Why is merit not common on trading discussion board

[PX-Z]

Merit sources ignored most of the discussion boards due to spam invasion so it's obvious that if no merit sources is not visiting the circulation of merit will be limited too. And trading discussion just repeat the same kind of responses and threads so it's understandable why they chose to ignore same goes to gambling discussion, Economics, Bitcoin discussion.

I don't wonder if signature campaigns and managers will also blocklist these boards you have mentioned at least except for bitcoin discussion since it's more filtered now with less redundant topics. And gambling boards for casino related campaigns.

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[OcTradism]

I don't wonder if signature campaigns and managers will also blocklist these boards you have mentioned at least except for bitcoin discussion since it's more filtered now with less redundant topics. And gambling boards for casino related campaigns.

Each campaign manager and each company have different needs and campaign rules. Depends on their target customers from their company products, they will focus on several boards and local boards. Then company representative will work with a campaign manager to run a signature campaign with best rules in order to maximize exposure to their target customers and their favorite boards in the forum.

Most ignored boards by campaign managers are Atlcoin boards, Economics, Society and Politics, and boards without signature.

[SamReomo]

Merit sources ignored most of the discussion boards due to spam invasion so it's obvious that if no merit sources is not visiting the circulation of merit will be limited too.

If I'm not wrong then merit sources mostly ignore the gambling boards as those are least interesting for them and topics at that board mostly contain repeated material. The trading discussion board is not like gambling discussion because in this board various good topics are created by some good traders and others who are into trading share their insights related to those topics.

I'm not sure why merit sources even think about ignoring a board like trading discussion. If I was a merit source, I would never ignore boards like trading discussion since it's highly helpful for Bitcoin community because most crypto users start their crypto journey with trading and if such board isn't given priority then that's not going to be helpful for those users.

[ABCbits]

If it is technical board, any useful answer will be bombarded with merits.

IMO it's just some useful answer on technical board which get merit. Besides, if your answer turns out to be unhelpful, useless or harmful, you could face major critic or even accusation.

I'm not sure why merit sources even think about ignoring a board like trading discussion. If I was a merit source, I would never ignore boards like trading discussion since it's highly helpful for Bitcoin community because most crypto users start their crypto journey with trading and if such board isn't given priority then that's not going to be helpful for those users.

IIRC theymos never prohibit merit source from ignoring certain boards, so it's not surprising some of them does that. Besides, some merit source who apply to be one mention which board they'll pay attention to.

[crwth]

I believe everyone has already given an answer that fits your question. It's most likely to be more informational on the technical discussion board and a lot of users who post there have merits. My take in this is that you can post like how people post on the technical discussion board and move it to the trading discussion. Post a more technical approach and not just any post that are repeating then you can have a chance in having merits being given.

[Mate2237]

Not only in trading board but also in the altcoins board and the the gambling by board. And now that the forum more focused on gambling and projects those two boards should have their merit sources and probably each board is two. People were saying that those who are posting in the gambling section are shitposters or spammers. And now that gambling campaigns are more that the exchange and altcoins campaign, most of those people are posting in the gambling section now, and I think they have join the shitposters and spammers group.

Those boards that busy in the forum should have their own merit sources. Because I also discovered that those who not posting in the technical board merely received merits even though they contribute meaningful to a post.

[Findingnemo]

Merit sources ignored most of the discussion boards due to spam invasion so it's obvious that if no merit sources is not visiting the circulation of merit will be limited too.

If I'm not wrong then merit sources mostly ignore the gambling boards as those are least interesting for them and topics at that board mostly contain repeated material. The trading discussion board is not like gambling discussion because in this board various good topics are created by some good traders and others who are into trading share their insights related to those topics.

I'm not sure why merit sources even think about ignoring a board like trading discussion. If I was a merit source, I would never ignore boards like trading discussion since it's highly helpful for Bitcoin community because most crypto users start their crypto journey with trading and if such board isn't given priority then that's not going to be helpful for those users.

Trading discussion is more of generic replies so filtering out the really good posts may be a difficult task for them, I skipped discussion boards from posting for a while but I didn't stop visiting them to know the market situations.

Discussions boards are clean from spams for sure comparing to how they used to be at the time of merit introduction but users who are being merit sources don't find convincing reasons to add into their watchlist.

[Woodie]

Merit sources and members with available smerits frequent technical boards over trading discussion board. This is why there are lesser merits circulating in the altcoin section, gambling section etc.

Agreed!!!

If this gap has been identified I wonder why one or two users haven't been deliberately added as merit sources to service these  boards especially that several users have shown interest to take up this responsibility, unless they are regarded as a spam jungle because of the mega threads that exist that does not need to be served the golden nuggets(merit)

Otherwise boards like the trading board do need a merit source to encourage constructive discussions especially that trading is a big part of the crypto ecosystem!!!

[Casdinyard]

Cause boards like these are very subjective, and people can easily call out others on their bullshit at the first whiff of it if they think some guy posting out there's just commenting for the sake of commenting. Plus these are not the types of  boards where I would think most merit sources frequent in since I would guess a lot of them already got their shit together, and are probably already well-versed in investing and trading.

Also could be the case that since most people who frequent the trading boards don't have that much sMerits on them from the get-go, they can't send any to other people even if they deem it deserving. So what ends up happening is a board that is not specifically meant for merit-sending, and is instead really all about sharing advices and perhaps some shit they feel like they need to put up to other people's attention.

At the end of the day, what this means is that if you want to receive merit, you have to diversify your content like a well-rounded bitcointalk member, but at the same time, you can't fabricate this shit so the best course of action is to just really be you, and push out content you think is good for the forum, don't make comments or create posts that you think people will flock upon, that's a surefire way to get ignored and be called out.