Should merit be disabled on Bitcoin Wall Observer?

[Poker Player]

But on that thread signatures are not displayed so I don't think they are getting paid for their posts there.

A question for veteran members: did that thread change a lot since the merit system was introduced? If so, it means OP is right, if not, OP is wrong.

Asking WO members to prove themselves guilty is quite a pointless task dont you think 

I'm not asking just WO members. I am asking all veterans.

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[Last of the V8s]

While participants of the thread are mostly bullish, they're bullish about BTC, not just the price. You can discuss the day to day moves in the price (purpose of the thread), news about BTC in general, and express bearish sentiments after a while, you can't just do it like dumping a shit on a doorstep "BTC will go to 0" and expect to be welcomed.

i never said bitcoin is going to 0 or anything like that, i only made a few small time frame TA, which was for the day to day movement in price, sufficient to say they were not pleased. The purpose of the thread is to discuss the day to day price movements, i agree with you on that, but the community members there dont, theres barely any TA there apart from the TA  that toxic2040 posts, its mostly just jokes and chitchat

That's the original purpose of the thread (roughly). The original post has been preserved out of respect for the former original poster. The purpose now after the rule change is much more liberal; jokes, chitchat and calling people a doofus are all positively encouraged. Price talk is also welcome.


Which you would know if you had done any research.

[Last of the V8s]

Disclaimer: All posts in this thread are for entertainment purposes only.

this covers it fine.

the new rules are somewhere in meta, you could search for them

special rules for special people. so unfair

[Lauda]

It is a very easy way for the inner circle to farm merits by content which would otherwise get you banned for posting it in that quality and quantity elsewhere. The way they are, things have always been.

[P_Shep]

LoL @ this thread. 

Some things, SwayStar, are bigger than you. 

[Last of the V8s]

It is a very easy way for the inner circle to farm merits by content which would otherwise get you banned for posting it in that quality and quantity elsewhere. The way they are, things have always been.

exactly, if i were to merit my friends memes on a offtopic thread and vice versa, id very likely get flagged and distrusted by everyone, but somehow its fine in WO

that's the spirit

[Last of the V8s]

It is a very easy way for the inner circle to farm merits by content which would otherwise get you banned for posting it in that quality and quantity elsewhere. The way they are, things have always been.

exactly, if i were to merit my friends memes on a offtopic thread and vice versa, id very likely get flagged and distrusted by everyone, but somehow its fine in WO

that's the spirit

I hope you realize you are basically admitting to merit farming

I said before, it seems a low priority for the admin. If he wants to, he can change it and I for one will be willing to adapt. Until then, and it seems unlikely to happen, your whining is just that.

[Last of the V8s]

It was a conditional statement.
There's no need for any change. It's harmless.

[Last of the V8s]

oh god now cue the statisticians. can't bear those people personally. very dry sticks imo

[Karartma1]

I wonder why people always remembers of the Wall Observer thread during heavy market conditions. Why don't you come hanging out when the market is doing sideways? You guys could find some good pearls in it.
I know it's hard to keep up with the overall thread speed but most of the times the WO is the place to get first hand news, tips and tricks about Bitcoin.
If you don't like it, just do not post inside. And we will be friends.

[Poker Player]

id say the majority of merit being holed up and distributed within a single thread is pretty harmful  

Most threads last a day or two at most. That thread has been going on for years, so your categorical statement does not make sense.

[tranthidung]

The forum is the bitcoin forum and the Bitcoin Wall Observer thread is unique on the forum. It's the place to visit for bitcoin enthusiasts.

• Signature is disabled in Wall Observer thread and posters can not get their post quota in WO. No advertisement in WO.
• People can complain about how merit is distributed in WO but please remember that even if you earn thousand of merit in WO but you simply earn it from shitposts and you are a shitposter, you will not get acceptances from managers of good campaigns. It makes sense to stop complaining about merit in WO.

Next, please read to know the history of Wall Observer thread:

• Wall Observer new ownership
• What to do with the wall observer thread?

Edit:
I appreciate them that they have kept their market observations despite of what's going on the market. Pump or dump, bull or bear they still keep their observation going/

[Cryptotourist]

Love your recommended exchanges btw.
I think you should delete them, and put Bitstamp and Kraken instead.

In fact, I demand that you do. Your choice of exchanges is toxic.

[gappie]

The WO thread is the ONLY thread I have been visiting for many years now on bitcointalk.org. I always have a tab open in my browser and try and keep up to date on the pages of posts. I don't post often there, although I read it on a weekly basis. I have been visiting bitcointalk since 2011, although my username was only registered in 2013. There are many of us who find comfort in reading WO when the HODL gets tough and celebrate together when the bull gets going. The merits are also useful to identify the quality posts from the perspective of like minded WO readers when scanning pages of posts trying to catch up to the latest posts. If you remove WO thread, you kill bitcointalk.org for me and others.

[bitserve]

It was a conditional statement.
There's no need for any change. It's harmless.

id say the majority of merit being holed up and distributed within a single thread is pretty harmful  

Most threads last a day or two at most. That thread has been going on for years, so your categorical statement does not make sense.

the difference is that in WO if you are a member of the upper echelon you can get merited for posting ameme that has absolutely nothing to do with bitcoin! far from bitcoin price discussion dont you think

This (yours not WO) thread would be completely worthless except for that "upper echelon" meme worthy statement. We had Wealthy Elite before, now we have Upper Echelon too. Thanks whinyboy.

[NeuroticFish]

This was my original motivation to write this thread

I think that the real motivation is jealousy.
WO is different from most of this forum and it's OK as it is.
Quite a number of people from there don't even read or post in the rest of the forum.
Quite some people from there don't even care about merits (long time legendaries).

So all this crying / useless drama only makes you ... look small.


PS. Merit is not everything.
PPS. Beware, addiction to Facebook likes is studied as disorder, try to not get something similar about merits.

[bitserve]

The forum is the bitcoin forum and the Bitcoin Wall Observer thread is unique on the forum. It's the place to visit for bitcoin enthusiasts.

• Signature is disabled in Wall Observer thread and posters can not get their post quota in WO. No advertisement in WO.
• People can complain about how merit is distributed in WO but please remember that even if you earn thousand of merit in WO but you simply earn it from shitposts and you are a shitposter, you will not get acceptances from managers of good campaigns. It makes sense to stop complaining about merit in WO.

Next, please read to know the history of Wall Observer thread:

• Wall Observer new ownership
• What to do with the wall observer thread?

In the last link you posted, the poll option "Transfer ownership of the current thread to someone active, and trust them to enforce on-topicness." Won the most amount of votes, and well clearly the on topicness is not very high, so i dont get what kind of arguement you are trying to make here, if anything you just supported me

You are not too good researching a subject, are you? Ok, will spoonfeed you: Keep reading the links provided. Maybe even a couple post beyond the OP... including the Theymos posts/clarifications.

[Cryptotourist]

Arguments?
Nah, I thought we were trying to impose our personal opinion(s) to others.

[bitserve]

Theymos' clarifications change absolutely nothing from my argument, the fact that the mods stopped caring about the off topic posts doesnt change the fact that the posts are off topic and low effort and are getting merited if they really just wanted to talk with each other they wouldnt care if merits were disabled on WO

Well, then make up your fucking mind and open a new thread for that. This one (per the OP) is about if the WO thread should be deleted or not.

I say NO.

[Cryptotourist]

If your not gonna bother using logic, im not gonna bother replying

Good. Stop crying then.
This subject has been discussed multiple times before, and you think it's logical to bring it up again?
For what? What do you think you can accomplish?

Just fuck off sweetheart.