I would like to ask for equality for the Indonesian sub forum

[GeorgeJohn]

Second, Local Moderators: In recent months, the remaining Indonesian local moderators have been inactive, and moderation may have been handled by global moderators.

I suggest that pm should be send to the moderator to know the reason why it has been inactive for awhile, before seeking for replacement...And if it doesn't respond to the pm sent by reputable members of the local board, it's when request of replacement will be effective...but if you have done all this procedures already,I think the replacement appeal should be granted...because none of the local boards suppose to have inactive moderator..All the locals board mods suppose to be proactive/active at all time...

We (Croatian local board) lost our local mod Lauda years ago (not sure whether he was removed or he stepped down as it was before my time here) and we never got a new one, even though at that moment in time we were even more active than you are now. That of course doesn't mean that you won't get a replacement for sapta (that was removed) and dbshck that is inactive, but just warning you that it might take time, if it gets approved at all.

I don't know if anyone in your local board has requested or appeal for a similar replacement and it took time before replacement,based on your point of veiws...Because their own case can be given a consideration attention, due to a local board can't stand firm without a moderator...actually a request like this doesn't been granted as urgent as we may expect...but in this case, I'm of the opinion that the request should be granted swiftly...

[ryzaadit]

Rooting for both of you on the application merits source, and hope at least one of you can become a "merits source" soon. July is the toughest month for Sub Forum Indonesia, with the tragedy involving a former moderator and one of our beloved moderators dbshck inactive, maybe due to personal activity in his IRL. However, even dbshck are currently inactive we still believe he will came back later and he also showing some support for the application before he become inactive.

I strongly support taufik123's application to become a merit source. He is one of our most active and dedicated long-term members.

The Indonesian subforum is in need of more active merit sources. I was previously one of the main merit spenders, but my activity has decreased over the past year. Appointing passionate members like him would be very beneficial for our community, ensuring that quality posts receive the recognition they deserve.

Comparation 2 month for merits circulation, before & after from July (at the time the tragedy and our beloved local moderator become inactive) taken from [STATS] Distribusi Merit Sub Forum Indonesia.

╭─────────────┬───────────┬───────────────────────╮
│ Period      │ Month     │ Total Send & Receive  │
├─────────────┼───────────┼───────────────────────┤
│ Before July │ May       │ 190                   │
│             │ June      │ 171                   │
├─────────────┼───────────┼───────────────────────┤
│ After July  │ August    │ 456                   │
│             │ September │ 301                   │
╰─────────────┴───────────┴───────────────────────╯

GL bro for the application.

I suggest that pm should be send to the moderator to know the reason why it has been inactive for awhile

IRL stuff, but before our moderator become inactive he already show the support for the application of merits source. We surely believe he will back.

[taufik123]

Thanks AakZaki for creating this thread and maybe it will help the Indonesian Sub Forum get more attention about the needs of Source Merit that are really needed today.
There are many different points of view about this equality thread, but this is a discussion and it has become commonplace, especially about the Moderator of course this requires a direct decision from theymos.

A few months ago I also made a discussion about whether Indonesia needs a new moderator or not and got a response from one of the staff Xal0lex
Although getting a new moderator depends on statistical data or the activeness of the sub forum, it is possible that it can be granted but not in the near future.

🛡️ DISKUSI MODERATOR BARU UNTUK SFI 🛡️

What is important at this time is the Merit Source needed by the Indonesian Sub Forum, the Merit Distribution in September alone has decreased quite drastically,
while we only have 1 Merit Source and I myself have limited Merit.

I suggest that pm should be send to the moderator to know the reason why it has been inactive for awhile, before seeking for replacement...And if it doesn't respond to the pm sent by reputable members of the local board, it's when request of replacement will be effective...but if you have done all this procedures already,I think the replacement appeal should be granted...because none of the local boards suppose to have inactive moderator..All the locals board mods suppose to be proactive/active at all time...

I did it a few months ago, asking about the Bribery case that happened to our local Moderator, but dbshck is still not active until now.

Rooting for both of you on the application merits source, and hope at least one of you can become a "merits source" soon. July is the toughest month for Sub Forum Indonesia, with the tragedy involving a former moderator and one of our beloved moderators dbshck inactive, maybe due to personal activity in his IRL. However, even dbshck are currently inactive we still believe he will came back later and he also showing some support for the application before he become inactive.

I strongly support taufik123's application to become a merit source. He is one of our most active and dedicated long-term members.

The Indonesian subforum is in need of more active merit sources. I was previously one of the main merit spenders, but my activity has decreased over the past year. Appointing passionate members like him would be very beneficial for our community, ensuring that quality posts receive the recognition they deserve.

Yes that was the last interaction I got from the Moderator dbshck , Then he was inactive until now.

[notocactus]

I love the fact that you actually pointed out your concern and what you need in your local board.
One thing I know concerning merit source being given to a local board is how active the local board is, the more active the local board is the more merit source will be allocated to it.

I don't know much about Indonesia community (their local board) but I knew about Husna QA who is one of best posters in this forum, especially if talking about technical threads/ posts.

sapta is another member from Indonesia local board I knew but since years ago when he was a moderator and run signature campaigns and bounties.

About local board activity, I guess that local board has genuine activities, they don't fake active discussions to deeply fish merit in local board or to make it more active in order to get local moderator and more merit sources. My feelings only.

That local board has kind of long history but replace removed merit sources/ removed moderator usually does not happen immediately or shortly.

Another example I know is the Polish local board, there is no local moderator after malevolent stepped down.

[cryptoaddictchie]

According to this data, Indonesia's local boards are quite active compared to several other local boards.

What I would like to raise regarding equality is:
First, Merit Source: What I noticed is that there is only one local Indonesian Merit Source, so historically the merit distribution lower compared to other local boards, even those with lower activity than Indonesia, in this case let's call it the following local board:

Data as of September

• Indonesia: 58 users, 710 posts - 301 merits
• Italy: 52 users, 486 posts - 445 merits
• Spain: 33 users, 324 posts - 519 merits

I think the same with our Local board and as I can see that Philippines and Indonesia arent far from numbers when it comes to local post but the ratio of merits is slightly higher in your boards. Im also the only one Merit Source of our local board and my limit is only 50smerits per month, we can accumulate merits too from other local board users but compared to Indonesia merit ratio yours are a bit higher which is quite fortunate compared to us.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

If we look at the Italian and Spanish local boards, each of them has more than one Merit Source. That is why I am raising this issue of equality.

To be precise, in the Spanish section we have three designated merit sources, but we could say that only one and a half are active. DdmrDdmr is no longer active sending merits. Paxmao comes like once a month and sends 5 or 10 merits per post to several posts there. And I am the only one who acts as an active merit source, looking for posts to merit there every day. 

Although perhaps the issue isn’t so much the number of merit sources as the merit allocation. I’ve realised that I have far more merits to distribute than cryptoaddictchie.

Another solution is for your current merit source to get their merit allocation increased.

[AakZaki]

I don't know about first and second users but maybe there usernames are in these lists. As users in a same local board, Indonesia, you will possibly recognize their names easily.

Actually, I already know the two names, it's just that I don't want to mention them. because for now they are not a Merit Source in Indonesia anymore.

I love the fact that you actually pointed out your concern and what you need in your local board.

Yes, that's a form of my concern to make the local board of Indonesia better, if in the past users from Indonesia behaved badly with all the cheating that I have written in the Reputation section, this time I am sure I will be in the front line to fight it.

How many candidates for merit are there from Indonesia?
When the review was conducted, had they already applied?

Didn't you read the OP until it was over Bro?

Actually, for the Merit Souce Application, it is not that we have never applied, It's just that our application may not have been considered.

____________________________	______________________	______________	______________________
Date of application	Username	Application Link	Board
____________________________	______________________	______________	______________________
10 Mar 2020	AakZaki	Link	Indonesian
11 June 2025	taufik123	Link	Indonesian
____________________________	______________________	______________	______________________

Another example I know is the Polish local board, there is no local moderator after malevolent stepped down.

I think the Polish and Indonesian local boards have quite different levels of activity, don't they?

Data as of September
Indonesia: 58 users, 710 posts - 301 merits
Polski: 7 user, 32 post - 9 merits

Another solution is for your current merit source to get their merit allocation increased.

I don't think that's a bad solution either, the problem is whether he's willing to spend that extra allocation of merit.
Because as far as I know, he now also moderates the altcoinstalk forum, which might divide his time.

[Zlantann]

Another solution is for your current merit source to get their merit allocation increased.

This would be a good solution if the admin is not considering appointing new merit sources currently.

However, the ideal solution would be to appoint new merit sources. It will reduce the burden of distributing a high amount of merits by a single source. It would also foster better evaluation of posts and distribution of merits since more than one person is involved. The risk of the board losing its only source in case they become inconsistent or inactive would also be reduced if new sources are appointed.

OP from your analysis, the Indonesian board has not been treated fairly. I support your prayers. 

[Peanutswar]

According to this data, Indonesia's local boards are quite active compared to several other local boards.

What I would like to raise regarding equality is:
First, Merit Source: What I noticed is that there is only one local Indonesian Merit Source, so historically the merit distribution lower compared to other local boards, even those with lower activity than Indonesia, in this case let's call it the following local board:

Data as of September

• Indonesia: 58 users, 710 posts - 301 merits
• Italy: 52 users, 486 posts - 445 merits
• Spain: 33 users, 324 posts - 519 merits

I think the same with our Local board and as I can see that Philippines and Indonesia arent far from numbers when it comes to local post but the ratio of merits is slightly higher in your boards. Im also the only one Merit Source of our local board and my limit is only 50smerits per month, we can accumulate merits too from other local board users but compared to Indonesia merit ratio yours are a bit higher which is quite fortunate compared to us.

I guess we are facing the same situation as we have in the Local board of Pilipinas. Just putting data here as supporting details on cryptoaddictchie mentioned.

For the overall merit seems Indonesia is higher than us with ~1,184 in a over all merits up to last data 10/02/2026, and our merit source cabalism and mk4 and only active merit source is cryptoaddictchie

September Data to 10/02/2026

[Brahmahatyaa]

I strongly support this proposal

Indonesian local board has shown consistent activity for a long time. An additional merit source would help improve merit circulation, and I believe AakZaki is a reasonable candidate based on his experience and contributions to the community 🙂

[adultcrypto]

If we look at the Italian and Spanish local boards, each of them has more than one Merit Source. That is why I am raising this issue of equality.

Another solution is for your current merit source to get their merit allocation increased.

While this may look like a solution, under the current situation it may not solve all the problems. The concers raised here are in to ways and the emphasis is on the moderator (and merit source) not being active as expected and insufficient merit flow in the local board. Increasing the allocation of a merit source that have other engagements and therefore not too chanced to go get involved in the conversation and merit worthy post will not change anything. To address the problem, most hands need to support and the two person's that have submitted applications are not only active but capable of doing the task. That is why it becomes necessary to support them having more merit sources.

[ryzaadit]

I think the same with our Local board and as I can see that Philippines and Indonesia arent far from numbers when it comes to local post but the ratio of merits is slightly higher in your boards.

I guess we are facing the same situation as we have in the Local board of Pilipinas. Just putting data here as supporting details on cryptoaddictchie mentioned.

Not sure whether your local members who contributed to the local board have the same thoughts as we did. I think, I have the same though like AakZaki, after we got some sMerits from contribution in the Global we tried to giving back the sMerits into our local board to some post are very usefull and contributed for the board. I got some sMerits from Merits Source global and tried to give them back to the local. This is why, even though our Merits Source on our local board has decreased, we still can keep up with the circulation against other local board.

Right now, our local board is very strict regarding appreciating the posts and threads cause the abuse last year. I didn't deal with cases of abuse on our local board last year, but seeing how the thread [HELP] on our board got locked by AakZaki, and a new one was created with stricter rules. Not even one member requested help for an appreciated post in the last few months, and now most circulation has become organic without any "Post Help".

[cryptoaddictchie]

Although perhaps the issue isn’t so much the number of merit sources as the merit allocation. I’ve realised that I have far more merits to distribute than cryptoaddictchie.

Another solution is for your current merit source to get their merit allocation increased.

Ive agreed. As a new merit source with only a year of staying as source cant jusy request any additional allocation as this might be proven unjustified but really either adding more sources or allocation is quite a relevant solution. Since Im the only merit source it could have a better option to have other besides me since we have different method of distribution.

For the overall merit seems Indonesia is higher than us with ~1,184 in a over all merits up to last data 10/02/2026, and our merit source cabalism and mk4 and only merit source is cryptoaddictchie

September Data to 10/02/2026

Figures cant lie, but it is what it is.

[Rikafip]

How many candidates for merit are there from Indonesia?
When the review was conducted, had they already applied?

When theymos made the last merit source readjustment a little bit more than a year ago, and introduced a bunch of new local board merit sources, there was only one active merit source application (the one made by OP).

Since his application has been ignored since 2020, theymos either doesn't think he would be a good merit source or thinks that the Indonesian local board doesn't need more merit sources. taufik123 made his application only after theymos made his readjustment, so they might have to wait for quite some time for his application to be look into as theymos usually makes those changes in big batches every few years.

Outside of one-off urgent changes, I only seriously look into merit sources rarely, in big batches.

[Yablee0]

When a Lion roars, the forest listen.

You have made a great move that I'm fully in support with.

However, you've contributed immensely to the growth of this great community over the years and I find you deem fit for the position of a merit source.

I just hope you are being granted the opportunity to prove how fair, competent and committed you are in making the forum a more better place than it's.

Good luck Bro and to all Indonesian people.

 

[AakZaki]

I think the same with our Local board and as I can see that Philippines and Indonesia arent far from numbers when it comes to local post but the ratio of merits is slightly higher in your boards. Im also the only one Merit Source of our local board and my limit is only 50smerits per month, we can accumulate merits too from other local board users but compared to Indonesia merit ratio yours are a bit higher which is quite fortunate compared to us.

I guess we are facing the same situation as we have in the Local board of Pilipinas. Just putting data here as supporting details on cryptoaddictchie mentioned.

For the overall merit seems Indonesia is higher than us with ~1,184 in a over all merits up to last data 10/02/2026, and our merit source cabalism and mk4 and only active merit source is cryptoaddictchie

But do you know why we have a higher ratio than you?
Since I think our members are more potential than the Philippines, this is not an assumption but a fact that says, take a look at this:

The 120-day data says, from the top 6 names, I believe that the Merit that has been sent is not only produced from local, but also from sMerit obtained from global.

Indonesia

Pilipinas

If we didn't have those top 6 members, maybe the case would be exactly the same as yours. It's equally sad because we don't have the same level of equality as the other locals.

And why did I raise the issue of Merit Source?
Because I want to give more Merit for their deserved writing, not like a help post that sends a link and then gets 30 Merits easily like here.
I have stopped similar cases in Lokal Indonesia, with the aim that everything runs fairly and is not abused.
So as I said before, when there is more abuse in my own Local, then I will fight it myself.