[TOP-200] Members who support newbies - Thanks!

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Nay. To keep making the forum stricter is a good idea.

Yep.  The next logical step to take would be to only allow Sr. Members and above to participate in signature campaigns, and there have already been some campaigns by reputable managers who've started doing this already.  Jr. Members would still be allowed to spam social media for their bounties, but that wouldn't add to the spam on bitcointalk--or at least it'd be contained in the altcoin bounty section where it belongs.

We'll see how this all works out.  Theymos is slow to make changes, and he's being prudent by being that way.

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[LoyceV]

The next logical step to take would be to only allow Sr. Members and above to participate in signature campaigns

I've seen a few members with lower ranks that I'd instantly accept into a campaign. What you're suggesting would also restrict the (few) good users, and I don't think theymos will do that.
I think it's safe to say almost all low ranking users who earned 35 Merit make much better posts than Sr. Members and up who barely earned any Merit. And that's why I require earned^* Merit on top of rank if I get to run a signature campaign.

We'll see how this all works out.  Theymos is slow to make changes, and he's being prudent by being that way.

At least there's a 1 Merit (or Copper Member) minimum now to join a signature campaign. It's a start

^*I check if it's earned or traded.

[Coin-1]

Weekly update.

Another 483 newbies received at least 1 merit this week. The currently red tagged member MalReynolds sent 95 merits to Newbies.

And that's why I require earned^* Merit on top of rank if I get to run a signature campaign.

^*I check if it's earned or traded.

I agree with you. There are so many high ranked members who didn't earn any merit. In my opinion, this is abnormal if a user has not made a useful post worthy of giving merits for 9 months.

[Coin-1]

TOP-200 on the first page has been updated. 331 meritless users received at least 1 merit this week. The total number of supported newbies has reached 3168. It seems that the quantity of newbies receiving merits is decreasing each week.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I don’t think I’ve sent a single Merit to a Newbie, that’s quite sad. Maybe I need to stop being prejudiced against them & start looking a little deeper into Newbie’s posts & find some worthy of Meriting. I had two skims through the lost of 200 & couldn’t see my name any way.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

TOP-200 on the first page has been updated.

I'm glad you're updating it, because I like this thread.  What I'd like even better is if I was higher on the list, but it's been so damn difficult to find newbies worth meriting--or even a lot of members of ranks below Sr. Member.

Maybe I need to stop being prejudiced against them & start looking a little deeper into Newbie’s posts & find some worthy of Meriting.

Sounds like a good idea.  The problem is that most of the time when you look at the average Newbie's post history, it's full of garbage posts with nothing even close to being merit-worthy. 

I try my best not to be prejudiced against low-ranked members, but it's hard because I've come to expect most of them to be typical bounty spammers, which is true in most cases.  But I have no problem whatsoever giving merits to Newbies, Jr. Members, or anyone else as long as the post is well-written and interesting.

On the other hand, when I see a post made by a newbie in Meta that has anything to do with merits or suggestions about improving the forum, I instantly assume they're just trying to earn merit.  That particular prejudice is justified, IMO.

[DdmrDdmr]

I don’t think I’ve sent a single Merit to a Newbie, that’s quite sad.<...>

Spotted two that are still Newbies and that were merited by you:
re:I'm banned please help me (04/10/2018)
re:Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion (02/02/2018)

There are likely more that are now Jr. Members, but I only checked those that are still Newbies.

[Coin-1]

This is a monthly statistics for September 2018 below.

Members who support newbies (9/17/2018 - 9/30/2018)

	User name	Current rank [1]	Quantity of newbies who received merit
1)	foserfox	Legendary	69 newbies
2)	dumbtool45	Sr. Member	59 newbies
3)	OgNasty	Legendary	59 newbies
4)	nick777	Hero Member	48 newbies
5)	zanzibar	Hero Member	45 newbies
6)	unamis76	Legendary	30 newbies
7)	qwk	Legendary	30 newbies
8)	bones261	Legendary	29 newbies
9)	dbshck	Legendary	27 newbies
10)	paxmao	Sr. Member	23 newbies
11)	Vinylriff	Member	21 newbies
12)	Slark	Legendary	18 newbies
13)	krogothmanhattan	Hero Member	16 newbies
14)	MalReynolds	Legendary	15 newbies
15)	mole0815	Sr. Member	15 newbies
16)	NILIcoin	Hero Member	14 newbies
17)	bizzargin	Sr. Member	14 newbies
18)	Halab	Member	14 newbies
19)	teramit	Legendary	14 newbies
20)	lin0sspice	Legendary	13 newbies
21)	radnom	Sr. Member	13 newbies
22)	xtraelv	Hero Member	12 newbies
23)	NoxX	Sr. Member	12 newbies
24)	cacucacok91	Hero Member	11 newbies
25)	TimeTeller	Hero Member	11 newbies
26)	HasHe	Hero Member	10 newbies
27)	MagicSmoker	Full Member	10 newbies
28)	Maryshka91	Sr. Member	9 newbies
29)	cryptolord2077	Full Member	9 newbies
30)	FinFx	Sr. Member	9 newbies
31)	eddie13	Hero Member	9 newbies
32)	yo-blin	Legendary	9 newbies
33)	hugeblack	Sr. Member	9 newbies
34)	philipma1957	Legendary	9 newbies
35)	ayu07	Sr. Member	8 newbies
36)	BTCGirl	Sr. Member	8 newbies
37)	Moloch	Hero Member	8 newbies
38)	nkampala	Member	8 newbies
39)	CryptoToxicAvenger	Full Member	8 newbies
40)	markiz73	Hero Member	8 newbies
41)	kalenen	Sr. Member	7 newbies
42)	pavan@hosur	Sr. Member	7 newbies
43)	babicena14	Full Member	7 newbies
44)	esmanthra	Sr. Member	7 newbies
45)	Capradina	Hero Member	6 newbies
46)	Coolcryptovator	Sr. Member	6 newbies
47)	jjoshua	Full Member	6 newbies
48)	BadgerregdaB	Full Member	6 newbies
49)	ekiller	Hero Member	6 newbies
50)	PavelRostov	Full Member	6 newbies
51)	theymos_away	Member	6 newbies
52)	ongahawak	Sr. Member	5 newbies
53)	Mysterious01	Full Member	5 newbies
54)	Wyndesam	Member	5 newbies
55)	amorfuse	Member	5 newbies
56)	Cianix	Member	5 newbies
57)	artem30011994	Member	5 newbies
58)	alesnoy	Member	5 newbies
59)	Bynaneller	Member	5 newbies
60)	Kuflama	Member	5 newbies
61)	Asurmen	Hero Member	5 newbies
62)	Camster	Member	5 newbies
63)	nerttor	Member	5 newbies
64)	ShalenaMama	Member	5 newbies
65)	Xsinx	Sr. Member	5 newbies
66)	Divere1996	Member	5 newbies
67)	nolestiket	Member	5 newbies
68)	Antiplus999	Member	5 newbies
69)	Partisson	Member	5 newbies
70)	DdmrDdmr	Legendary	5 newbies
71)	Dorbaraco	Member	5 newbies
72)	MrVuuu	Full Member	5 newbies
73)	BitmarkInvest	Sr. Member	5 newbies
74)	kryptqnick	Legendary	5 newbies
75)	amishmanish	Sr. Member	5 newbies
76)	Flying Hellfish	Legendary	5 newbies
77)	DarkStar_	Legendary	5 newbies
78)	LoyceV	Legendary	5 newbies
79)	The Pharmacist	Legendary	5 newbies
80)	vapourminer	Legendary	5 newbies
81)	oneforall	Full Member	4 newbies
82)	agenlaptop	Full Member	4 newbies
83)	tiang_tower	Full Member	4 newbies
84)	Prettymie	Full Member	4 newbies
85)	Hacpyrs	Jr. Member	4 newbies
86)	TheICE007	Full Member	4 newbies
87)	bychemist32	Member	4 newbies
88)	nityans	Member	4 newbies
89)	jackflag	Sr. Member	4 newbies
90)	Correlll	Member	4 newbies
91)	M.S.I	Member	4 newbies
92)	Perrigeni	Member	4 newbies
93)	gerjiss	Member	4 newbies
94)	cerberus5424	Member	4 newbies
95)	Skroojee	Member	4 newbies
96)	solkinsolali	Member	4 newbies
97)	Rostock	Member	4 newbies
98)	saberflome	Member	4 newbies
99)	lowbander80	Legendary	4 newbies
100)	etkisizeleman	Member	4 newbies
101)	DentIt	Member	4 newbies
102)	Esra92	Member	4 newbies
103)	Emilyp	Member	4 newbies
104)	heritage35	Member	4 newbies
105)	Stradivarioos	Member	4 newbies
106)	marpaci	Sr. Member	4 newbies
107)	BitcoinTurk	Sr. Member	4 newbies
108)	Delphinus	Full Member	4 newbies
109)	MetalEngine	Legendary	4 newbies
110)	suchmoon	Legendary	4 newbies
111)	Vod	Legendary	4 newbies
112)	Vovka4	Sr. Member	3 newbies
113)	kursunkalem	Jr. Member	3 newbies
114)	gaek686	Member	3 newbies
115)	daihaxenia	Full Member	3 newbies
116)	DahonPao	Full Member	3 newbies
117)	manfredmann	Jr. Member	3 newbies
118)	luckybit1	Full Member	3 newbies
119)	erikoy	Member	3 newbies
120)	criptocash	Jr. Member	3 newbies
121)	MOSSAD	Sr. Member	3 newbies
122)	Halinsely	Member	3 newbies
123)	Kremon	Full Member	3 newbies
124)	gospodin	Member	3 newbies
125)	daladno12	Member	3 newbies
126)	popox	Member	3 newbies
127)	KLoUN287	Member	3 newbies
128)	Holmy	Member	3 newbies
129)	SashaVeg	Member	3 newbies
130)	aderidwan98	Member	3 newbies
131)	Adenthove	Member	3 newbies
132)	RenatMironov	Jr. Member	3 newbies
133)	coinliker	Member	3 newbies
134)	rogovih	Member	3 newbies
135)	vachellie	Member	3 newbies
136)	Do4a	Sr. Member	3 newbies
137)	bryle10	Full Member	3 newbies
138)	bmgs	Jr. Member	3 newbies
139)	Collinberg	Member	3 newbies
140)	ACP	Hero Member	3 newbies
141)	Garryk	Full Member	3 newbies
142)	daxiake	Hero Member	3 newbies
143)	ArkiCrypto	Member	3 newbies
144)	Bougenvil	Full Member	3 newbies
145)	Dim4ik	Sr. Member	3 newbies
146)	james90	Member	3 newbies
147)	Turbo-S	Full Member	3 newbies
148)	Sahabat_	Full Member	3 newbies
149)	BonTonPlease	Sr. Member	3 newbies
150)	goku1525	Member	3 newbies
151)	durudara	Member	3 newbies
152)	kaysersozee	Full Member	3 newbies
153)	ngefek berat	Full Member	3 newbies
154)	Aleister Crowley	Hero Member	3 newbies
155)	ribowo76	Full Member	3 newbies
156)	StephKram	Member	3 newbies
157)	tdeannova	Full Member	3 newbies
158)	dakilangisajaja	Member	3 newbies
159)	Aivaryamal	Full Member	3 newbies
160)	AztecGoldHero	Hero Member	3 newbies
161)	kpcian	Hero Member	3 newbies
162)	mohammadzayadi	Member	3 newbies
163)	nutildah	Legendary	3 newbies
164)	mdayonliner	Sr. Member	3 newbies
165)	adiebitsler	Hero Member	3 newbies
166)	gentlemand	Legendary	3 newbies
167)	RegulusHr	Full Member	3 newbies
168)	posiandu	Full Member	3 newbies
169)	Vadi2323	Legendary	3 newbies
170)	Barcode_	Hero Member	3 newbies
171)	goraset	Legendary	3 newbies
172)	gunhell16	Sr. Member	3 newbies
173)	pawel7777	Legendary	3 newbies
174)	peterstolypin	Member	3 newbies
175)	engrlodi	Member	3 newbies
176)	Yury1	Sr. Member	3 newbies
177)	JayJuanGee	Legendary	3 newbies
178)	pandukelana2712	Sr. Member	3 newbies
179)	Paredao	Legendary	3 newbies
180)	sesedama	Full Member	3 newbies
181)	Elysio	Full Member	3 newbies
182)	nutriagrigia	Sr. Member	2 newbies
183)	EddyGameta	Hero Member	2 newbies
184)	jommy99	Sr. Member	2 newbies
185)	Gulinborsti	Full Member	2 newbies
186)	ghdeveloper	Full Member	2 newbies
187)	djuragan	Sr. Member	2 newbies
188)	BCTS	Full Member	2 newbies
189)	Efemen	Full Member	2 newbies
190)	agng27	Full Member	2 newbies
191)	izunuy	Sr. Member	2 newbies
192)	mika1977	Full Member	2 newbies
193)	itulaj1	Full Member	2 newbies
194)	Primal Base	Sr. Member	2 newbies
195)	cryptomeo	Full Member	2 newbies
196)	Friorianf	Full Member	2 newbies
197)	HappyCaptain	Full Member	2 newbies
198)	RB25	Hero Member	2 newbies
199)	PROdotBITCOIN	Full Member	2 newbies
200)	Banulit	Full Member	2 newbies

Total supported in September 2018: 2516 newbies (by 1210 members)

[Coin-1]

My post on the first page has been updated again. I also published monthly statistics for September 2018.

The new 317 newbies have become Jr. Members this week. In my opinion, FinFx looks suspicious.

TOP-200 on the first page has been updated.

I'm glad you're updating it, because I like this thread.  What I'd like even better is if I was higher on the list, but it's been so damn difficult to find newbies worth meriting--or even a lot of members of ranks below Sr. Member.

I'm glad to know that my thread is useful.

I don’t think I’ve sent a single Merit to a Newbie, that’s quite sad.<...>

Spotted two that are still Newbies and that were merited by you:
re:I'm banned please help me (04/10/2018)
re:Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion (02/02/2018)

There are likely more that are now Jr. Members, but I only checked those that are still Newbies.

I see in my full TOP that LFC_Bitcoin supported 1 newbie. He is not shown in this TOP-200.

[Coin-1]

Weekly update.

Another 306 newbies received at least one merit this week. Total supported 3791 newbies by 1739 members.

Now OgNasty is rated first in this TOP-200.

[OgNasty]

Now OgNasty is rated first in this TOP-200.

Many hours of reading newbie posts trying to find legitimate posters. It’s a (mostly) thankless job, but I’m glad to help new users feel appreciated and improve their bitcointalk experience.

[Theb]

Many hours of reading newbie posts trying to find legitimate posters. It’s a (mostly) thankless job, but I’m glad to help new users feel appreciated and improve their bitcointalk experience.

I am also glad that a trusted member like you here in the community still finds time to hunt merit worthy post hidden by big piles of dump. I know that you have other things to do in the forum but I am surprised that you are in the top 20 merit senders of all time, it shows that you are also contributing in the forum in other ways and it is really helping a lot of newbies who have received merits from you, as from what I see it is one of their motivators on their attempts on creating good quality post

[TimeTeller]

Now OgNasty is rated first in this TOP-200.

Many hours of reading newbie posts trying to find legitimate posters. It’s a (mostly) thankless job, but I’m glad to help new users feel appreciated and improve their bitcointalk experience.

Actually, that's very true. Hard to find really quality posts from newbies.
Need to spend time reading different sections just to find one.
I for one, didn't ask to be a merit source but I'm also grateful to be a part of it.
One way to give back to the forum is to have this "thankless" job.
We learn a lot about crypto, in all of its facets, as well as improving the forum.

[Veleor]

There is the huge problem of copy-pasting on the forum therefore many users spend their time by checking newbies messages to not give merit to lazy spammers.
For example, there is a copied message below that accidentally received merit from OgNasty.

Humankind thrives on conflict. Without it we would stagnate and die. Take for example our history. It can be argued that every significant achievement arose out of conflict in some form. Early man had to fight for his survival. In response to this he developed tools to aid him. In modern times our most significant achievements - space travel and nuclear weapons for example - have come from superpower competition. As much as we all claim hate the death and destruction of war, we need it. That is one of the primary factors in evolution; survival of the fittest. Without conflict to drive us, without a need to compete, the human species would stop.

Humankind thrives on conflict. Without it we would stagnate and die. Take for example our history. It can be argued that every significant achievement arose out of conflict in some form. Early man had to fight for his survival. In response to this he developed tools to aid him. In modern times our most significant achievements - space travel and nuclear weapons for example - have come from superpower competition. As much as we all claim hate the death and destruction of war, we need it. That is one of the primary factors in evolution; survival of the fittest. Without conflict to drive us, without a need to compete, the human species would stop.

[AmoreJaz]

there is and always will be a huge issue of copy and paste and the fine line of quoting .
but i also know that unless there is a superhuman knowledge if by chance there is a copy and paste copy of an article
it could very simply be unknown to the merit source and could receive merit on one or the other of the copies.
i dont feel you can point a finger at anyone for offering in good faith some merit if the post does in-fact deserve it.
now copy and paste is hard to find ,but people as yourself that find these rule infractions do help point out some of the issues  and
you could simply report this to the board moderators and they will take care of it.
but to point out to a merit source and not inform him directly either by pm or other means is not justified!
unless the person giving merit has read every single thread and each post and has foto-graphic memory this will happen .
so to help this forum when there is a copy and paste... please inform the moderator of that thread.

There is the huge problem of copy-pasting on the forum therefore many users spend their time by checking newbies messages to not give merit to lazy spammers.
For example, there is a copied message below that accidentally received merit from OgNasty.

Humankind thrives on conflict. Without it we would stagnate and die. Take for example our history. It can be argued that every significant achievement arose out of conflict in some form. Early man had to fight for his survival. In response to this he developed tools to aid him. In modern times our most significant achievements - space travel and nuclear weapons for example - have come from superpower competition. As much as we all claim hate the death and destruction of war, we need it. That is one of the primary factors in evolution; survival of the fittest. Without conflict to drive us, without a need to compete, the human species would stop.

Humankind thrives on conflict. Without it we would stagnate and die. Take for example our history. It can be argued that every significant achievement arose out of conflict in some form. Early man had to fight for his survival. In response to this he developed tools to aid him. In modern times our most significant achievements - space travel and nuclear weapons for example - have come from superpower competition. As much as we all claim hate the death and destruction of war, we need it. That is one of the primary factors in evolution; survival of the fittest. Without conflict to drive us, without a need to compete, the human species would stop.

[Veleor]

unless the person giving merit has read every single thread and each post and has foto-graphic memory this will happen .

To find a copy-paste, you don't need to have superhuman abilities, just use search engine adequately.

but to point out to a merit source and not inform him directly either by pm or other means is not justified!

I prefer to talk about the problem openly to reduce the possibility that other people will be doing the same mistakes.

[OgNasty]

unless the person giving merit has read every single thread and each post and has foto-graphic memory this will happen .

To find a copy-paste, you don't need to have superhuman abilities, just use search engine adequately.

If someone is copy-pasting responses, then moderators should discover this and ban them. Rather than criticize those doing a largely thankless job, report the post to those being paid to handle the issue so it can be removed and the user banned. We are all needed to keep this forum clean.

[bones261]

unless the person giving merit has read every single thread and each post and has foto-graphic memory this will happen .

To find a copy-paste, you don't need to have superhuman abilities, just use search engine adequately.

If someone is copy-pasting responses, then moderators should discover this and ban them. Rather than criticize those doing a largely thankless job, report the post to those being paid to handle the issue so it can be removed and the user banned. We are all needed to keep this forum clean.

I agree. I am trying to do the searches when I suspect a post. However, many of the more crafty ones are spinning the texts, so a google search doesn't always get a hit. It's been a learning curve.

[Kopyleft]

Many hours of reading newbie posts trying to find legitimate posters. It’s a (mostly) thankless job, but I’m glad to help new users feel appreciated and improve their bitcointalk experience.

It's mostly appreciated by majority of newbies, just that some if us don't have smerits to hive back and would not like to spam your inbox or the thread with thank notes.

I agree. I am trying to do the searches when I suspect a post. However, many of the more crafty ones are spinning the texts, so a google search doesn't always get a hit. It's been a learning curve.

The fear of certain ban when caught should dissuade anyone from copying or even spinning, and with the increase in banned accounts if like to think majority of defaulters gets caught. That's progress.

[bones261]

I agree. I am trying to do the searches when I suspect a post. However, many of the more crafty ones are spinning the texts, so a google search doesn't always get a hit. It's been a learning curve.

The fear of certain ban when caught should dissuade anyone from copying or even spinning, and with the increase in banned accounts if like to think majority of defaulters gets caught. That's progress.

I hope so. However, it appears that we may be just playing a game of whack-a-mole. One account gets banned and the account farmer/bounty hunter just turns around and creates more. Also, I suspect that the more sophisticated farmers and hunters will just create better spinning bots.