Quote from: Huppercase on April 01, 2023, 01:54:29 PM

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01/04/2024

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Adjustments to Merit calculation

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A new system has been introduced to discourage shitposting and to reward good posters. Specifically, posts with fewer than 15 characters will result in a merit deduction, and posts of higher quality will earn you merit increments. However, the catch is that the merit you receive does not add up to your smerit, which means you will not receive any smerit to send out. Don't worry, it's all part of the April Fools' joke.

I think your description of this year's April Fool's joke is wrong. According to theymos and from what I observed, we will not lose merits due to posts shorter than 15 characters, but quite the opposite - for every 15 characters we post, we will lose one Merit point. The joke is that the system actually penalizes long posts, and encourages writing short replies to reduce "shitposting". Another thing you didn't mention is that there is a system whereby you will earn a bit of merit just by reading posts.