Why the merit system is heavily lopsided in favour of older users

[KingScorpio]

This is not a rant about why merit sucks; imo it's a good and interesting system, but the amount of bias that comes into play is insane. For example, when I joined the forum, the merit system was already implemented. It is already evident to me that it is very hard to get merit, much less get to 100 or 1000. But, had I stayed on the forum only 4-5 days before merit was implemented, and had I posted around a bit, when the merit system rolled in I would have automatically gotten 100 merit points - something that now takes weeks, if not months of quality posting.

For Members and above, it's really no biggie, since they get free merit. But for newbies like myself, getting to the next rank is exponentially higher because you really have to grind. Grinding isn't bad... but imo it's really unfair. Just a mini-rant.

this forum is same pyramid system as bitcoin is, get used to them, the pyramid of gizeh was build in its shape for a reason to make everyone understand reality that cant be denied but that constantly is beeing denied.

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[plumosemagellanicR]

Is it really so? Then it is so injustice with the newcommers

[actmyname]

Is it really so? Then it is so injustice with the newcommers

Is it really so?Yeah. It's in favor of older users. The ones that have been around longer and should have more experience. After all, you wouldn't call someone who joined 30 days ago a Sr. Member, would you?Also, nice spam posting:

Singer. I still want to become a singer but my voice is so hoarse it is not funny.

The best line for ever is Where there is a will there is always a way.

There is no specific goal. There are many things that I want to do.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I agree with actmyname on this.  There's a bit of Darwinian natural selection going on with older members who've survived long enough to become Legendary.  They did so by not getting banned and probably by getting enough encouragement throughout the years to continue posting on bitcointalk.  It makes total sense to me that older members are the ones who write some of the best posts--not all of them, mind you, but I've given plenty of merits to Heros and Legendaries because I value their posts, whereas a lot of the noobs I see are only here to spam for campaigns.

That's why it seems lopsided to those relative newbies who can't write proper sentences and then wonder why their merit count isn't increasing.  A lot of them seem very deluded about their writing skills and their degree of contribution to this forum.  You're not going to earn merits by posting one-line garbage (or garbage, period), and they just don't see how all of those posts in Bitcoin Discussion, giving the same answers to questions again and again, is garbage.  Nobody is going to give merits for that crap.

[Bershie]

This is really unfair to other members.

I find it hard to get Merit, and it is harder for people who are not English to get Merit.

10 Merit is out of reach for me, 100 Merit seems to be an astronomical number!

Its not unfair and its not the reason if you are not English  you cant get merit.  Maybe your not observing and do research on this furom or even analyze this thread that you post with. Its a good example of how you can get merit in a very good way. Take time reading before post like this.

[TMAN]

This is really unfair to other members.

I find it hard to get Merit, and it is harder for people who are not English to get Merit.

10 Merit is out of reach for me, 100 Merit seems to be an astronomical number!

Its not unfair and its not the reason if you are not English  you cant get merit.  Maybe your not observing and do research on this furom or even analyze this thread that you post with. Its a good example of how you can get merit in a very good way. Take time reading before post like this.

Wtf is this shit you have posted? Lots and lots of non native speakers have merits, I have helped numerous examples level up. You sunshine need to learn to read, IRL I would tell someone like you that you have two ears and one mouth, so you should listen twice as much as you speak. As we are online the rule is read 100x more than you post.