Quote from: The Pharmacist on September 17, 2018, 11:54:18 AM

I got made a merit source this morning, which was a bit of a surprise since I hadn't ever applied to be one and have stated multiple times that I didn't want to be one.

Heh - just like the only people that should run for political office are those that don't want to. Or another favorite cliche of mine, "no good deed goes unpunished!"

Quote from: The Pharmacist on September 17, 2018, 11:54:18 AM

Quote from: MagicSmoker on September 17, 2018, 11:42:54 AM

newbie hell

I like that. I think I'm going to use that in the future.

It doesn't have quite the same ring to it as, "haiku bot," but no copyright is claimed here either!

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Quote from: hilariousetc on September 17, 2018, 11:57:56 AM

...I agree with one merit to become Junior but we should also remove Junior's signatures. Requiring ten merit to become a Member and get a sig would really sort the wheat from the chaff here.
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Aye, requiring even more merit to become a Jr. Member and/or before a sig can be displayed would be even better, but this is better than nothing and I daresay will tremendously reduce the spam problem. Also, by implementing this new restriction ~8 months after the merit system was introduced pretty much all of the airdropped sMerit have been spent, as evidenced by the recent posts of coinlocket and the other statistics whizzes. So, nefarious merit trading should be less of an issue now than it would have been back in late January.

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Quote from: Jet Cash on September 17, 2018, 12:00:06 PM

I've just given you a couple of merits, and that will do for my awards until all the new merit threads have died down or been consolidated.

Hah! It's always nice to receive recognition from you cantankerous old curmudgeons, but this thread really is just a Public Service Announcement.

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Quote from: LoyceV on September 17, 2018, 12:08:25 PM

Delphinus is on a roll Shocked

The good thing is, he'll soon run out of sMerit . At least the new restrictions changed Jr. Member spam from an unlimited problem to a restricted problem.

Well, that sort of disproves what I just said to hilariousetc above... Undecided