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Quote from: LoyceV on March 14, 2024, 10:00:56 AM

Quote from: joker_josue on March 14, 2024, 07:56:12 AM

First you have to receive merits, and then you can give merits. For every 2 merits received, you can give 1 merit.

You're explaining what could be read in the OP to someone who's post has now been deleted by a Mod.
I just clicked Ignore so I don't waste my time reading his posts again.

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make quality posts to be able to receive merit. To do this, try to get involved in the themes of the topics, share information you have, and raise questions that you find useful for yourself and others.

In my experience, shitposters trying to do what you suggested still produce shitposts.

I was caught... Sometimes it happens.
We want to be minimally useful, and then we end up falling for these things.

Those who are shitposters will always be shitposters, no matter what advice we give them. There may be some who change, but when they create the account with that objective, they hardly change. Unfortunately, some of these accounts, even though they are alts of recognized and helpful members of our community, still want to have this "second life" here on the forum.

Quote from: brownn on March 10, 2024, 08:44:42 AM

Quote from: virasog on March 07, 2024, 07:45:32 AM

So, for example if a merit source has 1000 smerits to send at his disposal, technically it is 1500 merits that can be distributed.

It will be more than 1500. 1000 merit receivers will have 500. Now this 500 merit receivers can send 250 and so on.

Quote from: Vod on January 24, 2018, 11:05:37 PM

I already don't like the way clicking on +merit takes you away from the thread. Can you please have it open in a new window?

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Quote from: arhipova on March 06, 2024, 05:59:47 AM

Quote from: Alone055 on March 06, 2024, 04:19:26 AM

There are enough merit sources and merits in circulation for a fair distribution of merit. More merits in circulation would mean more merits in the hands of merit abusers which isn't something we would want to see happening around, do we?

Not true, the merit abusers or spammers are not going to get merits at all as merit sources will never spam spam posts. So, it will be the good posters who will be rewarded if there are more merits in circulation.

Do you mean that the good posters will be rewarded more if there are more merits in circulation ?

I think that theymos and the mods know how many merits to send to each merit source and they are the better judge to see if these merits fulfill the requirements. Also, we should also know that it is not only the merit source who can distribute merits, also every receiver can send one merit when he gets 2 merits, so this also has to be taken into account when allocating merits to the merit sources.
So, for example if a merit source has 1000 smerits to send at his disposal, technically it is 1500 merits that can be distributed.

I sincerely appreciate you all for your wonderful contribution on what merit entails and I must say that your opinion has open my mind to have a clear understanding about merit. The link I open was very helpful and educating to me and I must say a every big thank you to that kind person that took his time and good energy to sent me the link for merit in other to make it easy for me to learn.