Quote from: 1miau on Today at 01:07:08 AM

The issue from our previous round has been somehow like that [...]

= everyone who wants to obtain a Merit will start to nominate Bob and Ted, therefore Bob and Ted are "indirectly bribing" voters and possibly, more members will act like Bob and Ted. [...]

The motive behind it is a mixture of of shitposters looking for a cheap Merit and in our case some members (like Bob) abusing the greed / need of shitposters for Merit. Then, members like Ted join because he notices how Bob is getting more votes. Cheesy

Loooooooool!

My dear 1miau, you exposed things in the most rigorous and academic way possible! Chapeau to that!

Quote from: 1miau on Today at 01:07:08 AM

In my opinion, all steps taken by icopress and GazetaBitcoin to prevent participants from abusing Merit is a very good solution.
Members engaging in such "passive bribery" will be punished accordingly, which should prevent abuse.

Thank you for your support. We (all) know that no method is bullet-proof but, at least, we tried something. Let's see how things will develop...

Quote from: joker_josue on Today at 07:59:26 AM

No more! It's worth noting that maybe Bob didn't do this with the idea of getting more votes, he might be giving merit to all the members who voted in the game.

Indeed, maybe Bob just wanted to show a sign of appreciation to all users which participated as you say. But then...

Quote from: joker_josue on Today at 07:59:26 AM

But this creates a chain effect, difficult to stop and to prevent.

... but then another Bob appeared and observed "the benefits" of acting this way. See? So we have a Bob which had no bad intention but another one speculated this action and realized it is, in fact, an opportunity...

Quote from: joker_josue on Today at 07:59:26 AM

The measures presented really seem to be a minimally competent solution to prevent this type of situation.

If you have any other solutions, always feel free to present them.