Quote from: SteveStake on June 12, 2019, 12:53:49 AM

Quote from: YOSHIE on June 11, 2019, 04:28:17 PM

There have been thousands of campaigns held at this Forum but not like your campaign

I take this as a compliment man, after all it is titled "A New Kind of Campaign" When I saw all of these campaigns it didn't take long for me to realise it could be done better and cheaper and that's what made me one of the most successful campaign managers on Bitcointalk.

What even is spam? (not aimed at anyone specifically)

It's not even fair to call people who are trying their hardest to make posts a spammer. A spammer is someone who intentionally makes low quality posts over and over again. I've seen people go as far to say if you're from a certain country you're automatically a shit poster and that's just not fair at all. I've seen many people here make racists remarks towards members of this community simply because things like English isn't their first language and say that means they shouldn't be allowed to be here. Everyone deserves equality and a fair chance regardless of if you're a 0 merit newbie with English as a second language or a 3000+ merit Legendary with English as a first language. We should be more focused on treating each other as human beings and not treating each other based on a merit system full of abuse. I had a surgery earlier in the year and my surgeon didn't speak great English when we talked. Does this mean I should have dismissed his opinions and looked at him as someone who wasn't credible?

I'm not saying people should be full out responding in other languages. I'm saying a lot of what makes someone considered a "spammer" are grammer errors smaller than the one you were so eager to point out just now.

The politicization of merits, which I'd argue is a type of merit abuse, encourages a form of spamming by high-ranked members. It encourages some members to be hostile to others who are disliked or less popular, and to continue low-quality posts. It also reinforces the cycle of handing out merits to people who have already accumulated merits.

My aim, though, is not to call anyone out or antagonize. I am just pointing to a real problem preventing newer members from rising through the ranks.