cryptoaddictchie
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August 19, 2020, 03:46:39 AM |
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When evaluating posts, if I see that a user has been banned for a long time, I will not send him merit, because that makes no sense. He will no longer need him. Yes, and in the discussions when this issue was raised, all the same, most were inclined to the fact that it makes no sense for banned users to send merits.
Got a good point cause merits will stop in circulation. But there are merit sources that have replenishment of their smerits so it does not matter whether a certain user send a merit to a particular post that has been banned. I did not check some of the profile Im given merits cause what I do check is his/her content. If the user was already banned he will not be able to use his smerit but the knowledge imparted to other user by his post matter. Like for example, this user is rarely post here but Ive reported his post on LoyceV for this one Make your own stakebox. Ultimate beginners guide how to compile any wallet on AA cause of the effort and quality. Regardless what is his status as long as he give some helpful contributions I believe we should spend it. There is a saying "spend wisely" well we invested by knowledge as we able to see post that are meritable. |
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August 19, 2020, 07:12:19 AM |
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For privacy reasons the official list of merit sources is not publicly available, we wouldn't want users bugging the sources for merits or scrutinizing their merit awarding. Most of them would however already be known due to their merit giving rate or having admitted to be. For the number of merit sources and the total allocation, check out this link - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats=sourcesFull merit statistics - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats |
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August 19, 2020, 08:16:27 AM |
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... Goes without saying. I was giving you the reason why there is no official list. I also stated that it could be deduced by checking their merit history. There has been several attempts at compiling the full list, theymos however declined on making it official, for privacy reasons. |
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LoyceV
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August 19, 2020, 08:43:28 AM |
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Where can I see a list of all merit sources on the forum? Is there such a list at all? I read somewhere that there are 97 or so.  The best list I've seen is made by Coin-1: [TOP-200] The most generous users giving merits. This list currently shows more than the official number of 97 Merit sources. Unless someone declares it, it can't be detected with certainty when a source gets removed. There may also be false negatives in the list. |
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Timelord2067
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August 19, 2020, 10:34:54 AM |
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There's nothing that says you *have*to* pass merits on once you have received them. Theymos has stated that merits *may* decay over time (at a future date - presumably if the merits aren't forwarded on) I feel handing out 50 merits in one lump is lazy and shouldn't be allowed to occur. I also feel merit sources should be audited and should be unable to hand merits out to other merit sources, or to like-minded gang-members.
If you look at the higher end recipients of merits almost all of their merits are gifted to them in clumps from co-gang members.
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LoyceV
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August 19, 2020, 11:08:30 AM |
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I feel handing out 50 merits in one lump is lazy and shouldn't be allowed to occur. It depends on the post, which has to be really good for that amount. Or it depends on the user if someone needs 50 Merit to rank up, and has decent posts. Both are okay with theymos: But undoubtedly some people got screwed by this, and if they have decent posts, by all means, give them the 250 or 500 merit that they need to rank-up. If they complain about amounts, tell them to complain to me. It's best if sources try to exhaust their source allocations, even if it means giving posts higher amounts than is typical. If you have 150 source merit and you only see 3 merit-worthy posts in a month, then I'd rather you over-give each of them 50 merit than let the merit expire. That way there are more people capable of sending merit, and the "merit economy" is less top-down. I also feel merit sources should be audited and should be unable to hand merits out to other merit sources I'm pretty sure theymos keeps an eye on Merit sources once in a while, and if you have specific suspicious you can either post it in Meta, or tell theymos directly. or to like-minded gang-members. What's wrong with Meriting thick-skinned gang members who like sarcasm? If you look at the higher end recipients of merits almost all of their merits are gifted to them in clumps from co-gang members. As of last Friday: 1. 6879 Merit received by theymos (#35) from 952 unique users in 2639 transactions
2. 5783 Merit received by LoyceV (#459836) from 626 unique users in 3195 transactions
3. 4616 Merit received by o_e_l_e_o (#1188543) from 425 unique users in 2595 transactions
4. 4430 Merit received by suchmoon (#234771) from 417 unique users in 2529 transactions
5. 4048 Merit received by DdmrDdmr (#1582324) from 399 unique users in 2175 transactions
6. 3901 Merit received by El duderino_ (#1067333) from 313 unique users in 2528 transactions
7. 3815 Merit received by fillippone (#1852120) from 314 unique users in 2230 transactions
8. 3461 Merit received by Last of the V8s (#479624) from 253 unique users in 2315 transactions
9. 3171 Merit received by gmaxwell (#11425) from 179 unique users in 1005 transactions
10. 2837 Merit received by mikeywith (#2033515) from 266 unique users in 1619 transactions Even though I have no doubt that a large share of their Merit came from a small group, the above numbers show many different users value their posts. And it makes sense that the small group of users who has a lot of sMerit to give, also gives larger amounts. |
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August 19, 2020, 12:20:19 PM |
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The purpose of the merit system is to award posts, not users.
This is all well said, I merit most importantly the good contributing and helpful posts not minding to keep the username in my medulla, sending merit to user is something racial and its depicts the forum rules. Also, how could you know a users is being inactive or permaban for a very long time? cause my smerit is open for everyone, that would be time consuming for thorough investigation on such dead user. I don't just believe and never seen user that hoard merit anyhow in this forum, all of the merit given by merit source are for quality and distributed posts, keeping smerit is of no benefit at all. If a recipient have earned merit from senders, there is nothing wrong with him keeping his/her smerit, its a reward earned by such user so its up to that respective user to what ever he want with it. Its not a big deal and shouldn't create forum attacks. Its as simple as that. |
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August 19, 2020, 02:19:54 PM |
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I am not a merit source but whenever I am to send merit, i do try to check the user's merit history. If they are merit hoarders, I don't send anything, and also in most cases i send Merits to recent posts so it's very rare for me to send to inactive or previously banned profiles.
Meaning that you are doing well in the forum. Not all are given the chance to rank up and receive merits. Most likely criteria for receiving merits are constructive, useful and helpful to which only few users could do it. Average users like me will probably remain in this rank. Well, I have already use to it since I could not also think of so many way that I could be able to make a constructive and helpful posts. As long as I am earning few cents in the signature campaign I am promoting then I am okay with it. I will just be willing to help for the newbie and other users with low rank like me. |
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cabalism13
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August 19, 2020, 02:35:50 PM |
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So now the question itself: Do you pay attention to those users who never send anything to anyone when sending them a merit or you don't care, the main thing is that the post is useful.
I do, sometimes? especially when they already hit Hero or Legendary Ranks, I rarely give to the Legendaries except when it is really needed (means their posts are too worthy of an award) Also when it comes to newbies and juniors I sometimes check on their Mert History / Post History,... I'm more focused on giving out my sMerits to our Local Board and to its users,... I'm keeping DdmrDdmr's thread on my track so I could also help the users who only needs a few to rank up. (as of now our Local is back on its dark days, due to campaign restrictions,... an awful fact)... |
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August 19, 2020, 06:15:15 PM |
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and if you have specific suspicious you can either post it in Meta, or tell theymos directly.
I made an observation that @cabalism13 was part of a group that were meriting/DTing each other and he gave me DT distrust. The system is broken. or tell theymos directly. theymos has never responded in the past (and there is no evidence action was taken on those PM's) so I have no faith that anything would happen if I again PM'ed him. |
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August 19, 2020, 06:26:56 PM Merited by cabalism13 (1) |
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theymos has never responded in the past (and there is no evidence action was taken on those PM's) so I have no faith that anything would happen if I again PM'ed him.
That's called a hint. Take it. |
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August 19, 2020, 07:06:51 PM
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So now the question itself: Do you pay attention to those users who never send anything to anyone when sending them a merit or you don't care, the main thing is that the post is useful.
I send merit to post, not user. I don't pay attention to anything as long as post is good.
8 - 4 - 2 - 1 = 15 merits
Math is interesting thing, assuming that you have 20 merits: 20 - 10 - 5 - 2 - 1 = 38 merits ...but, if you decide to merit 10 posts with 2 merits: 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 = 30 merits  |
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August 19, 2020, 07:42:48 PM |
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20 - 10 - 5 - 2 - 1 = 38 merits
If you take into account the 0.5 smerits generated for each 1 merit sent then; ...5 - 2(+0.5) - 1(+0.5) both half smerits would potentially generate another smerit totalling 39 To compare; 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 = 30 merits Each 1 merit sent generates 0.5 smerits = 10 × 0.5 = 5 As above ...5 - 2(+0.5) - 1(+0.5) So, 30 + 5 + 2(+0.5) + 1(+0.5) = 39 Regardless of how you distribute merits it should generate same number of smerits, although splitting it more would mean it would need an extra merit to activate it by making it a whole 1 |
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cabalism13
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and if you have specific suspicious you can either post it in Meta, or tell theymos directly.
I made an observation that @cabalism13 was part of a group that were meriting/DTing each other and he gave me DT distrust. The system is broken. Just because of one person not trusting you, you say the system is broken? You also have issues Giving Merits to my fellow citizen, why is that? First of all I'm a source for a Local Board, secondly, I don't ask them to use their Merits on me, just look at our board now, I rarely give my sMerits due to lack of activity.
theymos has never responded in the past (and there is no evidence action was taken on those PM's) so I have no faith that anything would happen if I again PM'ed him.
if the whole forum is complaining then the admin will try to fix it. but if there's only 1-10 user/s are complaining then there's nothing wrong about it Lastly: The List Below are the users who gave me Merits ( The Data was a bit old July 24) and you might not want to Count the one's like with suchmoon because it's a boost for me giving out sMerits back then. +----------------------------------------------------------+
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1. | suchmoon 234771 57 3 |
2. | theymos 35 47 2 |
3. | TMAN 98986 46 9 |
4. | GreatArkansas 1164368 24 18 |
5. | sheenshane 1179651 22 20 |
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6. | CryptopreneurBrainboss 1052091 22 14 |
7. | finaleshot2016 888099 19 15 |
8. | Vod 30747 19 5 |
9. | theyoungmillionaire 1180530 19 12 |
10. | LoyceV 459836 18 14 |
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11. | DdmrDdmr 1582324 18 15 |
12. | cryptoaddictchie 1269701 18 11 |
13. | Bttzed03 1239188 16 8 |
14. | Mr. 553678 15 9 |
15. | squatz1 738419 15 2 |
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16. | bL4nkcode 765632 14 12 |
17. | enhu 350984 13 1 |
18. | dbshck 153634 13 3 |
19. | Hhampuz 881377 12 11 |
20. | lionheart78 221727 11 3 |
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21. | Jet 698159 11 2 |
22. | nutildah 317618 10 7 |
23. | tranthidung 1292764 10 10 |
24. | The 487418 9 3 |
25. | DarkStar_ 507936 9 3 |
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26. | akirasendo17 1011538 8 5 |
27. | bisdak40 1634336 8 5 |
28. | asu 519783 8 8 |
29. | LogitechMouse 1143164 8 4 |
30. | xandry 382413 8 3 |
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31. | Yatsan 857883 8 4 |
32. | philipma1957 64507 8 1 |
33. | joniboini 1275282 7 2 |
34. | julerz12 950662 7 3 |
35. | plvbob0070 2449551 7 4 |
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36. | o_e_l_e_o 1188543 6 5 |
37. | Asuspawer09 1136961 6 6 |
38. | Quickseller 358020 6 3 |
39. | rhomelmabini 1255873 6 6 |
40. | Lafu 805820 6 3 |
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41. | efrenbilantok 2132488 6 4 |
42. | crwth 914465 6 5 |
43. | Theb 898928 6 4 |
44. | 1miau 2143453 6 5 |
45. | Baofeng 984384 6 6 |
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46. | YOSHIE 2363935 6 5 |
47. | harizen 458393 6 6 |
48. | marlboroza 787736 5 1 |
49. | malevolent 23092 5 1 |
50. | Coin_trader 807453 5 1 |
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51. | Maus0728 1289002 5 3 |
52. | Dabs 54791 5 3 |
53. | Ryker1 1002349 5 3 |
54. | Nellayar 1287090 5 5 |
55. | AniviaBtc 1126232 5 1 |
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56. | Hatuferu 676080 5 1 |
57. | zenrol28 1232224 5 5 |
58. | qwertyup23 1022860 4 4 |
59. | lobcmt2 1321036 4 2 |
60. | yazher 1069571 4 4 |
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61. | rosezionjohn 1215093 4 4 |
62. | serjent05 230934 4 2 |
63. | target 581624 4 2 |
64. | bones261 452769 4 2 |
65. | vapourminer 33156 4 1 |
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66. | Vaculin 720173 4 2 |
67. | Heisenberg_Hunter 1564795 4 2 |
68. | Debonaire217 2409302 3 3 |
69. | Halab 1053119 3 2 |
70. | Coin-1 1133335 3 3 |
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71. | Tytanowy 1925869 3 2 |
72. | ice18 603397 3 2 |
73. | goaldigger 1181447 3 2 |
74. | xSkylarx 874537 3 2 |
75. | Lucius 533583 3 3 |
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76. | maxreish 1933064 3 2 |
77. | mk4 886521 3 3 |
78. | yahoo62278 355846 3 1 |
79. | malikusama 879197 3 2 |
80. | LFC_Bitcoin 379487 3 2 |
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81. | chaser15 523501 3 2 |
82. | hilariousetc 397737 3 2 |
83. | JayJuanGee 252510 3 3 |
84. | Lauda 101872 2 2 |
85. | tbct_mt2 1096237 2 2 |
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86. | OgNasty 18321 2 2 |
87. | theymos_away 349090 2 1 |
88. | sujonali1819 961008 2 2 |
89. | condoras 740502 2 2 |
90. | DireWolfM14 2003859 2 2 |
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91. | DevilSlayer 998116 2 1 |
92. | Scheede 1005083 2 2 |
93. | veilmoil 2709705 2 1 |
94. | r1s2g3 1446224 2 2 |
95. | S_Therapist 2423416 2 2 |
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96. | yogg 140827 2 2 |
97. | Royse777 366632 2 1 |
98. | TheNewAnon135246 153656 2 2 |
99. | leea-1334 969088 2 1 |
100. | danherbias07 526910 2 2 |
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101. | IconFirm 841288 2 1 |
102. | inthelongrun 950786 2 2 |
103. | bitsurfer2014 329708 2 1 |
104. | cryptovigi 1697068 2 2 |
105. | zentdex 1331637 2 2 |
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106. | Japinat 816346 2 2 |
107. | gunhell16 1101424 2 2 |
108. | cleygaux 902035 2 1 |
109. | TheUltraElite 878630 2 1 |
110. | Polar91 947291 2 2 |
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111. | Cyrus 78147 2 1 |
112. | ralle14 535215 2 1 |
113. | arwin100 755235 2 2 |
114. | giammangiato 889300 2 2 |
115. | tyz 153644 2 1 |
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116. | Coolcryptovator 1980983 2 2 |
117. | lobat999 333091 2 1 |
118. | Janation 779714 2 1 |
119. | Darker45 901661 2 2 |
120. | kotajikikox 1066695 2 2 |
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121. | roycilik 1051955 2 2 |
122. | Becky666 2526732 1 1 |
123. | Daboy_Lyle 1781008 1 1 |
124. | jademaxsuy 1788599 1 1 |
125. | mikeywith 2033515 1 1 |
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126. | nydiacaskey01 140736 1 1 |
127. | nanna 1178098 1 1 |
128. | andulolika 223200 1 1 |
129. | NavI_027 1127008 1 1 |
130. | BitcoinPanther 861919 1 1 |
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131. | CucakRowo 1932205 1 1 |
132. | paul00 965260 1 1 |
133. | Zeke_23 969898 1 1 |
134. | Gens09 970568 1 1 |
135. | pandukelana2712 1304130 1 1 |
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136. | singlebit 1019324 1 1 |
137. | krogothmanhattan 1000199 1 1 |
138. | lemipawa 152856 1 1 |
139. | Nikisa 2154195 1 1 |
140. | jayce 335088 1 1 |
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141. | ruthbabe 961283 1 1 |
142. | hyunee 1013131 1 1 |
143. | Taki 833802 1 1 |
144. | Upgrade00 2423488 1 1 |
145. | ryzaadit 961598 1 1 |
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146. | crairezx20 539350 1 1 |
147. | ecnalubma 986072 1 1 |
148. | Creepings 923040 1 1 |
149. | xianbits 940730 1 1 |
150. | Gabz999 1065147 1 1 |
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151. | taufik123 831523 1 1 |
152. | mocacinno 405464 1 1 |
153. | sabx01 963465 1 1 |
154. | TravelMug 954316 1 1 |
155. | terizla 2641576 1 1 |
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156. | mrcastelo 998621 1 1 |
157. | creeps 1094167 1 1 |
158. | UserU 1452494 1 1 |
159. | RapTarX 2530429 1 1 |
160. | davis196 710218 1 1 |
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161. | leonair 917822 1 1 |
162. | Csmiami 903175 1 1 |
163. | PETES 1050668 1 1 |
164. | mprep 51173 1 1 |
165. | carlfebz2 731699 1 1 |
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166. | merchantofzeny 929358 1 1 |
167. | chenille 2038274 1 1 |
168. | BitcoinGirl.Club 662330 1 1 |
169. | Last 479624 1 1 |
170. | hosseinimr93 995810 1 1 |
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171. | mrvuit 1437909 1 1 |
172. | YuginKadoya 542292 1 1 |
173. | Oasisman 819270 1 1 |
174. | ChuckBuck 207430 1 1 |
175. | Farma 567786 1 1 |
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176. | 0 1 1 |
177. | Dayan1 1072213 1 1 |
178. | InvoKing 525058 1 1 |
179. | SiNeReiNZzz 251328 1 1 |
180. | wwzsocki 131333 1 1 |
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181. | ETFbitcoin 359716 1 1 |
182. | mOgliE 107200 1 1 |
183. | bamboylee 687488 1 1 |
184. | kaicrypzen 864005 1 1 |
185. | deisik 156665 1 1 |
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186. | Harkorede 2160117 1 1 |
187. | bill 370611 1 1 |
188. | ChiBitCTy 904524 1 1 |
189. | eternalgloom 163641 1 1 |
190. | Nestade 134226 1 1 |
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191. | pixie85 930591 1 1 |
192. | LbtalkL 1113995 1 1 |
193. | criz2fer 890562 1 1 |
194. | fillippone 1852120 1 1 |
195. | koang 988415 1 1 |
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196. | Botnake 827202 1 1 |
197. | dkbit98 1410401 1 1 |
198. | logfiles 1247226 1 1 |
199. | KualaBit 970896 1 1 |
200. | snipie 550315 1 1 |
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201. | shone08 980844 1 1 |
202. | TalkStar 2136362 1 1 |
203. | Altero 1079518 1 1 |
204. | Silent26 1091163 1 1 |
205. | Yamifoud 793182 1 1 |
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206. | Daniel91 334636 1 1 |
207. | Vinalians 785629 1 1 |
208. | Crypto-DesignService 2528593 1 1 |
209. | Teddybears 713671 1 1 |
210. | Termin4tor 438484 1 1 |
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211. | krishnapramod 372359 1 1 |
212. | molsewid 663116 1 1 |
213. | akamit 782831 1 1 |
214. | SacriFries11 989450 1 1 |
215. | khaled0111 1012655 1 1 |
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216. | jamirrah 1046490 1 1 |
217. | Lutpin 520313 1 1 |
218. | sapnu 968835 1 1 |
219. | alani123 121796 1 1 |
220. | hacker1001101001 1021758 1 1 |
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221. | Text 807536 1 1 |
222. | Avirunes 175302 1 1 |
223. | mikfresh 1586971 1 1 |
224. | samcrypto 1218995 1 1 |
225. | Mevz 1180379 1 1 |
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Timelord2067
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You're distrust of me is DT abuse, nothing more. Trying to put spin on it won't change what it is, or why you gave it to me.
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There's actually 38.5 merits in the example you analise as at the point there are five merits, there is two plus an "invisible half" merit which doesn't flow down stream from that point. In saying that at the point there is just one merit given, there is then a second "invisible half merit", so although that takes the tally back up to 39, it wasn't derived through the method you describe. |
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You're distrust of me is DT abuse, nothing more. Trying to put spin on it won't change what it is, or why you gave it to me. Does it make any changes when I Distrust you or remove you from my list? I just don't trust your judgement on somethings and that's already enough for me to have you ~ Just like what I said you can always put me on your ~ list P.S. Sorry for the off topic OP, anyways I do have enough sMerits to spend due to lack of activity on my Local, still thinking of a way to regain that again. |
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I'm a merit source, and I award merits to those people who I believe are contributing to the forum, and to posters in topics that I want to encourage. Sometimes I will give a block of merits to a guy to help him rank up, but only if he is a valuable contributor ( in my opinion ), and I don't think he is being rewarded. Of course I don't award merits to anyone I have placed on ignore.
The misunderstanding that merits are only there to help people achieve higher ranks seems to persist. This is not true, merits are there to encourage posters to contribute and help the forum. It is a method of providing peer approval for topics and posters, and should be dependent on rank. Obviously I don't "need" any merits, but I look on merits I receive as encouragement to post. If I don't receive any merits, then it discourages me from posting, as I feel that my comments are unwanted. If you want to keep this forum alive and beneficial, then encourage anyone you think is a useful contributor, and not just the guys who want to rank up to gain higher earnings from a forum that becomes a paid to post business.
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August 20, 2020, 04:59:11 PM |
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As a merit source, I pay attention if the post is useful somehow. Doesn't matter if the user is distributing his smerit or not. But yes, when I intend to send merit in a very old post then I check if the user is active. Usually, I do not send merit if the user is inactive for a long time. I have remembered a few posts where I was going to send merit, but I had doubts about plagiarism and eventually, I was right. For me, it's more priority to distribute merits among active contributors than inactive users. So of course I noticed the posting dates as well.
No matter if every merit source has different thoughts and strategies to distribute his/her merits.
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CryptopreneurBrainboss
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Activity: 2254
Merit: 4154
eXch.cx - Automatic crypto Swap Exchange.
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August 20, 2020, 07:13:29 PM |
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When I was appointment a source at first I didn't bother much about the user been merited. All I was after was hurting for useful post but with time (As I paid close attention) I easily identify those users only making that supposenly useful thread just to get the merit to enhance their payout with their spamming of the forum. I won't want to encourage that user therefore I abstain from meriting them.
At some point I was one of the highest meriter that have merited banned accounts in the last 120 days, wasn't that much of a worry since I knew the posts which were merited did deserved some highlighting. Recently though, that's slowing declining because this days I don't just send out merit with looking into the user account especially for those that aren't known to me to be quality contributors. Sometimes it's stressful but if I can be assumed I'm not encouraging some spammer then I'm ok with enduring the stress.
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