First of all, thanks to all for the trust you have deposited on me. The merits you've given me have been already distributed on the Spanish Local, you can check my merit summary in here: bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=334783
I've chosen to give an important amount to the post I suggested, why? Because the Spanish board is beginning to be invaded, as the English one, by shitposters writing lines like "QUé interesante tu post" (How interesting!!). This post is about the feelings, how you can become a good user and be an important part, so it was necessary, from my point of view.
The others are newbies or members that are truly trying, something more and more difficult to see each day. So I gave them merits to make the point, to make an example. I also gave 2 to a Hero (they need to rank-up too), for he is creating one of the most completes guides to mining, great explained and really detalled.
Also firstly, CONGRATS, JC.
When I thought of the system, I wondered if dMerits was a good name. It sounds too much like negative merits. Maybe 'transferable' or 'assigned' would be a better name.
Maybe "Team Merit" should be more accurate, for it implies a teamwork, and also looks "easier to digest".
My suggestion does not result in a loss of merits, or a risk of condemnation because one is awarding 'friends', as the transfer is not an 'award' but a simple transfer of awardable merits. Take the case of my 10 merit award to seoinc, that was not for one of his posts, but to allow him to merit some Spanish posts, and many would say that it resulted in the waste of 5 merits. The reality is that those 10 merits will be replaced shortly, so it is a gain of 5 merits to the Spanish community. He is a Legendary, so the 10 merits are not going to affect his ranking, but there seems to be an idea amongst some forum members that they are wasted merits. I think that seoinc is under-merited, and that Heroes and Legendaries should be merited to help them to determine community preferences.
Well, this is sad to see I've received a lot of merits, but when I give away them they look few. For that reason maybe this is better to wait and see (hopefully your idea will be implemented), in order to be able to exploit them.
I'm anti globalisation by the banking elite, and to combat this, sovereign nations need to work together to preserve their independence and their cultures. The deep state has the benefit of members educated in the English public school system ( remember, these are the exclusive expensive ones, not the state funded ones), followed by an OxBridge conditioning, which includes cross-pollenation with other elite schools around the world. We need to build similar friendships and associations, and a forum like Bitcoin Talk is and ideal place for members to exchange ideas. We need to be able to communicate with each other though, and that is why I created the Fit to Talk translation project. It is also important for us to obtain local news, and the brazilian truckers' strike thread is just one example. Consider the proposed Venezuelan Petro, if this suddenly kicked off, the local board merit source may not be able to handle the volume of quality posts that could appear, allowing a temporary increase would create a useful buffer to handle this.
I'm from a third world country, many of our beautiful shores have been sold, and even the local cultures are no longer allowed to enjoy their nature. So yes, I feel you at that point.
Besides, on the Spanish Board, I've recently appreciated that many Venezuelans are coming and joining. Many of them are unable to speak English, and their situation is dramatic. I will encourage them to participate in FitToTalk and see what happens. I haven't seen too much interest in joining any conversation, but you know, there are always exceptions.
IN CONCLUSION: Some of you might find that the best way to take is to me and other local users become a Merit Source.
To me, there are enough sources by now, for, all we can see, some of them are really struggling when trying to find meritable posts. That's the reason I don't want to become a source, but maybe a collaborator. I think there are enough merits, and having another source is not going to help. To me, to be a Merit Source seems a lonely work, and I rather prefer to be a diplomatic SOURCE2, as JC pointed previously, so I can manage to spare some in my local (and, of course, other sites if deserved). Even when it can sound absurd, I believe that more merit sources will imply less distribution, for we have many already with tons of merits to award and no one to receive them. If, on the contrary, we spare the merits in between the locals, by creating a team, it will ease the work of the merit sources and, at the same time, we are going to be more relaxed, so more merits will be rewarded. Just like The Quin pointed:
That would be an excellent enhancement to the system. Delegation is the key to managing any large organisation and that principle would work equally well here. There's obviously too much work being done by too few sources at the moment and if theymos can't identify enough suitable candidates then delegating that to the existing sources in this way is an ideal solution.
