Честно говоря, я не понимаю этот меррит ... Зачем оно?
Тот функционал что заявлен создателями для меня сомнителен ...
И пока похоже ни к чему хорошему в смысле поощрения адекватности пользователей похоже не приводит ...
Сделанный пользователем LoyceV анализ в теме
"The new rule (1 Merit for Jr. Member) is already reducing spam" показывает, что после введения ограничения 1 мерит для Jr Member, стал уменьшаться объём спама на форуме.
Количество постов к пятой неделе после новшества в целом сократилось на треть.
Theymos announced the "Enhanced newbie restrictions & requirements" in post
45810047. This was on Sep 17 06:27 (Dutch time).
Post
44746501 was made 3 weeks (plus 60 minutes) earlier. In 3 weeks (+60 minutes) before the announcement, 1063546 posts were made. On average, in 3 weeks before the announcement, the forum saw
353,813 new posts per week. This is the number I'll use to compare results with.
Post
46096455 was made 1 week later.
Post
46376958 was made 2 weeks later.
Post
46636652 was made 3 weeks later.
Post
46900337 was made 4 weeks later.
Post
47140676 was made 5 weeks later.
That means:
- In the first week after the announcement, 286408 posts were made (-19.05%).
- In the second week after the announcement, 280503 posts were made (-20.72%).
- In the third week after the announcement, 259694 posts were made (-26.60%).
- In the fourth week after the announcement, 263685 posts were made (-25.47%).
- In the fifth week after the announcement, 240339 posts were made (-32.07%).
Мериты также позволяют быстрее обнаруживать читеров-мультоводов, которые склонны поощрять свои альт-аккаунты.
И, как уже было сказано выше, с помощью меритов легче находить значимые либо понравившиеся ранее сообщения.