Some question about merit source to know.

[Majestic-milf]

Gaaah!!  Thanks for all the compliments, but lately I've been such a lazy-ass merit source and feel incredibly guilty because of said laziness.  The position of merit source is strictly a voluntary one of course, and I could easily just tell Theymos I don't want to be one anymore....but I vividly remember the days before the merit system came into existence and I know how important it became in slaying account farmers who had god-knows-how-many alt accounts making zero-value posts all over the place and in general making it much harder for shitposters to rank up, thereby disincentivizing them from even trying.

Well, I don't think @Samreomo is just laying compliments, it's the truth. Although I've been a beneficiary to some of the merit sources we know, but I think if there were a chart made for highest number of merits from a merit source, you would be topping that chart.

So I'm happy to help worthy members rank up.  It's just that when I'm browsing through threads, most of the posts I'd consider merit-worthy are being made by Legendary members.  Don't know if anyone else agrees with that, but I guess everyone has different standards.

By the way, it isn't a question of whether I 'deserve' my monthly allocation of sMerits; it's a matter of whether I can unload all of them each month, and lately I haven't been doing that.  I will strive to do better.

For me, there are actually quality posters who aren't legendary members but may not be so consistent and as such it could make you a bit confused. I remember going through a thread where someone said the gambling section needs merit sources too because inasmuch as there are spammers there, good posters can also be found but the thing is most of these sources may not have the time to start searching. You could decide to unload your smerits there.

[_BlackStar]

For me, there are actually quality posters who aren't legendary members but may not be so consistent and as such it could make you a bit confused.

Legendary tend to speak/ post based on their experience and knowledge - that's more meaningful than the average user who is trying to build an account and earn merit from here and there. So it's true that more experienced user who rank highly have more meaningful quality posts than others - but I'm also not generalizing them all to be the same.

The posting quality standards for each merit source are very different. They can sometimes consider posts like mine to be quality because they contain elements of argument, facts, or so on. Some of these others are ordinary posts that are of no use being given merit even if your rank is Legendary.

I remember going through a thread where someone said the gambling section needs merit sources too because inasmuch as there are spammers there, good posters can also be found but the thing is most of these sources may not have the time to start searching.

There are several merit source on the gambling board - but more often than not they distribute the merit on specific thread. The main problem is probably the quality standard of the posts - I mean, they really struggle to find good posters in the many thread that already have hundreds to thousand of page.

[Justbillywitt]

For me, there are actually quality posters who aren't legendary members but may not be so consistent and as such it could make you a bit confused.

Legendary tend to speak/ post based on their experience and knowledge - that's more meaningful than the average user who is trying to build an account and earn merit from here and there. So it's true that more experienced user who rank highly have more meaningful quality posts than others - but I'm also not generalizing them all to be the same.

The posting quality standards for each merit source are very different. They can sometimes consider posts like mine to be quality because they contain elements of argument, facts, or so on. Some of these others are ordinary posts that are of no use being given merit even if your rank is Legendary.

What you are saying is nothing but the truth, there are some certain things in life that comes with age and experience. There things you will never understand until you get to certain age and level in life. Here in this forum account ranks is what show how long and how dedicated someone has been in this forum. There are many threads that Legendary Members come across and have learnt from and contributed on that new members can't easily access. Most lower ranked members don't usually have the time to go and read those threads to enhance their knowledge only few does dedicate their time to go in search of these threads and go through them. Getting to a legendary rank is no easy thing I must confess, so there is a clear difference in their posts when compared with that of a lower ranked members, no matter how knowledgeable the lower ranked members are. Just like you have rightly sated lower ranked members has many things distracting them and one of it is growing their account to a higher rank.