Merit system should be removed !

[buyandsale]

personally me think merit system should not be there and ranks should be done via there post counts and quality of its posts

as of its too hard for new comers too to gather merits from old members who always do trades and exchange merit only for them but the person who is new and if he dont has btc to exchange then its less chance for him even after posting quality post on bitcointalk forum

lol now dont give me merit for this i know the points which me said is true and many will agree

proof of merit abuse done on this forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3402060.0

[Tyrantt]

personally me think merit system should not be there and ranks should be done via there post counts and quality of its posts

as of its too hard for new comers too to gather merits from old members who always do trades and exchange merit only for them but the person who is new and if he dont has btc to exchange then its less chance for him even after posting quality post on bitcointalk forum

lol now dont give me merit for this i know the points which me said is true and many will agree

via there post counts and quality of its posts

Bots? 50+ daily with ease. Also, merit is here for quality posts.

old members who always do trades and exchange merit only for them

Make a topic here pointing them out with evidences and you'll receive merit.

if he dont has btc to exchange then its less chance for him even after posting quality post on bitcointalk forum

Not true at all, and those who buy/sell merit get red trust. They're caught sooner or later.

lol now dont give me merit for this i know the points which me said is true and many will agree

You might want to work on your english before calling someone out. No offense, but your english is close to the caveman one. At least start a sentence with a capital letter.

[Vod]

personally me think merit system should not be there and ranks should be done via there post counts and quality of its posts

That's what there is now.  You need activity (posts) and quality (merit) to rank up.  

[Jet Cash]

personally me think merit system should not be there and ranks should be done via there post counts and quality of its posts

How are you going to understand even the basics of Bitcoin, if you don't see the flaws in your post?

[buyandsale]

no offense but all who have given reply above are already having high merits and im damn sure users who has no merits or less merits will agree with my thread let the comments come then we can decide !

[theyoungmillionaire]

personally me think merit system should not be there and ranks should be done via there post counts and quality of its posts

as of its too hard for new comers too to gather merits from old members who always do trades and exchange merit only for them but the person who is new and if he dont has btc to exchange then its less chance for him even after posting quality post on bitcointalk forum

lol now dont give me merit for this i know the points which me said is true and many will agree

Instead of starting this kind of topic, start doing your research and find some article/s or idea/s that will help the bitcointalk community. I started from the scratch (0 merit) just like you. If you focus on just earning merits, you will feel that earning it, is so difficult. But, if you focus on learning, you will enjoy your time here. There are so many ideas that you can contribute in our community, you just need to find your happiness or your strength, e.g., you are good on making infographics, about blockchain, cryptography or anything that you are good at(of course related to bitcoin). I am sure you will earn your merit if you just contribute without thinking any return (merit). Knowledge is power.

[buyandsale]

personally me think merit system should not be there and ranks should be done via there post counts and quality of its posts

as of its too hard for new comers too to gather merits from old members who always do trades and exchange merit only for them but the person who is new and if he dont has btc to exchange then its less chance for him even after posting quality post on bitcointalk forum

lol now dont give me merit for this i know the points which me said is true and many will agree

via there post counts and quality of its posts

Bots? 50+ daily with ease. Also, merit is here for quality posts.

old members who always do trades and exchange merit only for them

Make a topic here pointing them out with evidences and you'll receive merit.

if he dont has btc to exchange then its less chance for him even after posting quality post on bitcointalk forum

Not true at all, and those who buy/sell merit get red trust. They're caught sooner or later.

lol now dont give me merit for this i know the points which me said is true and many will agree

You might want to work on your english before calling someone out. No offense, but your english is close to the caveman one. At least start a sentence with a capital letter.

proof of merit abuse done on forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3402060.0

[BTCeminjas]

personally me think merit system should not be there and ranks should be done via there post counts and quality of its posts

as of its too hard for new comers too to gather merits from old members who always do trades and exchange merit only for them but the person who is new and if he dont has btc to exchange then its less chance for him even after posting quality post on bitcointalk forum
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Mate, you are not alone here if you going to talk that merit system even me I stuck on this rank but I am now contented on this while I enjoy giving and share those ideas in a genuine thread. Why not you should forget for a while that merit system instead just find a genuine post that helpful in this forum. Keep on posting and replying with a good content who knows without knowing you a merit source merited it already.
Is it cool I am right?

[Indohunter]

personally me think merit system should not be there and ranks should be done via there post counts and quality of its posts

The first time when i see it, I was thinking that you have quality post on yours which deserve to be merrited and would like suggest you to put your posts link here 14 merit bonus for quality users, but after I check on your last posts I'm not sure you deserve it, mostly you post in bitcoin discussion section. No offense but we all know these board is a place of tons spam posts.

[TMAN]

personally me think merit system should not be there and ranks should be done via there post counts and quality of its posts

1) Learn how to speak English
2) Stop being a negative Nelly
3) you contradict yourself. Merit is a measure of quality
4) you are a little bitch who needs to adapt or find another forum.

[hilariousetc]

personally me think merit system should not be there and ranks should be done via there post counts and quality of its posts

As vod already said, ranks are already based on activity and quality of posts.

as of its too hard for new comers too to gather merits from old members who always do trades and exchange merit only for them but the person who is new and if he dont has btc to exchange then its less chance for him even after posting quality post on bitcointalk forum

It shouldn't be terribly easy for people to get merits, but it doesn't seem that difficult for people who actually bother to write helpful and informative posts. I've had a quick scan of yours and there's nothing exceptional about them. The only ones you've seemingly put a bit of effort into are a couple of ones recently but I suspect you only created them to try get some merit.

proof of merit abuse done on this forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3402060.0

People farmed accounts before this system just by logging on once a fortnight to make a few spam posts. Would you call for the removal of the ranking system then because it is being abused? I doubt it. The fact that it is now impossible for people to rank up just by spamming without contributing something worthwhile is as good thing.

[detector]

I know it's not fair especially when english is not your mother tounge.
But you must think in admin side, why they create merit ? What is the purpose ? What cause that admin want to create merit system ?
Once you got the answer, you will understand that merit is a cure for cancer !

[Jet Cash]

The only ones you've seemingly put a bit of effort into are a couple of ones recently but I suspect you only created them to try get some merit.

So the merit system is working then. That's good news for those of us who aren't bounty hunters.

[Sony.UK]

personally me think merit system should not be there and ranks should be done via there post counts and quality of its posts

as of its too hard for new comers too to gather merits from old members who always do trades and exchange merit only for them but the person who is new and if he dont has btc to exchange then its less chance for him even after posting quality post on bitcointalk forum

lol now dont give me merit for this i know the points which me said is true and many will agree

proof of merit abuse done on this forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3402060.0

For these we can regulate the merit system mate instead of no merit system. Here my suggestion to regulate the merit system. So far we are just meriting the post option we can see on top of the each and every post.
We can change the option like meriting with the comment option. This comment box should have the reason why the person have merited it. If comment box is visible why they have merited we can easily find whether it is exchanged or bought from someone.

Then maximum number of merit per post should be regulated. If the merited more than 1 they need to give the proper reason in comment box. If abused we can make the rule like banning that concern account from the forum.


These rules will be perfect one to trash the merit abusers for sure.

[zhagedus]

I agree because it's difficult to have merit as a new comer, if they can enforce another sanction to those guys that give to their parent account or to their friends; to always follow the sharing method of merit  by quality post.

[TheUltraElite]

For these we can regulate the merit system mate instead of no merit system. Here my suggestion to regulate the merit system. So far we are just meriting the post option we can see on top of the each and every post.
We can change the option like meriting with the comment option. This comment box should have the reason why the person have merited it. If comment box is visible why they have merited we can easily find whether it is exchanged or bought from someone.

It will still be abused. The merit awarding is subjective and depends on what the awardee thinks of the post. Still a comment box might be good - as far as to understand what other people think and that may influence some other people to merit that same post again. But it should be optional in my opinion.

Then maximum number of merit per post should be regulated. If the merited more than 1 they need to give the proper reason in comment box. If abused we can make the rule like banning that concern account from the forum.

That would be a bad idea. Meriting posts should not have any restriction in my opinion.

These rules will be perfect one to trash the merit abusers for sure.

No rule is prefect. Ever.

[mdayonliner]

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Please stop moaning. The answer is Merit should not be removed..

You already had theyoungmillionaire, Indohunter as example started from 0 merit. Not much sure about BTCeminjas but I believe him too started from zero.

Let's compare you and me now.
You have 1 merit, 164 activity and 164 posts.
I have 50 merits, 154 activities and 494 posts

Fundamental differences are:
1. I post regularly you do not post much.
2. I do not care about trolling, when I write I try to make my posts worth reading (not that all the time I am successful). Except few I see large number of your posts are one line shit posts, just a try to increase activity.  
3. I focus on engaging with the community, I enjoy my time here, do not worry about merit. You seems like bashing up the community and having difficult time in here.
4. I am trying to provide values, trying to do something good for the forum, you seems like just making posts here and there.
I am sure there are many more difference. I will leave it up to you since you need it more than me (the reasons)

You need to give your readers something to receive merit. It's something you earn not just get.

While we will not be directly moderating this, I encourage people to give merit to posts that are objectively high-quality, not just posts that you agree with.

Do not beg for merit excessively.

Don't translate the quote wrong way: [Parody] Merit translation

Observe adapt overcome - life will be much easier.

PS: I have seen some members already earned over 100 merits starting from zero so again do not complain. Work for it.

EDIT:

I agree because it's difficult to have merit as a new comer...

It's difficult but not impossible

proof of merit abuse done on forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3402060.0

Stop thinking about others start thinking about working on yourself.

[Baoo]

Why the majority of people do not accept any new change or update in the forum? , they want everything in an easy way ( easy rank up , easy money ..), that's why they always stop in the same place ( no improvement in their skills..).

I got 35 merit's , I know it is not enough to rank up but  I always give a great effort to get other points.  I have made many threads to help people, and suggested some ideas. And of course, many of my attempts have failed, but  I am always trying to improve myself.
And it is sure that  I will not stop until I get my goals ( Full member, Sr ...).

Simply, you must accept any new change ( like, Merit system ), and deal with it in an  intelligent  way, and just improve yourself and behaviours.

[KingScorpio]

personally me think merit system should not be there and ranks should be done via there post counts and quality of its posts

as of its too hard for new comers too to gather merits from old members who always do trades and exchange merit only for them but the person who is new and if he dont has btc to exchange then its less chance for him even after posting quality post on bitcointalk forum

lol now dont give me merit for this i know the points which me said is true and many will agree

Also, merit is here for quality posts.

quality post come anyway, better would be not to motivate people to waste their time on trying to do them, when someone does one he does it.

the problem with "quality posts" is that its highly oppinion on interest group related.

[Lovecove]

personally me think merit system should not be there and ranks should be done via there post counts and quality of its posts

as of its too hard for new comers too to gather merits from old members who always do trades and exchange merit only for them but the person who is new and if he dont has btc to exchange then its less chance for him even after posting quality post on bitcointalk forum

lol now dont give me merit for this i know the points which me said is true and many will agree

proof of merit abuse done on this forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3402060.0

Of course you want the merit system to be removed. You can't get merit when your posts are like this:

u r never millennial its just that all in ur head just grow ur way of thinking and ur bigger then any person around u ... cheers

Did you really think you could get rewarded for this? If the merit system went away, you'd automatically rank up despite making mostly posts like this .