Quote from: Jet Cash on September 18, 2018, 03:55:31 PM

Quote from: hilariousetc on September 18, 2018, 03:44:05 PM

Signatures should be removed from Juniors completely because one merit is nothing and doesn't and shouldn't qualify you to earn via posting here.

I've been saying this for quite some time. Or maybe Juniors could be allowed to make a personal staement without a link of site reference.

This should be in the works. Either that or increasing the requirement. These shitposters think whining will get them sympathy votes. We saw this same thing happening when the merit system was introduced. They like to argue on this much-abused, typical left-liberal plank of "But we are all equal, aren't we". The answer is "No! We are not all equal on this forum."

If the whiners could have paused for a second and removed the greed of accruing free money/ tokens, they would have realized what a great place the forum actually is. They would have noticed that people with deep knowledge of Mathematics, Computer Science, Cryptography and with novel and radical opinions on the role money ought to play in society spent their time here. If they were here for anything else other than copy-pasting reports or increasing post-count, they would have learnt to act better.

I joined here after reading about one of the signature campaigns. I spent my share of time being blinded by the promises of quick buck and posting those "reports." Seeing responses on the ANN threads i used to visit as a new member, I started asking questions about post quality and spam problems. I started reading the debate and discussions at r/bitcoin, nakamotoinstitute.org, bitcoin.org and the other old stuff. I got involved and took my position on bitcoin's importance for the world and society. I now wish to go deeper into the technical aspects and dedicate a portion of my time to learn.

I share my experience so some of you too can realize that learning about the technology and the ideas behind it is a much better prospect in the long term than simply spamming the forum for crumbs. This will surely not make any difference to those with bot armies but it should to people who are actually looking to be part of the future. Those who would learn from this latest change will be better-off in the long run. Those who are just going to raise this immature hue and cry about the place being unfair, not being EQUAL enough or trying to be some sort of left-leaning revolutionary here will get what they deserve in time.