Alright here we go again.
what is the actual aim of making the merit system very hard for users? This will scare some away and those who are not good at writing, it means they don't belong here?
An internet forum where people come to learn and share information on bitcoin is not just a personal forum for some users that have a good rank to suggest how difficult the forum will be.
What are you talking about? They can freely post just like anyone as long as they're not spamming. The merit system just makes it difficult for people to go here
solely for bounty campaigns, and definitely to make it hard for them to account farm.
Also, it is clear that most threads from the newbies are not given much attention because of how they structured their article.
So a badly made topic didn't gain attention. What's your point? Rank is irrelevant in this case.
The forum is now difficult not only for newbies but for investors who came as newbies and left because they couldn't understand the forum better. I like this section "beginners and guide" but I didn't discover it as a newbie.
Tell you what. A lot of the newbies aren't here to "invest". If they're only here for investing knowledge, their rank is irrelevant.
I know our moderators are working hard to reduce spam and scam here. But I will encourage users to make here fun, we are in a war forum of smart Alecks that counter every single thread that is published. How do you expect better learning if they are no fun going on here?
So you think spam and account farms are "fun"?
Ultimately, Bitcointalk surely did sacrifice some of it's traffic and activity, in exchange for better and more constructive conversations, which is a huge win in my book. If you like spam forums, go to CryptoTalk.org.