*Restarted* Post history review offer

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Is there a chance for members that PMed in the month of November to get a post reviewed after been skipped or does that simply tells the member he didn’t meets the new requirements for review.

I don't know if there's a language barrier issue going on with this or what, but I thought I made it crystal clear what my plans are.

As to your question, if you've only started PMing me in November, then you are not eligible for a review until further notice.  You have to have been requesting reviews every month since September.  In case you missed it, I said it the last time here:

That's not how I'm saying this works.  If a member has requested reviews from me in September, October, and November then I will continue to accept reminders on a monthly basis. 

And this is that last PM I mentioned, which had me slapping my head:

Gratitude sir 🙏🙌 for letting me slide in your DM, happy new year. 

Please accept my early apology, sir. Pardon my ignorance for still requesting a review after reading your last topic. 

I discovered your thread in November 2022, but then my account had just a few posts. It is so unlucky for me that you are not accepting applications anymore. But can I still request a review or advice even if merit won't be coming soon? I will gladly appreciate any advice you have to give me concerning my posting style. Your advice is profitable to direct too. Thank

"Pardon my ignorance for still requesting a review".  Amazing.  Guys, I'm not kidding.  I might be generous with merits and some of you might think I'm a swell guy, but I don't suffer fools gladly.  And if you take a look at some of my posts from 2017 and earlier, you'll see that I'm actually a complete bastard.  I've mellowed out at bit, but it doesn't take much to awaken the beast if you know what I mean.

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[Frankolala]

Good day sir,I wrote to you on the month of September for a review of my posts,which you did and merited them,the next day,you wrote to me that my post are not quality enough for your merits,I have posted some quality post which I wanted to PM you and it writes that you have blocked me from sending message to you. That's is why am posting here to let you know if you can review my new posts or grant access for application,since my first review was on September.

Thank you Sir

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

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OP...!!!
It doesn't look like this will help those of you and I who have been blocked by The Skeptical Chymist, despite requesting a review in this thread, as he has already explained the criteria for people falling into that category who have a chance for review.

That's not how I'm saying this works.  If a member has requested reviews from me in September, October, and November then I will continue to accept reminders on a monthly basis.  

Meaning if we send messages sequentially in September, October and November then we fall into that category, but in December he no longer receives messages for review history and in this post he has explained. At this time we have to get used to earning Merit independently, by increasing the quality of posts, because I'm sure there will be others who are also willing to help.

As long as the red text below has not been edited and there have been no new notifications, the possibility for review is very small.

I am not taking any new requests for post history reviews and until further notice I'm only doing reviews for members who've been consistently PMing me--specifically for the last 3 months (since September).  Any member who doesn't fit into that category and sends me a PM is just going to have it deleted without reply.

From now on we must also get used to respecting his privacy.

[John Abraham]

OP...!!!

I don't think he is OP 
BTW, Is it The Pharmacist who has tried to change his username for a long time?

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Good day sir,I wrote to you on the month of September for a review of my posts,which you did and merited them,the next day,you wrote to me that my post are not quality enough for your merits,I have posted some quality post which I wanted to PM you and it writes that you have blocked me from sending message to you.

I probably was trying to be extremely generous when I gave you those merits, but the fact is that your posts are extremely generic and their quality is such that if I just came across them in a thread I was reading I would skip right over them.  And if I'm being really honest, you're not the kind of member I want to help rank up, because I know damn well why you're a member of the forum.

And you obviously don't read anything, else you would have seen what I wrote in big bold red letters, which MarjorieZimmermanGinger was kind enough to quote.  I mean, c'mon man.

I keep getting PMs like this from members who obviously heard about my offer but mysteriously haven't come across this thread.  Blows my mind.  

Hi The Sceptical Chymist

I would like you to review my posts.

Thanks!

I blanked out the name, but I've never even given this member a single merit before (and after peeking at his posts, that's going to remain unchanged).

I haven't been getting many PMs from members who meet my criteria, so I'm going to ask that if I've done a review for you for at least two months (doesn't matter which months), send me a PM and I'll see what I can do.  I don't want to discourage people--just the ones who can't or don't read, are shitposters, idiots, or have too many chromosomes.

BTW, Is it The Pharmacist who has tried to change his username for a long time?

Yep!

[John Abraham]

Yep!

I am not active all over the forum. But I have to now because of my signature campaign (LOL).
I used to be active on the WO thread, and I don't see you there. Maybe you don't like WO? I remember I saw your name change request thread and trying to get the attention of theymos. Congratulations on your name change. I am sorry, but your old name was also famous and cool. BTW, Sorry for the off-topic.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

I don't think he is OP 

It's just a nickname, doesn't mean it only applies to post creators right?

~Snip~ I haven't been getting many PMs from members who meet my criteria, so I'm going to ask that if I've done a review for you for at least two months (doesn't matter which months), send me a PM and I'll see what I can do. ~Snip~

Does this apply to people who don't meet your review criteria, I'm starting to err on the side of asking for a second review and not reading the rules you set. I'm wondering if there's any chance you'd review people who have had reviews before, even if they only got one review in November for example.

This is important for me to ask, so that in the future we don't make a second mistake, both for me personally and for other people. Because to be honest, we still really need you in the process of increasing the next account ranking.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I used to be active on the WO thread, and I don't see you there. Maybe you don't like WO?

Eh, I've visited the thread (usually when I'm reviewing posts) but it just seems like a lot of masturbation, and there's definitely a unique community there that's seemingly apart from the rest of the forum and I never felt like making myself a part of it.  But hey, if you like it more power to you.  If we were all the same, the world would be fucked in every hole and stale as dollar store bagel.

I remember I saw your name change request thread and trying to get the attention of theymos. Congratulations on your name change. I am sorry, but your old name was also famous and cool. BTW, Sorry for the off-topic.

Grrrr.  I never heard words like that until after my name change got approved, and I'd no idea anyone even gave a millisecond of brainspace to my username before.  I'm definitely happy, but I can see it from your perspective as well.  I don't know about having a famous name, but given how many posts I've made and how long I've been active I don't doubt the ol' moniker was recognizable at least.

Thanks for the nice wordz.

[John Abraham]

Eh, I've visited the thread (usually when I'm reviewing posts) but it just seems like a lot of masturbation, and there's a unique community there that's seemingly apart from the rest of the forum and I never felt like making myself a part of it. 

Well, there are a lot of other users as well who do not feel interested in some specific part of the forum. Yeah, some users always post on WO just to catch some merits. That's why sometimes the WO thread seems like you described.

Also, I saw a lot of WO guys do not post in other sections except WO. What about legendary don't hunters who have made thousands of posts in bounty and never feel like they should explore the forum? They are still on newbie rank.

Grrrr.  I never heard words like that until after my name change got approved, and I had no idea anyone even gave a millisecond of brain space to my username before.  I'm happy, but I can see it from your perspective as well.  I don't know about having a famous name, but given how many posts I've made and how long I've been active I don't doubt the ol' moniker was recognizable at least.

Thanks for the nice words.

Of course, your satisfaction and your happiness should be your main priority. Yeah, Your old name was famous enough. If someone does not notice that you changed your name, they may think "Where was this guy?" Newbie Legendary? 😂
Just kidding.

[Doan9269]

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This thing you're doing is nothing but more invocation of provocation, this thread was already created to clear the air that he has ended the post review, yet you're asking him to do so, dont you think you're already on his ignored list if am not mistaken, i will employ that you stop sending unsolicited pm in other nit to get yourself reported to the moderators and possibly got a temporary ban, it's not a force you must received Merits from a user, if you're truly a quality poster you shouldn't have challenges with receiving Merits from other members.

[aysg76]

It's just a nickname, doesn't mean it only applies to post creators right?

In the forum context the term @OP is used for the original poster not nicknames so that's why he was saying that.As you can see the OP patch was also added recently by @theymos to recognise the @OP which means who has started the topic with his each post in that thread.

Btw when this thread was unlocked I thought it was closed few weeks back?

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Btw when this thread was unlocked I thought it was closed few weeks back?

Yeah, I opened it back up to make that big bold and red announcement and figured I might as well keep it open so it'd stay visible (which helps me out).  So far the shitposts haven't been too bad, though it does seem like people either aren't reading things fully, at all, don't understand what they're reading, or don't give a shit about words in general.

You know, business as usual on bitcointalk.

I can lock it up if you or anyone else thinks it's becoming a spectacle, but I have a feeling that if and when I do that I'll just have to bump it again with another message that....fucking mongoloids....are just going to ignore.  But you know, I just keep rollin' that ball up the hill over and over.

[John Abraham]

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For instance, people may think "Since the thread is opened again, maybe he started allowing post review again". But, I believe before they knock you, they should read the thread. If you still get DM about post review. They are shit posters and they didn't read your thread. So, you can use the simple button you have under their username 😉

[digaran]

Hope I can throw a few suggestions, as you already have mentioned most of the members are just random posters, I got to thinking, what if you could actually set out weekly tasks for those who know things and are capable technically to help the forum members especially those with limited knowledge about a lot of stuff.
There are very useful and educative topics presenting new tools, scripts, new methods on how to do variety of so many constructive content.

I'm not going deep and try to keep it short, currently on project/ technical/ development boards there are at least 20 good developers, many of which with low merits, however they do work hard and spend time, but when a developer releases a new tool, they just provide a generic guide thinking their audience is already a nerd, that decreases the number of users, and definitely scares the non technical away, which they consist a large amount of userbase BTW.

I was thinkinh, maybe you could be so kind, as always and incentivize those developers with merits asking them to create thorough and easy to uderstand tutorials on how any member with no knowledge of programing could watch, learn and implement what they need simply from one source which would be the OP of a project topic.

You know If I had 500 smerits per 30 days I would transform at least a few boards of the forum in 3 month, going to their topic suggesting them to dedicate their reserved second post only to provide step by step guidance on how to properly and efficiently work around the problems to reach a satisfactory result for the members.
If you go to project developent where the new and interestig stuff happens, posts in a topic are a mess, everyone other than OP comes to discussion and tries to push and advertise their own product, not that's a bad thing, but they could each open their own topic to provide their services, and since most of the project are open source, there is actullay a no thanks job, but they contribute to the community this way, however if someone with a decent supply of smerits could constantly observe and even demand as a forum member, suggesting them to provide detailed information for all kinds of operating system, things like how to set this set that ect. And have them organized if not on OP but under the OP where they could reserve and update from to time.

I know this will take a lot of time to do for them, but they are here to do the hard work, so adding a few hourse or days to help the newbies in a specific field. As they are the devepolers, going a few miles to help 20 members won't do any damage, but on the other hand people with limited knowledg find their source, their go to for answers instead of wondering around the net while the answer is here and just needs a bit push to motivate the useful content creators to actually care and help others.

If no one would have helped me as a newbie I could never become what I am, and there has been so many lost opportunities where I lost my chance to learn more and not just stay idle.

This forum could become a reliable source of information for many people, imagine every newcomer and their dozens of questions, if they can get all their answers from a reliable source in one place, why not heh?

They could show codes, post videos uplaod images live share screen, etc and at the end you as a merit sourse go to their topic, check the content they have provided, read the feed back from users and based of the gathered information then decide to send merits to them, remember recognition is extremely important for young developers, it motivates them provides inspiration, and at the end of the day you used the smerits on people who actually deserve them and not many merit sources see their work.

Remember a meritable post is not a 10 page essay about a subject, sometimes 6 line of codes is what it takes to have the post worth giving 10 merits while it looks something ordinary and simple, but there has been days of working and testing behind the scenes to make that happen.

I know they won't make me even a teporary source, but that't fine, I don't have a huge ego, my intention is to help, whether I can do it by myself or simply plead to the currently merit sources, both results are satisfactory.


Sadly developers see everyone as if they are technicaly inclined, so they post generic guidance either on github or on this forum, and what is better for them to provide a detailed guide to help a certain member and receive dozens of merits in return, other people see this and it encourage them to come forward and ask the questions to then leave the topic satisfied with their answer.

Doing this frequently will also incentivize others to improve and up their game if they see sources are giving their smerits to actuall real world solution helping people, they would up their game and the competition begins, IMO this is a way for a community to grow and thrive at the same time for starters 50 smerits per month is enough, Im around for a 2 years God willing, and am more than happy to help, if not then I hope this post count at least as my 2 satoshi contribution for the forum.

❤😗 missed you chymist, I miss your tantrum for annoying members, I wish you the best which you don't even know what they are, but they will come to your life God willing.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

In the forum context the term @OP is used for the original poster not nicknames so that's why he was saying that.As you can see the OP patch was also added recently by @theymos to recognise the @OP which means who has started the topic with his each post in that thread.

It's true that @theymos added the OP's patch to identify the original poster, but I've also seen a lot of users calling out the OP in ongoing discussions and I don't think it matters anyone using the OP for the call 

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The Merit system is implemented to maintain the quality of poster posts for the better and to increase rank up, meaning that there are no specific thread restrictions for giving merit to people, it's just that some people choose to share it in certain threads. Merit Source has its own qualifications in determining the categories and requirements for granting merit to people.

If the merit distribution limit only applies to several discussion boards, then every existing local board will never develop, both for assessing the quality of posts and for rank up, everyone has different qualities and it is impossible for everyone to dominate all discussion boards.

[joker_josue]

If the merit distribution limit only applies to several discussion boards, then every existing local board will never develop, both for assessing the quality of posts and for rank up, everyone has different qualities and it is impossible for everyone to dominate all discussion boards.

This really doesn't make sense. Merit is a system for recognizing good contributions to the entire community, no matter which board it occurs on. Because if a board exists it's because it's relevant to the community, even if it's just an offtopics board. Since even for leisure we can use the forum - appropriately of course.

[Igebotz]

Come on, guy! Do not make the world any more difficult than it already is. I was enjoying this thread until I came across your comment. I read a few lines before giving up and rolling some bluns. This is too long to be a comment within a thread. I'm just one of those lazy people that finds reading words longer than 200 characters tedious.

If I understand you correctly, you're asking him to pay closer attention to the forum's technical aspects. Why would he do that if he has no interest in those topics? In addition, the technical board has a lot of merit sources assigned to it, so you must hold those sources accountable if they are not sending out merits.

In the first line of your post, you suggested that he should create a task, and whomever completes it correctly get merit right?  Indeed, we had such threads in the B&H, but the results were terrible; it opened the floodgates for spammers and bounty hunters to rank up by just completing a task. However, merits are not rewards for games; in my opinion, TSC's use of the merit system is ideal. Post review is perfect.

[digaran]

I was high that night, sorry. Lol you should never mind my suggestions, Though I wasn't talking about spammers, this is a forum filled with open source programmers, some of which are young and in pursuit of fame, earning more merits would help them to be more recognized in the community and motivate them to participate more in the community, something bla bla bla since you don't like long posts. Lol

[Igebotz]

I was high that night, sorry. Lol you should never mind my suggestions, Though I wasn't talking about spammers, this is a forum filled with open source programmers, some of which are young and in pursuit of fame, earning more merits would help them to be more recognized in the community and motivate them to participate more in the community, something bla bla bla since you don't like long posts. Lol

They ought to focus their efforts on the Epotalk dev if they want to be famous. Lol

BTW ! If those users you mentioned aren't receiving enough merits, don't you think their posts aren't of high enough quality? I'm too lazy to gather merit data from the technical support board, but I'm assuming it's one of the most merited boards.

Please provide those posts that deserve merits. I might throw a token at them.

[zaim7413]

Good day sir,I wrote to you on the month of September for a review of my posts,which you did and merited them,the next day,you wrote to me that my post are not quality enough for your merits,I have posted some quality post which I wanted to PM you and it writes that you have blocked me from sending message to you. That's is why am posting here to let you know if you can review my new posts or grant access for application,since my first review was on September.

Thank you Sir

No need to be sad friend.
I have never known the contents of the OP writing that was sent to you via PM, from my understanding in your post here, the Op has rated your post based on his personal views. Actually he expects something more from you to break old habits by improving the quality of posts.

You don't need to tell him has posted some quality posts, Op has his own judgment on posts submitted to him. Op decision has been considered wisely, he only considers users who follow his rules. Regarding quality posts, Merit Source including Op will spend sMerit on worthy posts.