JayJuanGee
I find your avatar ironic, because out of your entire, emotional and petulant rant, you danced around the subject. Not once did you suggest why you think the merit system will work. I see you're the fanboy type and you can write prolifically but you'll never produce anything of value because you yourself haven't defined why you hold your beliefs.
I find your avatar ironic, because out of your entire, emotional and petulant rant, you danced around the subject. Not once did you suggest why you think the merit system will work. I see you're the fanboy type and you can write prolifically but you'll never produce anything of value because you yourself haven't defined why you hold your beliefs.
Hmm.
That's a weird take, especially since he's had the same avatar forever...
Also, I've engaged with him in multiple topics (particularly the thread started by Atlas) over the years, and found his reasoning to be sound, even though we fundamentally disagree on the utility of alts.
That particular topic can be approached with logic and still reach an ambiguous conclusion
As to the topic at hand:
I have severe doubts as the, well, merit, of the merit system. I've seen several systems implemented to restrict spam or low quality posts over the years, and they have all come to naught sooner or later.
The reasons for that are many, but the biggest one, in my opinion, is not a negative. There are a lot of clever people here, and they will figure out how to game the system. Whatever the system is. There are many things that can be said about the denizens of bitcointalk, but for the most part they are not sheep.
Let it play out. Theymos does keep an eye and an active hand on his creations. It will work or it won't.