Merit & new rank requirements

[DdmrDdmr]

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You do realized that, even if deleting your merits were to be feasible, coherence would lead to your rank being realigned to match the merit counter value of cero, and thus de-rank you all the way back to Newbie, right?

(you do post images every now and then, so at least conceptually holding on to one Merit would be a better plead target).

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[PIOUPIOU99]

Yes, it doesn't matter.

it's done, it was not a ploy

Thanks for the help .

[LoyceV]

Yes, it doesn't matter.

it's done, it was not a ploy

Wow! Your post is definitely worth reading, because I haven't seen this happen at someone's request before! But I won't be the one to spoil your precious Newbie-status.

Screenshot:

[Csmiami]

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Holy crap!

Looks like Bpip has handled that quite nicely, it does only display 0 merit altough 44 earned...

Bad news for the Merit Dashboard; I believe we're going to have to wait until next friday to see how it handels that update...

I've PM'd ddmrddmr, because this morning we were talkng about a similar scenario in the spanish board; maybe he can hand-scrape this particular case

[fillippone]

Yes, it doesn't matter.

it's done, it was not a ploy

Wow! Your post is definitely worth reading, because I haven't seen this happen at someone's request before! But I won't be the one to spoil your precious Newbie-status.

Screenshot:

Had to be done.

[Rizzrack]

Had to be done.

LOL ! Poor guy...

[TryNinja]

Wow! Your post is definitely worth reading, because I haven't seen this happen at someone's request before! But I won't be the one to spoil your precious Newbie-status.

Do you think giving him 44 merits again would be treated as a bad joke?

Just kidding. But if people keep meriting him, I don't think theymos will keep deleting them, right?

[fillippone]

Wow! Your post is definitely worth reading, because I haven't seen this happen at someone's request before! But I won't be the one to spoil your precious Newbie-status.

Do you think giving him 44 merits again would be treated as a bad joke?

Just kidding. But if people keep meriting him, I don't think theymos will keep deleting them, right?

Only one way to find out.

[JayJuanGee]

Wow! Your post is definitely worth reading, because I haven't seen this happen at someone's request before! But I won't be the one to spoil your precious Newbie-status.

Do you think giving him 44 merits again would be treated as a bad joke?

Just kidding. But if people keep meriting him, I don't think theymos will keep deleting them, right?

Only one way to find out.

I could not help myself, either...

what is one merit thrown into the ether, anyhow?  It's like the mining of the genesis block with 50 BTC that cannot be spent.

[DavidPham]

Something interesting. So I understand why my account was created in 2016 but I'm still newbie status 

[Bitcoin_Arena]

Something interesting. So I understand why my account was created in 2016 but I'm still newbie status  

Yep things have changed now. Creating an account and the going away for years and then coming back, expecting it to have ranked up is now like just lying on top of a woman expecting the earthquake to do the job, It's not gonna work without any effort  

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Something interesting. So I understand why my account was created in 2016 but I'm still newbie status  

There was a new Merit system introduced a couple of years ago, essentially it was to stop shit posters & people account farming.

You need a certain amount of Merit (plus the relevant Activity) to increase your account rank. Merit is distributed between forum members for what each individual determines a high quality or useful post.

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

[DavidPham]

Something interesting. So I understand why my account was created in 2016 but I'm still newbie status  

Yep things have changed now. Creating an account and the going away for years and then coming back, expecting it to have ranked up is now like just lying on top of a woman expecting the earthquake to do the job, It's not gonna work without any effort  

LOL you see I'm not an idiot.
Just wanted to say that I learned something new.
The issue of account rank for me doesn't matter LOL

[JayJuanGee]

Something interesting. So I understand why my account was created in 2016 but I'm still newbie status  

Yep things have changed now. Creating an account and the going away for years and then coming back, expecting it to have ranked up is now like just lying on top of a woman expecting the earthquake to do the job, It's not gonna work without any effort  

LOL you see I'm not an idiot.
Just wanted to say that I learned something new.
The issue of account rank for me doesn't matter LOL

That is one of your longest posts, to date.  Wow, DavidPham!!  Three sentences.

Maybe if you created some posts that were more than just a few words each, then some members might recognize you as someone who is contributing to the substance of whatever thread in which you decide to post?

I don't buy it that you do not care at all about your rank because otherwise you would not have posted in this topic and make your observation about your current "newbie" rank/status.

By the way, I do agree with any underlying premise that you might have been suggesting that in order to participate in the forum, including reading posts, your rank does not matter one bit for those kinds of activities; however, even though I have not been obsessed with my own personal rank, I have found that there can be some value in being taken more seriously by members when you have earned some merits (rank, etc.)...   And, for example, if you are recognized in the forum, then sometimes other members will be very helpful in answering many questions that you might have, even if they are convoluted or weird...... and sometimes there can be some value, in a forum like this, to be able to bring up certain topics or even to hone in on certain ideas and get people to want to respond to your questions and to take some of your points, somewhat seriously... especially if they are related to bitcoin, but sometimes there might be some desires to touch upon some other topics, too. 

I will agree that rank is not the be all end all, even if it brings some credibility and status within the forum......

[BTCLiz]

Something interesting. So I understand why my account was created in 2016 but I'm still newbie status 

Imagine an account created in 2012. That would be really awkward. Activity and merits play a huge role in this forum.

[NimbleGo]

Something interesting. So I understand why my account was created in 2016 but I'm still newbie status 

Imagine an account created in 2012. That would be really awkward. Activity and merits play a huge role in this forum.

So I still cannot understand how to receive merits. May u tell me how to do it?

[Csmiami]

So I still cannot understand how to receive merits. May u tell me how to do it?

You make a quality post---Some user with Smerits sees it and if they think it deserves merit, they send the merit.

[NimbleGo]

So I still cannot understand how to receive merits. May u tell me how to do it?

You make a quality post---Some user with Smerits sees it and if they think it deserves merit, they send the merit.

May u send me just one merit please. Because I cannot texting please

[Csmiami]

So I still cannot understand how to receive merits. May u tell me how to do it?

You make a quality post---Some user with Smerits sees it and if they think it deserves merit, they send the merit.

May u send me just one merit please. Because I cannot texting please

LOL, NO

[SFR10]

May u send me just one merit please. Because I cannot texting please

Don't beg for it, earn it...
- I'm guessing by "texting" you meant about limits on sending PM's, am I right?

• If the answer is "YES", then you could lift that limit ^{[to an extent]} by purchasing a "copper membership".
  ^{- Read: New PM limits}