merits are just for good posts that you agree with
theymos said that's not what it's for and we must obey theymos, right?
Yes, but it is just human nature. Like greed..
People are giving merit to good
messages in their
opinion, not just to effort put into posts.
Theymos gave me merits for posting a meme..
What examples can you show of well written posts that you profoundly
disagreed with, and you gave merits to?
IIRC Theymos said something like just decent posts deserve merit, basically anything not a shitpost, that they didn't have to be anything particularly elaborate or profound..
But I can't find it, maybe that is just the message that I took from him.
I did find..
I considered giving merit proportional to activity, but I decided not to because doing so would probably give far more undeserved merit than deserved merit in total. But undoubtedly some people got screwed by this, and if they have decent posts, by all means, give them the 250 or 500 merit that they need to rank-up.
I have not seen this done once.
If people are making good posts but are still struggling to get merit, then that's a problem with the merit system
How good is good according to who?
If the merit system completely fails and I can't think of anything else to replace it, then my next step will probably be to completely remove all ways for forum users to make money from posting (eg. removing signatures entirely).
Yeah let's not have that..
I'll see how things are in a month or two and think about it. Basically, the "ideal new user" should be able to easily and without any particular "merit farming" be able to far exceed the merit requirements; for them, activity should be the limiting factor. If this is not achievable, then I absolutely will make tweaks until that goal is reached. But it's too early to say at this point.
What is the "ideal new user"?
Does he mean Nulllius or just your average joe newb interested in learning cryptocurrency?
It is said that........
Merits are not scarce.
Over and over again and the truth of that is what backed me off busting sources asses a long time ago because it's true..
You sources are conservative with your merits, giving just enough that it is
working while making high rank much harder to achieve and more elite. You are just doing what you think is right.
You aren't giving 10 merits to posts you pick instead of 1 because you must thing that is too many.. You think 1 is enough and they should be more scarce than giving out 10s all the time. You are keeping high rank elite. Whatever..
You 2 (first 2) deserve a higher rank than the old legendary, and some deserve higher than you, so maybe it should be more elite.
Sources shouldn't be pressured into giving more than they think is right. If Theymos wants more, then he needs more sources.
Some people feel that way. I'm in the middle and can feel for both sides.