Quote from: seoincorporation on June 30, 2018, 03:52:24 PM

~if you find a really good post, why don't give 5 or more?

I never give a lot: if a post is worth a lot of Merit, I'm pretty sure I won't be the only one meriting that post.
Top Merit-sender suchmoon switched to sending 5 Merit at once (most of the time) 6 weeks ago. Up to yesterday, he sent 2394 Merit sent to 534 unique users in 1052 transactions. I prefer to merit as many different posts as possible, but I still can't get through my Merit supply.
I'm now considering just meriting posts in my Merit history again, that would be an easy solution to distribute more Merit (to lower ranks).

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- NOt bad= 1 merit
- Good= 2
- Very good= 3
-Awesome= 5 or more.
As an example, of course.

I like it, but I always feel like I'm going to be questioned if I merit "not bad" posts. I already wonder what people might think about some of my Merit choices. I'm not sure if that's a rational fear though.

Quote from: mdayonliner on June 30, 2018, 04:14:48 PM

The problem is, you can not set a standard when it comes to give merits. Different people have different points/variables for analyzing a post to determine in which category the posts falls in.

That doesn't matter, personal opinions average out as enough different people spend Merit. I don't think I've sent anybody enough sMerit to rank up from just my supply. That means users need the opinion (and Merit) from multiple other users.

Quote from: seoincorporation on June 30, 2018, 04:21:38 PM

Yeah, of course, so we must just change our mindset and don't judge others if they give someone 5 merits for some post we don't agree or think that deserves that, or give merits to the same person if this person is doing a pretty decent job

I think many people don't realize yet that Merit doesn't mean "I agree", posts can be worth reading, but that doesn't necessarily mean I have to agree with them.

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(I say that because sometimes I stop myself of giving merits to one user I've recently merited, just in case, you Know).

I do the same. Or someone who's recently merited me (like OP): I don't dare leave him Merit now. Too many witch hunts going on, even though I have absolutely no use for Merit (except for my ego), and the only use I have for sMerit is encouraging people to improve the forum. I'm going to do it anyway now, he's created a thread that lead to an interesting discussion, that's worth reading.

Quote from: friends1980 on June 30, 2018, 04:33:24 PM

Every single member has the right to decide for himself which posts deserve his hard-earned sMerits.

I think merit abuse is a fair exception to this list, and many people have been sending Merit to shitposts with the sole purpose of ranking up.

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Sarcastic remarks, statistics, images or not, Merit or decentralization analysis or whatever... In the end, a quite surprising mix of high-Merited members might come out of that...

Agreed.