Default Ranking-Up System as a Compliment to the current Merit System

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Default Ranking-Up System is indeed a great idea according to me because there are many people on this forum that contribute good quality and constructive posts but aren't ranking up because they aren't receiving enough merit.

The meritocracy is saying they've received enough.

I'm also failing to see how this proposal is any better than the current system.  You do realize that the merit system was introduced to make it much harder for shitposting idiots to rank up, right?  If you make it a function of just time, then we're right back where we started.  We can discuss this all day long, but I don't think Theymos is looking to go back to the way things were.

I also think many people here tend to think their posts are much better than they actually are.  Most posts nowadays are just broken-English garbage that no one wants to read, hence why you're seeing most users not getting any merit and not ranking up.  That's how the merit system is supposed to work.

[cabalism13]

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From the comments above, I figure you can see that the proposal is rather pointless. It’s like telling someone at school to sit tight, don’t make an effort with your studies since you’ll eventually pass just by writing your name on the exam sheet, even if you don’t know any of the answers, and write some gibberish to fill the blanks.

And it doesn't make sense, it wont benefit us either as well as the forum itself. More spammers will eventually pop up like pimples in the face, then after being an Active Spammer they will become legendary because of that.
And THAT'S A BIG NO NO FOR YOU NIGGA (OP).
Your proposal is pointless. LOCK IT ALREADY.

[donalfonso]

The merit system really needs some sort of adjustments to make it more effective, but the suggestion above is a recipe for disaster. I recommend an <upvote>  option in addition to the merit system or as an option to the merit system for people to rank up.The merit system as it is now is more of a mafia clique arrangement an upvote addition or option will make it more of a community type system.

[spiker777]

Default Ranking-Up System is indeed a great idea according to me because there are many people on this forum that contribute good quality and constructive posts but aren't ranking up because they aren't receiving enough merit. Although i think that the proposed time for which a person should stay active in order to achieve certain rank is quite much. Surely 86.25 months and 138.75 months are way to much for a person to rank up by this system just because he didn't get enough merits and attention for his/her posts. This wouldn't limit shit posters and spammers anyways. Such ranking-up system must be made which will not only promote a member based on his hard work, dedication, knowledge and contribution on forum but will also limit the spammers and shit posters from ranking up.

Also, to rank up from newbie to jr. member atleast some number of merits must be kept. Doesn't matter even if it is one. This will limit spammers, multiple account users and shit posters from joining the signature and bounty campaigns from the start.

This is a more realistic scenario. In my opinion, the major rank transitions that require a merit component is Newbie/Jr/Member and Full member. Once you've gotten past Full member, then the transition is less drastic, and merit is less problematic. Though, if you have made it to Sr. member under the new system, in time you'll eventually make it to Hero and beyond anyway, so there's no point changing anything.