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June 10, 2026, 05:04:56 PM
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’The merit system made it too Difficult for new members to grow their account’

That’s the whole point and the intention of theymos when he implemented it. We were getting too many shit posters coming here for the free bread.

Signature campaigns made this place a honey pot for low quality posters and multi-account abusers. The forum was filled with spam and something had to be done about it.

It’s now a lot more difficult to rank up which encourages higher quality posters and discourages bad actors abusing this place for a quick buck.
Shitposters and spamming are headache of theymos and the admin even had to ask for ideas from community.
Ideas for improving post quality?

Then he spent time to develop the merit system, that was created to prevent shitposters ranking up. The merit system does not stop good newbie posters to rank up, but shit posters are the targets.

I'm hoping that this system will increase post quality by:
 - Forcing people to post high-quality stuff in order to rank up. If you just post garbage, you will never get even 1 merit point, and you will therefore never be able to put links in your signature, etc.
 - Highlighting good posts with the "Merited by" line.

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Today at 01:22:27 AM
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Nobody's gonna point out the obvious?

‎The merit system and principles was brought up on Bitcoin talk better the quality of ideas discussion and to reduce the rate of spam before it is introduction user could rank up by simple being active and focused which led to low quality post today, member needs merit form other users in addition to active point to advance and improve other accounts.

‎While the system has led to the improvement form quality some new members feel that earring merit has become something hard many up coming members make useful ideas and contributions but struggle to receive recognition because they are not yet well known. In some sections of the forum merit is awarded and given frequently, while in others it is very hard to learn, Creating and forming an uneven experience for the users.

‎A major and higher challenge for newcomers/member is understanding what kind of content and bring merit gone user spend long period of time posting without having success because they focus on short replies instead of creating and forming information and engaging discussions those who take time to learn, share knowledge and help others people often and regularly have a  better chance and opportunity of receiving merit

‎In my Opinion and understanding the merit The system has made ranking up more challenging and hard but not something impossible it gives rewards and awards the people with patience putting in effort and gives quality contributions instead of asking how to get merit, new members may benefit more from asking how they can add more value to the forum when contributions and ideas become consistent, merit often follows naturally.

If this is how you write, you shouldn't be posting here. You should learn how to write better in the English language first. Your opening sentence is just terrible and it looks like you deleted words and punctuation for some reason. You will never succeed here if nobody can understand what you're saying.

It wouldn't hurt to also spend time learning about Bitcoin.

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Today at 02:27:21 AM
Last edit: Today at 03:25:34 AM by NotFuzzyWarm
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I wouldn't be that ^^ harsh but ja, folks need to understand that a single sentence must not run on and on to become a multi-line paragraph covering multiple ideas! If anything that makes it harder for most people to follow your points. Learn how to use punctuation correctly: The same rules for writing structures pretty much apply to all languages, not just English.

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