Re: disgust, at how people r using merit-related threads for merit farming
Or this one, which tries to 'educate' beginners abt the benefits of hedging and how to go abt doing it (comes with free excel simulations too)...
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2956302.msg30343731#msg30343731
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2956302.msg30343731#msg30343731
This is a great post! Very valuable information. You should post it in the Speculation board, where you'll find more people interested in the topic and therefore more apt to reward your for the quality and the contribution.
But what makes my temper flare, is how some members are using merits related posts to farm merit. They create an attractive thread name, write a FEW lines about how people shdn't complain abt the merits system, that it's the next best thing to be invented since air-con, and how improving writing/english will naturally lead to merit awards. Dude, even an idiot knows this. And i see some of these posts geting 50 to >100 merits. Either some senior members only want to hear the GOOD stuff (which i highly doubt so), or this is the most blatant merit-farming i've ever seen.
For myself, I'll keep trying. Newcomers like me, don't give up. Keep writing, we'll pull through together.
For myself, I'll keep trying. Newcomers like me, don't give up. Keep writing, we'll pull through together.
I don't get your "merit-farming" comment. But part of the "game" that is getting merit is posting the quality topic in a space where people are looking for merit-worthy posts. Meta, obviously, has be come a hip place for this because of the topic of Merit...which is ironic. The merit system created more spam in Meta.
If you have a quality topic, be very intentional in where you post it so you get the most views possible and thus the most opportunity for the merit reward.