Quote from: BITCOIN4X on Today at 11:46:56 AM

Quote from: Daniel91 on Today at 11:21:46 AM

Honestly, legendary rank doesn't really mean that someone is smarter or has more knowledge or experience in crypto than someone who just joined this forum.
It just means that he joined the forum a little earlier and that's all.

Had the merit system not been introduced by theymos, then I'm sure many users like this would be Legendary by now.
1. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=979022
2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=989138
3. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=408030

Check their profile and post history as 89%-93% of their activity is just social media reports. So really, Legendary rank was just a rank that was still easily attainable before the merit system was introduced, but after the merit system was introduced then I believe that users who reach Legendary rank are people with various knowledge.

I never thought of it this way. I never browsed the bounty/airdrop section and was completely ignorant of the spam that's posted there. In reality, before the introduction of the merit system, you simply had to be active enough to earn potential activity points and post in order to rank up. While the required activity is still a lot, it's something completely doable for all these kinds of spammers. The altcoin section is filled with them due to bounty sections. I was unaware of what was going on there.

Putting a stop to this spam was vital and the introduction of further requirements in order to rank up was necessary. Since I was here before its introduction, it's safe to claim that spam has been severely reduced nowadays.