[April fools] Adjustments to Merit calculation

[Danydee]

Ok Thermos !

not kind, not kind at all 😒

[SamReomo]

The trick may make your merits appear different then the way they actually are, in order to see your actual merits you may copy your profile and open in another browser where you aren't logged in, or you may click on Profile>Merits to see the actual merits.

[Odohu]

You got me here, @Theymos. Wow, I was struggling to wrap my head around this before I ready comments that made me remember what date it is.

[PX-Z]

I already saw some outcome of this adjustments, a negative merit (-161 Loudmouth ) is way too much theymos, maybe you can just remove them instead.

[bitzizzix]

Hahaha.. you make my heart beat because of the surprising change in Merit, it turns out it's April Fool's Day. And I searched several times to see who the sender was but nothing new.

I hope you can't return it to its original Merit amount again.

[Despairo]

I need to maximize this day to earn merit as much as possible.

Ohh sh*t this got me really bad

Lol you got negative merit dude.  

[Cryptoprincess101]

Happy April fool's day to the most activity and the most recognized user of BTT, you caught us all unaware. You really played a smart one and indeed it came so early!

[EFS]

Happy April Fool's Day theymos  .

Congrats, you've just earned a badge.

[promise444c5]

Lol you got negative merit dude.  

Yeah it's  way more reduced or even balanced by now did some correction  to my recent  pyramid post  maybe earn more merit to make it permanent  ....... Hopefully   ;
I was really  frustrated to make a post  because  I wasn't expecting  it at all
He got me It's  my first time thouh ;

[criptoevangelista]

OMG

[Samlucky O]

I never saw this coming, I thought my eyes where inching me when I saw some peoples merit reduced but didn't know it affected everyone is including me. Happy April fool day lolz.

[criptoevangelista]

What will be the maximum negative merits? Could JJG come here to test lol 

[Eternad]

how many +merits for AI posting? It seems AI poster will celebrate this update

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fck my merit is decreasing for criticizing them!  

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even a simple edit can cause merit loss

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give me the moneeeyyyy

[JayJuanGee]

Like, do you mean if I see a post or question that needs a simple answer and the idea I have to answer that particular question tools me only 15 characters (which I know is not possible) for dropping a simple comment, that way my merit count will reduce? 
 
What about simple replies that have no character but come with only an image on them, which sends a clear message? How will that also be regarded? 

That’s correct. Theymos is clearly trying to ruin the forum. He probably has something against beginners ranking up, he doesn’t add merit sources and has come up with a new system to make it harder for accounts to rank up. Sad day for bitcointalk.

Leave it to theymos to ruin everything.  Right when we were starting to have fun, he ruins it.

 

That's why we cannot have nice things... because of theymos.

[criptoevangelista]

with negative merits your position becomes a piece of shit

[Tuturtinular]

It seems like my merit increases automatically even though no one gave me merit. I suspect this thread is the reason.

April mop

[JayJuanGee]

with negative merits your position becomes a piece of shit

It might take a while to get down to that level..


We must post more and read less.

hahahahahaha

[Faizan Zen]

In recent years, it seems that a lot of people have been making low-value posts just to get paid. To address this, I've added a merit "cost" to posting: from this point forward, for every 15 characters you post, you will lose one Merit point. This should eliminate any incentive to make low-value posts.

Any halfway-decent poster should be able to earn much more merit than they lose due to the penalty. But I recognize that some good posts are occasionally overlooked. So to counterbalance the penalty, I also added a system whereby you will earn a bit of merit just by reading posts. If you want to write a lot, you'd better do some reading as well!

For both the penalty and the bonus, this applies only to your merit score, and does not affect sendable merit (sMerit).

Let me know what you think of these adjustments.

So, if I read a lot, my merit will increase? This looks easier than before, and I prefer this system compared to the old system which made me apathetic about being able to rank up

[AprilioMP]

Let me know what you think of these adjustments.

My merit count has decreased from 328 to 96 after making the first post today. Merit changes have an impact on rank, from Sr. Member become Member.
It worked well theymos and was a surprise.





I tried to think about experimenting by trying to open the forum via a new incognito tab on the browser I was using, the change did not occur for me and for several accounts from other users.

I like this surprise.
Happy party to everyone.

[I_Anime]

Ohh sh*t this got me really bad

Also with me , it  Really got me pretty bad , damn i was even planning to make a  post concerning it, in meta board
 
To be honest this this is too expensive