So your idea about people coming here to make money is the right one but I strongly agree with hilarious, you don't want to pay people who bash random keys on their keyboard and make more money than a salaryman in their country. The opportunity which Bitcointalk presents has made money people 'lazy' TBH.
The people who come here don't necessarily spend all their days and live through sig campaigns. It's not that hard nor that time-consuming, so let's face it, the pay per hour wasted is definitely worthwile for almost anyone.
But WHY do all of you guys belittle Juniors, Members, and Full members this much? Sig campaign managers put (word-count, time, etc..) limits on their campaigns all the time. I'm sure that you could pick any random senior and hero participating in the same campaign and you would see very little difference in post quality, as long as they both adhere to the sig campaign rules.
What I don't understand (or I do understand it.. I just don't like it), is this stance towards lesser ranked members. WHY don't you want them making money too? I'm an example of many, the lowest accepting campaign takes Senior with min 260 merit, average is a lot higher now. WHY do I need to put in so much extra effort to become eligible? It's purely unfair, because just a few weeks ago, I had the same possibilities open to me like you did. But right now, the gap has gotten so much larger, that it just benefits you guys, the ones who already made it past the red line.
It's a shame I can't view all members to prove my point, but there's probably a shitload of existing hero members that make posts of mediocre quality. The same quality that a junior sig campaign member would do write to barely fit his post inside the post count rules. But because the merit system was uneven from the start, it makes it look a lot worse than what it already is.
Also, +3 merit in 24 hours isn't bad for casual discussions if you ask me. Many people struggle to get merit a week. You will eventually get there if you keep up your post quality. I will also suggest you be open-minded. There are far better ways to make money than posting random junk on the internet.
And yet there are users who already make +30 to +300 in a week...
And please, sigs are by far the easiest way to make money, you guys make newbies look like some sort of mentally challenged people. All kinds of user accounts regardless of level are going to read the sig campaign rules and do the bare minimum to make their posts fit in.
Everyone was a newbie x years ago. The activity system is great because it proves user commitment to contributing to the forums, the trust system is good because it can flag users that might make their way unethically through that system. The merit system? It's designed unevenly from the start. No equal opportunity, just biased judgements. Made a great post? The fact alone that you don't have more than 4 coins under your name instantly divides your deserved merit by how much of a superiority complex does the legendary member reading it has.