helping the others. This is not turning you into a worker and for sure this is not a way to make a living out if it.
It should be just a hobby , but spammers like you are abusing the forum and turning it in a main income source.

This is the difference. We have jobs, we have good salaries and here we are trying to popularize the cryptocurrency to be worldwide accepted.
You are just after the easy money, the more, the better. This is what is wrong.

I think you have misunderstood my post and you have not read it properly

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[JayJuanGee]

Getting that merit gathering seems very difficult. But I got a merit. This makes me happy and will continue to make valuable posts

You're a Facebook and Twitter spammer, none of those posts is valuable.

How you can call  him a spammer?He is just doing his job as Bounty Hunter.Your job is signature campagne BHunter and his twitter and facebook.Are you signature spammer?
I guess not,i didn´t prove it yet,but everyone get what they deserve,right?But how about this:

"Merit system has a purpose of quality posts being posted in the BITCOIN FORUM. But as you go through a topic in the BITCOIN FORUM you will realize that there are only few fixed members who are posting the required way , whereas , others are still posting as if they are only required to have a post daily or so. These members are generally of higher ranks and already merited. However , on the other side it is completely reversed . Even if the BITCOIN FORUM members , who are ranked newbie or junior member, are posting quality posts as per the guidelines, then also they are not getting any merit which is affecting their rank a lot. This has become a headache for some and is not really appreciated because despite the the work required accordingly, they are not being rewarded. "
Said a guy just after your reply.Thats my thoughts also,lot of you Legenderys got your rank with spaming forums with "high quality posts" (not saying you are the one of them,don´t know you) and job is done.Now you can offend others becouse you are a LEGEND ?

You can call me a spammer,i´m not writing all my post just becouse i have my own opinion and want it to share with all legends here to get merits.I just want to get enough post to be part of some twitter campagne.Just like you at the begining.And we all have a same goal!

I really hope that you have no idea what you are talking about. I will not discuss who is LoyceV,  and what he is done for cryptocurrency community, I'm gonna mention that he is a merit source, but calling him a signature spammer you have to be out of your mind. Check his post history and tell me if you can compare it to yours?

Here is not a place to "work", if you support a project you can put the signature while you discuss different subjects, express your opinion or helping the others. This is not turning you into a worker and for sure this is not a way to make a living out if it.
It should be just a hobby , but spammers like you are abusing the forum and turning it in a main income source.

This is the difference. We have jobs, we have good salaries and here we are trying to popularize the cryptocurrency to be worldwide accepted.
You are just after the easy money, the more, the better. This is what is wrong.

I think you have misunderstood my post and you have not read it properly

Nah.. you are not being misunderstood.

You are engaging in an attack on higher ranked members and attempting to cause them to be your equals (even though you have no rank here).  So in essence you are attempting to substantiate bullshit arguments by using a lot of words and just wasting time on such a focus, when you likely could be able to contribute to the forum by focusing your energies more effectively to attempt to help other members rather than engaging in state of "bitter."    

Yeah.. you don't want to engage in substantive contributions to the forum because you are likely either a shill or a bounty hunter... amirite?   

[BDilshan]

In addition to activity, everyone now has a merit score, and you need both a certain activity level and a certain merit score in order to reach higher member ranks. The required scores are:

Rank	Required activity	Required merit
Brand new	0	0
Newbie	1	0
Jr Member	30	0
Member	60	10
Full Member	120	100
Sr. Member	240	250
Hero Member	480	500
Legendary	Random in the range 775-1030	1000

You get merit points when someone sends you some for one of your posts. Additionally, when someone sends you merit points, half of those points can be sent by you to other people.

Certain users are designated as "merit sources". They can create new merit out of nothing, up to a limited number per month (which differs per source). I will not be posting a definitive list of merit sources (so that people don't bug them too much), though you'll soon figure out who they are if you pay attention.

There is currently no such thing as a "demerit". I'm hoping that the positive merits alone will be fine. I could add demerits pretty easily later on if necessary, though.

I'm hoping that this system will increase post quality by:
 - Forcing people to post high-quality stuff in order to rank up. If you just post garbage, you will never get even 1 merit point, and you will therefore never be able to put links in your signature, etc.
 - Highlighting good posts with the "Merited by" line.

While we will not be directly moderating this, I encourage people to give merit to posts that are objectively high-quality, not just posts that you agree with.

Do not beg for merit excessively.

Useful infographics

Forum users have helpfully created some infographics to explain the merit system:
paxmao's infographic
ibminer's infographic
8Habits's infographic
JetSet11's infographic
zentdex's infographic
alia_armelle's infographic

If you want to be a merit source:

 1. Be a somewhat established member.
 2. Collect TEN posts written in the last couple of months by other people that have not received nearly enough merit for how good they are, and post quotes for them all in a new Meta thread. The point of this is to demonstrate your ability to give out merit usefully.
 3. We will take a look at your history and maybe make you a source.

I am especially eager to have merit sources in sub-communities such as the local sections.

Trivia:

For current members, your initial merit score is equal to the minimum required to your rank. Of that, a certain amount (less than the usual half) is spendable. The spendable amount was calculated based on your current rank and the number of activity points you earned in the last year. A Legendary member who hasn't posted in the last year would still be Legendary, but would not have any spendable merit.

If someone sends you 1 merit, the 0.5 sMerit is not wasted; it is just not shown until you get another merit point.

There are stats here, and you can find someone's merit summary by clicking the "merit" link on their profile.

How does the rank affect to the signature campaigns. i.e. higher ranks gets more stakes?

[DdmrDdmr]

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How does the rank affect to the signature campaigns. i.e. higher ranks gets more stakes?

Please refrain from doing massive quotes. Quotes should normally be limited to a certain phrase/paragraph you want to focus on. Exceptionally, the whole text may be quotes to archive the post’s content.

The answer is yes, stakes do vary with rank normally, although there are a few campaigns that require a minimum rank and treat all included ranks the same. Also, the signature size and content vary depending on the rank. Often campaign avatar is added from full member onwards. Check through any of the Bounties (Altcoin) section to see examples.

[stingers]

So there has been a message from theymos to merit sources stating :

Code:

(This message is being sent to most merit sources.)

Previously, you may have noticed that there was a bug in the algorithm which calculated your source merit, causing your source merit to replenish less than intended. The algorithm has now been adjusted to hopefully fix this. As a side-effect, your non-source sMerit may also have changed.

The intended behavior is that if you send x source merit, then you'll get x source merit back 30 days after that send. (Not in a monthly lump.)

Let me know if you still see any anomalies.

Did someone notice any change in his Source merit status?

[Vod]

Did someone notice any change in his Source merit status?

I didn't - but I wasn't paying attention prior.

For the last couple months, I have been receiving sMerit on a daily basis, so I assumed it was working as intended...

[Real14Hero]

Where can I see my sent/received merit that I had sent/received before 120 days?
There must be some place where the records must have been stored. Eh?

[tranthidung]

Where can I see my sent/received merit that I had sent/received before 120 days?
There must be some place where the records must have been stored. Eh?

You can use search function of the forum to find where it is.
I don't remember but Theymos published merit data on monthly basis.
If you want to have your full merit history, you should download raw data from Theymos source monthly, then save those files for later use.
Link  to merit data
Note:
I will update the thread with link to merit data, but it might be good if you can find it by yourself.

[ALEX JAHID]

Where can I see my sent/received merit that I had sent/received before 120 days?
There must be some place where the records must have been stored. Eh?

Yes you sent Merit to 7 people and you got Merit from 2 people.Merit systems have been used to verify the knowledge of.so Help with those who deserve Merit.
There are many "tools" to check it, as the forum does store the information only for the last 120 days, follow this link > https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4444830.0

[TheBeardedBaby]

Where can I see my sent/received merit that I had sent/received before 120 days?
There must be some place where the records must have been stored. Eh?

There are many "tools" to check it, as the forum does store the information only for the last 120 days, follow this link > https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4444830.0

[ionabori]

So there has been a message from theymos to merit sources stating :

Code:

(This message is being sent to most merit sources.)

Previously, you may have noticed that there was a bug in the algorithm which calculated your source merit, causing your source merit to replenish less than intended. The algorithm has now been adjusted to hopefully fix this. As a side-effect, your non-source sMerit may also have changed.

The intended behavior is that if you send x source merit, then you'll get x source merit back 30 days after that send. (Not in a monthly lump.)

Let me know if you still see any anomalies.

Did someone notice any change in his Source merit status?

How was this leaked ? Did a merit source reveal this information ? In my opinion, it should not have been made public as it discloses the identity of merit source posting this. That information was kept private for some purpose.

[TheQuin]

That information was kept private for some purpose.

To give the Merit Sources the choice if they wanted to go public or not. Quite a few of have made the decision to announce it and there is up to them.

[TheBeardedBaby]

Talking about merit sources, there is one more from today(?)
Congrats to whoever got elected

There are 82 merit sources with a total merit generation of up to 18900 sMerit per 30 days

[chenpa]

i have those account for 4 years but i not using... only reading and now i see i need merit...  this is very stupid

[ALEX JAHID]

i have those account for 4 years but i not using... only reading and now i see i need merit...  this is very stupid

You opened the account 4 years ago but you did not post any reason, because of your activity and Merit, nothing happens and now the Merit system is closed. Now merit is seen in the qualification. So now if you want to get the Merit, you will have to help the food and Bitcoin Relative will have a good post. Then you get the Merit.

[chenpa]

i have those account for 4 years but i not using... only reading and now i see i need merit...  this is very stupid

You opened the account 4 years ago but you did not post any reason, because of your activity and Merit, nothing happens and now the Merit system is closed. Now merit is seen in the qualification. So now if you want to get the Merit, you will have to help the food and Bitcoin Relative will have a good post. Then you get the Merit.

i am very bad in english ... i know to read but to write is hard for me  i can't help people xD

[TheBeardedBaby]

i am very bad in english ... i know to read but to write is hard for me  i can't help people xD

Try your local board then,maybe you get a better chance, and just a friendly advice - take away what you have in your signature, you don't want trouble.

Edited: My bad. Learned new thing today
Listen to TheQuin

That's good advice about using the local boards. Also, try and improve your English, it will help in many aspects of life. There's nothing wrong with that signature, you are allowed to advertise your referral links there, but not to put them in posts.

[simonova]

i am very bad in english ... i know to read but to write is hard for me  i can't help people xD

Everyone has got strengths and weakness. You should focus on strengths. If you want to get merits but cannot write good posts, there are other options like making posts with stats useful for members.

Otherwise, utilize your reading skills and learn about good potential coins to invest now. Use that knowledge to earn money by trading, you will make much more in comparison to bounties.

[TheQuin]

i am very bad in english ... i know to read but to write is hard for me  i can't help people xD

Try your local board then,maybe you get a better chance, and just a friendly advice - take away what you have in your signature, you don't want trouble.

That's good advice about using the local boards. Also, try and improve your English, it will help in many aspects of life. There's nothing wrong with that signature, you are allowed to advertise your referral links there, but not to put them in posts.

[coinlocket$]

Weekly report

One merit sources has been added

Based on your continous analysis on merit distributions in the forum, I have a feeling that the weekly distributed merits has been almost stable with the range from 4000 to 5000 points.
It has been actually sometimes higher, sometimes lower but not significant changes.

Was we have more and more sourcers now, so the weekly usage will increase a litte but since they are added recently they boost up the weekly Smerit, in few week it will decrease again around 4.2-4.5 k /w