Quote from: Don Pedro Dinero on October 01, 2018, 09:11:50 PM

Quote from: r1s2g3 on October 01, 2018, 09:31:04 AM

Those who will still say that there is lack of Merit is actually overlooking that there is lack of quality in this forum.

I dont agree with that. There is enough quality in this forum, this is not an Encyclopedia, it is a forum. The problem is that quality gets hidden under lots of shit. But theres lots of shit in other forums as well, the higher the traffic, the more shit.

You are partially right in that there are lots of shitposters complaining about merit and dont actually make an effort to get them, as they only care about throwing quick lines and get paid.

But there is another problem, for many good users its taking a long time to rank up, much more than with the old system. Thats why more merit sources are needed, thats why theymos introduced 36 more recently.

Ive said it ad nauseam, even the first times I was commenting on meta, back a year ago. Do you want a quality forum? It is going to be dead. Look at the Ivory Tower and you will see what will happen if this forum only cares about quality. We have to seek an equilibrium between quality and traffic, and that means that good and ok users have to be able to rank up in a reasonable amount of time even if they dont make exceptional posts.

you have said it all, its a forum and has gotten a certain type of attention, traffic coming you don't expect to be like the early days!! must actually accept the fact that more people expect more crap and few intellect actually interested in what ever is going on here... But the forum has become a valuable one.. Satoshi has done great thing

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