- New users registering after Merit introduction will have a disadvantage compared to users ranked up before (possibly with low effort posts). Theymos is known for disliking too much restrictions for new users and obtaining a Legendary rank would take almost 2 years.
Do we really want someone, who has not given at least two years to this forum, at DT1? I dont know...
DT1 = giving valuable and accurate feedback, that's also possible if an user isn't very long member here but active in exposing scams.
And even if account age is also a factor to be on DT1, 2 years for getting a Legendary account when the old ranking system was in place wasn't a big deal and doesn't mean that the user is also a good choice for DT. There are numerous "Legendary" accounts just posting nonsense to earn a few shittokens per week and it was pretty easy for them to rank up before Merit was in place. The only thing they needed to do was posting 1 shitpost per day, for 2 years.
The problem are old, farmed accounts before Merit was introduced.
bob123 gave already a very good answer: the time spent on the forum for exposing scams is a better indicator than the age of an account. In Scam Accusations are a few Sr. / Hero Members doing a very good job and their posts prove that they have a good knowledge.
- Such a change could encourage account sales of high-ranked accounts when scammers are trying to abuse trust.
This appears to be a very lame excuse. In a free market, if something is valuable, there will always be an attempt to achieve that through money power in black market. This is no secret. Even the current model of selection encourages merit & account sales.
Yes, there is always an incentive to buy accounts. So, why should we strengthen such an incentive if we can achieve it otherwise?
The lower ranked users (Hero below) are actually the ones doing a great job in trying to police the forum. You would observe that, if you spend some time on the scam accusation board. These guys spend timeless amount of hours researching on different projects, pointing out red flags like Plagiarism whitepaper, fake team etc then report with detailed info and evidence. They're also engaged in combatting other countless type of scams.
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