Quote from: The Pharmacist on May 06, 2018, 02:20:10 AM

Quote from: bones261 on May 06, 2018, 01:14:11 AM

My friend was made aware that the amount of smerits could increase upon review. However, my friend was under the impression that this would only be once a month or longer. My friend swears that the increase seems to be gaining momentum. Maybe, he is just overwhelmed. He wants to do a good job, but he's beginning to feel like Lucy and Ethel at the chocolate factory.

Do you work next to his computer terminal in an office by any chance? What is it he wants to do a good job at, anyway? Why are you writing this instead of him? Did he get banned? So many questions here.

If he feels like Lucy in that gif, he's likely here for all the wrong reasons. The bullshit alarm goes off in my head whenever I hear people say how desperate they (or their friends) are to earn merit, how concerned they are about the merit system, or how hard they're working on bitcointalk. To OP's credit, his English isn't bad at all. But when you have a typo in a thread title, it makes me cringe.

"Resectable" is a word, I think, but one that only a surgeon would probably use.

Quote from: Steamtyme on May 06, 2018, 02:27:15 AM

Maybe I got this wrong but between the thread title and the back and forth with OP, I'm assuming their friend is a source.

Ah, that could be. I tend to read things very cynically, and I may have jumped to the wrong conclusion on this one--though I don't know why the friend would feel overworked as a merit source. There's no real requirement for them to give out merits to meet a quota that I know of, but I do realize how hard it is to find posts really deserving of them. At least it's hard to find a variety of posters who deserve them. I tend to keep meriting the same people over and over, though I do try to find a good mix.

OP title changed. Fat fingers typo. Plus, everyone should know what "asking for a friend" really means... Grin

"My friend" was granted this responsibility by Theymos and wants to do a good job. My friend feels that if he doesn't disperse his daily allotment, he's slacking off on the responsibility given to him. However, sifting through all of these threads to try and find a few gold flecks, is getting to be daunting.
Furthermore, the reason that I am writing this "for a friend" is because "my friend" doesn't want to be inundated with PMs begging for merit. Cheesy