Quote from: Kwame Genius on February 19, 2018, 07:16:44 AM

Quote from: xianbits on February 16, 2018, 11:09:16 PM

Quote from: chrisrok on February 16, 2018, 08:51:21 PM

Hey Guys,

The new merit system is not working properly and I think this can be quite dangerous for the quality of this forum.

Why? Simply because they are quite a lot very brilliant posts in this forum (especially in the local forums) which are not merited at all (not even 1 point). If you then see that they are a lot of free merit / scam threads this really dumps your motivation in creating serious content in this forum - cause its simply unfair.

Now consider there is a newbie who affords lot of time in creating some nice content in order to rank up, not merited at all. What do you think the motivation of this guy is going? Do you think he is gonna try this again?

So why don't we think about an demerit system?

Why don't we demerit for spam, off topic, insults or scam attempts and increase thereby the quality of this forum?

If their would be somehow a punishment for bad quality post this would really motivate people to increase their forum behavior.

I am exited how you think about that.

If the merit system is not working for you, then demerit system is worse for me.
It is more prone to abuse in a world where it is more easy to criticize than to appreciate.
I'm good with the merit system. I also believe it would take some more time to be as functional as what it is supposed to be.

@xianbits hope you have clamp the ladder to the top and therefore nothing is worrying you about the merit system like the newbie . I think no body in this world, who try to work hard, and a point in time, need to be promoted and but the company rules and regulations are tying him up not to go up, it creates some sign of tension where the person becomes boring. So the merit system which has now become Mountain View is given the newbies headache. Some member will think because many people are joining the bitcoin forum and and the number is increasing he or she don't like it, so the merit system which is blocking the chance of newbie ranking up is giving you guys joy.
My brothers, please if you have the chance to grow in life give that chance for other people to grow also.

I don't know where are you coming. Why are you hitting on me? I've been in the low ranks before and I know the feeling struggling to be one step higher. I am not enjoying the merit system but the topic says a demerit could be better which for me is the other way around. But if I am to chose wether a merit or a demerit system, I'll go for the merit system 'cause I think the demerit system is even worse. Furthermore, if I am to chose from merit system or the old system, I will chose the old system.
Again, merit system is not giving me happiness knowing it could make delays to the ranking up. But what else can we do?