Merit system working? Really!

[ducdr]

Anyway I have got the solution. We don't have to worry about the merit system. Just have to keep posting quality content. May be we will catch the sight one day. It is for sure. May be you could get merit for other posting you are not expecting. Hopefully our senior will be more generous and kind to give merit point. Keep posting. We love this forum. We can't live without it.

Agree! Dont pay too much attention on merit scores. Keep doing the right things, in the case is writing high quality posts. Of course, we can not sure that how many posts will receive merits for 100 posts. I guess somewhere around 10% (a little bit lower or higher), but it doesn't matter.

Posting good threads, reading around the forum and help other users with your knowledge, skills, etc. ; then good things will come (merits & smerits).
You can post earlier today and get merits later in the next some days.

[Tyrantt]

I'm finding it really hard to explain. This merit system seems like not working for me. I bet for all these new members as well.

You can't expect it to work right of the bat, this system just requires  a little time to get into bitcoin and then start posting. Ranking up in off-topic is out now.

These are some of the reasons making me very frustrated about this merit system...
# I am a low ranked members when I find any post worth reading I feel to give some credit to that person. Now since I do not have any sMerits to give so I can not encourage that person even-though I want to.

That may be true, but there will probably be some other person that finds it worth to be given merit.

# I noticed when a high ranked member post anything then he get merits from other the psychology behind this (I guess) ... if I give merit to someone who had a lot of sMerit then he may give me some merit.

That also may be the case, where people don't find it worth to merit low ranked users, but also higher ranks know what they're talking about, new member (probably) not so much, but even if you're a new member and know what you're talking about, you'll be given merit.

Go through my posts and comments on my profile then you might see my contribution to this community.

I can bring you bunches of example to prove my statements. Ask me if you want to.

I don't know but just only giving your opinion on something can't be in the same bracket as some other posts. E.g. :

bitcoin compared to the current price of gold is really very different, bitcoin price reached nearly $ 13k times more than the current price.

and

Bitcoin is more profitable indeed, but it is equally risky compared to Gold where prices hover on relatively the same levels and sometimes would even rise higher depending on situations around the world. Bitcoin may make you rich, but the already rich use Gold for safety..

Both giving their own opinion but still quite different. Don't get me wrong, but the post doesn't need to be 1000 characters long to be considered a "good" post. Just listen to Sam Hyde's 2070 Paradigm Shift on youtube, it's over 15mins long and is just a long shitpost.

[devcracker]

Same is happening with me. I didn't really got the point yet that how or on which algorithm the merit system is working. It seems static for me since it is applied by btc forum team. Really irritated myself.

[Tyrantt]

Same is happening with me. I didn't really got the point yet that how or on which algorithm the merit system is working. It seems static for me since it is applied by btc forum team. Really irritated myself.

Well if you take a look at your last 6 post, they not the posts to receive merit for. I don't consider myself of a excellent turbo good quality poster, but i do believe that you can compare your posts with some higher rank member and see what I'm talking about. Tho I like your sentence "It's risky to invest in ICO because it's too risky."

[owlcatz]

So far Merit system is not what i thought it would be. At first i thought it would be good for forum and that it will decrease shitposting, but as time pass by i see everything is the same. High ranks support one another, and in the mean time low ranks are suffering because of that. I do not see many Merit points given to low ranks, and some of those posts are pretty good and useful.
It seams to me that high ranks would consider some post high quality only if its written with fancy words and only if it sounds smart. So i guess that to them if post is simple and useful, it still doesn't belong to high quality posts... And i do not want to start writing about those posts that get too much Merits just because they are legendary, like that "HOLDE" post or what every.
Maybe i am wrong, but time will tell if this Merit system is good or bad. I guess that at least few month needs to pass before i can say for sure.

You son, are a Pajeet. Your post history shows you can barely speak English, you just type extremely long sentences in stupid topics just for sig campaign earnings. I suggest you find a real job, as you are not going to find merits here.  Good luck!

Same is happening with me. I didn't really got the point yet that how or on which algorithm the merit system is working. It seems static for me since it is applied by btc forum team. Really irritated myself.

As for you, you are another Pajeet. Find a real job. There is no "algorithm", you are clearly no devcracker... I suggest finding a real job, as you won't make many satoshi or merits here until you start improving your post quality and learn English.  Good luck!

[joniboini]

-snip- At first i thought it would be good for forum and that it will decrease shitposting, but as time pass by i see everything is the same. High ranks support one another, and in the mean time low ranks are suffering because of that. I do not see many Merit points given to low ranks, and some of those posts are pretty good and useful.
It seams to me that high ranks would consider some post high quality only if its written with fancy words and only if it sounds smart. So i guess that to them if post is simple and useful, it still doesn't belong to high quality posts... And i do not want to start writing about those posts that get too much Merits just because they are legendary, like that "HOLDE" post or what every.

I would love to respond your opinions.

1. Merit did decrease shitposting, even though the results were not great (at least for this moment), but I can say that in my local board, one-liner post, paraphrased post, is decreasing each day.

2. High-ranks supporting high-ranks, and low ranks were suffering? Well yeah, that might be true if all they did was posting low-quality post. In my local boards, even a newbie can get merit points if they did post a good post. I and some other members created a new thread for reviewing their post. Legendary, Hero, Sr. Member, all take part in it, which is good, isn't it?

You can also see that many high-ranked members are offering the smerit-post review on the services board. bill gathor, questions authority, and etc.

3. Does quality post need to be in fancy words and only if it "sounds" smart?
Nah, nope. I can give you examples if you wanted too.

[ducdr]

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Personally, I dont want to offend your thread, but I have spent a couple of mins to look at your recent posts. I think that those posts don't deserve to get Merits. It is due to the fact that there is some problem related to the initial purpose of those ones, which can not help other users in the forum to solve their problems. It seems that you tried writing higher-quality posts than before merit system launched, but it doesn't high quality enough.

My advices for you are:
1) You should keep trying, posting as helpful threads as possible. Keep doing this way, then Merits and sMerits will be sent to your account by other users (might be from the one you help, or might be from higher-ranked users who simply like your posts and want to motivate you).

2) Most importantly, that is the way bitcointalk forum (community-driven one) operates. Everyone help each other, help free (by now, from helping others we can get sMerit & merits, but don't pay attention to those rewards, simply help)

Best regards,

[tekusa]

It is too early to judge the merit system in my opinion. We can analyze the effects only after few months.

[iconicavs]

Anyway I have got the solution. We don't have to worry about the merit system. Just have to keep posting quality content. May be we will catch the sight one day. It is for sure. May be you could get merit for other posting you are not expecting. Hopefully our senior will be more generous and kind to give merit point. Keep posting. We love this forum. We can't live without it.

Yeah, just post something that has sense and is worthy of the stakes whichever campaign you're in. The forum has rules and so we have to obey.

[sheenshane]

Anyway I have got the solution. We don't have to worry about the merit system. Just have to keep posting quality content. May be we will catch the sight one day. It is for sure. May be you could get merit for other posting you are not expecting. Hopefully our senior will be more generous and kind to give merit point. Keep posting. We love this forum. We can't live without it.

Yeah, just post something that has sense and is worthy of the stakes whichever campaign you're in. The forum has rules and so we have to obey.

Hopefully this will happen that our senior members here in forum who insight those quality post and give smerit into lower rank. Newbie to Full Member should not have smerit to give only Sr. Member to Legendary who was allowed to give smerit and that case maybe it reduced from abusing smerit or those have alt accounts.

PS. Correct me if i wrong but that is only suggestion of mine.

[Eternu]

Yeah, just post something that has sense and is worthy of the stakes whichever campaign you're in. The forum has rules and so we have to obey.

Posting something that makes sense is not good enough. People should be on this forum because they want to learn and share that knowledge, not because of signature campaigns. You can look on sig. campaign as a reward for your posts. And yes, we should all follow forum rules.

I have realized all of this after harsh truth in owlcatz and joniboini posts (which are few posts above). Low quality posts are the problem that needs to be dealt with, and when we do that High quality posts will stand out even more. Also when our posts reach satisfying quality, Merits will start coming.

[Saveplus]

Yes merit system would be really working if we should follow their rules and regulations.Post with a sense and can make sure that it can help to forum.I realized that I need to improved my post and learn many things about cryptocurrency.

[iconicavs]

Yeah, just post something that has sense and is worthy of the stakes whichever campaign you're in. The forum has rules and so we have to obey.

Posting something that makes sense is not good enough. People should be on this forum because they want to learn and share that knowledge, not because of signature campaigns. You can look on sig. campaign as a reward for your posts. And yes, we should all follow forum rules.

I have realized all of this after harsh truth in owlcatz and joniboini posts (which are few posts above). Low quality posts are the problem that needs to be dealt with, and when we do that High quality posts will stand out even more. Also when our posts reach satisfying quality, Merits will start coming.

As I can see right now, only posts with good content gets merit. I think posts that has sense and is actually efficient and gets the merit because the operator deserves it. And also I am not looking forward only for the stakes of the campaign, like what you said, they're rewards given to you. Low quality posts and spam are exactly in my opinion is the reason why we have merits. And yes, they have to be dealt with and make posts that are actually legitimate.

[Adioliver]

I guess we should wait and give some time for people to adapt and become comfortable with this system.I feel your pain but you are not the only one,even a full member like me is worried how in the world are they going to rank up,i need 150 merits to rank up!!!.
I had dreams to become a legendary member in this forum,but those sweet dreams of mine have been shattered.NOT totally though but it may require double the time now.

[Vod]

I guess we should wait and give some time for people to adapt and become comfortable with this system.I feel your pain but you are not the only one,even a full member like me is worried how in the world are they going to rank up,i need 150 merits to rank up!!!.
I had dreams to become a legendary member in this forum,but those sweet dreams of mine have been shattered.NOT totally though but it may require double the time now.

Why do you need to rank up?  The merit system was created to benefit those who want to talk bitcoin, not those that want to advance their rank....

[qumeijia]

that is right, the merit system seems not work well. I have difficult to update my rank member.

[Vod]

that is right, the merit system seems not work well. I have difficult to update my rank member.

You've made eight posts since the system was introduced, and they were all one liner shit.

You will never update your rank.  I suggest you find a different forum.  :/

[NavI_027]

# I do post a lot coz I believe contributing to any community build up the community strong. But look at my account I don't have much appreciation from the  higher ranked people who has a lot of merits to help me. I am not blaming them not to give me. May be they are not seeing my post. Do you think most of them have all the day to look for good post to merit other?

This thing is what I really concern of. I'm not bragging or uplifting my self esteem but I can say that I am a good quality poster here in the forum. I always do my very best in conveying my ideas and never ever tried to do shitposts at all. But in return, I only got 1 merit and take note it took so long to have it. It seems that my effort is not appreciated by others but I'm not blaming them because I understand that maybe they don't have a merit to give, they conserve their merits or they are choosy etc., I just feel sad about it.

Just an advice for those good posters who have this same situation, continue your good deeds and stop complaining because it will help nothing. Blessings will come to us at the right time, be patient.

[davey76]

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Explain me why this post got so many sMerits https://prnt.sc/i9i0tu  where my post got this https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2858083.0 (this when I am posting https://prnt.sc/i9i19c )
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Well, it is a funny post from a drunk, that's why he got the merits

[Eternu]

# I do post a lot coz I believe contributing to any community build up the community strong. But look at my account I don't have much appreciation from the  higher ranked people who has a lot of merits to help me. I am not blaming them not to give me. May be they are not seeing my post. Do you think most of them have all the day to look for good post to merit other?

This thing is what I really concern of. I'm not bragging or uplifting my self esteem but I can say that I am a good quality poster here in the forum. I always do my very best in conveying my ideas and never ever tried to do shitposts at all. But in return, I only got 1 merit and take note it took so long to have it. It seems that my effort is not appreciated by others but I'm not blaming them because I understand that maybe they don't have a merit to give, they conserve their merits or they are choosy etc., I just feel sad about it.

Just an advice for those good posters who have this same situation, continue your good deeds and stop complaining because it will help nothing. Blessings will come to us at the right time, be patient.

I have one advice for you. Stay away from shit threads and topics. Because even if you make good quality posts, they will be swarmed by shitposts. Instead find some good thread and try to help someone that needs help. That way your posts will be noticed and you will start getting Merits. Cheers!