Quote from: KingsDen on April 02, 2025, 11:20:49 PM

This post raised my curiosity, which is the reason for this thread.

Quote from: btcltcdigger on March 17, 2025, 11:30:15 AM

Keep in mind that vas majority of legendary members became legendary before merit was introduced. And back then you only needed activity.
Nowadays its much harder to rank up due to merit requirements, and with good reason tbh

When I was a newbie, I was told that the majority of legendary members got their ranks before the merit system. I have become a legendary member and likewise many other persons, yet someone still believes that airdropped legendary members are still more than self-made legendary members.
Any data to compare both?

Everyone believes in what they want to believe.

From a formal point of view, airdropped legendary members is no different from self-made legendary members: no one gets more or less privileges. But there is an indirect parameter that can affect the "value" of rank. These are merits. Personally, when I see legendary with a lot of merits, then this user's posts are a higher priority for reading, because merits don't just fall from the sky (if don't take into account merit sources). This means that this user has put in more effort, for which he received some recognition of his posts. If I see an old legendary account with a basic number of merits, but a lot of posts, then such a user remains in the rank of a shitposter for me. That is, informally, the value of these legendary members (airdropped and self-made) can vary greatly.

For me, the cover (rank) is not as important as the background of the user behind this cover, which he can bring benefit (the content can vary greatly) to the BTC-community.