joker_josue Merit Source Application - to encourage the Portuguese community

[joker_josue]

OP, I support your application too. I hope you are lucky. Meanwhile, you can still share 1 sMerit for every 2 merit you earn at any time. So don't worry because you can still contribute even for a small amount.

Thank you for your support.
That's what I'm going to keep doing, using the merits I have, in the best possible way.

[TryNinja]

Vouch. joker_josue is a great contributor to the Portuguese board and one of the most active users, not a spammer and helps a lot fostering new discussions. You can't go wrong with him being a merit source.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Most of the time we do not notice but in local boards so many things too to notice. We only notice them once they are in English boards. It amaze me when I see some users from local boards with good contribution and earned a lot of merit in a signature campaign.

Ain't that the truth.  I have no sense of how active the local boards are, since unfortunately I don't speak any language other than English, but the Turkish board for example has made their presence known (though not in an entirely positive way) in the past when some members posted in the English section.  And I know damn well that bitcoin is popular the world over, so it makes sense that some of the local sections are buzzing with activity.

OP, I definitely support your application, and I hope Theymos considers it.  We lost a merit source somewhere along the way, and we probably needed to add a few anyway.  Even if your merit-giving is targeted primarily at the Portuguese community, I think that's a good thing.  More merit sources, Theymos!!

[AnotherAlt]

I am not a well-recognized or elite person. I don't know if my opinion matters at all. You are one of the most active out of 10 (Nine actually- Except ChartBuddy). If you write more, That means you have to read more to do a healthy discussion, and I believe you do. I would say you deserve to be a merit source. So, I support your merit source application.

[Daniel91]

joker_josue, as far as I can see, you are very active on the forum, and you are a respected member of the community.
In principle, I always support proposals for more merit sources in local communities, so that the posts of local members get merits for their contribution to the forum.
You have my full support, but experience teaches me that you will have to be patient and wait for the right moment when theymos decides that the time has come to promote new merit sources.
Good luck with your application!

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Few weeks ago I was thinking to apply to be a merit source but after looking so many pending requests, I decided not to apply now. Not at least theymos starts approving some of the applications given by the users from last more than a year. Do we know when did we have our last new merit source?

joker_josue is a good candidate to flourish local board. I hope you get accepted.

Good luck brother.

[uchegod-21]

Congratulations joker_josue for your application. I am not from your Portuguese locals but I am very sure I have seen your names severally in this forum making good contributions. I am also amazed at the fact that you have been around here since 2013. That is about 7yrs. This should simply mean that anything giveable you honestly ask for in this forum should be given you. I am also encouraged to see your stat of activiness in the forum and merit sharing.

I cannot say more than this about you because I don't know much about you, but for being passionate about the forum for 7yrs and still counting shows that you mean well for the forum.
If theymos wants to consider, he will consider you, although there are other good applications not approved yet.

[AnotherAlt]

Do we know when did we have our last new merit source?

I could be wrong. But, If I am not mistaken, The last accepted merit source was Ratimov. That was long ago. 30-Oct-19 was the application date and it was approved without even comments from the community (Lucky one). We had five approved merit sources in 2019. Ratimov, Royse777, fillippone, 1miau, Heisenberg_Hunter. Not sure if all of them still are merit sources. Ratimov's activity decreased a bit when it comes to merit distribution. We have another 13 pending Merit Source Applications. TheBeardedBaby gathered them in one thread.

[AnotherAlt]

I could be wrong.... TheBeardedBaby gathered them in one thread.

Yet you are wrong. The last time new merit source assignments were in early July 2021. At that point, 14 new merit sources were assigned, I remember exactly the assignment of dkbit98, Julien_Olynpic, NotATether, etc.

In 2021, the long-awaited merit-correction took place, which was organized by theymos. New Merit Sources have been assigned, and the monthly Merit Bank has been increased for all active Merit Sources.

Oh heck yeah. Thanks for the correction. I was talking about This thread by TheBeardedBaby. That's all I get from his thread. Also, forum search and google search both don't show those applications for me. Or maybe I don't know how to search properly. I was going to post on his thread and link to this thread. But, look like there were a few more applications in the last two years. I am not sure if I am aware of them. So, I gave up after seeing your post.

[joker_josue]

Few weeks ago I was thinking to apply to be a merit source but after looking so many pending requests, I decided not to apply now. Not at least theymos starts approving some of the applications given by the users from last more than a year. Do we know when did we have our last new merit source?

joker_josue is a good candidate to flourish local board. I hope you get accepted.

Good luck brother.

If you think you can be a source of merit, you should apply.
I also had some fears, but I realized that the important thing is to show this availability.
Whether we're going to be accepted or not is another matter.
The important thing is to demonstrate that we want to help the community and do what we can to keep it growing.

Now give me my share is to wait and see what happens.
Now is to wait for Theymos to devote time to this folder and evaluate all applications. And you may have the privilege of being accepted.


Thanks for the support:
@TryNinja @The Pharmacist @AnotherAlt @uchegod-21 @BitcoinGirl.Club @Daniel91

[indah rezqi]

joker_josue, I support your application to be a merit source. It seems you really know how you should spend your merits on other users' posts. I checked your data based on merit dashboard, that I can show as in this list.

Statistics Merit Sent by @joker_josue

|	To Rank	|	Percentage	|	Number of Merits Sent	|
|	Legendary	|	34.35%	|	157	|
|	Hero Member	|	45.08%	|	206	|
|	Sr Member	|	1.97%	|	9	|
|	Full Member	|	4.60%	|	21	|
|	Member	|	8.10%	|	37	|
|	Jr Member	|	2.41%	|	11	|
|	Newbie	|	3.50%	|	16	|

From the data above added recent transactions I can conclude that you have sent 460 merit to 89 different users . That's definitely a good stat, but I guess it'll increase quickly if you're a source of merit. Good luck.

[PX-Z]

From the data above added recent transactions I can conclude that you have sent 460 merit to 89 different users . That's definitely a good stat, but I guess it'll increase quickly if you're a source of merit. Good luck.

Thanks to the stat. To joker_josue and to all merit sources, i suggest to focus more on giving merits to lower ranks than those in the legendary.
Although it's true that majority or some on legendary have more quality posts, but being a merit source i guess they should have kind of merit giving standard that like.
1 merit will be given to a deserving legendary post, 2 merits for hero, 3 for sr and so on. Though sometimes you are out of merit too but you can send them back if say you send 1 merit to a full member so you still have 3 more to be sent.

[joker_josue]

Thanks to the stat. To joker_josue and to all merit sources, i suggest to focus more on giving merits to lower ranks than those in the legendary.
Although it's true that majority or some on legendary have more quality posts, but being a merit source i guess they should have kind of merit giving standard that like.
1 merit will be given to a deserving legendary post, 2 merits for hero, 3 for sr and so on. Though sometimes you are out of merit too but you can send them back if say you send 1 merit to a full member so you still have 3 more to be sent.

I understand the point and agree to some extent.

I am of the opinion that merit should be given based on the post made, regardless of the level of the user.
I don't think it's because he's legendary that he deserves less merit than a beginner (for example).

Now, of course when it comes to a new member, I don't look at the level of quality as much as a whole. If it is new, a simple post is already a sign that wants to participate in the forum, and this is already meritorious.

Therefore, when there are new members to post in the Portuguese tab I always try to give merit, to motivate to continue.

Thanks for the support:
@indah rezqi @PX-Z


Note: I'm not giving merit to the answers, so as not to create the idea of trying to attract more support. But I appreciate the support I have received, and all of you deserve merit for taking the time to review my application. Thank you.

[Mpamaegbu]

OP, I like the local dimension you're taking it from. It takes who knows to know who knows, as they will say in my local parlance. Native speakers will better understand and appreciate posts in their dialects and can appropriately merit them. I've seen a few posts written in local dialects I don't understand but they were good contents upon my check with translator. Sadly, those posts weren't merited. I couldn't fathom why. I believe that with users asking and meriting only local posts, it will encourage local threads to be active. I hope more users from different local boards will come up with this idea too. It's a nice development.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I also had some fears, [...]

For me it's not fear better description is I am not comfortable yet when I am seeing there are no new application accepted in the recent months. There are no point to add another file on the pile. Besides being a merit source is a responsibility, I don't feel I am fully committed to it too. It's just sometimes I feel it good to be a merit source when I am out of sMerit.

[Rikafip]

For me it's not fear better description is I am not comfortable yet when I am seeing there are no new application accepted in the recent months. There are no point to add another file on the pile.

Theymos usually approves merit source applications in bulk so I don't think that it makes much sense to wait for already existing applications to be approved before submitting a new one. Due that some members wait for a year or two to get application approved, while some only few months,

Besides being a merit source is a responsibility, I don't feel I am fully committed to it too. It's just sometimes I feel it good to be a merit source when I am out of sMerit.

Imho, as long as you are active enough you shouldn't have much issues  performing the of a merit source. 

[joker_josue]

For me it's not fear better description is I am not comfortable yet when I am seeing there are no new application accepted in the recent months. There are no point to add another file on the pile.

Theymos usually approves merit source applications in bulk so I don't think that it makes much sense to wait for already existing applications to be approved before submitting a new one. Due that some members wait for a year or two to get application approved, while some only few months,

I agree. They do not review applications every day or every week. Therefore, it is indifferent, to order now or when the list is already revised.
Imagine that they always do this in January (for example). Applying now, you can only wait 2 or 3 months. But if you sign up in February, you'll have to wait about 11 months.

But I understand, people should only write when they feel comfortable and able to fulfill the mission of being a merit source.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

[...]
Theymos usually approves merit source applications in bulk so I don't think that it makes much sense to wait for already existing applications to be approved before submitting a new one. Due that some members wait for a year or two to get application approved, while some only few months,

I wasn't informed until now. Let's see if I get enough time to collect 10 posts and compile a good thread 🙂
Let's not take the light away from this topic.

[joker_josue]

In order to present an overview of the need for more merits in the Portuguese tab (and beyond), here are the most recent data (August'22) on the per post ratio in the local tabs. And I think it's not for lack of quality that the Portuguese tab has such a low ratio, but the few merits available. Maybe other users may have a different view, I don't know...

Several very active local boards like Portuguese, Russian (situation there might be specific due war) and especially Philippines ( I still can't wrap my head around their extremely low merit/post ratio considering how active they are) so their members might think about applying for a merit source status.

The most active members per local board during August 2022

And for the end of this monthly overview, let's see the top 10 active members across the local boards. Once again @joker_josue has been the most active local member with 288 post, leaving @DdmrDdmr and his 191 posts far behind at the 2nd spot and @Ratimov with 159 at the 3rd spot.

[joker_josue]

I would like to bump this topic, to mention that my application is still valid. I remain available to be a source of merit.

Once again I thank you for your support.

First of all, apologies for the delay. I had the intention of publishing the overview much earlier and started working on it few weeks ago, but then some unforeseen circumstances limited my forum use to mobile phone almost exclusively (and even that was pain in the ass). Anyway, everything has been sorted now so I was finally being able to finish and publish April's overview of the local boards activity. As always, all charts and table are made using data from @DdmrDdmr Merit Dashboard and @TryNinja Ninjastic.space.

Communities marked with * (Pakistan, Bangladesh) don't have their own local boards but I do hope that will change in the near future.

Happy to see this!

Sadly, Brazilian board still the on the "top" smaller merit/post ratio.
I would definitely want another merit source there...