*Ended* Post history review offer

[The Sceptical Chymist]

OK, it might seem to those of you who've recently requested reviews that I'm asleep at the wheel, but that is far from the truth.  I've been out of sMerits for a couple of weeks now, and I've just been waiting for my monthly allocation to be re-upped.  I just checked and I have something like 150 (much lower than my full allocation), so I'm going to start doing some reviews later today.

Please be patient and I'll get to you.  Also, if you've never requested a post history review from me, now probably isn't a good time to start.  I've got a waiting list a mile long and only so many sMerits to go around.

This has been a public service announcement courtesy of your friendly neighborhood pharmacist...err...chymist. 

[The Sceptical Chymist]

To the people who've been PMing me for post history reviews and have not had them done yet, I give you a sincere apology as I've offered something that's pretty important to members who take this forum and their standing on it seriously but seemingly have slacked off since at least my last post here. 

I'm not going to go into the details behind my merit-giving torpor, but I'm just posting this to say that I haven't forgotten any of you and I've still got everyone's PM if you sent me one since July.  Today is a new day, and I'm making it my goal to whittle down the list a bit. 

My offer isn't paused, so anyone can still feel free to message me with a request--but be prepared to wait, because I could go flat-out Rambo and run out of sMerits or simply just not catch up enough with all the requests I've already received.

Ugh.  Life is kicking me in the nuts, hard.

[digaran]

You are a dedicated member of this community, I bet you are a loyal husband as well, because you have been loyal to your promises and to this forum.

I wish you the best where ever you are. People like you are rare nowadays.

[Sexylizzy2813]

That's life for you sir, no matter how hard you try to beat it...it will still look for a way to bring your down.
Ever since I joined this Forum, I have been seeing this coming from you on how you elevate users on reviewing their post, at some point I was like, "this guy is really really trying in this Forum, is he the only merit source in here?" Life had to be tough on us to see who can withstand it.
Take your time and I believe you'd scale through.

[AprilioMP]

My offer isn't paused, so anyone can still feel free to message me with a request--but be prepared to wait, because I could go flat-out Rambo and run out of sMerits or simply just not catch up enough with all the requests I've already received.

Ugh.  Life is kicking me in the nuts, hard.

I dare not send you a message after reading this post. The reason for not daring to send you this message is maybe because I'm still afraid of getting a sudden attack which can make my stomach experience acid levels so I can't stand spicy food anymore... The second reason, my self-confidence is still weak in the quality of my posts.

Maybe when my confidence percentage increases I will try to contact you to ask for a review.
For now I will learn to often stand in front of a bigger mirror so that the overall posture is seen.

[SamReomo]

Ugh.  Life is kicking me in the nuts, hard.

Life is complicated and we all know that but sometimes the hard times are really unbearable for us and in such times we mostly give up on it and grief follows us as a partner. I have also gone through a similar phase of my life where I thought that everything in my life is over and my life is the worst life someone can have, but those times are gone now and I'm very thankful to the ones who supported me in those times with their kind words and support. And, I have also realized that who were my true well-wishers during that phase of my life.

I must say that you should be bold to face all the challenges that you're having in your life because if you ignore them then we would only be lying with yourself. The hard times will go away but buddy don't just give up, continue to face all those challenges with a smile on your face. I know that it's easy to say such words then to do it in real life, but I've gone through the worst phase of my life and from experience I can tell you that these times are temporary and they will go away if you continue to face them as a bold person.

I would also say that you should not share your personal life with others because sometimes when we are trapped by the emotions like sadness and worries, and in those times we tend to trust others blindly and tell them everything about our situations. There are always wolves in the sheep's clothing and we sometimes tend to share with those people about the situations we are going through and instead of helping us they take advantage of our state of mind and we may face more troubles due to such people. Just trust yourself and face the challenges and they'll disappear after some time. Best of luck!

[348Judah]

My offer isn't paused, so anyone can still feel free to message me with a request--but be prepared to wait, because I could go flat-out Rambo and run out of sMerits or simply just not catch up enough with all the requests I've already received.

In life everything we do comes with a demand for the task, honestly, The Sceptical Chymist you're trying your best in doing what you know and how to best apply it for the benefit of everyone, am not saying this because it will get to you or to praise your role as a merit source but the truth must be told that you're doing well ever since your post review initiative began, this can be attested by many members of this community that they have once or in many times had an encounter with you reviewing their profile, we understand how sometimes we could also appears being busy with loads of schedules despite we are not merit source, how much more the merit sources, yet you still find time amidst these busy schedules to review profiles and merits those deserving it, i will say nothing than to wish you more efforts and replenishment in the task ahead.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I bet you are a loyal husband as well, because you have been loyal to your promises and to this forum.

I think I've stated numerous times that I'm so hermetic that I'm close to being a shut-in, i.e., social interactions mean less to me than other, normal people.  So I might have been a good husband had things turned out differently....but thanks.

Thanks to the rest of you who offered words of support.  Now I'm going to lock this thread, try to wake up, and later on I'll get to work on meriting the members who need merits.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

First I'd like to say that when I get requests for reviews, I'm always on the lookout for shenanigans.  The rule of this forum since I've been a member is that if something can be abused in order to milk it for all it's worth, there's going to be a bunch of idiot shitposters trying to do it.  Therefore when I started my offer to the community I expected people to get over on me in as many ways as can be imagined.

Over the last few months I've noticed that I'm getting requests from members who:

1. Post in a very similar style (which I'm not going to describe here, lest it cause those members and/or their alts to change their habits in order to drop off my radar).
2. Post primarily in the gambling section.
3. Are in gambling-related sig campaigns, sometimes the same one.
4. Sometimes have registration dates close enough that they arouse my suspicions.

I actually went back though my merit history and made a table of some of the above info and used it to judge whether there was something to my suspicions or if they were just me being paranoid.  I came to conclude that there's something fishy going on and therefore I am no longer going to give any merits for posts in the gambling section, since it seems like that's where I might be getting taken advantage of.

The second reason for my decision is that I'm not a gambler and have a hard time judging the value or even the veracity of some posts about gambling.  I can usually tell if someone has put in a decent amount of thought and effort into a post, and I've always given great weight to that when deciding to give out merits, but I think I've been too generous when it comes to gambling posts.  This is going to apply to requests that arrived anywhere in my waiting list, i.e., retroactively.

I'll leave this thread open for a bit.  I'd apologize but I'm not sorry.

[PytagoraZ]

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As far as I know, we are not allowed to ask for merit, but as you said, some members ask for their posts to be reviewed, is that another way to ask for merits?

I did see several threads specifically for receiving merit aid, especially for those of us who still have a small rank, and I have made posts there several times. But I just found out that we can PM someone to review post/merit request. Is that ethical enough? I didn't think to do that because I thought it would be rude

[Apocollapse]

The second reason for my decision is that I'm not a gambler and have a hard time judging the value or even the veracity of some posts about gambling.

That's really understandable since you're not a gambler and it's fair for you to not give merit to a discussion or section you don't like. I think majority in this forum are participating in signature campaign related to gambling and they're obviously need to post in gambling board.

My suggestion for people who're creating a lot posts in gambling board could made a list of good posts on non gambling board when they want to ask you for a post history review, so you will not have keep scrolling to find the non gambling posts.

What do you think for this idea?

As far as I know, we are not allowed to ask for merit, but as you said, some members ask for their posts to be reviewed, is that another way to ask for merits?

As long as the merit source did state it's fine to contact him through PM, it's not a problem.

But if he never state it, never try to ask a review or something like that through PM.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

As far as I know, we are not allowed to ask for merit, but as you said, some members ask for their posts to be reviewed, is that another way to ask for merits?

Lol....did you read the beginning of this thread where I made the offer?  It's bad etiquette to straight-up ask another member to give them merits without pointing them to a post that would be merit-worthy, but there have been merit giveaway threads similar to mine here ever since 2018 when the merit system was unleashed upon an unsuspecting and chaotic forum.  I think nearly all of those have ended since they basically became magnets for shitposters, but it's absolutely OK to ask for merits when someone invites you to (as I'm doing in this thread).

That's really understandable since you're not a gambler and it's fair for you to not give merit to a discussion or section you don't like. I think majority in this forum are participating in signature campaign related to gambling and they're obviously need to post in gambling board.

It's not that I dislike gambling; I just don't gamble myself and thus have a hard time telling whether many posts are untrue crap or if what's being written is legit and constructive.  I really hate to add this restriction, but at this point I have to. 

My suggestion for people who're creating a lot posts in gambling board could made a list of good posts on non gambling board when they want to ask you for a post history review, so you will not have keep scrolling to find the non gambling posts.

That isn't necessary.  What I'm going to do is put both of the gambling sections on ignore, and if someone PMs me for a review I'll only be able to judge their posts outside of those.

[PytagoraZ]

As far as I know, we are not allowed to ask for merit, but as you said, some members ask for their posts to be reviewed, is that another way to ask for merits?

Lol....did you read the beginning of this thread where I made the offer?  It's bad etiquette to straight-up ask another member to give them merits without pointing them to a post that would be merit-worthy, but there have been merit giveaway threads similar to mine here ever since 2018 when the merit system was unleashed upon an unsuspecting and chaotic forum.  I think nearly all of those have ended since they basically became magnets for shitposters, but it's absolutely OK to ask for merits when someone invites you to (as I'm doing in this thread).

Of course I've read it. And this is the first time I came across this thread. This forum has many mechanisms and rules so it is increasingly complicated for me to understand. On the one hand, sometimes I see people like you giving negative tags as if you really hate beginners, but on the other hand you help beginners. In my opinion, studying this forum is not enough if I just read the rules, but it takes time and experience, it's really a complicated forum 

[The Sceptical Chymist]

On the one hand, sometimes I see people like you giving negative tags as if you really hate beginners

No!!!

All right, so you haven't been here long and I didn't realize it's only been since June based on your rank (I just looked).  Yes, it does take a while to figure out what's what here, but I do not hate new members because they're new.  I don't think I've ever said that, though I'm almost certain that I've said that newbies are the source of most of the post quality issues and similar sentiments--and I still stand by that, but I judge members on their contributions, not their rank. 

My reaction to your post (asking if you'd read the OP of this thread) was because it seemed like you hadn't read it.  If there was a misunderstanding, my bad and no hard feelings.  And look, don't get offended at shit like that or else you're going to hate being here.  If you grow a thick skin, make yourself known, make interesting/productive posts, and generally gain a reputation on the forum over time, people are going to look at you like the Legendary members that get called "sir".  It's just silly IMO, but that's the way it is.  But good on you for trying to call me out for bad....thoughts.  In a year or two, you'll be the next JollyGood!

That last part's a joke, JG.

[Amphenomenon]

On the one hand, sometimes I see people like you giving negative tags as if you really hate beginners, but on the other hand you help beginners. In my opinion, studying this forum is not enough if I just read the rules, but it takes time and experience, it's really a complicated forum 

Is not like him, LoyceV, lovesmayfamilis and others hate them, they just don't like rule breakers while some beginners are reading rules and trying to understand the forum system, some are just don't care about that rather making shit post even to the point of plagiarising or making Ai generated posts while others just come to spam the forum or find means to scam. Even after they might even give warning/pardon.

[PytagoraZ]

~cut~

Don't worry, my skin is thick enough now, I still remember you giving me that advice when I made a post about complaints against other members. I'm also starting to get to know your writing style, which is often sarcastic and cynical  . If I'm honest, at first I hated JG for making a tag on my account, but maybe I should thank him because since arguing with him I've been challenged to read more forum rules (because I don't want to lose to him) even though in the end I can't do much . But the neutral tag doesn't seem bad  

~cut~

Yes, maybe many beginners don't take much time to read more here and end up badly. but I also don't know what the motivation of the peoples here is

[Igebotz]

I came to conclude that there's something fishy going on and therefore I am no longer going to give any merits for posts in the gambling section, since it seems like that's where I might be getting taken advantage of.

Here we go again! Another merit source has placed the gaming board on the ignore list. This will only worsen till thyemos appoints one for us. 

Side Note: I agree with you on the rate of spam on the gambling board, particularly in non-moderated threads, but if you really want to find serious gamblers with deep thoughts and quality, you have to go in self-moderated threads. There is minimally no spam on these threads. All reputable gamblers only post on self-moderated threads. GL

I haven't seen your merits on self -moderated thread- you're looking at the wrong place mate. 

[SmartGold01]

First I'd like to say that when I get requests for reviews, I'm always on the lookout for shenanigans.  The rule of this forum since I've been a member is that if something can be abused in order to milk it for all it's worth, there's going to be a bunch of idiot shitposters trying to do it.  Therefore when I started my offer to the community I expected people to get over on me in as many ways as can be imagined.

Over the last few months I've noticed that I'm getting requests from members who:

1. Post in a very similar style (which I'm not going to describe here, lest it cause those members and/or their alts to change their habits in order to drop off my radar).
2. Post primarily in the gambling section.
3. Are in gambling-related sig campaigns, sometimes the same one.
4. Sometimes have registration dates close enough that they arouse my suspicions.

I actually went back though my merit history and made a table of some of the above info and used it to judge whether there was something to my suspicions or if they were just me being paranoid.  I came to conclude that there's something fishy going on and therefore I am no longer going to give any merits for posts in the gambling section, since it seems like that's where I might be getting taken advantage of.

The second reason for my decision is that I'm not a gambler and have a hard time judging the value or even the veracity of some posts about gambling.  I can usually tell if someone has put in a decent amount of thought and effort into a post, and I've always given great weight to that when deciding to give out merits, but I think I've been too generous when it comes to gambling posts.  This is going to apply to requests that arrived anywhere in my waiting list, i.e., retroactively.

I'll leave this thread open for a bit.  I'd apologize but I'm not sorry.

I love your decisions, and although I am not a regular gambling poster but sometimes I do give out my little ideas that is not deep into much gambling discussions.
Again I will like to suggest you indicates the only section you will be receiving, or exclude those boards on the op so that if any one is applying for a review they will know that these are the board that you won't accept the review because I know too well that not everyone will read this update here and they would still go ahead to include the gambling board you don't want to review, sometimes seeing those messages might gets you angry maybe you may decide to skip such review.

Again I will also want to request for a review from you, I could have submitted my application but since I didn't know you are still accepting new application or not. Please if you are still accepting I don't mind trying my luck as I believe I have increased in my post quality, your feedback is highly appreciated.

Thank you

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Don't worry, my skin is thick enough now, I still remember you giving me that advice when I made a post about complaints against other members. I'm also starting to get to know your writing style, which is often sarcastic and cynical  . If I'm honest, at first I hated JG for making a tag on my account, but maybe I should thank him because since arguing with him I've been challenged to read more forum rules (because I don't want to lose to him) even though in the end I can't do much . But the neutral tag doesn't seem bad  

Good, glad to hear your skin has thickened and hopefully you don't take things so personally that you either start to think this forum sucks or, even worse, decide to abandon it altogether.  Yes, I am as cynical as one can be and often sarcastic--but humor and sarcasm don't often translate well when written, and I try to keep that in mind.

And hey, JollyGood even wrote in his feedback that once he figures out who you are and what you're trying to do (if anything), he'll review that neutral.  Coulda been a hell of a lot worse.  You could have gotten a big ol' DT1 negative and then had that member die or just disappear forever from the forum.  You'd be stuck with that black eye forever.  Positive thinking, my man.

Here we go again! Another merit source has placed the gaming board on the ignore list. This will only worsen till thyemos appoints one for us.  

Side Note: I agree with you on the rate of spam on the gambling board, particularly in non-moderated threads, but if you really want to find serious gamblers with deep thoughts and quality, you have to go in self-moderated threads.

Wait a sec.  Did you read the explanation I gave for my decision to not merit gambling posts?  It isn't because of shitposts necessarily, it's mainly because I can't tell the difference between a post that's saying something true and meaningful and one that's total horseshit--and that's due to my own ignorance of gambling.

On top of that I suspect I might be getting alt accounts PMing me with most of their posts in the gambling section.  I said explicitly that I have nothing fundamentally against gambling.  

That part in bold up there?  I'm not out to merit anything in any particular section; I'm just reviewing members' post histories, so I'm just looking in whatever sections those members post in.  There might be excellent posts in self-modded threads by gamblers, but if the members who are requesting reviews don't post there, I'm not going to see them (and once again, l am ignorant of gambling-related stuff, so that point still holds).

Again I will also want to request for a review from you, I could have submitted my application but since I didn't know you are still accepting new application or not. Please if you are still accepting I don't mind trying my luck as I believe I have increased in my post quality, your feedback is highly appreciated.

Did you PM me?  You have to do it that way, not by posting here.  You might well have and I just haven't seen it, but I'm just saying.  I've got to get caught up, because right now I feel like the biggest merit source slouch there is--and I'm probably right on the money.

[SmartGold01]

Again I will also want to request for a review from you, I could have submitted my application but since I didn't know you are still accepting new application or not. Please if you are still accepting I don't mind trying my luck as I believe I have increased in my post quality, your feedback is highly appreciated.

Did you PM me?  You have to do it that way, not by posting here.  You might well have and I just haven't seen it, but I'm just saying. 

Thank you for the feedback, though was actually waiting for your permission before sending it especially someone like me do not like a random pm from unauthorized user and I know how sucking it could be to us. Mostly someone like you for a review from various users sometimes its gets someone weird especially when you are not in a happy moment that was why I didn't send any till upon your approval which I just did now.