Quote from: hilariousetc on January 27, 2018, 02:52:12 PM

Quote from: cho99 on January 27, 2018, 02:27:33 PM

I never been against the system and even if I dislike some of the points about this new merit system , I still believe that moderators are trying their best to get this forum much better than it is now , but what I'm sure about is that people will try anyway to cheat to get this Merit and rank up , and other people who really posting a high quality posts will be stuck for ever in the bottom of this forum and never get merit for what they are doing because of some folks who doesn't care about giving merit for who really deserve it

People will cheat this system just like they do feedback or ranks, but that doesn't make them useless or not important for you to achieve genuinely. It's not going to be easy to achieve ranks now but I don't think it should be and this was part of the problem of the ranking system in the first place, but if you're a quality contributor over time you'll be recognised as such and rewarded eventually.

Quote from: DAOfan on January 27, 2018, 02:38:59 PM

Quote from: hilariousandco on January 25, 2018, 12:24:50 PM

If it's that easy to get points then it defeats the whole purpose of the system and it makes it much easier to farm/sell points.

The legendary crowd doesn't understand because they get (5!) fricken merit for a shitpost like this. You literally spent 10 seconds writing that post and got merited by (guess who?) other legendary members. You created an exclusive club - I'm sure that makes you feel very proud of yourself - you can just tell everyone else to F*Off if they don't like it, because you're in and they are out.

IMO people who decide to create exclusive clubs are compensating for something...

And what about all my other 'constructive' posts that I've made that got absolutely no merit at all by the so called legendary crowd? I think you shouldn't take yourself so serious. It can't have been a shitpost if people gave it merit and appreciated it, but I'm guessing they found it funny more than anything which a little humour is needed around here. If I hadn't of posted the image then I doubt it would have gotten everything at all and I think if anyone else would have made that post they would have likely got the merit regardless of rank.

I'm sorry you didn't get merit for your constructive posts, that is part of the problem. A successful strategy right now is to agree with the people who have the merit and make them laugh - exactly like pledging a frat or joining a country club. It looks to me that you got 500 merit for the 750ish posts you made. That is a great ratio! You might even be one of the few with the intelligence and humor to keep it up, maybe even exceed it.

Nevertheless, when I see posts like yours being merited so highly because of your wit and political stance, rather than because of your experience, technical knowledge or philosophical views, I feel scared and threatened that I will have to change who I am to be taken seriously on this forum. I've already read dozens of posts telling me if I didn't like it I could leave. I never saw that kind of coercion just a few weeks ago. It is frightening to new members like me to know that I am not welcome here.

Quote from: TMAN on January 27, 2018, 02:44:52 PM

Compensating for forgetting more about bitcoin than you will ever know? Compensating for being on these boards for 1000+ days? Posting, questioning, learning....

Need I say more?

Can you please point me to some technical or insightful posts you've made? I can't find any of your posts with more than 10 words, and none of them lead me to believe you know anything about bitcoin.

I do think it is strange and hilarious that you decided my comment was about you - personally -