Quote from: HOT_HEAD on Today at 05:01:46 AM

So i was going through that "This shitty Merit System has ruined Bitcointalk and made it like Facebook" thread and it actually made me think about this whole merit thing.

You are totally wrong to comment about the merit system to be shitty, and also know that merit system only contribute to the progress of this forum. You were not among the members before 2018 when merit system has never been implemented, just a single person can have as many as possible accounts as I was told. The merit system corrected that in a way having multiple accounts will be difficult to maintain. Only what I have seen is that the merit system contribute to the progress of quality posts on this forum. This forum is just still one of the best, I hope you to see that rather than critizimg the merit system which is still good.

Quote from: HOT_HEAD on Today at 05:01:46 AM

Well since most of the people either don't have merit or simply never think about it (I completely forget about the whole merit thing even when I come across a good post) and then you get dedicated people as merit sources and threads that ask for good posts to merit them, doesn't really sound like a master plan. Easy and reliable? Sure, but it's not intuitive tbf.

The fact is that good posts are still receiving merits, if your posts are not receiving merit and you want it to receive merits, then work hard, double your hustle, learn about Bitcoin especially, and also learn about other cryptocurrencies. There are many people that have quality accounts and build it very fast with their quality posts.

Quote from: HOT_HEAD on Today at 05:01:46 AM

1. You have " + " and " - " on every post. If you're in the " + " zone it shows the green number of upvotes next to it, if you're in the " - " zone you have a red number next to it.

This should not be suggested, negative as you meant above will not do this forum, I will tell you that most new members that are not good in posting yet will have most of the negative and this will make newbie accounts stuck and not growing. There were many mistakes I made during my newbie days, but later correcting it from what ranked members are posting and from what I learned. Better we just leave the merit system positive as it is. Maybe not working for you, but it helps this forum.

Quote from: HOT_HEAD on Today at 05:01:46 AM

So if someone posts something really useless or copy/pasta reply, he can get downvoted enough not to lose merit but to think about what's he posting next time. Like a small slap on the wrist.

This will make this forum more good for ranked members while making it hard for newbies to grow because they are not yet well conversant with posting on this forum.

Quote from: HOT_HEAD on Today at 05:01:46 AM

Would you add something or maybe have a whole different idea? I'd love to hear thoughts on this and other "solutions" just for the sake of looking at a problem from different angles and getting a different approach on problems overall.

I do not have any suggestion, because the merit system is still work good in such a way you can easily identity good posters from the shitposters. This forum is growing good and full of quality posts.