The above means less than 95 people have become hero members, I know only a small handful of people have become legendary. I dont know off hand how many have become senior members but I am pretty sure it isnt many.
Rank up thread - This thread documents users who have ranked up, usually updated weekly I believe.
Legendary - 11
Hero - 43
Senior - 108
Full - 183
I don't know that we need to change the requirements. So what if you don't get to Hero in under 2 years. You can still actively participate in all aspects of the forum. There are also a lot of resources out there to gain merit, even coming to Meta and
bitching about it.
The key is as long as people can review your posts and find something objectively good you will receive some merit. I would keep the requirements where they are but might consider adding some more sources for a more concentrated effect. I'm sure we could see statistically where merit doesn't flow, perhaps we could find out first if the board has anything merit worthy. Next maybe nominate a source who frequents that area, better yet who only really frequents that area. Some local boards could benefit.
I would also point out that I had extensive knowledge about bitcoin when the merit system was introduced, which probably increased the amount of merit I received. This would not be the case for the average person.
I'm pretty sure your red trust discourages people from meriting you, otherwise you'd probably have had much more by now.
I would have to agree with that. It probably doesn't help that QS does tend to have a differing opinion with quite a few of the most generous merit givers. Which can lead to overlooking a quality post due to disagreeing with the message.