Can activity back to 0?

[_BlackStar]

My question is:
1] How could this happen?
2] Does he delete all posts and activity will go back to the beginning?
3] If I'm not mistaken, he should at least be a hero member
4] Is this normal? or am I the one who doesn't know about phenomena like this?

• If you delete a relatively large number of your posts - especially if the number your post is lower than your activity points, your activity will follow suit.
  
• Yes - user activity will be 0 only if he deletes all his posts. But while he can't do it without the help of a moderator - that's because maybe some of his posts are on a board that can't be deleted.
  
  • Sure - the rank is hero, innitial merit proves it.
    
  • That's normal- of course. However, some spammer do it to remove traces of posts or evidence. But I don't think the user you mentioned is a cheater. But if you want to know more - then ask the user what his main goal is.
    

[Broadanbig]

My question is:
1] How could this happen

It could happen as a result of the account holder deleting his or her post history gradually which affect other aspect of the account prominence.

2] Does he delete all posts and activity will go back to the beginning?

If the post is been deleted, it automatically affects the activity when this is done, the activity gradually reduces as the post is being deleted. It also affects the rank too because the activity is needed for rank up. So therefore a drop in activity also causes a drop in rank.

3] If I'm not mistaken, he should at least be a hero member

How do we know when you did not drop the link here for us to see for our self because what you have posted here might portray a distorted information. S we can not tell exactly the rank of the account

4] Is this normal? or am I the one who doesn't know about phenomena like this?

How is it normal mate. Does it looks alright to you for some to  just decides to start deleting his or her post history that took them precious time and commitment to build up to that level. Do you know what that means.

You could also be having this thought if the account holder is trying to cover up something they have done in the past

[dercfor]

Why do members do that? I think everyone likes it when have a high rank

At what cost ? If you mentioned your contact details on a thread by mistake, will you leave it undeleted even after realizing the mistake just for the rank on bitcointalk ?

[dhruvfire]

However, some spammer do it to remove traces of posts or evidence.

Not necessarily , someone deleting old posts is a spammer. There can be other genuine reasons behind this also.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Next question:
Why do members do that? I think everyone likes it when have a high rank

Looking at the profile, it looks like he is an old member of the forum who received 500 merits through airdrop as per when the merit system was introduced. What he has only earned is 252 merit.

Any user can decide to delete their comments for reasons best known to them; there is no crime for doing so unless there's some shady reason for doing so, like those people who buy accounts or hack accounts; they can decide to delete the old post on the account they have hacked. Apart from that, one can also decide to delete a lot of their posts that they think are no longer relevant. For example, there are thousands of dead threads, and if you think your comments are not up to your standard, you can choose to delete them.


Cheers 🥂, Dr.Bitcoin_Strange 👺👺

[leonair]

Today is not beautiful enough for me. I was surprised by a few things on the forums that I thought I understood. I found something strange again. I think so


2] Does he delete all posts and activity will go back to the beginning?
3] If I'm not mistaken, he should at least be a hero member
4] Is this normal? or am I the one who doesn't know about phenomena like this?

This account registered on 2013 and the merit airdrop was till the end of 2017 so he got 500 merit as per his activity and became a Hero Member but maybe he deleted his post and that's why his activity decreased and also his rank decreased and now he is in Member rank.

1. Deleting a post reduces the activity and it can go down to 0 no problem
2. Once merit is added to a profile, it is never deleted.  If activity and post count is 0 then merit will not decrease even 1

[BITCOIN4X]

This account registered on 2013 and the merit airdrop was till the end of 2017

You are wrong, every user gets a merit airdrop when the merit system was implemented on the forum in January 2018. This airdrop merit is distributed based on the rank of each user, and the activity of the account mentioned is a hero considering the amount of merit airdrop.

It's okay to delete posts, maybe the user has a reason for doing so. About activity, the count will only be 0 if all those posts are deleted. Meanwhile, if the number of your posts is still more than the number of activities, then the activity will not decrease.

[Z_MBFM]

Today is not beautiful enough for me. I was surprised by a few things on the forums that I thought I understood. I found something strange again. I think so


1] How could this happen?

This is a common thing that happens because the forum system supports it

2] Does he delete all posts and activity will go back to the beginning?

Yes if he deletes all his posts then his activity will go to 0 and his rank will be Newbie even though he has 700+ merits. Because this forum requires both activity and merit to change and maintain rank, not just one is worked. You can still see his total post amount and read his posts via ninjastic.space as all his data is archived there.  This may clear your confusion

3] If I'm not mistaken, he should at least be a hero member

If he keeps posting and gets 500+ activities, he will become a Hero Member again because he has enough merit to become a Hero.

4] Is this normal?

Yes it is totally normal and the algorithm of this forum is set that way

[Awaklara]

Why do members do that? I think everyone likes it when have a high rank

At what cost ? If you mentioned your contact details on a thread by mistake, will you leave it undeleted even after realizing the mistake just for the rank on bitcointalk ?

the details you specified will remain archived. so we won't lose a single post that we can find even if it's been deleted.
this is normal and a lot of sold accounts do. and also the old members who cleaned up their posts that looked bad in the past to make them look tidier. like accounts starting in threads with POA and bounty campaign reports. then they cleaned it up and started being active on the forum again with better progress.

[usekevin]

Today is not beautiful enough for me. I was surprised by a few things on the forums that I thought I understood. I found something strange again. I think so



My question is:
1] How could this happen?
2] Does he delete all posts and activity will go back to the beginning?
3] If I'm not mistaken, he should at least be a hero member
4] Is this normal? or am I the one who doesn't know about phenomena like this?

The possibility for activity back to zero is true,when you suppose to delete all your post.At first it’s not a right decision to do so.Many people making good posts to earn some smerits to rank up to high or next rank.The smerits alone doesn’t help them to move to next rank.The most important one is activity and it’s purely based on your work for the period of two weeks.

Suggestion: Instead of thinking negatively,choose the positive one.Kindly make some good post,many smerits source will help you to rank up by giving their valuable smerits.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5034141.0

In above thread you can find the Top 200 people who help the newbie.It’s happy to see my name in this list.I am not praising myself,it’s just an information many people are ready to help you as like me.Good luck

[avp2306]

If you delete all your posts, yes your activity will go back to zero.

Activity works by taking the number of posts you have made within a 2-week period (capping at 14) and adding it to your current activity, which starts at 0. These values are stored in a database and updated with a script that runs periodically every other Wednesday.

So mass-deleting tons of your posts will lower your activity and consequentially your rank on the next Activity update cycle.

Next question:
Why do members do that? I think everyone likes it when have a high rank

Two reasons why they do that.

Either they want to hide something strange on their account that's why they decide to delete majority of their post.

Or they don't want to see their number of post became more higher since they don't like other think that they are spamming this forum.