I'm no data cruncher so I'm not about to go through to find the numbers on this.
I don't know if OP had a metric in mind to compare merit given out per board or just saw some threads they felt deserved merit or more. There's a good chance the board itself receives less merit because it really is a niche for most people to know if the report has done it's due diligence. I would also wager that the amount of deserving threads being created there daily is less than other boards where more merit is distributed.
Also just because a thread was a lot of work or helped a lot of people doesn't mean it will always earn 20+ merit. There is no formula sometimes you just gotta take the 1 and count it as a win. In the end it shouldn't be about the amount of merit received.
Someone spend hours to expose scam, create constructive and interesting post in scam accusation which will probably help many investors and newcomers without enough knowledge and detective skills to save money, how is that not worth of merit?
I recall some of what JC is talking about I think that was more inline with reporting posts, and some merit being awarded for that in the Russian section. Can't be sure right now. I agree that people shouldn't just be reporting posts or plagiarism expecting merit.
The reports Marlboro refers to IMO definitely fit the bill for "quality posts" which I believe to be the base criteria for awarding merit. It just takes people who appreciate this and can validate it to see these threads and award merit. Even if they can't figure it out for themselves, after a while the community usually decides one way or another, making it easier to decide if the thread warrants merit. I'm guilty of getting lost in some of those investigations and kudos to all that take the time to fight scams.
I think this would be a great example for some merit sources to have a proxy, that delivers them lists of threads to reward there. This idea has been kicked around a little to help local boards.
I don't know if OP had a metric in mind to compare merit given out per board or just saw some threads they felt deserved merit or more. There's a good chance the board itself receives less merit because it really is a niche for most people to know if the report has done it's due diligence. I would also wager that the amount of deserving threads being created there daily is less than other boards where more merit is distributed.
Also just because a thread was a lot of work or helped a lot of people doesn't mean it will always earn 20+ merit. There is no formula sometimes you just gotta take the 1 and count it as a win. In the end it shouldn't be about the amount of merit received.
I don't merit boards, I merit good posters.
This really wasn't necessary As has been mentioned many times, awarding merits for reportung posts and bad behaviour is open to abuse, and should not be encouraged.
This is first time I have heard about this, where was it mentioned many times? Someone spend hours to expose scam, create constructive and interesting post in scam accusation which will probably help many investors and newcomers without enough knowledge and detective skills to save money, how is that not worth of merit?
I recall some of what JC is talking about I think that was more inline with reporting posts, and some merit being awarded for that in the Russian section. Can't be sure right now. I agree that people shouldn't just be reporting posts or plagiarism expecting merit.
The reports Marlboro refers to IMO definitely fit the bill for "quality posts" which I believe to be the base criteria for awarding merit. It just takes people who appreciate this and can validate it to see these threads and award merit. Even if they can't figure it out for themselves, after a while the community usually decides one way or another, making it easier to decide if the thread warrants merit. I'm guilty of getting lost in some of those investigations and kudos to all that take the time to fight scams.
I think this would be a great example for some merit sources to have a proxy, that delivers them lists of threads to reward there. This idea has been kicked around a little to help local boards.