...please make sure their post history is not filled with 1-2 line replies in spam megathreads (or bounty reports, of course).
For example, Delphinus awarded crocus a merit point to get him out of newbie hell after reviewing his post history:
Here you go. I've gone through your post history. You're posts aren't perfect, but it's pretty clear you're a real account with a long post history of on-topic comments.
Definitely deserve to be a jr. member
Wow I've got merit thanks sir for checking my post history, I will post more quality post to have a great and helpful community.
While crocus can string together words into an intelligible sentence or two, most, if not all, of his/her replies are merely rehashing what a thousand other people (or bots) have said on the hundreds of other pages in these spam megathreads.
For example, Delphinus awarded crocus a merit point to get him out of newbie hell after reviewing his post history:
Here you go. I've gone through your post history. You're posts aren't perfect, but it's pretty clear you're a real account with a long post history of on-topic comments.
Definitely deserve to be a jr. member
Wow I've got merit thanks sir for checking my post history, I will post more quality post to have a great and helpful community.
While crocus can string together words into an intelligible sentence or two, most, if not all, of his/her replies are merely rehashing what a thousand other people (or bots) have said on the hundreds of other pages in these spam megathreads.
Good point. But doesn't that remove the liberty of the merit sources (which the admins chosen) to give merits base from their own judgement or criteria?
Merit system is subjective but efficient way to maximize quality posts, I agree to that. I just felt sad to see my account to newbie again.
