Merit "trading" - buying and selling Bitcointalk merit

[Lorence.xD]

the 'merit' system is great IMO...
Just imagine if there was no 'merit' system then we would see tens of thousands of spammer become legendary. The 'merit' system is perfect for getting members to enhance their posts.

I think that was the purpose of Merit system in the first place because back then there were a lot of spammers in the forum and they find that merit is a good system because it filters out the people that spams from the one that does quality post, although there are those that got away because they had been spamming a lot even before the merit system. Buying and selling merits is such a scummy way because it is unfair to those that were trying to go up through honest work.

[Taskford]

the 'merit' system is great IMO...
Just imagine if there was no 'merit' system then we would see tens of thousands of spammer become legendary. The 'merit' system is perfect for getting members to enhance their posts.

I think that was the purpose of Merit system in the first place because back then there were a lot of spammers in the forum, although there are those that got away because they had been spamming a lot even before the merit system. Buying and selling merits is such a scummy way because it is unfair to those that were trying to go up through honest work.

Not only that it reduces the account buying and selling activities since not everyone can  able to rank up due to the merit system also the scamming of Hero to Legendary users has been decreased due to this implementation also that's why in my own opinion merit system is truly good system implemented here. That's why other tried to buy it but not everyone succeed since many has been reported for doing so and this is not good act since its like cheating the system.

[Sayeds56]

the 'merit' system is great IMO...
Just imagine if there was no 'merit' system then we would see tens of thousands of spammer become legendary. The 'merit' system is perfect for getting members to enhance their posts.

I think that was the purpose of Merit system in the first place because back then there were a lot of spammers in the forum and they find that merit is a good system because it filters out the people that spams from the one that does quality post, although there are those that got away because they had been spamming a lot even before the merit system. Buying and selling merits is such a scummy way because it is unfair to those that were trying to go up through honest work.

I totally agree with your thoughts  that trading Merits will be unfair to those who really work hard to create a good quality post but being not very old on this forum I am unable to understand what is the criteria to determine whether post deserves merit or not. i think  It is totally based on jurisdiction of one person and lacks any mechanism or system  that should be basis of granting merits. Please advise your comments.

[UmerIdrees]

the 'merit' system is great IMO...
Just imagine if there was no 'merit' system then we would see tens of thousands of spammer become legendary. The 'merit' system is perfect for getting members to enhance their posts.

I think that was the purpose of Merit system in the first place because back then there were a lot of spammers in the forum and they find that merit is a good system because it filters out the people that spams from the one that does quality post, although there are those that got away because they had been spamming a lot even before the merit system. Buying and selling merits is such a scummy way because it is unfair to those that were trying to go up through honest work.

I totally agree with your thoughts  that trading Merits will be unfair to those who really work hard to create a good quality post but being not very old on this forum I am unable to understand what is the criteria to determine whether post deserves merit or not. i think  It is totally based on jurisdiction of one person and lacks any mechanism or system  that should be basis of granting merits. Please advise your comments.

There is no criteria of sending merit to certain posts or not sending merit to certain post. You may send merit to a one liner post and you my not send merit to a post which is half a paragraph. If you like a post you can send the merit to it and the liking depends upon your personal wish. No one is bound to ask why you give merit to a post or why you did not give merit to the post. That's is how the merit work and it works perfectly. 

[Sayeds56]

the 'merit' system is great IMO...
Just imagine if there was no 'merit' system then we would see tens of thousands of spammer become legendary. The 'merit' system is perfect for getting members to enhance their posts.

I think that was the purpose of Merit system in the first place because back then there were a lot of spammers in the forum and they find that merit is a good system because it filters out the people that spams from the one that does quality post, although there are those that got away because they had been spamming a lot even before the merit system. Buying and selling merits is such a scummy way because it is unfair to those that were trying to go up through honest work.

I totally agree with your thoughts  that trading Merits will be unfair to those who really work hard to create a good quality post but being not very old on this forum I am unable to understand what is the criteria to determine whether post deserves merit or not. i think  It is totally based on jurisdiction of one person and lacks any mechanism or system  that should be basis of granting merits. Please advise your comments.

There is no criteria of sending merit to certain posts or not sending merit to certain post. You may send merit to a one liner post and you my not send merit to a post which is half a paragraph. If you like a post you can send the merit to it and the liking depends upon your personal wish. No one is bound to ask why you give merit to a post or why you did not give merit to the post. That's is how the merit work and it works perfectly.  

Thanks Umer bhai.I fully understand what you are saying but I am questioning the fairness of this merit awarding system which is totally based on personnel likes and dislikes and in my opinion , it is not enough to determine quality of post. If there would be any pre-described standard of metrics to evaluate the quality of post, for example, length of post,  views , comments on post and the content should not deviate from topic, then it would look more fair and Transparent. The purpose of initiating debate on this sensitive' topic is to come up with suggestions from active members to further refine this system. Hope our voice will be heard.

[sumant]

Buying and selling of bitcointalk merit is not good because this presents lots of spammers which post has not any quality and recived membership. Merit should be given to those members who really give some great thoughts to this forum. So many members going through this forum with their hard and honest work they should get merits. Quality posts can earn merit. Merit trading is not going to be supported on this advance forum where every sentence matter.

[milewilda]

Buying and selling of bitcointalk merit is not good because this presents lots of spammers which post has not any quality and recived membership. Merit should be given to those members who really give some great thoughts to this forum. So many members going through this forum with their hard and honest work they should get merits. Quality posts can earn merit. Merit trading is not going to be supported on this advance forum where every sentence matter.

I understand that you are newbie which isnt really that aware with forum rules but you should refrain on bumping up threads like these where it has been inactive for a month now where bumping
is really against with the forum rules so better be aware so that you wont really be having any problems soon.
As per merit buying and selling then it cant really be avoided because there are people whom do sell out their smerits in exchange for some bucks and it is something a bit valuable because you
cant really rank up once you didnt get the requirement merit count.It is totally prohibited into this forum and once caught then expect for some negative trust.

[tread93]

Very interesting to see the reactions to the newly introduced concept of merit as an additional indicator of account maturity and quality beyond just pure number of posts / activity. While this was introduced to increase post quality it has of course created a counter movement and a market place for "trading" merit - for money.
So this is just a reminder for everyone that the introduction of merit is a GOOD thing because it will help improve the quality of this forum for everybody.

"Trading" merit will undermine this and render it eventually useless.

Keep contributing!

This is very interesting, I'm relatively new here but i've always been accustomed to merit being achieved, and not purchased. That has honestly been something that i've asked for advice from trusted members on here on how I can achieve it, the answer has always been the same: by posting. Buying merit is horse crap. You should only be able to EARN merit by your honest contributions, in my opinion. I'd also like to add, I still don't have a ton of merit! LOL

[tread93]

Very interesting to see the reactions to the newly introduced concept of merit as an additional indicator of account maturity and quality beyond just pure number of posts / activity. While this was introduced to increase post quality it has of course created a counter movement and a market place for "trading" merit - for money.
So this is just a reminder for everyone that the introduction of merit is a GOOD thing because it will help improve the quality of this forum for everybody.

"Trading" merit will undermine this and render it eventually useless.

Keep contributing!

This is very interesting, I'm relatively new here but i've always been accustomed to merit being achieved, and not purchased. That has honestly been something that i've asked for advice from trusted members on here on how I can achieve it, the answer has always been the same: by posting. Buying merit is horse crap. You should only be able to EARN merit by your honest contributions, in my opinion. I'd also like to add, I still don't have a ton of merit! LOL

I just realized this was posted back in 2018, ROFL. YOLO

[ultrloa]

Very interesting to see the reactions to the newly introduced concept of merit as an additional indicator of account maturity and quality beyond just pure number of posts / activity. While this was introduced to increase post quality it has of course created a counter movement and a market place for "trading" merit - for money.
So this is just a reminder for everyone that the introduction of merit is a GOOD thing because it will help improve the quality of this forum for everybody.

"Trading" merit will undermine this and render it eventually useless.

Keep contributing!

This is very interesting, I'm relatively new here but i've always been accustomed to merit being achieved, and not purchased. That has honestly been something that i've asked for advice from trusted members on here on how I can achieve it, the answer has always been the same: by posting. Buying merit is horse crap. You should only be able to EARN merit by your honest contributions, in my opinion. I'd also like to add.

Feeling is so good when yoh receive a merit from the other person in honest situation since if you buy those merits and your post quality is not good still those who buy merit are just wasting their money because they cannot still participate on the camp they wish to join.

Much really better to give good contribution since you will learn more from researching on what you want to contribute and you might rank up by doing honest deeds here.

[yemight600]

Very interesting to see the reactions to the newly introduced concept of merit as an additional indicator of account maturity and quality beyond just pure number of posts / activity. While this was introduced to increase post quality it has of course created a counter movement and a market place for "trading" merit - for money.
So this is just a reminder for everyone that the introduction of merit is a GOOD thing because it will help improve the quality of this forum for everybody.

"Trading" merit will undermine this and render it eventually useless.

Keep contributing!

I don't even know such thing exist on the forum but if it truly exist as you've claimed. I must say it's really a bad thing to do (both buyers and sellers). Probably the seller got to that stage using illegitimate way too. I still don't know why most people are always in hurry to get ranked.

[Oilacris]

Very interesting to see the reactions to the newly introduced concept of merit as an additional indicator of account maturity and quality beyond just pure number of posts / activity. While this was introduced to increase post quality it has of course created a counter movement and a market place for "trading" merit - for money.
So this is just a reminder for everyone that the introduction of merit is a GOOD thing because it will help improve the quality of this forum for everybody.

"Trading" merit will undermine this and render it eventually useless.

Keep contributing!

I don't even know such thing exist on the forum but if it truly exist as you've claimed. I must say it's really a bad thing to do (both buyers and sellers). Probably the seller got to that stage using illegitimate way too. I still don't know why most people are always in hurry to get ranked.

Why they're in hurry to get ranked?

1. Join in signature campaigns ( The higher the rank the higher earning you would get)

2. Making yourself a high rank looked a bit trustable which means scammers do make use of it

Things that i do saw on why people are really on a hurry on ranking up.

[yemight600]

Why they're in hurry to get ranked?

1. Join in signature campaigns ( The higher the rank the higher earning you would get)

2. Making yourself a high rank looked a bit trustable which means scammers do make use of it

Things that i do saw on why people are really on a hurry on ranking up.

Maybe these are the reasons or maybe it's just few of the many reasons (only those who do that knows). But i think the merit system should really be controlled like introducing a new rule which will only allow higher members to merit maybe onece or twice in a week or month. That way, merits won't be given anyhow

[KevinBakor]

I didn't got it, so sad.

[ultrloa]

I didn't got it, so sad.

Now you get it  , also don't be sad if you didn't get any merits yet maybe try again although getting this is really hard but don't pressure yourself just enjoy here and post some useful contents and for sure you will get a merit. For now focus to learn more about crypto and this forum so that you will became more relevant and merit worthy.

[dark1234]

I didn't got it, so sad.

what you are here for is the one to ask....
if you just want to be a bounty hunter then you must know how to get merit because it has been explained in this forum
and if you are looking for job opportunities then you can offer various types of your abilities in the service section forum and this does not really need merit maybe hard work, honesty and your services is the main capital and for those who are satisfied with your results, not only pay but will give merit for you

[ultrloa]

I didn't got it, so sad.

what you are here for is the one to ask....
if you just want to be a bounty hunter then you must know how to get merit because it has been explained in this forum
and if you are looking for job opportunities then you can offer various types of your abilities in the service section forum and this does not really need merit maybe hard work, honesty and your services is the main capital and for those who are satisfied with your results, not only pay but will give merit for you

Those who  want merits aims to join signature campaigns and going to that option is  really a bad choice since once people find out about those activities for sure all their efforts will be wasted so better they should seek first the  opportunity where they don't need a merit since if we actually do an effort to search some jobs here we can find one and merit is just a bonus after that if we established ourselves here.

[Miaallen]

Introduction of merits award actually helps in the improvement of quality of posts in the forum. But sometimes, people make quality posts which are unfortunately not merited, most especially when it comes as a reply to a post.

[abdurrahman99]

 I think because of this profile has not activity in daily that's Way here the profile has not growing up

[Cryptomiles1]

The best way to enhance individual activities and post quality, so many bounty hunters who just post weekly report then easily got promoted without good contribution to the forum. it's quite not normal seeing everyone just increasing in rank without being qualified in that same position. but now i really love the merit system where one would be creative before getting some merit to get to the next level.