Merit requirement should be proportional to activity

[suchmoon]

I'm only wondering if one day the forum will apply like this:
need first 1 merit from others for Newbie to be Jr., wear the signature and post the image.
need first 1 merit from others for Member to wear the signature.
need first 2 merit from others for FM, Sr. to wear the signature.
need first 3 merit from others for Hero, Legend to wear the signature.

So you want to distinguish between Merit based on the source it came from? I don't think that will ever happen: all Merit should be equal.

I think the idea is to require at least that much earned merit (not airdrop) to be able to wear a signature. I kinda like that. I'd make it a requirement per time period, e.g. 1 merit per 3 months or so, to further devalue farmed accounts.

[Bitcoinnation]

I think the idea is to require at least that much earned merit (not airdrop) to be able to wear a signature. I kinda like that. I'd make it a requirement per time period, e.g. 1 merit per 3 months or so, to further devalue farmed accounts.

Totally agree with this suggestion. It would level the playing ground for all members of this forum who want to participate in bounties at-least merit wise. Very many underlook certain ranks and think it's only Newbies and Jr. Members who do shitposting since they constitute the biggest number of those trying to do bounties, but honestly I have seen full Members and Senior Members who have never attained even a single merit since the system was put in place(all they have is Airdropped merit). All they post is only garbage to fulfill their weekly post count for signatures.

Maybe the top forum admins would just make it a rule that bounty managers must follow certain criteria when awarding stakes, those that don't do so shall be considered to encourage spamming and risk their bounty thread being deleted by mods if reported.

[Harkorede]

I think the idea is to require at least that much earned merit (not airdrop) to be able to wear a signature. I kinda like that. I'd make it a requirement per time period, e.g. 1 merit per 3 months or so, to further devalue farmed accounts.

That'd be great considering the amount of earned merit required should be proportional to the Rank applying for i.e.
100 for Legendary
70 for Hero
50 for Snr Member
30 for Full Member
20 for Member
10 for Jr. Member... Since that'd also be equivalent to x10 of no. of stakes most managers assign to each rank according to the OP.

[rat03gopoh]

all Merit should be equal.

Honestly, I haven't seen its equal enough, and maybe you passed this :

Because there are shitposters in every rank

Every week somebody open a whining/how to get merit thread.

and that is mostly (or entirely) done by the newbie.

I've also seen a little change from some of the newbies by trying to make more goodquality posts spread in all sections of the board (although some were caught due to plagiarism from other sites or members). Meanwhile...

I have seen full Members and Senior Members who have never attained even a single merit since the system was put in place(all they have is Airdropped merit). All they post is only garbage to fulfill their weekly post count for signatures.

They are dominating altcoin ANN boards which only support posts for shitcoins and it won't change anything in this world.

This forum is so wide, and I don't see a lot of Members rank^ in every section of it.  Only full of newbie posts that some people think are boring.

[Smarty14392]

I am not sure what are the exact challenges BM faces in this forum but I can suggest you have stake tier based on merit like this .

1 stake for Jr. member but 1.5 stake for Jr.Member with more than 5 merits.
2 stake for Member but 3 stake for  Member who earned 10 Merits(means somebody become member by earning 10+ merit or  user who was already member at merit system implementation now having 20+ merit will have more stakes than other members)

You can go on creating this chart for all ranks.
BPIP tool can help you to understand that how much merit a user has earned and how much merit was airdropped to user when you click on user profile and you will see the chart of merit of that user that explain current and merit received. Current Merit - Merit received will give you the value of airdropped merit.

If you could know, a BM manager on this forum can face much problems like spamming as bounties board is on of the most spammed from all of them and most number of bots operate there. We have faced situations where people just ruined the campaign with multiple bots.

Still I like your suggestion about increasing the stakes earned to the members who have earn extra merits than airdropped once. As per your suggested distribution of stakes I have managed to put some figures in best proportion to each rank and merits earned.

This is the list of stakes to be awarded according to the earned merits.
Jr.member - 1 stake
Jr.member ( 5 earned merits)- 1.5 stakes
Member- 2 stakes
Member ( 10+ merits earned) - 3 stakes
Full member- 4 stakes
Full member ( 15+ earned merits) - 5 stakes
Sr.member - 6 stakes
Sr.member ( 20+ earned merits )- 7 stakes
Hero member - 8 stakes
Hero ( 25+ earned merits)- 10 stakes
Legendary- 10 stakes
Legendary ( 30+ earned merits) - 12 stakes

Your suggestions in readjusting this stake rewards would surely be appreciated. I am trying to make the process more awarding for the deserved members also it will attract some high merited users to the campaigns.

[AsAlik]

I am not sure what are the exact challenges BM faces in this forum but I can suggest you have stake tier based on merit like this .

1 stake for Jr. member but 1.5 stake for Jr.Member with more than 5 merits.
2 stake for Member but 3 stake for  Member who earned 10 Merits(means somebody become member by earning 10+ merit or  user who was already member at merit system implementation now having 20+ merit will have more stakes than other members)

You can go on creating this chart for all ranks.
BPIP tool can help you to understand that how much merit a user has earned and how much merit was airdropped to user when you click on user profile and you will see the chart of merit of that user that explain current and merit received. Current Merit - Merit received will give you the value of airdropped merit.

If you could know, a BM manager on this forum can face much problems like spamming as bounties board is on of the most spammed from all of them and most number of bots operate there. We have faced situations where people just ruined the campaign with multiple bots.

Still I like your suggestion about increasing the stakes earned to the members who have earn extra merits than airdropped once. As per your suggested distribution of stakes I have managed to put some figures in best proportion to each rank and merits earned.

This is the list of stakes to be awarded according to the earned merits.
Jr.member - 1 stake
Jr.member ( 5 earned merits)- 1.5 stakes
Member- 2 stakes
Member ( 10+ merits earned) - 3 stakes
Full member- 4 stakes
Full member ( 15+ earned merits) - 5 stakes
Sr.member - 6 stakes
Sr.member ( 20+ earned merits )- 7 stakes
Hero member - 8 stakes
Hero ( 25+ earned merits)- 10 stakes
Legendary- 10 stakes
Legendary ( 30+ earned merits) - 12 stakes

Your suggestions in readjusting this stake rewards would surely be appreciated. I am trying to make the process more awarding for the deserved members also it will attract some high merited users to the campaigns.

That's a good idea.

Also offer:

Jr.member - 1 stake
Jr.member ( 5 earned merits) = Member = 2 stakes
Member ( 10+ earned merits) = Full member = 4 stakes
Full member ( 15+ earned merits) = Sr.member = 6 stakes
Sr.member ( 20+ earned merits ) = Hero member = 8 stakes
Hero ( 25+ earned merits) = Legendary = 10 stakes
Legendary ( 30+ earned merits) = 12 stakes

[tranthidung]

Your ideas look good, but it should be adjusted a little bit.

need first 1 merit from others for Newbie to be Jr., wear the signature and post the image.
need first 1 merit from others for Member to wear the signature.
need first 2 merit from others for FM, Sr. to wear the signature.
need first 3 merit from others for Hero, Legend to wear the signature.

Something like this one, increasing merits required for each rank, higher than required merits at the beginning of merit system.
It means users have to earn at least 1, 2 or 3 merits by themselves from their constructive threads or from merit selling ( ) in order to maintain their ranks.
If they are unable to do this, they will be automatically demoted, like Junior Members in September this year.

If the suggestion will be really implemented, we will definitely witness a massive wave of demotion from higher ranked users, from Full Members to Ledgendary.
We might see a shocking events in the forum, one of the biggest shocks since the start of bitcointalk forum, including the implementation of merit system, and this one (if occur).