These absolute negative IQ takes are hurting my brain in more ways than one... Sigh.
Alas, I have found my time better spent elsewhere than on keeping up with the spam on this thread. :-/
I did intend to take another action about that, and may still do so; but again, who has the time?
However, I
am watching it for news about the mediation; and to avoid the potential that new users may be misled, I should address what on its face appears to be a classic “Newbie” question. :-)
i am new to the forum, can you guys please explain to me, what does this "merited" thing mean?
thanks
This original intent of the merit system is best explained in the words of
the forum’s administrator, theymos:
I'm hoping that this system will increase post quality by:
- Forcing people to post high-quality stuff in order to rank up. If you just post garbage, you will never get even 1 merit point, and you will therefore never be able to put links in your signature, etc.
- Highlighting good posts with the "Merited by" line.
While we will not be directly moderating this, I encourage people to give merit to posts that are objectively high-quality, not just posts that you agree with.
The sending of merit is an independent action, which can neither be caused nor stopped by the recipient of the merit. Well, it is that way for honest users. Begging for merit is highly improper, as is trading merit. I myself would issue
negative trust feedback for that, although I know that some DT members may disagree with me.
Parenthetically, I may draw your attention to the list of all-time top-merited users (login is required to see this page). High earning of merit is NOT necessarily an indicator of trustworthiness; however, it is a demonstration that a forum member has made many posts that were respected by other people. I myself am currently #27 on the list; alas, I have slid since I took a 20-month break from the forum in 2018–20... By coincidence, HHampuz is now at #20 on the same list. Watch out, HHampuz, if I decide to un-retire myself! ;-) There is also a third-party site unaffiliated with the forum’s administration, BPIP, which tracks some data publicly (no login required); see e.g., my BPIP profile page, a full list of all merit that I have ever received, and a list of merit that I have sent to others. —If you want a system to track trustworthiness, you want to look into the trust system, for what it’s worth. Look in the Meta forum for information.If you have any further questions about the merit system, I suggest asking them on the
topic about merit in the
Meta forum.
P.S., zikzik, I have a reputation around here. Anybody who has followed my activity, knows that the accusation that I am being paid on this thread is preposterous—just made up on the spot, without even a scintilla of evidence.
I sincerely advise you to ask those idiots to stop it. If I were the OP of a scam accusation thread, I would not want such “supporters”; for their wild false accusations would unfairly tend to discredit me in the eyes of others, with guilt by association. Any longtime user of this forum will see what RichGang
et al. are saying about me, and respond: “LOLWUT!?” That is not good for you!
I did not even join this forum to make money
legitimately, let alone dishonestly to sell my soul shilling for chump change. FYI, I have never even enrolled in a paid signature advertising campaign, or taken other paid bounties of any kind. I did once decline a 0.02 BTC/week flat-rate private offer for my signature, from a reasonably reputable gambling site
(who is not a party to this thread), who guaranteed not to interfere with my freedom of speech; I almost regret turning that down—
almost. I publicly
offered to join the ChipMixer campaign, as a sort of a political statement in favour of privacy; but it didn’t wind up happening. The grand total amount of money that I have ever made on this forum is
negligible. If I lose
my 0.01 BTC charity bet with theymos on the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, then my all-time total income from this forum will be a
net negative!Seriously:
nullius is being paid here!? LOL.
Preview page inb4 janggernaut: “nullius posts” take too long to write!
