[TOOL] Bitcointalk Weekly Post & Merit Tracker

[*Ace*]

[TOOL] Bitcointalk Weekly Post & Merit Tracker – Monitor Your Posts, Merits, and Signature Campaigns!

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🇭🇷 Croatian • by paco92x

Hello, Bitcointalk community!
Today, I present a small project I initially created for personal use, but I’m happy to share it with the entire community. I’ve been working on this tool for almost a month, and after several tests, I believe it’s ready for everyone to use. I’d like to publicly thank Ninjastic (API by TryNinja) and BPIP.org for providing the necessary data.

Bitcointalk Weekly Post & Merit Tracker.


This script helps you monitor your posts, received merits, weekly goals, and signature campaign progress in a simple and immediate way, directly from the Bitcointalk page. It’s perfect for those who want to improve post quality, avoid spam, and achieve personalized goals.

The tool is written in JavaScript and the full source code is available at the link above. It is released under the MIT License, so anyone can download, use, and modify it freely. If you want to propose improvements or work on updates, you are welcome to do so and share your work with the community, in the spirit of open source that distinguishes Bitcoin and Bitcointalk.

What Does This Script Do?

• Weekly Post Monitoring
  
  • Valid Post Count: View the number of posts made in the current week (or previous/next weeks).
    
  • Breakdown by Board: See how many posts you’ve made in each Bitcointalk section.
    
  • Unclassified Posts: Identify posts not associated with any specific board.
    
• Merit Tracking
  
  • Total Merits: View the total number of merits received in the week.
    
  • Sender Details: Find out who gave you merits and how many.
    
• Signature Campaign Tracking
  
  • Posts in Dedicated Boards: Track your posts in signature campaign boards to ensure you meet the requirements.
    
• Custom Goals
  
  • Minimum Gambling Posts: Set a minimum goal for posts in Gambling boards.
    
  • Maximum Local Board Posts: Limit the number of posts in local boards.
    
  • Maximum Valid Posts: Set a maximum limit for valid posts per week.
    
  • Exclude Boards: Exclude boards you’re not interested in from the count (e.g., Offtopic, Games & Rounds, Mega Threads, Services). Excluded boards will be marked with a ⛔️ emoji to indicate that posts there won’t be counted.
    
• Flexible Settings
  
  • Custom Week Start: Choose the day the week starts (e.g., Monday, Friday, etc.).
    
  • Time Zone: Set the time zone to adjust the count to your location.
    
  • Merit Display: Enable or disable the display of received merits.
    
• Intuitive Interface
  
  • Fixed Panel: The script adds a fixed panel at the bottom right, always accessible.
    
  • Week Navigation: Navigate between previous and next weeks using the ⏪ and ⏩ buttons.
    
  • Minimize Panel: Click ➖ to minimize the panel and save space.
    

Data Sources
Post and board data are fetched from Ninjastic (API by TryNinja), while merit data are fetched from BPIP.org. No data is sent to external servers: everything is processed locally in your browser.

How to Install and Configure
On Desktop (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc.)

• Install a Userscript Manager:
  
  • ViolentMonkey (recommended, works on all browsers)
    
  • Greasemonkey (Firefox only)
    
  • Tampermonkey (alternative to ViolentMonkey)
    
• Install the Script:
  
  • Click here to go to the GreasyFork page.
    
  • Click the "Install this script" button.
    
  • The userscript manager will ask for confirmation: click "Install".
    
• Configure Your Username:
  
  • Open the Userscript Manager (ViolentMonkey/Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey).
    
  • Find the script "Bitcointalk Weekly Post & Merit Tracker" and click "Edit".
    
  • Find the line:
    

Code:

const usernames = ['insertYourUsername', 'insertYourUsername'];

• Replace `'insertYourUsername'` with your Bitcointalk username (in quotes).
  
  • Example for a single username:
    
  Code:

  const usernames = ['*ace*'];

• Example for multiple usernames:
  
  Code:

  const usernames = ['*ace*', 'AltUsername'];
• Save the changes and refresh Bitcointalk.
  

On Smartphone (Android/iOS)

• Install a Browser that Supports Userscripts:
  
  • Kiwi Browser (Android, supports ViolentMonkey)
    
  • iCab Mobile (iOS, paid, supports Greasemonkey)
    
• Install ViolentMonkey/Greasemonkey:
  
  • On Kiwi Browser, install ViolentMonkey.
    
  • On Firefox for Android, install Greasemonkey.
    
• Install the Script:
  
  • Open the GreasyFork link in your browser.
    
  • Click "Install this script" and confirm.
    
• Configure Your Username:
  
  • Follow the same steps as for Desktop (edit the line)
  Code:

  const usernames = [...]

  .
  

How to Use It?

• Select the User: From the dropdown menu in the panel, choose the username you want to monitor.
  
• Set Your Goals: Click the ⚙️ icon to open settings and customize:
  
  • Minimum Gambling posts.
  • Maximum Local Board posts.
  • Maximum Valid Posts per week.
  • Boards to exclude (they will be marked with ⛔️).
  • Week start day.
  • Time zone.
• Navigate Between Weeks: Use the ⏪ and ⏩ buttons to view data from previous or next weeks.
  
• Minimize the Panel: Click ➖ to minimize the panel.
  

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

• How do I modify the code if I’m not experienced?
  
  • Install the script as described above.
    
  • Open the Userscript Manager (ViolentMonkey/Greasemonkey).
    
  • Find the line
  Code:

  const usernames = ['insertYourUsername', 'insertYourUsername'];

  .
  
  • Delete `'insertYourUsername'` and insert your username in quotes.
    
  • Save and refresh Bitcointalk.
    
• Can I monitor multiple users?
  Yes! Just add more usernames to the
  Code:

  usernames

  array:
  
  Code:

  const usernames = ['*ace*', 'MyAccount', 'AnotherUsername'];

  • Does the script send my data to external servers?
    No, all data is processed locally in your browser. The script does not send information to any server.
    
  • How do I report a bug or suggest a new feature?
    You can reply to this post or leave a comment on the GreasyFork page.
    
  • Can I contribute to the project?
    Absolutely! The script is open source under the MIT License. You can freely download, modify, and share your improvements with the community. Contributions are welcome!
    
  Important Notes
  
  • The script doesn’t work if Bitcointalk is blocked by ad-blockers or privacy extensions.
    
  • If you have issues loading data, make sure you are connected to the internet and there are no errors in the browser console (press F12 to open it).
    
  Feedback and Support
  If you have questions, suggestions, or bug reports, don’t hesitate to reply to this post! I’m always available to improve the script based on the community’s needs. Let’s keep the open source spirit alive!
  

[*Ace*]

reserve

[Odusko]

Nice job, I was thinking that this bot will run on telegram, but hard to download and install it to be able to use the tools, that can be a pain in the ass having to install app to my device, but generally speaking toy did well contributing your quarter unfortunately I could not test this tool at the moment.

[examplens]

An interesting tool, this forum already has quite many external tools that facilitate its use.

This script is designed to help you monitor your posts, received merits, and weekly goals in a simple and immediate way, directly from the Bitcointalk page. It's perfect for those who want to improve the quality of their posts, avoid spam, and achieve personalized goals.

However, I'm not sure how much a tool like this can directly affect the quality of someone's posts. It seems to me that it is like a control for posters to see whether they have fulfilled the requirements of the campaign signature. It recognizes several of the most common campaign conditions, such as the total number of posts, the number in the gambling section, and earned merit.
The idea of automating the counting of posts in the campaign has already been discussed several times, and as far as I know, a sufficiently efficient solution that will recognize the quality of the posts has not been found.

[*Ace*]

An interesting tool, this forum already has quite many external tools that facilitate its use.

This script is designed to help you monitor your posts, received merits, and weekly goals in a simple and immediate way, directly from the Bitcointalk page. It's perfect for those who want to improve the quality of their posts, avoid spam, and achieve personalized goals.

However, I'm not sure how much a tool like this can directly affect the quality of someone's posts. It seems to me that it is like a control for posters to see whether they have fulfilled the requirements of the campaign signature. It recognizes several of the most common campaign conditions, such as the total number of posts, the number in the gambling section, and earned merit.
The idea of automating the counting of posts in the campaign has already been discussed several times, and as far as I know, a sufficiently efficient solution that will recognize the quality of the posts has not been found.

It also monitors posts written for a signature campaign, but I didn't like the idea of ​​presenting it as such.
Perhaps it could be seen as a tool that encourages spam, and I didn't want it to be seen that way.
You can use it even if you're not following a signature campaign, but simply to check your weekly statistics.

[Oshosondy]

Can it differentiate the posts the person make in boards that the campaign managers will not count from the ones the campaign managers will count?

Also can you make a Telegram bot in addition to this? I would have preferred it if it is a Telegram bot and it will be easy for people to setup.

The third is that I can easily count my weekly posts but from the process and also do not count the posts that are not valid.

However, I'm not sure how much a tool like this can directly affect the quality of someone's posts. It seems to me that it is like a control for posters to see whether they have fulfilled the requirements of the campaign signature. It recognizes several of the most common campaign conditions, such as the total number of posts, the number in the gambling section, and earned merit.
The idea of automating the counting of posts in the campaign has already been discussed several times, and as far as I know, a sufficiently efficient solution that will recognize the quality of the posts has not been found.

Campaign managers will have to go through each posts people are posting even if the tools will determine if a post is having good quality or not. This tool will only be useful for posters and not campaign managers.

[examplens]

Campaign managers will have to go through each posts people are posting even if the tools will determine if a post is having good quality or not. This tool will only be useful for posters and not campaign managers.

Obviously.
I'm just pointing out that the tool does not influence the quality of the posts as stated, but only provides an easy insight into the fulfillment of the basic requirements of the campaign.

[babo]

very nice to have the statistics I really like statistics
Of course it would have been nice to have graphs, which are nicer to look at, but I understand that this tool would take up too much space on the screen so it's fine like this
Statistics are beautiful and useful for everyone

Bravo

[*Ace*]

Can it differentiate the posts the person make in boards that the campaign managers will not count from the ones the campaign managers will count?

Yes, the tool is programmed to make sure that posts written on non-permitted boards are not counted in the calculation of valid posts, you will see them marked with ⛔.

Also can you make a Telegram bot in addition to this? I would have preferred it if it is a Telegram bot and it will be easy for people to setup.

Yes it is possible to do it as a bot for telegram but I will not do it because it was not designed for this purpose. If someone wants you can use the source code to create the bot

The third is that I can easily count my weekly posts but from the process and also do not count the posts that are not valid.

The tool counts both valid posts and total posts the difference in value is the invalid posts

I hope I have removed some doubts as to whether the tool is really useful.

[Lillominato89]

This tool is really interesting! Very useful for people like me, but also many others, who follow signature campaigns. A very useful reminder indeed.
Congratulations man! I hope for you that the community will appreciate your work. And that many will use your tool.
Question, I saw that you can use it for multiple users, but wasn't it better to use it in non-multi-user mode?

[Tonimez]

This is a very good innovation I must say and it would be very helpful across the forum. Campaign managers would find it very helpful and individuals too. But it is very ambiguous to run and all my efforts to run it on my Android through the kiwi browser still proved abortive as I couldn't navigate through the violentmonkey installation on the kiwi browser as it kept redirecting me after several verifications.

I will try back but I hope that with time it would be upgraded to run on other browsers with less ambiguities. Congratulations on this innovation, users can now track their activities seamlessly.

[slackovic]

It also monitors posts written for a signature campaign, but I didn't like the idea of ​​presenting it as such.
Perhaps it could be seen as a tool that encourages spam, and I didn't want it to be seen that way.
You can use it even if you're not following a signature campaign, but simply to check your weekly statistics.

I'm not sure why would anyone care about the information on how many posts he/she wrote in certain section except for fulfilling the signature campaign rules. I'm not saying that the tool isn't useful (obviously, it is) but only to make it easier to follow sig. campaign rules.

And another thing. Couldn't you make it as a web page? I have bad experience with .js scripts and security. I'm not saying that your script isn't safe (it's open source and anyone can check it's source code so I guess it should be safe), but I just don't like to use scripts

[joker_josue]

Although I'm not a fan of installing scripts in the browser (even if they are reliable), I recognize that it is a good analysis tool.

Looking at the images he posted, I realized he considers the goal achieved when we reach the number of posts in the game and on the site. Or am I wrong?
I think that in the settings field, you can define a field to indicate the minimum number of posts that must be made to reach the objective of the week/campaign.

Congratulations on your development, and may it be very useful. Keep up the good work.

[Zoomic]

Recently, the forum has been producing programmers, especially lower ranked members and they have been coming forth with different ideas. It is really encouraging, this means in a while we will have another PowerGlove who will join to help theymos in the technical things of the forum.

I am not a fan of using scripts, but I see that this one is very beneficial, especially to campaign managers. It will make their job somewhat easy. Especially the ones managing large campaigns.
Congrats on this.

[*Ace*]

I'm not sure why would anyone care about the information on how many posts he/she wrote in certain section except for fulfilling the signature campaign rules. I'm not saying that the tool isn't useful (obviously, it is) but only to make it easier to follow sig. campaign rules.

And another thing. Couldn't you make it as a web page? I have bad experience with .js scripts and security. I'm not saying that your script isn't safe (it's open source and anyone can check it's source code so I guess it should be safe), but I just don't like to use scripts

I personally like to see my statistics, how much I write where I write and how many Merits I have received. I even have my own tool that does monthly statistics, but I haven't shared it with you yet. I would have to translate it and I don't know if everyone would like that tool.
Anyway, thank you for expressing your opinion.
As for the web page, I agree with you, it would be better. But I would have to incur expenses to put it online, instead a userscript needs nothing, it installs and runs on the browser that hosts it.

Although I'm not a fan of installing scripts in the browser (even if they are reliable), I recognize that it is a good analysis tool.

Looking at the images he posted, I realized he considers the goal achieved when we reach the number of posts in the game and on the site. Or am I wrong?
I think that in the settings field, you can define a field to indicate the minimum number of posts that must be made to reach the objective of the week/campaign.

Congratulations on your development, and may it be very useful. Keep up the good work.

The tool works like this. You enter your username, then you have to set 3 parameters (only if you are part of a signature campaign) which are max posts per week ex. 25. Max post in local board e.g. 10, min post in gambling section e.g. 10
Then the tool considers that you have reached your goals only if you make the min in gambling and max in local board. Then there are other settings such as enabling or disabling the Merit received part or not to consider valid posts written in offtopic or mega threads etc etc
I might add other options too but for the moment I think it's fine as it is

Recently, the forum has been producing programmers, especially lower ranked members and they have been coming forth with different ideas. It is really encouraging, this means in a while we will have another PowerGlove who will join to help theymos in the technical things of the forum.

I am not a fan of using scripts, but I see that this one is very beneficial, especially to campaign managers. It will make their job somewhat easy. Especially the ones managing large campaigns.
Congrats on this.

Thanks a lot for the encouragement mate. I don't know who powerglove is I hope to have a chance to talk to him sometime

This tool is really interesting! Very useful for people like me, but also many others, who follow signature campaigns. A very useful reminder indeed.
Congratulations man! I hope for you that the community will appreciate your work. And that many will use your tool.
Question, I saw that you can use it for multiple users, but wasn't it better to use it in non-multi-user mode?

I honestly only put this option in as a test but then left it. But it is not obligatory to enter multiple usernames! It is just something extra that does not affect the usefulness of the tool.

[joker_josue]

The tool works like this. You enter your username, then you have to set 3 parameters (only if you are part of a signature campaign) which are max posts per week ex. 25. Max post in local board e.g. 10, min post in gambling section e.g. 10
Then the tool considers that you have reached your goals only if you make the min in gambling and max in local board. Then there are other settings such as enabling or disabling the Merit received part or not to consider valid posts written in offtopic or mega threads etc etc
I might add other options too but for the moment I think it's fine as it is

But, so you're assuming that all existing campaigns have these types of minimums. Which does not happen in all of them.

Some have no limit on the locations, others may not require you to post in the game area.
So have only these options and limit analysis.

But, it's just my opinion. If whoever uses the script is fine like this, that's fine.

[*Ace*]

The tool works like this. You enter your username, then you have to set 3 parameters (only if you are part of a signature campaign) which are max posts per week ex. 25. Max post in local board e.g. 10, min post in gambling section e.g. 10
Then the tool considers that you have reached your goals only if you make the min in gambling and max in local board. Then there are other settings such as enabling or disabling the Merit received part or not to consider valid posts written in offtopic or mega threads etc etc
I might add other options too but for the moment I think it's fine as it is

But, so you're assuming that all existing campaigns have these types of minimums. Which does not happen in all of them.

Some have no limit on the locations, others may not require you to post in the game area.
So have only these options and limit analysis.

But, it's just my opinion. If whoever uses the script is fine like this, that's fine.

Yours is a more than fair observation. I know little about signature campaigns, and I relied on the actual signature campaigns (not all of them to be honest) and assumed that they were all or nearly all the same.
But this is no big deal, I will try to check the code by studying a different logic. Currently you can do a simple mathematical calculation
Do you have to make 20 posts a week? Of which 10 minimum in gambling? Just put in the settings 20 posts max 10 min in gambling and 10 max in local, the tool will still warn you that you have met your targets 🙂 🙂

[xenomorfo]

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Well done, Ace, you're really working hard, keep it up. i am so proud of you for really working hard to create things for the community.
I wont use your tool because it's not useful for me and it's complex, but i really appreciate the effort and desire you put into it. Well done!

[changaa]

SNIP
If you have questions, suggestions, or bug reports, don?t hesitate to reply to this post! I?m always available to improve the script based on the community?s needs. Let?s keep the open source spirit alive!

Congratulations, very nice and I think useful, not for me, but I'm sure many who love statistics will appreciate it. Well done!

[macson]

Just tried this tool and it works great.

However, I think I'll need to modify the code a bit to suit my needs, as I noticed it's in JavaScript, and it should be easy to customize. But thanks in advance for this tool.