[Merit] Share your best posts/threads with Fillippone to be merit assessed

[fillippone]

Discussing with other merit sources, I came to the conclusion I had to modify a little bit the way I deplete my merit source allocation:

• I need to help more newbies grow in rank to make more valuable contributors stay longer in the forum.
• Act more responsibly with my merit allocation, distributing it more efficiently and effectively
• Find a new contributor where I can learn something new.

I then decided to open this thread, where any user, respecting the following rules, can submit an undermerited post.

Rules of the thread:


Rules for applying to get a post merited:

• Any rank that has less than 1000 merits.
• I consider both original topics and individual posts that you leave in various forum topics.
• Don’t submit posts that have already gotten more than two merits. If a post has already gotten 2 merits or more, I would simply skip it.
• Each user can submit 5 posts at a maximum per entry.
• Each user can submit one entry every two weeks.
• You cannot submit a new entry until I have reviewed your last one.
• Each user can submit up to 7 entries.
• No third party submitting. The author must report every post.
• I consider posts that are a maximum of 120 days old. No dead horse beating.
• Do not repost the application you had already previously submitted.
• I accept topics in any language and from any local board. Local boards are actually fundamental for the growth of the forum.
• Send me posts where you share some knowledge. Sharing a piece of news is not sharing knowledge. Commenting on the news you just shared is. I want to see original content.
• No translation of posts in this thread. Again, original content only.
• Excluded Boards: Meta, Reputation, Altcoin (local boards included), Archival, Games and Rounds, Investor Based Games, Micro Earnings, Politics and Society, Gambling and Off-topic will not count. Posts in Ivory Tower and Serious discussion don't count as well.
• All applications that will violate the rules of this topic will be deleted and the author will be put on ignore. If someone is ignored, the post will be automatically deleted.
• I reserve to change the rules to improve the quality of the thread. New rules will be enacted upon publishing on the thread.
• No translation of posts in this thread.

What you get applying to get a post merited:

• I commit to reading all your submitted posts.
• I commit to assessing the quality of all the posts and deciding if they are worthy or not.

What you don't get applying to get a post merited:

• The certainty of a merit for your submission.
• The timely assessment of the quality of your merit submission.
• The right to discuss my meriting choices. My meriting habits aren't under scrutiny here.

Format for applying:

For the good order of the thread, to facilitate the readability and to facilitate my merit assessment, please use the following syntax to submit your merit assessment request.

Code:

Round: Cumulative number of post batches submitted for review (up to 7).
[b][url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1234.msg1234#1234]TITLE[/url][/b]
Description : <optional, but either description or category must exist>
Category: <optional> {guide, opinion, news, question, technical question, technical answer, share technical improvement/upgrade, etc.}
Board     : {board where the post appeared}

(quote edited a bit)

For example, from the thread, a user had already submitted 5 posts reviewed a few weeks earlier and decided to fill in only the category field. He could have chosen fo fill both description and Category or description only.

Round: 3

Re: Can I be an exchanger and is it allowed?
Category: suggestion
Board     : Beginners & Help

Re: I am beginner please help
Category: suggestion
Board    : Beginners & Help

Re: Hello i want to make traders dream come true
Category: opinion
Board     : Trading Discussion

Re: Im looking For good signals channels
Category: opinion and suggestion
Board     : Trading Discussion

Re: Brazil Has Approved Bill Recognizing Bitcoin As a Payment Method.
Category: opinion
Board     : Bitcoin Discussion

BOARD IS COMPULSORY. CHEATING ON THE BOARD AUTOMATICALLY GRANT YOU IGNORE + DISTRUST.
Please check you follow the above rule before applying.

Inspiration for this thread:
Of course, this initiative is not new on the forum: I draw inspiration from a few threads around:

[self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source

Good luck to everyone.

[1miau]

Great initiative, fillippone!
Especially considering local boards, is much appreciated. Posting quality has gone down constantly in our local board and I've tried to improve it a little bit.
New initiatives are always beneficial for the forum. 
If you need an assessment about submitted content from our German board and you have some questions, feel free to reach out to me. 

Rules for applying to get a post merited:

• Excluded Boards: Altcoin boards, Archival, Games and Rounds, Investor Based Games, Micro Earnings, Politics and Society, Gambling and Off-topic will not count. For obvious reasons, posts in Ivory Tower and Serious discussion don't count as well

May I ask why?
It's not obvious for me. 
Because Signatures are not displayed there? 

[fillippone]

Great initiative, fillippone!
Especially considering local boards, is much appreciated. Posting quality has gone down constantly in our local board and I've tried to improve it a little bit.
New initiatives are always beneficial for the forum.  
If you need an assessment about submitted content from our German board and you have some questions, feel free to reach out to me.  

You know how I think local boards are beneficial to the forum.
For example here:

Help me translate my best posts in your Local Board

Rules for applying to get a post merited:

• Excluded Boards: Altcoin boards, Archival, Games and Rounds, Investor Based Games, Micro Earnings, Politics and Society, Gambling and Off-topic will not count. For obvious reasons, posts in Ivory Tower and Serious discussion don't count as well

May I ask why?
It's not obvious for me.  
Because Signatures are not displayed there?  

The obvious reason is those boards tend to gyrate a little bit too much off topic, while I prefer to keep the meriting closely to bitcoin-related topics.
But I got your point, and I slightly edited the OP.

[kawetsriyanto]

Your consistency in contributing to this forum is amazing. This time, you shows your care/concern to low rank members. I'm glad to see this, it is very appreciated. However, I have a basic question related to the criteria of topics that can be applied here.

Discussing with other merit sources, I came to the conclusion I had to modify a little bit the way I deplete my merit source allocation:

• I need to help more newbies to grow in rank, so to make more malleable contributor stay longer into the forum.

Since you stated "help more newbies", does it mean the topics that can be submitted/applied here are the topics made by newbies only?
I still don't really understand this.  

[Z-tight]

Re: Is the forum now attracting people trying to impress for reward
Category: opinion, good reply
Section: meta

Re: Having losses? Or people are not going the right way
Category: good reply
Section: Bitcoin discussion

Re: we are all Hodlonaut
Section: Bitcoin discussion

Re: El Salvador has become the first country to make #Bitcoin legal tender
Section: Bitcoin discussion

Re: Interesting facts about Bitcoin
Section: Bitcoin discussion
I hope the formatting is convenient for you to access and assess.

[fillippone]

Since you stated "help more newbies", does it mean the topics that can be submitted/applied here are the topics made by newbies only?
I still don't really understand this.  

In general, for lower ranking members can be difficult getting enough merits, so I think “newbies” should be taken care of.
Here read newbies not in a technical way. So everyone with less than 1,000 merits can apply.

Funny typo of mine btw.

[Jatiluhung]

1. Re: El Salvador claim bitcoin attracts tourists right or wrong?
Category : Good Reply
Section : Bitcoin Discussion

2. Re: El Salvador has become the first country to make #Bitcoin legal tender! 🇸🇻
Category : Good Reply
Section : Bitcoin Discussion

3. A Government-Suitable Digital Currency (CBDC vs. StableCoin)
Section : Economics

4. Re: Is there a place in the world you could live like a king via sig campaigns?
Category : Good Reply, Good information
Section : Economics

5. Hal Finney & Reusable Proof-of-Work (RPOW) |Bitcoin Predecessor
Section :  Diskusi Bitcoin

Thank you for creating a thread that will motivate and help every newbie to be more passionate about making higher quality posts.

[libert19]

1) phishing via governance proposals
Category : Security
Section : Beginners & Help


2) Re: [TELEGRAM] Yet Another BitcoinTalk Notification BOT (merits, mentions, topics,+)
Category : Guide
Section : Meta


Edit: Edited according to updated rules.

[BRINIRHA]

• Tips to save my finances, to grow personal economy
Category : Opinion & information
Section : Economics


• Re: Zimbabwe resorts to gold coins as local currency tumbles
Category : Opinion & information
Section : Economics

• Re: Leading countries in the use of crypto
Category : Opinion & information
Section : Economics

• Re: Leading countries in the use of crypto
Category : Opinion & information
Section : Economics

• Re: Savings during inflation
Category : Opinion
Section : Economics

• Re: Education
Category : Opinion
Section : Economics

• Re: Germans are looking to firewood for energy as natural gas prices soar
Category : Opinion & information
Section : Economics

[Pmalek]

I created this thread a few years ago:
Giving X Newbie/Jr. Members a Chance to Rank Up

Maybe you can take a look at it, especially the rules I had. Some of them might seem to strict, but they worked. From what I have seen in the past, these types of merit sharing threads were usually moved to the off-topic section by the mods. But as you can see, my thread survived in B&H after all these years. I am sure the rules had something do with that. There is a screenshot there from a PM from theymos. It's no longer visible on the forum probably because the image host is no longer supported, but you can still take a look at it here > https://i.vgy.me/OdLfXf.png.

One of the rules that I had was that you couldn't submit posts that were written after I started my tread. The deadlines were then moved several times as time passed. Since everything that is good eventually gets taken advantage of, cheaters might see this initiative of yours as a great way to create some new accounts, make a few decent/good posts, and submit those in your thread. The accounts could then be sold or used for other purposes.   

[fillippone]

One of the rules that I had was that you couldn't submit posts that were written after I started my tread. The deadlines were then moved several times as time passed. Since everything that is good eventually gets taken advantage of, cheaters might see this initiative of yours as a great way to create some new accounts, make a few decent/good posts, and submit those in your thread. The accounts could then be sold or used for other purposes.   

Thanks for your insight. And for sure I will look into your rules and implement some additional requirement if needed.

Regarding your concerns about this thread facilitating farming/selling of accounts, I will check on it and actively look for abuse. But I tend to think people approach in good faith so that I won’t make life harder for the good users because of potential bad users. In this case, potential bad users would be motivated enough to circumvent the rules anyway, while good users would be simply left behind and discouraged.

[EarnOnVictor]

1. MY DAILY BITCOIN SPECULATIONS AND VIEWS
Category: Dedicated trading speculation
Section: Speculation

2. The US CPI has strong influence on Bitcoin (a reason for the current rise)
Section: Economics

3. Market speculation caused the recent Bitcoin fall
Section: Economics

4. Re: Btc and western usa power
Section: Bitcoin discussion

5. Re: Going 3x this month for swing trading worth it?
Section: Trading discussion

6. Re: If Bitcoin Follows Previous Cycle
Section: Speculation

7. Re: Going 3x this month for swing trading worth it?
Section: Trading discussion

8. Re:Will Bitcoin hit 2022 low again?
Section: Speculation

9. Re: Bitcoin Price Can Fail and Will Touch Be US $ 13k Dollar?
Section: Speculation

10. Re:WHAT MAKES BITCOIN A CDS ON THE FED
Section: Trading discussion

11. Re: Is trading gambling in another form?
Section: Beginners & Help

12. Re: Help me to be a pro in bitcoin and crypto
Category: Detailed answer
Section: Beginners & Help

13. Re: Is bitcoin bear market over?
Section: Speculation

[imamusma]

fillippone, I know you are a well-intentioned merit source to help many users earn merit and rank up. Your idea serves the same purpose as what Ratimov, LoyceV, and The Pharmacist have been doing so far, but I'm not very talented at making thread and so far I haven't been very motivated to do so. It's clear to me that I'll never get a chance to participate in your thread as long as there's no thread I create, but is it possible to get some of the best posts you can see from the comments we wrote on other thread?

This is just a friendly question, but feel free to delete or ignore it if this violates your thread's local rules. Thanks. 

[Z-tight]

It's clear to me that I'll never get a chance to participate in your thread as long as there's no thread I create, but is it possible to get some of the best posts you can see from the comments we wrote on other thread?

You did not read the op bruh, it is written there that you can report threads created by yourself, or comments in the threads created by other members, the two of it is acceptable in this topic, so you can go ahead and report your comments on other members' threads, let me quote the OP for you:

• I consider both original topics, and individual posts that you leave in various forum topics.

[un_rank]

Re: What if the price of Bitcoin continued to fall during the halving?
Description : Price relation to mining activities
Category : Technical answer
Section : Bitcoin

Re: BITCOIN IS DEAD!
Description : Reply to bitcoin FUD
Category : Opinion
Section : Bitcoin

Re: Holding my horses for now
Category : Opinion
Section : Economy

Centralized, Decentralized and P2P platforms
Category : Guide
Section : Other

Thank You for this thread.

- Jay -

[UserU]

Hmm, would a lesson learned topic qualify? Used to be a proponent of CeFi until I recently lost some Bitcoin due to them "unbanking" their users. :p

Below was a question posed by me on any potential risks of re-using an old Ledger's seed phrases which I've sold, and after receiving advice from some senior members, I went with a new one and my Bitcoins have been staying in there ever since and now my goal is to attain 1 BTC in the near future:
Reusing an existing Ledger seed phrase

[Dunamisx]

Defi and it's Source of Money Flow
Category: good topic
Section: Altcoins discussion

Bitcoin Legal Tender in Central African Republic
Category: reply on post
Section: Economics

Congress Hearing On Bitcoin’s Energy Use
Category: good post
Section: Bitcoin Discussion

Strong Hands Are Buying
Category: reply on post
Section: Bitcoin Discussion

Trading then switching currencies
Category: reply on post
Section: trading discussion

Having losses? Or people are not going the right way
Category: reply on post
Section: Bitcoin Discussion

Strong Hands Are Buying
Category: reply on post
Section: Bitcoin Discussion

[nurilham]

I have some posts that might deserve to be assessed. Two of them are in my local board.
I hope they don't disappoint you.

Re: I have started teaching Bitcoin to my Neighbors
Category : Opinion
Section : Bitcoin Discussion

Re: Poll: In your opinion is this the end for Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency?
Category : Opinion & share information
Section : Bitcoin Discussion

Local Board

Re: [Q&A] Tanya Jawab Seputar Forum Disini/Ask about this forum here!
Category : Opinion, information, technical answer
Section : Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)

Re: APAKAH BAPPEBTI BENAR BENAR MELINDUNGI INVESTOR INDONESIA?
Category : Opinion
Section : Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)

Thank you @fillippone..

[Ahli38]

~ Re: Can trading be likened to gambling and how so?
Category : Information
Section : Economics/Trading Discussion

~ Re: Irrelevance of Education in Nigeria.
Category : Information & Opinion
Section : Economics

~ Re: [DISKUSI] Harga Bitcoin
Category : Information analisys
Section : Local/Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesia)

~ Restoran populer ini Menerima Pembayaran Dalam Crypto (Chipotle)
Category : Information
Section : Local/Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesia)

~ Re: Restoran populer ini Menerima Pembayaran Dalam Crypto (Chipotle)
Category : Information
Section : Local/Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesia)

[kawetsriyanto]

In general, for lower ranking members can be difficult getting enough merits, so I think “newbies” should be taken care of.

Agree.  

Here read newbies not in a technical way. So everyone with less than 1,000 merits can apply.

Okay. It means Newbies - Hero is allowed to apply their posts here as long as it meets the rules.
It is very clear now, I see you have pointed this on the rules.

Funny typo of mine btw.

You have changed it before people realize it, don't worry  

By the way, I don't see in the rules that describe the application limits. For example, 1 member may only apply 1 every 2 weeks or every 1 month. It is better to set a limit of application for every member who already applied their posts here. It can minimize the chance of abuse. IMO