Re: Are these members merit sources or what they're doing is OK?
Here is a statement from theymos regarding the same type of service by QuestionAuthority:
I agree with this approach. I considered giving merit proportional to activity, but I decided not to because doing so would probably give far more undeserved merit than deserved merit in total. But undoubtedly some people got screwed by this, and if they have decent posts, by all means, give them the 250 or 500 merit that they need to rank-up.
I also agree with the idea of (free) "reviewer" topics in general, for finding high-quality posts that went unnoticed. Barcode_ created one in the Chinese section, as well.
I also agree with the idea of (free) "reviewer" topics in general, for finding high-quality posts that went unnoticed. Barcode_ created one in the Chinese section, as well.
Any of the members doing this reviewing, how many sMerits do they have? I'm saying they should have thousands of sMerits to distribute now that they are working hard and posting pages of content. you are doing the same amount of work as a merit source with 1000+ sMerits, your job results in 1 merit distribution, their job results in hundreds. what you are doing is waste of your time. others could do the same, without actually wanting to help, they might see this as an opportunity to increase their post count because there is no rule against it.
You want me to provide links to thousands of merit transactions? they are public, you can see it for yourself. I'm telling them, what they are doing is wrong. why would I report them to moderators? merit is not moderated (only sources are being moderated). what I'm asking is for a clarification on new rules or lack thereof. I know there are circles of friends, groups of friends governing this forum. theymos being the high king.
Just some decent proof, maybe in the form of screenshots and circumstantial evidence. No one's asking for each individual merit transaction. The Reputation board would like to hear about my "friend" meriting, and I'm sure theymos would love to as well, and the Known Alt Accounts of Anyone thread would greatly value your contributions in exposing my alt accounts.
I think I'm capable of writing a quality post (I hope anyway); would it not be much simpler and "suspicious" for me to write a good post on my supposed alt, and for me to merit it with my main account? Seems much easier than jumping through hoops with a 'challenge', convincing BTCforJoe to let my alt win (unless BTCforJoe = DarkStar_
) just for 8 merits.Did I even mention your name? did I say that you are abusing your source merits? I'm saying that we shouldn't ask people to post for merits, would any of the participants in Joe's challenge accept to post without any merit prize?