5. It's easier to look for answers if you need any, among the sea of basic replies, when there's a big green number sticking out to point it out to you.
Wouldn't it create similar problem with reddit where people upvote because they agree with someone and early poster have more advantage?
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Yeah, I was thinking about that, but it giving out small fractions it wouldn't make that much of a problem at all. it could be like 0.0001mrt per like or something. So even if one person gets bombarded with upvotes and get's 1000thumbs up, he'd still get 1 merit. The intention wasn't that it should be direct replacement of merit or the solo way of getting merrited, but just something that everyone can do quickly and potentially reward people even with the couple merits in the long run.
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.
Please read my post again and check the meta board for the "This shitty Merit System has ruined Bitcointalk and made it like Facebook" thread.
I'm reluctant against having any form of downvoting possible because then people with feuds and rivalries will abuse this feature by downvoting each other. And if you set up different downvoting amounts for higher ranks, in case one demotes the other into a lower rank they have just made the other person's downvoting power weaker. So your system as it stands can be weaponized.
Yeah, now that It's settled, I can think of some improvements and see some mistakes. haha
Yeah, I really don't like upvotes and downvotes and downvotes downranking someone seems like a bit too much when I think about it right now.
It could have a nice indicator of a bad post tbh. I've noticed that a good majority of the people here don't read the post or don't understand it and give a totally wrong answer, so that might be a bad thing in discussions (luckily discussions here don't get heated enough unless it's something on politics board hahaha), but still a good thing to point out unnecessary posts and I can surely find one that would fit my standards.