Quickseller- I'm not saying sources per say. Just a feeling that people who have given out a large amount of merit may tend to merit posts that agree with them more than they would a post they disagree with. Nobodys perfect and I believe most try to merit objectively.
The ranked up number may be low, but I'm not hearing from these members stuck in limbo worrying about it. Like I said when people do come here, there may be the odd brushed aside remark, but most will go through the post history and evaluate themselves. The case of the member I linked, they did pull in a large amount of merit quickly, just because sources thought they should be legendary - merit wise - doesn't mean they were obligated to dump the maximum amount on them. I imagine a few will go back over the next couple of months and drop more as they see fit.
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.
No, it has a lot more to do with posting made-up stuff like above and pretending it's a fact that supports his account-farming ideology. Also spuriously
attacking users with conspiracy theories. Also his recent cringy sig-induced hyperactivity while claiming to be one of the
best posters... that's not how it works. Those are not meritorious posts regardless of fancy words and legalese phrases.
Disagreeing with someone or even being an outright asshole doesn't prevent one from gaining merits, I mean look at me LOL. Being nice
may help though, I mean look at LoyceV.
I understand what your saying. I was really referring to I guess was more in line with how others perceive QS. I can't say I've had many reasons to interact with them but have read quite a few threads where a post could be deemed meritworthy, generally this was when I had none ( I try to unload them as quick as they come in). I don't think that most users worry to much about it but I think some do, whether they realize it or not.
See when you're an asshole I laugh and find it funny, this is generally because the target may deserve it IMO. If QS were perceived to be an asshole at some point most would see him as the villain, regardless of if his point of view is valid.
This is me just talking about my perception, I have nothing to back it up and could be off the mark.
At first, I want to clear one thing,
The purpose of creating the topic is not meant for my benefit. It was for everyone.
I wrote what I was thinking about lately (my point of view), by writing something and getting some point of views gets thing clear and most importantly the brain relaxes well.
The topic was about rank ups and achievement difficulty, not about sig. and bounty campaigns earnings. But some fellow members mixed the topic purpose with forum earnings as it is related to it.
This does often get intertwined. Mostly because a lot of the people that complain about it show through their history that they are here mainly to earn. You can tell when someone genuinely wants to learn, and grow. These members generally don't care about rank at first but over time I could see why they would want to advance in that way. To help with that I fully encourage all the merit giveaway threads for quality posts, I would like to see a few more allowed to operate in different boards on the forum, so they are visible to users. That would have to be worked out with the MOD of that board though.
The key is as long as people can review your posts and find something objectively good you will receive some merit.
You cannot deny that tons of posts on a daily basis also gets unnoticed.
That's true, like I said though threads for reporting good posts go a long way to help that. That or more people can apply to be sources based on posts they find deserving and under merited.
@Those who wrote about your achievement,
Your knowledge helped you achieve the position where you are now, but it is not possible for everyone, I mean the avg peoples.
I learned on this forum. I had been mining for a 2 months before I found this place. I had enough knowledge to set up an antminer... in 1 hour. That should say it all. So I'm a pretty good example of someone who can come here engage and learn then contribute. Considering my computer skills are laughable beyond the basics (maybe a little better now), I believe if people are focused on that anyone can grow that way.