aTriz and Lauda just got merit!

[Vod]

LOL God ask money, are you dreaming? Did you ever seen God? Collection plate was for the priest and workers in the church, but not for the God.
Can you show me proof of your God asking money in church?

Dude, what do you think all those priests and workers in the church DO with the money they get?

They send it to me, obviously. 

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[endlasuresh]

LOL God ask money, are you dreaming? Did you ever seen God? Collection plate was for the priest and workers in the church, but not for the God.
Can you show me proof of your God asking money in church?

Dude, what do you think all those priests and workers in the church DO with the money they get?

They send it to me, obviously. 

They are scammers who don't know how to work hard, especially saying I am priest and praying for your sake, please donate some money, but why does these priests won't pray to god for money?

Have you seen your God in Church and did you taken any photo of your God?

Also you haven't mentioned where you met Lauda in the past?

[STT]

give it a rest

Seriously, the jealousy and butthurt vibe is near overwhelming.  They can do what they like with their merit points, and it's not like legendaries need any of that anyway.  Me, I could care less if I get merit points.  It's a status symbol as far as rank goes if you're at the maximum already.  But hey, keep creating mindless threads, hoping you'll accumulate enough merit so's you can rank your idiotic ass up.  Whatever gets you off.

I'll speak just about the rank, I guess I dont need any more merit.   Its just a nice way for someone to do a thumbs up and I will repeat that kind of post because somebody liked it?     I guess I can also pass some more of it to others I read and appreciate.  

The people who really do need it are the lowest ranks, so I try to remember to give any good posts I see there a +1 at least if not more.   I'd have to agree its just a loose system though it matters more to some of the newest members.

[Vod]

Also you haven't mentioned where you met Lauda in the past?

I have never seen Lauda at any of the god parties.

[thaayb]

If you are a BTC GOD then why are you asking for donation?

All gods ask for money.  Look at the collection plate in church.

You know what the cost is to run fiber for heaven for internet access?  

LOL God ask money, are you dreaming? Did you ever seen God? Collection plate was for the priest and workers in the church, but not for the God.
Can you show me proof of your God asking money in church?

I have nothing to do with the cost,  internet or servers. I used to own a server in the past, but not now.

This thread became offtopic in a awkward way

[JayJuanGee]

If you are a BTC GOD then why are you asking for donation?

All gods ask for money.  Look at the collection plate in church.

You know what the cost is to run fiber for heaven for internet access?   

LOL God ask money, are you dreaming? Did you ever seen God? Collection plate was for the priest and workers in the church, but not for the God.
Can you show me proof of your God asking money in church?

I have nothing to do with the cost,  internet or servers. I used to own a server in the past, but not now.

This thread became offtopic in a akward way

For some reason I found this thread, and it was not like the initial topic was very great in the first place....   so yeah, awkward meets awkward.   

[tvtinh]

How does the merit system work? I have tried to search the whole forum and got this thread. Thanks very much 

[TMAN]

How does the merit system work? I have tried to search the whole forum and got this thread. Thanks very much 

try harder - look in meta

[Deena]

How does the merit system work? I have tried to search the whole forum and got this thread. Thanks very much 

Read my opening post. That's how the merit system works around here. 

[JayJuanGee]

How does the merit system work? I have tried to search the whole forum and got this thread. Thanks very much 

Read my opening post. That's how the merit system works around here. 

Since when did anecdotal evidence support an accurate theory about system wide application?  Probably you need a bit more evidence if you would like to accurately claim that some cases, even if true, are reflective of a system wide application.

[Deena]

Since when did anecdotal evidence support an accurate theory about system wide application?  Probably you need a bit more evidence if you would like to accurately claim that some cases, even if true, are reflective of a system wide application.

Dude! Everybody else is getting tagged red for exactly the same. What kind of science are those taggers professing? And what science do you profess when two same results are in one case accepted as evidence and in the other case denied? 

[OgNasty]

You gotta admit you see their point.

There is no point. I can leave merit to whomever I want[1], wherever I want and in whatever amount I want. If you don't like it, then ask theymos to change the rules.

Wow.  Just wow.  Leaving negative trust for others and admitting to engaging in the exact same behavior.  I am embarrassed for anyone that still respects Lauda at this point.

[Lauda]

You gotta admit you see their point.

There is no point. I can leave merit to whomever I want[1], wherever I want and in whatever amount I want. If you don't like it, then ask theymos to change the rules.
[1] This works when you don't have an army of alts (see Quickseller et. al.).

Wow.  Just wow.  Leaving negative trust for others and admitting to engaging in the exact same behavior.  I am embarrassed for anyone that still respects Lauda at this point.

I spy with my little eye:



1:1 What you and naypalm did, the difference being that he transferred more points.  
Oh wait, he maxed it out at 50!

Fixed the sneaky out-of-context smear attempt. No wonder she left.

http://bit.ly/1m2omU7

There has been no love in that shack for a very long time.

[darklus123]

Well, Sending someone a merit is someone's personal choice. You can't force someone to give it nor that someone can force you to give a merit. Infact i can give you one right now yet i choose not to.
That does change the situation? Obviously not. There is no point in hitting lauda or that atriz for a freedom that the system gives to its user. If you are really butt hurt then I suggest to instead improve. Fight back in a more professional  way

Regards,

[thaayb]

Well, Sending someone a merit is someone's personal choice. You can't force someone to give it nor that someone can force you to give a merit. Infact i can give you one right now yet i choose not to.
That does change the situation? Obviously not. There is no point in hitting lauda or that atriz for a freedom that the system gives to its user. If you are really butt hurt then I suggest to instead improve. Fight back in a more professional  way

Regards,

But why do people are people that are selling them getting tagged with negative trust then? Here is a kind of double standard taking place.

[Lauda]

Well, Sending someone a merit is someone's personal choice. You can't force someone to give it nor that someone can force you to give a merit. Infact i can give you one right now yet i choose not to.
That does change the situation? Obviously not. There is no point in hitting lauda or that atriz for a freedom that the system gives to its user. If you are really butt hurt then I suggest to instead improve. Fight back in a more professional  way

Regards,

But why do people are people that are selling them getting tagged with negative trust then? Here is a kind of double standard taking place.

Selling is not allowed. There is no double standard.

[Deena]

Selling is not allowed. There is no double standard.

There is a double standard. Both in trust and in merit. Don't be so hypocritical and stop lying. Things that you and your clique engage in are tolerated while the exact same actions by others are punished with red trust. Such as for instance the swapping of high amounts of merit points.

[JayJuanGee]

Well, Sending someone a merit is someone's personal choice. You can't force someone to give it nor that someone can force you to give a merit. Infact i can give you one right now yet i choose not to.
That does change the situation? Obviously not. There is no point in hitting lauda or that atriz for a freedom that the system gives to its user. If you are really butt hurt then I suggest to instead improve. Fight back in a more professional  way

Regards,

But why do people are people that are selling them getting tagged with negative trust then? Here is a kind of double standard taking place.

Selling is not allowed. There is no double standard.

I thought that selling of merit was only disallowed for sources.   

[Lauda]

Well, Sending someone a merit is someone's personal choice. You can't force someone to give it nor that someone can force you to give a merit. Infact i can give you one right now yet i choose not to.
That does change the situation? Obviously not. There is no point in hitting lauda or that atriz for a freedom that the system gives to its user. If you are really butt hurt then I suggest to instead improve. Fight back in a more professional  way

Regards,

But why do people are people that are selling them getting tagged with negative trust then? Here is a kind of double standard taking place.

Selling is not allowed. There is no double standard.

I thought that selling of merit was only disallowed for sources.  

Good point. I don't think that was clarified. Therefore, you can safely assume that it applies to everyone (buying merit is just outright dishonest, and very similar to buying trust).

[JayJuanGee]

Well, Sending someone a merit is someone's personal choice. You can't force someone to give it nor that someone can force you to give a merit. Infact i can give you one right now yet i choose not to.
That does change the situation? Obviously not. There is no point in hitting lauda or that atriz for a freedom that the system gives to its user. If you are really butt hurt then I suggest to instead improve. Fight back in a more professional  way

Regards,

But why do people are people that are selling them getting tagged with negative trust then? Here is a kind of double standard taking place.

Selling is not allowed. There is no double standard.

I thought that selling of merit was only disallowed for sources.  

Good point. I don't think that was clarified. Therefore, you can safely assume that it applies to everyone (buying merit is just outright dishonest, and very similar to buying trust).

I thought that initially Theymos had written something in the OP of the merit announcement thread about merit sources being prohibited from selling merit, but he seems to have reworded it and removed such language, but i am sure that he said it.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.msg28856522#msg28856522

Oh I found this language in the merit page for merit sources:

>>>>>>You are a merit source. The next XXX merit you spend will come from your source rather than your sMerit balance. Merit spent from your source will come back in 30 days. Unused source merit is wasted. It is not allowed for merit sources to sell their merit.<<<<<<


I think that the closest language regarding regular members trading merits was this:

Merit sales, transfers to aliases, back-and-forth trading, etc. are not much of an issue. All illegitimate merit will decay, and will account for a tiny and very expensive fraction of the total merit economy. It's basically a rounding error; fight it where convenient, but waste no sleep over it.

I think that actmyname has been too hasty with some of his negatives, but I haven't had time to look carefully enough into it to justify making forceful changes. I did exclude actmyname from my trust list, so another DT1 could remove him from the default trust network by doing the same.

From this post:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.msg29540717#msg29540717