Re: The new rule (1 Merit for Jr. Member) is already reducing spam
I forgot to update this thread last Monday, here it is:
- 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%).
- In the sixth week after the announcement, 240045 posts were made (-32.15%).
- In the seventh week after the announcement, 219689 posts were made (-37.91%).
So, have we hit bottom? 
No, the number of posts dropped further!Quote
To be honest I would have expected the numbers to be back in the green from a week ago as more and more newbies get promoted the right way or by buying their rank and the initial shock is long gone.
I think most of the deranked Jr. Members are still Newbies. To my best knowledge, many tens of thousands of Jr. Members were deranked, and at most a couple of thousands received at least 1 Merit or bought Copper Membership.Quote
Probably the only thing that will cut spam and bring the number even lower will be a decrease in ICOs and that might prove even more devastating for account farmers than this 1 merit requirement
Possibly