The new merit system has had some value.
I went back and looked at previous postings:
- 25% of my posts are shitposts (These can stop)
- 30% of my posts are trying to be funny, but few ‘get me’ (Its in my DNA, can’t stop)
- The rest are asking for info, answering someone else’s request, or ‘suggesting’ improvements to a vendor for poor ordering system.
But the real benefit to me is learning just how valuable the signature campaigns are!
I have not been around too long, and didn’t pay any attention to signature campaigns. I think I checked once and it seemed to be chump change ($.50 cents a post or something like that).
But when I look at the sigs of some hero/legendary posters:
Chipmixer: up to 50 posts/week at .00075btc (say BTC was 12k) - $450/week!
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1935179.0Dock.io $150/week
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2770108.0Fortunejack, as much as $720/week.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1713944.0I joined to learn more on Bitcoin and Altcoins, and improve my ability to mine, now I realize, there is more.
So.. it works! The merit system has opened my eyes to
- Some poor posting habits
- Other ways to make income in bitcoin
- The fact that I need to venture out from just the mining threads I normally travel to.
I wish I had learned these before the merit system though!
I feel this not a feel good shitpost for at least a couple of reasons:
- Informing others about the value of Sig’s (am I the last to know?)
- Adding a small voice of positive to the wail of negative (before complaining, review your posts)