Merit & new rank requirements

[Robofus]

I was interested in this merit system today for the first time (after losing my account, not very active, of  2013)

How did you lose your account?

I used many email addresses and different names at a time when I needed anonymity. And my hard drive having all registered accesses is dead, without backup (I have save my wallet.dat, happily   )

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[LoyceV]

Nice one ,forum moderator can we have a demerit button on dashboard too? I think this forum deserves one

If you wouldn't just be fishing for Merit by spamming Meta instead of Altcoin Discussion, I would recommend you to read the discussion in LoyceV's deMerit source application.

[TryNinja]

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Why do you think he is cheating? (trading/buying merit?)
Do you think that just because he is new, he can't get merited? Both users who merited him are legit and trusted. There is no cheating.

Also, you don't get any merit because you're only spamming the forum with your bounty reports. You will never get a single merit with those (so, enjoy being a Newbie)

btw, almost 800 posts and 0 merits is quite an achievement lol

[TryNinja]

You're right. I'm just a little bounty hunter! In your eyes is a garbage maker! But I'm trying to learn the rules here!

Do all the bounty you want. But keep your spam in your area (Altcoin Board) and don't complain about not getting any merit.

[RivAngE]

What happened with the merit giveaway threads? If you don't know what I mean, I'm talking about threads where people where putting their effort in the attention of merit sources and/or users with a lot of sMerits.
I feel like I'll be stuck forever in a few merits before Full Member... give me a damn hat to wear already!

[S_Therapist]

I feel like I'll be stuck forever in a few merits before Full Member.

It depends on your post quality after all. Why do you think you are stuck in while you are posting in altcoin ann? For your info, most of the people who care about the forum, don't like the altcoin discussion garbage mostly. I personally rarely visit altcoin boards just because I don't find anything worthy. I believe most of the merit sources also don't visit those boards. I can remember only once I had seen suchmoon to give merit someone in altcoin boards.
You may post quality posts on that board but people don't see those because of the garbage. Therefore, possibility of getting merit from that board is near zero. I have seen you to post on other board too but I didn't find one to spend a merit there.

[RivAngE]

I feel like I'll be stuck forever in a few merits before Full Member.

It depends on your post quality after all. Why do you think you are stuck in while you are posting in altcoin ann? For your info, most of the people who care about the forum, don't like the altcoin discussion garbage mostly. I personally rarely visit altcoin boards just because I don't find anything worthy. I believe most of the merit sources also don't visit those boards. I can remember only once I had seen suchmoon to give merit someone in altcoin boards.
You may post quality posts on that board but people don't see those because of the garbage. Therefore, possibility of getting merit from that board is near zero. I have seen you to post on other board too but I didn't find one to spend a merit there.

I know most of the posts there are made of bots and/or immature people, resulting in the garbage you're saying. But since I'm around the crypto-space for about 1.5 years I don't think I have anything special to offer in the Bitcoin forum where many veterans are gathered. I prefer to talk about general price analysis and about the few altcoins I've researched, providing feedback whenever I can.

It's just discouraging to not only for my effort to go un-merited, but to also see many random posts getting highly merited (like the one I've mentioned here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.msg48484477#msg48484477)

[LoyceV]

It's just discouraging to not only for my effort to go un-merited, but to also see many random posts getting highly merited (like the one I've mentioned here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.msg48484477#msg48484477)

You're probably better off not comparing yourself to obvious merit abuse.

If I interpret this post from theymos slightly out of context:

~ if they have decent posts, by all means, give them the 250 or 500 merit that they need to rank-up.

You're not a spammer, you engage in decent conversation, and you use the forum as a forum instead of an ATM. I think you deserve the Merit needed to rank up.

I'm posting this here as a reference in case someone wonders/questions why I went on a meriting spree
Note: sending Merit doesn't necessarily mean I agree with a post.

[Gloverwrt]

Note: sending Merit doesn't necessarily mean I agree with a post.

On the contrary merits should not be giving out just cause a user agrees with the post, but it's relevance and quality.
This only comes into the context when discussion forum politics.
On the general discussion board. It's not opinions which are posted but relevant, factual discussion about cryptocurrency.

[RivAngE]

It's just discouraging to not only for my effort to go un-merited, but to also see many random posts getting highly merited (like the one I've mentioned here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.msg48484477#msg48484477)

You're probably better off not comparing yourself to obvious merit abuse.

If I interpret this post from theymos slightly out of context:

~ if they have decent posts, by all means, give them the 250 or 500 merit that they need to rank-up.

You're not a spammer, you engage in decent conversation, and you use the forum as a forum instead of an ATM. I think you deserve the Merit needed to rank up.

I'm posting this here as a reference in case someone wonders/questions why I went on a meriting spree
Note: sending Merit doesn't necessarily mean I agree with a post.

OMG thanks a lot!!! <3
Mr. Merit Santa came just in time! 

[Kopyleft]

I am now looking for a way to get merits and looking for people who have done it, one way is to give an outstanding post like a study or catching scam ICO, these are two ways to get merit in my opinion.

Your post or reply does not have to be outstanding inorder to get merits. Other members are more concerned with your level of contributions amd post history.

If a shit poster makes a one off pots which is quality, they're less likely to get merits due to their post history, other members believe they would give back to spamming for signature campaigns.

Join discussions and contribute
Read a lot, to gain knowledge
Make quality posts and if you can, uncover scams
Only contribute when you have something relevant to add to the discussion.

[Myke500]

Join discussions and contribute
Read a lot, to gain knowledge
Make quality posts and if you can, uncover scams
Only contribute when you have something relevant to add to the discussion.

Basically, the goal is not to be here hunting and asking for merit.  It is to be a genuine contributor  to the community, help to advance the community with useful discussion. 
Quality over quantity. 
The forum is a great place to learn and grow your own knowledge of a wide variety of topics in the Cryptospace. 

[coinlocket$]

Update



From volatility like bitcoin to stability as stablecoin, "Evolution of the merit system, Vol II"

[tranthidung]

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Weekly merit has decreased gradually, but it has still been in normal range.

Code:

. list week merit

     +-----------------+
     |    week   merit |
     |-----------------|
  1. |  2018w4   30949 |
  2. |  2018w5   19958 |
  3. |  2018w6   13304 |
  4. |  2018w7   11722 |
  5. |  2018w8    8758 |
     |-----------------|
  6. |  2018w9    8806 |
  7. | 2018w10    7253 |
  8. | 2018w11    7309 |
  9. | 2018w12    6941 |
 10. | 2018w13    6707 |
     |-----------------|
 11. | 2018w14    6415 |
 12. | 2018w15    5487 |
 13. | 2018w16    4631 |
 14. | 2018w17    4585 |
 15. | 2018w18    4953 |
     |-----------------|
 16. | 2018w19    4753 |
 17. | 2018w20    4346 |
 18. | 2018w21    3854 |
 19. | 2018w22    4183 |
 20. | 2018w23    4527 |
     |-----------------|
 21. | 2018w24    3818 |
 22. | 2018w25    4921 |
 23. | 2018w26    4457 |
 24. | 2018w27    4253 |
 25. | 2018w28    4239 |
     |-----------------|
 26. | 2018w29    4159 |
 27. | 2018w30    3652 |
 28. | 2018w31    3798 |
 29. | 2018w32    3994 |
 30. | 2018w33    3618 |
     |-----------------|
 31. | 2018w34    3789 |
 32. | 2018w35    3065 |
 33. | 2018w36    3574 |
 34. | 2018w37    5630 |
 35. | 2018w38    7825 |
     |-----------------|
 36. | 2018w39    4388 |
 37. | 2018w40    4271 |
 38. | 2018w41    3800 |
 39. | 2018w42    4821 |
 40. | 2018w43    3945 |
     |-----------------|
 41. | 2018w44    3339 |
 42. | 2018w45    4513 |
 43. | 2018w46    3722 |
 44. | 2018w47    4558 |
 45. | 2018w48    3750 |
     |-----------------|
 46. | 2018w49    3560 |
 47. | 2018w50    3782 |
 48. | 2018w51    3753 |
     +-----------------+

By saying 'normal range', I meant those recent weeks have not stood beyond the range from Q1 - 1.5*IQR and Q3 + 1.5*IQR, or not above 6652 nor below 2080. If you have interest in my analysis, please visit my topic for full details.

Time Series Plot

Basic statistics

Both mean and median of the truncated data have decreased a little bit than figures of truncated dataset from 24/1/2018 to 02/12/2018.
The mean decreased from 4864 to 4785, whilst the median fell from 4388 to 4309.

Potential outliers
IQR = | Q1 - Q3 | = | 4937 - 3794 | = 1143.
1.5*IQR = 1143 * 1.5 = 1714.5
Q1 - 1.5 IQR = 3794 - 1714.5 = 2079.5 ~ 2080.
Q3 + 1.5 IQR = 4937 + 1714.5 = 6651.5 ~ 6652.
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11 weeks are potential outliers in total (results shown below), and none of them occured in the recent weeks.  
 
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[suchmoon]

Congratulations to the new merit sources:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats=sources

There are 123 merit sources with a total merit generation of up to 20735 sMerit per 30 days

[tranthidung]

Congratulations!
But, how many merit sources raised than the previous ones?
123 merit sources in total for now.

Congratulations to the new merit sources:
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More interestingly, we have seen the new All-Time-Low of intraday merits on 24Dec 2018, GMT time, with 312 merits distributed during the day (the day with id #335 in LoyceV's original dataset).

My newest full analysis is available there:
Update on daily merits from 24/1/2018 to 31/12/2018

[TryNinja]

Congratulations!
But, how many merit sources raised than the previous ones?
123 merit sources in total for now.

Congratulations to the new merit sources:
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IIRC, there was 120 merit sources before. So, theymos added 3 new sources.

[TheBeardedBaby]

IIRC, there was 120 merit sources before. So, theymos added 3 new sources.

I think they were 119 after QA was removed from the merit source community. So there are 4 new ones. I would love to know who are the new ones. I guess pugman is one of them.

[TryNinja]

IIRC, there was 120 merit sources before. So, theymos added 3 new sources.

I think they were 119 after QA was removed from the merit source community. So there are 4 new ones. I would love to know who are the new ones. I guess pugman is one of them.

I read somewhere that there was 120, but I can't find the post anymore.

We know who are 2 of the new ones: ETFbitcoin and o_e_l_e_o

[asche]

IIRC, there was 120 merit sources before. So, theymos added 3 new sources.

I think they were 119 after QA was removed from the merit source community. So there are 4 new ones. I would love to know who are the new ones. I guess pugman is one of them.

I read somewhere that there was 120, but I can't find the post anymore.

We know who are 2 of the new ones: ETFbitcoin and o_e_l_e_o

There are 3 more now.

Here is the link you are looking for :

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats=sources