Quote from: LoyceV on February 23, 2024, 08:30:00 AM

Quote from: examplens on February 22, 2024, 11:03:26 AM

One more example, LoyceV managed the campaign a long time ago, and as far as I know he is still open to such offers. Do you doubt that he would abuse his merit source status by running a campaign?

I'd argue the opposite: a campaign manager is supposed to read many of the posts made in his campaigns. That's a great opportunity to Merit the good ones (and remove the users with bad posts from the campaign). That's not Merit abuse, it's doing a good job.
It may mean the campaign manager sends more Merit to users in his campaigns, because he reads more of their posts. But that shouldn't matter much, as there are 100+ other Merit sources too.

To call it Merit abuse, there should be something in it for the campaign manager. Unless you're going to the extremes of Meriting his own alts to join his own campaigns, I don't see that happening. Most campaign managers have earned enough sMerit to be able to do that without being a source anyway.

Yes, I agree with your counterargument. A campaigner should read all posts made in his campaign very carefully. Many campaigning roles are avoided because his campaign is about campaigning. It's not that they don't see the post, but since they work on the campaign, they should read every post very well. Those who post good quality are already qualified, but for them, this is a golden opportunity from which they can quickly move ahead with qualification.

Quote from: nutildah on February 24, 2024, 02:38:08 AM

Quote from: alani123 on February 22, 2024, 07:33:44 PM

To me, a forum where tens of thousands of people are active posting very regularly like in here, should also be having an influx of new users that are able to contribute that is akin to its active userbase. That would be at least a few hundreds of new users becoming legendary every year. If we check https://bpip.org/Report?r=mostmerit there's only one legendary user in the top 1000 with a registration date of 2021 and 14 users from 2020. So in a little more than 3 years only 15 users reached the maximum rank. Also note that the bottom of the top 1000 have only a tiny bit merit above the required 1k to become legendary so I wouldn't guess that there's many more besides that.

To become a Legendary w/ a 2021 registration date by now would mean posting just about every day (or at least 14 times per 2 weeks) since then, along with accumulating an average of ~1 merit every day... No easy feat really. It requires a lot of commitment to going beyond shitposting, which is a step most accounts here aren't willing to take. They are here because its "easy money"... once you have to put effort into it its no longer "easy" anymore. So they will never get beyond Sr. Member or Hero and they don't care.

I think it took me at least 4 years to get to Legendary based on the speed of my posting, which was intermittent. I don't think merits would have been a factor but who knows.

I am very happy to see your post today. When I came here, the rules were straightforward. I came here in 2013, but my days have been greatly destroyed. Now that my physical condition is a little better, I came back after facing many problems. Had my status not deteriorated, my status on this forum would have been on the side of legend.
There are many rules now, which is a lovely aspect of the forum. Accordingly, good things can still be done in the forum. To become a legend, he needs to have that mindset. No one became a legend in a day in the forum; you have to work for it, only in the right way. It is possible, but it is not possible.
You started your journey in this forum in 2014 and gave everyone a lot of reasonable effort. It is possible because of tireless work. It took you 4 years, but it all depends on his attendance and how active he is. With your help, we will reach a good position ahead.