I believe your good nature in this undertaking has been abused right from the start:
Indeed. That is what this community does and isn't limited to merit. If what you say is happening in this thread is true, then it is a very good example of how this forum is allowing scammers to make multiple accounts to abuse the system for their own benefit at the cost of generous members offering their time and resources to help others. If you think people are willing to go far to earn a merit, imagine the kind of nonsense occurring to get multiple accounts into the DT network to inflate their trust ratings and punish those who stand up against them.
Set a requirement to use only vanity adresses with at least 4 digits. Most likely that will help to prevent *some* fraudulent practices if we add more requirements (at least x posts, at least x registration duration etc.).
I don't want to require that level of technical prowess in order for newbies to earn a merit, nor do I want to require that they use software outside of Bitcoin Core to participate.
I'm doing this for newbies to help them earn merit, so setting a post or age requirement goes against what I'm trying to achieve. Granted, this thread is displaying major problems with this forum, which boils down to signature campaigns being mismanaged to the point that users are willing to spend their time signing up multiple accounts here to earn merit so they can enroll and earn Bitcoin from lazy campaign managers; and an easily manipulated trust network that rewards alt account users. I think those are the issues here that need addressing, not my offer to give merit to newbies able to sign an address.
Hi, can I sign again to get the merit? Or is it already impossible to do it for me?