Topic: Am I actually doing it right? - page 2. (Read 698 times)

I also looked at the OP's post history. If you want opinions, then my opinion is that you are afraid to learn about Bitcoin or do not want to. All the posts that were sent to Merit sources for review are far from discussing crypto.
We can understand that for many, it is difficult to start learning, but you claim that these are not social networks in which everything is discussed. The forum has areas that are interesting for people to read. Your posts so far contain discussions of life or general conclusions. Try asking and walking more purposefully.
I see one newbie like you doing this; he is very actively communicating on issues that interest him in the topic.

Based on your last words, would you like the same interlocutor?

Do not be static, learn from all boards.
It is not easy as a newbie to be able to navigate through different boards to make useful posts, especially on boards you are not really conversant with. This is where you have to step up your game by learning.  You do not have to ignore posts you have no knowledge about, even if you are not joining the conversation,  just read what other members are saying and with time you will be able to join conversations.

I was once a newbie and I fully understand that feeling you get when it feels like your efforts are not being appreciated.  Then it occurred to me that I was not being versatile enough  because I concentrated on only the few boards I had little idea about. You can be making hundreds of posts in a board where your posts are not appreciated, whereas there is a board out there seeking for what you possess.

It doesn't matter how many posts and threads you make; the merit system relies on the quality of posts/topics that are most informative and beneficial. The key is not to despair and continue building your experience and learning from reliable sources. Then, you have many different boards in the forum to post on. Do not focus on one board. Your posts and threads on other boards may be more accurate and appealing to members of the source of merit. Indeed, the Nigeria board is crowded with members. I think it is among the top boards on the forum in terms of posts and members, and it is possible that there is a shortage of merits there. I wish you success.

Even though this could ve a possible makeup story which is something that we are already used to on this forum, since many other newbies who want to attract the attention of the members of the forum always come up with make-up stories just to gain attention and any other possible favor from the forum members and m for that this doesn't impressive me in any bit, but then i am not denying the newbies having the ability and i to control to follow up.

You would have received numerous responses to your post, including advice on how to improve yourself and grow in the forum. What I will add is that if your primary goal in joining this forum is for something other than to improve yourself in this community and understand what bitcoin entails, you will have a difficult time ranking up. Ranking up will happen when you begin to do the right things, but don't focus too much on it so that your enthusiasm for ranking up in the forum is not diminished.


It is best not to send personal messages to the forum's high-ranked members. Everything you need to know about the forum has already been posted and pinned to each board, depending on what you want to learn about. Not everyone likes to receive  personal messages, and publicly asking questions in the forum will benefit other forum members who are unfamiliar with the subject. Stick to the rules and do a lot of self-study about bitcoin and the cryptocurrency space to help you grow in the forum.

Yes, here it will be less effective if you send a PM to senior members to ask several questions, because there are various reasons why they don't respond. Actually, it's more effective to open a thread if you have some things to ask, technical or otherwise. And you can also often use the "search" feature to look for information about various things, not only related to the rules and what you have to do in this forum. but there are several things you might have in mind to ask, and it turns out they have already been discussed here. So, the "search" feature is indeed as important as adding insight.

And also one thing that is important when you are on this forum is your consistency in continuing to try as hard as possible in making posts and improving them. Try to make posts that are informative, it doesn't always have to be an open thread, but provide opinions and responses through replies or quotes in several posts, with post content that is more informative, has the source included, or posts that are solution enough to help other memes. Consistency is important because all the memes here are also learning the same thing, namely struggle and progressing optimally and continuously.

Does any post made by any of the forum members deserve merit before they could begin to know that, they are making quality posts? 

OP, you should know that we are all here to share knowledge about crypto and other life-related topics, so worrying only about earning merits shouldn't be your primary concern; instead, you should know that everyone is posting in the best way they can while also learning from it. 

Merit should be an added bonus to our posts, not something that defines us or indicates that we are not doing things correctly in the forum.

So we have another merit farmer in here. To get more merit first thing you need to do is stop posting for merit. Trust me i got more merit on posts where i did not expect to get merit than the post i made to get some nice shiny merits. Use this forum like you use other social media platforms just keep interacting with other people with knowledge and facts so that they learn something from you and drop some nice merit in your post. Still you won't get merit in all of your posts because many good posts just don't catch the eye of the merit sources and remain unmerited.

You don't need to send any messages to other people, you can learn by observing every thread created by seniors and how they can get merit easily. At first it is difficult and requires effort, but when you find the rhythm it will be easy to get it. Not just commenting and getting merit, but more than that. This depends on where you comment, your post and the knowledge you provide for a thread.

In life you must need to sacrifice your time or use your time wisely. What you get in life depend on your effort. As your name implies @city hunter, I can see you came to hunt merit to rank up and join signature. For you to succeed in life you must Work hard. Not only hard but bringing out the best in you. There are things we haven't discovered in our life but due to lack of zeel and lack of focus has made us not to achieve it. As I went through your post I discovered that you are only chasing thread where they distribute merit. Do you know that everybody you see here that ranked up worked effortlessly day and night without sleeping just to make sure we achieve something tangible. So coming here to say such thing is just like trying to show case your nakedness you should be greatfull your brother introduced you. That is how we all where also introduce and we picked up and learn everyday so go and learn new things and add value to the forum not only taping from others.

Since you posted your post as wrong or high quality it means that you have the ability to understand which post is high quality and which post is low quality. Read the posts you have made on your profile and try to understand what kind of posts you have made. If you feel that your post needs to be improved, focus on improving your post. There are many members in the forum and every member is posting regularly in this forum and maximum member among each member is posting quality in this forum. If you expect merit in return for every quality post, you are wrong. You will not be disappointed as much as you try to give something better in the next post. The more you try, the better your post quality will be and you won't have to worry about merit when you post quality up to regular standards.

You actually sound funny by telling him to get busy with his home work since he said the forum is like a school however, you've given him a clear view of telling him to be more active in the general board rather than only focusing on his local board of which the Nigerian local board doesn't have much merit sources though it's just so funny how newbies become so impatient that after they've made some certain number of posts and didn't get merits they start panicking and creating threads about not getting enough merit even when they feel they've made quality posts.

Well, to add to what you've said, I knew how long it took me before my posts started gaining merit so one thing I've observed about the forum is that inasmuch as you're making good and quality posts, no matter how long it takes the posts to be Merited it would still be Merited one day even at a day you never thought it would come because definitely, when a thread or Post is being made, not every one that finds it suitable enough to gain merit as some users may actually see it and walk away while others that sees it as helpful and informative may merit it if they have smerit or merit sources come across it and award merit to it, so the forum is open enough for every one to see and monitor the activities of each other and to give reward (merit) where necessary and also to caution people who ain't getting it right so all amounts to being active and give constructive opinion and ideas and also requires patience and perseverance before a favourable success can be achieved.

You only create three threads: two on your local board, which is the Naija local board, and the third one is this thread you created. However, merits are not given to low-quality posts, and you are only active on two boards, which are the beginners and help board and your local board. All your posts on the beginners and help board are not worthy of merit, and for your local board, nobody from another local board will come to your local board and send some merit since they also have their own board, so for you to earn merit here, you need to work for it.

And currently, you still have a lot to learn because your posts are still lacking in quality, so I think you should go and learn and have your own post style. The reason I said you should go and learn is because you are still learning and active on only beginner and help boards, and one board cannot give you merit all the time, so I think you should focus and learn and stop thinking of earning merits.



Are you still a newcomer here because your account has been registered since September, which I think is enough for you to understand everything about the forum. All these things you mentioned are against the forum rules and regulations, but what you need to understand is that obeying the forum rules is not what will make you earn merit, but creating meaningful, helpful, and educational content for the forum members to achieve something from what you write is what will make you earn merit

First of all, you're welcome to the forum.
Secondly, I don't know what your brother who introduced you to the forum told you was the main aim and purpose of this forum, but if he told you that the major aim of joining bitcointalk is to focus on earning merits, joining a signature campaign and start earning some money, then I'm afraid your brother has given you a wrong information. The only wrong this I see you doing here is being here for the wrong purpose.

Yes, it's true that when you've earned a good number of merits and grew your account to a certain position or rank, you can join a signature campaign and then start getting paid, that's actually true but it shouldn't be your driving force to participate in activities here on the forum. As the name of the forum Bitcointalk implies, its a forum where people come to talk, learn and share knowledge about Bitcoin as well as other crypto currencies and also some general topics. This is what we do here and if your contributions to the forum is good enough and worth meriting then you get appreciated by being merited, and that's how you earn merits.

Now as a New member here that's just been a few months old here, I'll assume you haven't gathered enough knowledge yet, except maybe you already have enough knowledge about crypto before joining the forum, either ways, as a new member here, rather than struggling to post and hunt for merits, I advice you dedicate your time and energy to learning how the forum works and also about crypto. And after you've learned enough then you can start contributing by posting informative posts, and then people will see the meaning in your posts and then you start making merits without stressing yourself. It's as easy as that

I know you sometimes look at the legendary member's merit stats and you begin to wonder how they magically earned soooo many merits and then you start investigating on how you can earn so much merits too, it's not magic mate, those people dedicated time and energy into learning and now their sacrifices are paying off so do the right thing and you'll also see the same results.

Why have strong desire to earn merit though? I guess there is more than what you are telling us, I believe the real reason why you came on this forum was to earn via signature but I doubt you will do pretty well because your whole mind is focus on quickly ranking up and you are still a newbie, it takes time to rank up.

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You need to calm down and improve your contribution, just be active on the forum and forget merits for now, when you are able to create high quality topics and posts you will get merited, you won't see it coming, it will just happen and this is better than rushing to earn.

If you keep rushing you will do something wrong, been slow is the way to get better on here, learn from others by reading their posts, ask interesting questions, bring new ideas, if you just want to make money on here you won't have a lot to share, you are doing it wrong.

Was your primary purpose of joining this forum to earn money?

If yes, you will have to learn the ways and become worthy of a position that will reward you because it's not just free money but you get rewarded for your knowledge, your insights, your time, and only if it's worth it.

If no, you shouldn't worry about Merits if your primary purpose of joining the forum wasn't to earn money but to gain knowledge because you don't need a higher rank for that and you can learn and grow without even having Merits or a high rank in the forum.

Obviously your primary reason for being here is to gather merits. You don't need to beg for merits, you will get it when people deem fit to merit your posts. For now, I'd advice you have an open mind to learn, the merits will come eventually.

In the early phase, every new comers focus is on reading and learning, so it's normal for a newbie/jr member to get a little merit. Limited knowledge greatly affects the quality of posts, so the best advice for you is to keep learning about wallets (there are many types of wallets), private keys, and practice some tutorials on privacy and security...it's the best way forward.

Midway through, you'll encounter difficulties, and that's the best time to ask in topics related to your problem. Discuss like humans do, don't overly focus on merit. Over time, your beneficial and informative discussions will naturally appear. That's where you'll earn merit. Don't rush in learning... enjoying it is more fun. I am sure you will be able to get through this difficulty. 

I don't mean to be rude, but do you think other forum members have nothing better to do than
"point out some of my posts that aren't so good" so you can get enough merit?

Every time newbies ask the same questions (requests) related to the same problems and want others to do your “work”. All the necessary information (previous discussions on similar topics) is available on the forum. Don't be lazy and study on your own. This is not a kindergarten where they will personally babysit you. Look at other accounts (their messages), compare with yours, analyze and draw appropriate conclusions. Everything will work out if you don’t wait for outside help, but show activity yourself.

You already have 6 merits and this is not the worst result. Many people have not received this for years, but you have saved up in less than six months. So, go ahead, amigo.

Don’t be too obsessed with merits as it’s not the most important thing in the forum but focus on learning. Never stop from doing DYOR most particularly on the difficult topics you encounter in the forum. Eventually you will notice that your posting quality has improved and that you got to add more meaningful information on your post. I was also like you before but what I did is I just do my part posting without breaking some rules, and also making consistent research. Try to read some hero or legendary post as well as it can give you some ideas on how to improve your post. Do it more often and you will be amazed what you have become, until receiving merits will slowly taking place.