[April fools] Adjustments to Merit calculation

[Cyrus]

Although I'm curious what happens after -999999: will I become a "Dedicated Shitposter"?

Me too! But I'm at only -999998.
Also, Happy 1337 Birthday LoyceV!

I have obviously reported this topic and requested a ban for this spammer

The report was handled btw  
Also, looks like I've been busted...

<-- Certified shitposter right here.

[joker_josue]

Has anyone asked @LoyceV or @TryNinja to make a list of users with the most negative merits?

_{Characters to add negative merits.} 

Those guys are Certified Shitposters , they cannot make any table or list.

They don't do it because they don't want to!!! They have the tools to do this, but they don't want to... they are afraid of reprisals. 


By the way, I would like to take this opportunity to leave a text of Lorem Ipsum...
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[OgNasty]

Calling the Donator section the Staff forum is the most cringe thing ever.  Most of us Donators wanted the Staff banned from that section.  

Having a bad day ?
How should I have named this section :



I never think about the Donators section.
I posted there once in 2018 to answer a question about a... moderator. I hope you can forgive me for that.

Never a bad day for me. Quite the opposite actually. You’re forgiven. I also appreciate you not posting in the Donators section since 2018 if you aren’t a Donator.

[AB de Royse777]

<-- Certified shitposter right here.

I was literally shitposting at the morning but moderator thought to delete it. Shall we assume the moderator caught on April fool? :-D

[Manlikefrank1]

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.

lol this just made my day seeing,even though after all the stress but quiet funny 😄

[joker_josue]

I was literally shitposting at the morning but moderator thought to delete it. Shall we assume the moderator caught on April fool? :-D

You should always write constructive things, never texts that are out of context. <sub>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, id ignota nominavi his. Sed ea simul saperet inermis. Unum tollit conceptam at mel, id facer nemore reformidans sit. Nec ad putent labore expetendis, sit tempor mediocritatem ne. Eum efficiendi disputando ea, nec in alterum sensibus iracundia. Eruditi mentitum periculis vel no, ut nam diam noluisse inimicus. Laudem scaevola signiferumque ius in, vis id porro iriure, pro ea erant definitiones.

Ne mel ridens dissentias accommodare, dolores adolescens pro ex. Ad impetus minimum eos, facete audiam et mei. Sit ei detraxit conceptam, erat constituto te his, ancillae gloriatur nec eu. Duo cu veri numquam instructior, his te everti nusquam argumentum. Mel liber aliquid civibus ex, vidisse dolorem in vim. No nonumes tacimates interesset sed, mei natum adversarium contentiones ei.

Porro nonumy fierent id sit. Lobortis salutatus pro ex. Cum ut tempor bonorum. Ullum malorum deserunt mea te, quodsi insolens per ne.

Impetus ornatus phaedrum ius no. Vix omnis debitis constituam ex, doctus iriure expetenda eum an, vis at omnes fuisset. In sint adhuc nec, vel sumo accusamus hendrerit in. Nam bonorum aliquando ex. Ei eos commune omittantur, ei ius facilis incorrupte.

Nam in postulant concludaturque, quis graece mel ut, usu congue dissentiet no. Doming expetenda qui ea, duo ne volutpat incorrupte. Et qui quot aliquid honestatis. Ex regione ancillae duo, mei no eripuit hendrerit, per aperiri impedit veritus cu. Ei atqui everti timeam qui, ei mucius intellegebat necessitatibus nam. In illum vivendo assueverit vel, his ut omnium corrumpit.</sub> Because these changes are not intended to create spam! 

[Renampun]

happy fool day everyone lol

[Yogee]

It took me a few seconds to realize what happened to my merit count hehe. I don't know how you come up with these ideas every year for April Fools but this was nicely done. This is my second favorite so far next to the virus prank.

[Strufmbae]

The short Story about Bees and Flies HAHA.

April Fools -

[johnsaributua]

aw I'm surprised sir, this year is the blessed month of April , I always look forward to it every year, enjoy and celebrate, ann interesting thread every year .

the second prank after the IQ check a few years ago, and it succeeded in luring many people to visit.
But the merit earned is fluctuating quite quickly shrinking, amazing sir.

[Mate2237]

Lolz  , I have been seen the loudmouth from other users and thought it is the new rank for the forum and seen people merit reducing and I came to understand that my profile too, the merits have been reducing the more I post the more the merits reduce and now I am also on the loudmouth with -5 merits. theymos has taken all my merits back to the merit Bank for future distribution. It is nice experience in this year. The time is almost up so all the lost merits and change of ranks and other will be restored back to normalcy.

And the people didn't panic like last year because we are getting use to it. There will a time that people will not even shake again. Happy Easter Monday and happy New month to all the forum active members.

[SatoPrincess]

In one hour, the world will be back to normal. Going to miss these loud mouth posters. Luckily Theymos didn’t mess with this.

[Smartvirus]

Calling the Donator section the Staff forum is the most cringe thing ever.  Most of us Donators wanted the Staff banned from that section.  

Having a bad day ?
How should I have named this section :



I never think about the Donators section.
I posted there once in 2018 to answer a question about a... moderator. I hope you can forgive me for that.

Never a bad day for me. Quite the opposite actually. You’re forgiven. I also appreciate you not posting in the Donators section since 2018 if you aren’t a Donator.

Wanted the staff banned from that section, lol…

And the door is slammed in every one’s faces that isn’t a donator. Forearmed!


Seems the old guy @Theymos have lost it. Still coming up with it but, it ain’t leaving users shaking in our boots no more. Perhaps we got old at it and there is always just someone to let the cat out the bag before the break of dawn. Terrible people for an old time favorite. Theymos gave me a Hero feeling again, lol…

A fool’s day y’all.

[xhomerx10]

Although I'm curious what happens after -999999: will I become a "Dedicated Shitposter"?

Me too! But I'm at only -999998.
Also, Happy 1337 Birthday LoyceV!

I have obviously reported this topic and requested a ban for this spammer

The report was handled btw  
Also, looks like I've been busted...

<-- Certified shitposter right here.

 Hats off to the king of shitposters

[robelneo]

Probably the best April Fool's Day surprise if you're not aware of the date your heart will keep pumping seeing you're losing your precious merit.
I guess nobody has thought of this surprise, April Fool's day here in Bitcointalk is probably the best time of the year.
The Admin never runs out of ideas and many of us are caught off guard.

[theymos]

April fools! I feel like more people were legitimately fooled by this one than normal.

In hindsight, I made the new titles too difficult to get. But it's shocking that so many veteran members were finally revealed as Certified Shitposters. (They were Cyrus, fillippone, LoyceV, xhomerx10, goldkingcoiner, and DdmrDdmr.)

Thanks to PowerGlove for suggesting the idea!

[tranthidung]

April fools! I feel like more people were legitimately fooled by this one than normal.

If in future, you make any adjustment is similar to this one, at somewhat level, it will cause massive panic in shitposters and there will be a massive migration from Bitcoin Talk to other forums.

It's true but also my joke.

Who stays will stay and who don't feel they belong here, will leave, with or without any adjustment on the merit system.

[LoyceV]

it's shocking that so many veteran members were finally revealed as Certified Shitposters. (They were ~ and DdmrDdmr.)

So I was right in 2018 after all

[joker_josue]

April fools! I feel like more people were legitimately fooled by this one than normal.

Congratulations on the joke, it was really funny!

I tried to have negative points, but I couldn't... see you next time. 

[fillippone]

April fools! I feel like more people were legitimately fooled by this one than normal.

In hindsight, I made the new titles too difficult to get. But it's shocking that so many veteran members were finally revealed as Certified Shitposters. (They were Cyrus, fillippone, LoyceV, xhomerx10, goldkingcoiner, and DdmrDdmr.)

Thanks to PowerGlove for suggesting the idea!

Seeing JJG-like wall of text decreasing merits was a little bit of shocker.
I honestly tried increasing my merits reading posts, but the dark side of shitposting quickly took the fun part, as there were more custom title to get.
Shitposter once, shitposter forever? Hopefully not.