I have been trying to rap my head around the incredibly appraisal system introduced by the admin. The system no doubt is strategic and delibrate to enhance the quality of posts. I sincerely respect the idea.
However, without trying to gainsay or second-guess the admin, I think the system puts our new members in a horrible disadvantage. It's rather funny how top members look at posts from new members with eyes fixed at the rank first. This gives them a mindset, and they read such posts with a funny face that "this is a new kid in the block" . Regardless of ranks in here, some newbies are already ancestors in cryptocurrency environment and imo, it is condescending to dismiss posts based on ranks.
Finally, this system albeit it's promise of improving the post quality hinders new members from deserved merits from the merit "whales" lol. Few people are that generous to give a post from a newbie or jr member any chance or merit and the democratic sense in it is shaken to its very foundation. Let's embrace ideas irrespective of ranks, it feels good to have merits anyway.
Interestingly democracy has always been the shit thing as people do whatever they want to do and like to do. Thats why we have governments in place to handle the people shit along with their weird demands. Thats us!
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The forum is kind of going through the same phase at the moment where shit posters are the one with democratic flag in their hands and they are using the forum the way they want it and shitting around the way they like it!
Next, ruler of the forum decides to implement the government which is nothing but the merit system in this scenario and thus it is cleaning up the mess now. But again its democratic system so people will now revolt against it as they cant shit anymore.
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Lets just focus on the quality post.
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