How the new rules "Merits" will affect on the promotion of altcoins?

[chocolaty]

I think it is a good basis for leveling up. This will reduce nonsense posts in this forum and people who used to spam just to meet up their quota posts and deadlines will think twice before posting. However, this new rule is not convenient for newbies. They still do not know much about stuffs here and they have tendencies of asking questions that may seem nonsense or too logical for people who already know much. That's the downside of this new update.

[Mehdecline]

While it's good for people who are knowledgeable, newbies like me who usually just ask questions will be unlikely to gain merits.. 

[RomanPetrush]

Would be good to have Merit as the activity at the start, cause for junior member if that account has 2 days before new rank, then it's not enough the merit for new rank.
So at the start of this system i'd connect merit with activity.

[Freezingel]

What do you think about the new rules (merit) of the Bitcointalk forum? Do you think this is good or not?)
Because of this rule of participants in altcoin bounty campaigns will be less?

Why is this in this section in the first place, for me I like the new rules because it prevents some people to make a lot of accounts to farm from signature campaign. Infact it's better if the participants will be less because the amount that we can get is higher aswell. With this system people will be forced to contribute to discussion to earn merit in order to rank up instead of spamming.

[De_nis]

Is it possible to offer to exchange "merit" in the topics of posts-This will not be a violation of the rules? If possible, let's try to do this?) 

[Wondervhel]

I need that Bitcointalk interface should be faster for this kind of collecting points.
Maybe if they lower the required points to reasonable amount. I could be wrong.
Maybe people adopt the new system better and start rewarding others.

[haidangtp]

I feel confused with "merit" and do not understand how to use it. I read this topic and understood a bit more. But if I no longer "merit" then how?

[The Sceptical Chymist]

i dont  have many information about the new rules (merit). i read some posting of my friend that the new rule is important to minimize spam post. we should make a good posting with the high quality.

Spoken like a no-English shitposter who's only on bitcointalk to spam. 

I think the new thing is interesting, but tagging shitposters is still very useful, as it disqualifies them from some campaigns.  In any case, I'm curious to see what effect this is going to have.

[Davehad]

I've searched for "merit" on the forum and can't see any official post for it - can you point me in the right direction - i..e where's the official post describing it?

[Protected101]

Bitcointalk made a new rule to avoid those shit post ,it can make us strive to post in a constructive post in forum.Its a new challenge for us bitcoiners we need a lot of knowledge and learnings in bitcoin to made a post with sense and helpful.

[Olena9797]

From one side it means less spam, less multiply accounts, better posts quality. But from enother side maybe this will push people to create new market for sail and exchange of merits. Who knows. Lets see what it will lead to.
PS just fill pity that my full member ill get minimum in 3-4 month)))

[qiman]

Hopefully this will weed out all the cheaters who have made such a mess in the bounty sections of the forum and also making all these multiple accounts just for their own greed. I do not like it when others are working hard to make ends meet or help their families but on the other hand you have gangsters and fraudsters farming multiple accounts on Bitcointalk because they are so unkind and greedy and want to steal other people's living. So yes, this is a good idea the merit system.

[Maveth13]

Is it possible to offer to exchange "merit" in the topics of posts-This will not be a violation of the rules? If possible, let's try to do this?) 

The main purpose the system is to encourage users to make meaningful and constructive posts. What's more important is it makes it harder for broken-english(like yourself) shitposters to rank up.
And here you are trying to find ways to exploit the system to the point where you're basically begging for merit points.

[kryptqnick]

What do you think about the new rules (merit) of the Bitcointalk forum? Do you think this is good or not?)

Looks like you're misplaced for discussion, this is an altcoin section.
Apart from that, merit system is very good because it can distinguish accounts that do shitpost with account that do constructive post. we dont need The Pharmacist anymore

I agree that this thread belongs and Meta and that in general this idea is good. But it will take some time for users to adapt and really start giving merit to others. I guess we should consider them as likes on facebook, so merit should be given if the post is helpful or if one agrees with that.
As for the op's question about agreeing to give merit - I don't think it's illegal yet, but I suppose it is a bad idea to do that, since the whole merit idea wouldn't make sense then.
It is truly hard to make serious contribution to the discussions on the forum, but at least merit system will stimulate to read more post and try to write something useful.

[mainconcept]

I've searched for "merit" on the forum and can't see any official post for it - can you point me in the right direction - i..e where's the official post describing it?

Here is the official announcment of the new merit systeme and the new rank requirements: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

I think it is a step in the right direction. It encourages people to post meaningful an constructive posts instead of flooding the forum with useless spam.

[jbautistangina]

Hello i am newbie to this forum and this is my very first time to comment,I am too is curious about this merit system and after reading here for about an hour what i have learn is,this new system will prevent spammers from doing shit posting here and for newbies like me this forum would be very important in my learning process and such spam posts would lead me some confusion about cryptocurrency.Overall i see this merit system as a positive thing for newbies like me,we wont get misleading informations from these spammers,am i right?

You are absolutely right,this system will prevent shitposting in bitcointalk,thus theese account farmers wont have any chance to rank up fast than the usual.Hopefully the community will give a positive feedback regarding this new system because if not theymos might remove it in the future but in overall this system will surely help bitcointalk community.

[Marco Ambrusini]

this is a really good initiative.it will go a long way to help deter people from spamming and creating shitpost.

[jimmywh]

Is it possible to offer to exchange "merit" in the topics of posts-This will not be a violation of the rules? If possible, let's try to do this?) 

The main purpose the system is to encourage users to make meaningful and constructive posts. What's more important is it makes it harder for broken-english(like yourself) shitposters to rank up.
And here you are trying to find ways to exploit the system to the point where you're basically begging for merit points.

I agree about encouraging meaningful and constructive posts. However, shittalking people who's english capabilities are below average is a punch below the belt. Be better than that.

[kevoh]

As long as it will help resolve the lack of quality topics that is replete on the Bitcoin discussion board, then I am down with the merit system. I am already tired of seeing 'How bitcoin affects your life' type of threads. It's frustrating.

[thesavoyard]

Seems like it may be as flawed as a meritocracy.  How exactly does it work? If you have an unpopular opinion, even if it's fact-based, can other users vote you down?