Merit not for sale!

[Oilacris]

I hope everybody would be fair about this new feature implemented by admin theymos.
This thread is for the purpose of awareness that merit is given to a constructive and quality post. I have made a thread here in the market place section, hoping that there will not be such things like buying and selling merits. Let's work with our own asses.

P.S.
OP  is not asking attention, read and understand.  Obedience is better than sacrifice.

You cant avoid on the situation where there are really people who do tend to sell their merits since they do able to see that this is a thing which is valuable now for people in able for their ranks to go higher and instances on selling it out is there but i would say it would be useless since there are lots of eyes which would really check if somethings wrong on the merits being exchange of or being putted. Negative trust would be expected on this between the sender and receiver specially when the merits being accredited to a post which is total garbage and doesnt really worth of on putting a merit.

[DU18]

Though merit is not for sell but some people will do this business anyhow.I saw in local board people are wanting merit for btc.So it's really hard to stop those activities We should be fare and give any members smerits for.high quality posts.

I also noticed that some people are talking about just merit on Meta section seeking DT members attention to get merits.

[kryptqnick]

Perhaps many buy and sell merit points in secret, I think it is very difficult to get merit points, most people will probably take a shortcut, maybe they have multiple accounts to send each other..

I agree, it is actually not that easy to track merit sells, especially if they are not made in big amounts and arranged somehow outside the forum or in local boards. However, I guess the system will work fine eventually. It is just that some improvements and explanations should be made.
Maybe it would be a good idea to set a limit of 5 merits one can give to one post, for example. At the same time, some encouraging actions should be made, because I have this feeling that most of people ignore the merits they can give to others and even when they agree with a person they don't merit him/her.

[uptown04]

personally i think that this merit system have complicated the system a bit, the logic after it is good I like it, as much there are quality posts the better would this forum be but we are gonna see how merit affects the quality of posts and will people be fair to give merits.

[Tyrantt]

Tracking merit sales can be hard and I'm trying to think of a way to track it down or prevent it, but I'm slowly getting to conclusion that it might not be possible at all.

Whoever want's to sell/buy, they can make a group on telegram or whatever and use different names and make a deal, it's simply too hard to prevent it.

The only thing that's coming to mind right now is like the upvote system. Like where people would upvote comments and if that one got ~5-10 upvotes, they'd receive a merit point, of course then sMerit would be removed.

This is the same situation as with illegal trades around the world, it's illegal but people will still try to do it somehow to get some more money, it's pretty normal.

[orka39]

I hope everybody would be fair about this new feature implemented by admin theymos.
This thread is for the purpose of awareness that merit is given to a constructive and quality post. I have made a thread here in the market place section, hoping that there will not be such things like buying and selling merits. Let's work with our own asses.

P.S.
OP  is not asking attention, read and understand.  Obedience is better than sacrifice.

How about helping eachother? I mean like we give our merit eachother? Its not good either in my opinion because it will give to anybody wheater they have not quality post.
I know every system has pros and cons, but this system has more pros than its cons.

[kpcian]

personally i think that this merit system have complicated the system a bit, the logic after it is good I like it, as much there are quality posts the better would this forum be but we are gonna see how merit affects the quality of posts and will people be fair to give merits.

I agree with you on this point, merit system should be more clear and it also should be more specified. I think merit system must be dependent on the quality of post but I don't know how to measure it. So when people of this forum will know that the quality of post will carry a value regarding merit point then everybody will be alert and post quality will be more informative and constructive.
On the other hand, merit point should not be sold and this system must be regulated by the admin of this forum, otherwise, it will lose its quality for sure.

[tienigarazz]

They should keep an eye on that selling of merit, we should not sell our merit because we earned that by our own hardwork.
If you sell.your merit, its just like you are helping all scammers to do their evil plan. We should not tolerate that.
This new system is being created for the development of the system so we just support it and do not do anything that is against it.

[gabbie2010]

I hope everybody would be fair about this new feature implemented by admin theymos.
This thread is for the purpose of awareness that merit is given to a constructive and quality post. I have made a thread here in the market place section, hoping that there will not be such things like buying and selling merits. Let's work with our own asses.

P.S.
OP  is not asking attention, read and understand.  Obedience is better than sacrifice.

This merit based system is one the best innovation in this forum to stamp out shitposters, more so I am imploring the admins to closely monitor how merits is awarded so as make the system credible however  some unscrupulous members  might want to bend rules and messed up the system such a member should be sanctioned accordingly.

[Subal_Damudar]

I hope everybody would be fair about this new feature implemented by admin theymos.
This thread is for the purpose of awareness that merit is given to a constructive and quality post. I have made a thread here in the market place section, hoping that there will not be such things like buying and selling merits. Let's work with our own asses.

P.S.
OP  is not asking attention, read and understand.  Obedience is better than sacrifice.

Ooh you use reverse psychology for gaining merit. Say something nice and get merit from people here. Very nice trick. In our school back in the day, you had to work hard to get merit, but this here seems like, just be nice, fake and people will +merit you. I wish I could de-merit you right now. Oh well, I do not run this forum.

[canaveralnonie]

What kind of people are you if you want to sell even merit for money, resourceful or greedy ?. But one thing I really sure in this world,"money can't change you, but money help you to see what you really are" ( deep awakening monster?) . Just adding idea from the other side, hope no one will offended.

[boyptc]

Tracking merit sales can be hard and I'm trying to think of a way to track it down or prevent it

It's hard but through this page https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=xxxxxx we can figure out on who are those people abusing the merit system. If someone sends to an unfamiliar posts that isn't high quality and was given the maximum one, isn't that fishy?

[Doell]

Of course it must be not a sold its form of Crime ,the real merit purpose is to examine the quality of useful post right ,for newbie dont be discouraged if not get the merit and anyway this feature is very useful for manager and also staff to make it easier for them to assess poster someone ,I personally strongly agree it triggers me to make it better post so I can be useful to others

[fullhdpixel]

Of course it must be not a sold its form of Crime ,the real merit purpose is to examine the quality of useful post right ,for newbie dont be discouraged if not get the merit and anyway this feature is very useful for manager and also staff to make it easier for them to assess poster someone ,I personally strongly agree it triggers me to make it better post so I can be useful to others

Yes, this system is introduced to maintain the posts quality n the forum and also the richness of the forum as there are many shit posters out there who are making this forum just a  place to earn money. This will make the form a better place to find knowledgeable peoples.

As many people are supporting this system we too should make a good approach to it and see that no one encourages the sales of this merits in the forum.

[Rinsend]

I hope everybody would be fair about this new feature implemented by admin theymos.
This thread is for the purpose of awareness that merit is given to a constructive and quality post. I have made a thread here in the market place section, hoping that there will not be such things like buying and selling merits. Let's work with our own asses.

P.S.
OP  is not asking attention, read and understand.  Obedience is better than sacrifice.

along with the increasingly rampant newbie account that makes a lot of people who just babble without understanding what the discussion is being discussed,
but maybe for some people this becomes a land to find additional money.
by selling the merit rations...

[keyrun]

personally i think that this merit system have complicated the system a bit, the logic after it is good I like it, as much there are quality posts the better would this forum be but we are gonna see how merit affects the quality of posts and will people be fair to give merits.

Merit system of course will hugely increase the quality of posts for merit is the only way to rank up.
As for paid merits, buying them away from this forum would be a hassle and as you need a lot of them from a lot of people.

[glowing10]

What kind of people are you if you want to sell even merit for money, resourceful or greedy ?. But one thing I really sure in this world,"money can't change you, but money help you to see what you really are" ( deep awakening monster?) . Just adding idea from the other side, hope no one will offended.

Nothing can be done for such people who do not even understand what is the benefit or how beneficial it can be in long run if you use wisely and correctly. For smaller amount of money if they are doing this at the end when the admin would reconcile all this people would be banned and thus all their efforts will gets waste. Hopefully people will learn and would not commit any such mistake.

[Granxis]

I hope everybody would be fair about this new feature implemented by admin theymos.
This thread is for the purpose of awareness that merit is given to a constructive and quality post. I have made a thread here in the market place section, hoping that there will not be such things like buying and selling merits. Let's work with our own asses.

P.S.
OP  is not asking attention, read and understand.  Obedience is better than sacrifice.

I am a bit surprised by the Merit system, but I get used to it over time, and if it is abused against the merit system, the rules of the forum may become stricter. For those who produce quality content, there has never been a problem, no more.

[yamortsac]

I hope that everyone could understand and follow this new merit system to be fair to all and to clean this forum up. But sadly there are still some people that don't follow the rules and cheat to gain profit. I believe that all implemented system are good and for the benefits of everyone here, but there is just some people who breaks it for their own sake.

[Lucifer777]

what depends on merit?