Quote from: Harlot on April 12, 2018, 09:27:35 AM

Quote from: Ginzink on April 12, 2018, 08:25:47 AM

Hi,

I thought merit would help with the spam but i still see as much crap from newbies as before.
Took a look at marketplace and found out why! Jr. member accounts are being sold as well. And for third world the sum is probably quite decent.

Here we go on blaming the third world countries again. Do you have any proof that the ones buying the accounts are from a third world country? Because you are saying that they are "quite decent"? Also nobody told us that the improvements in the forum in terms of reducing spam and shot post will be instant. This people who recently joined or still is in a low rank account still has time to improve their writing skills. We cannot expect them to adjust quickly on the new merit system right away.

You got me there, as i have no proof of it being third world. It is indeed more a suspicion, which i got from other members and then agreed with.

As for proof it is worth something:

Quote from: ruecanonrails on April 05, 2018, 06:42:38 PM

Jr Member - 50+ Activity

No loans
No bans
No SMAS
Neutral Trust
No Entered Address

20 $

And 20 dollar would not be worth the work even with bots for richer countries unless they sold a very high volume.
When you look at average monthly incom on poorer countries however even one account a month is quite substansial!
Madagasker (33 USD), Congo (36 USD), Afghanistan (48 USD), Ethiopia (55 USD) and Nepal (61 USD) is just some examples. (Taken from worlddata.)