Topic: Am I actually doing it right? - page 3. (Read 698 times)

You should not post in this forum just to earn merits. This forum is about sharing knowledge and learning through reading. For making this forum good and reliable is that the posts that are low quality or spam post will be deleted. I advice you should start contributing to this forum by posting high quality posts which is good enough to get merited. I was once like you before where I only post to meet the required post count because of signature campaigns in ICOs but didn't even reach member rank much faster and also in full member rank until I stop doing it and here I am reached hero member rank.

There are actually some posts that are good but not meritable enough. And probably you fall on that. But the fact that you aren’t getting good amount of merits, then the only key is to improve your knowledge so that you can also improve your post and add more relevant information that will attract other members to give some merits to your post. However, since you’re still a newbie, then learning should be your primary focus. Take your time to learn and study the forum, when you’re good enough, merits will easily follow.

After checking your profile I can say you are mostly active in Nigeria (your local board) which I don't know why is not supportive to you because they really support talent and those who contribute to the overall forum or the local community. Besides the Local board, you are only active in beginners and help, and this is your first topic outside the local board, and you made around 2 topics only in the local board. If I consider the support of the Nigerian community, and you are not getting one, that would mean you are not even contributing to the Local board while 90% of your posts are on the local board.

And you are not even posting in other sections, like BTC discussion or whatever the most suits you best or you like the most, just visit more sections and try to contribute by following the rules and you will get rank, I suggest your first and only priority on this forum should not be to get merits, because going after merits will not bring any, you have to go after contribution and building your image then you will automatically start to get merits.

I understand the feeling of thinking that you're giving your best and not getting the desired result that you expect, it can be discouraging, but that is the more reason why you shouldn't give up but continue pushing and getting better, eventually what you seek will come to you. I'd advise you to focus on learning about Bitcoin and increasing your knowledge here in the forum, because there's so much more to cryptocurrency than having merit and ranking up in the forum. The knowledge and experience that you're gaining from this forum can make you rich, if you apply it in your crypto trading or investment. 

I guess you can very well answer your own question. You only need to take a look at those merited posts. Hundreds and hundreds of posts here earned merits. There must be something in them. And I guess you're capable enough of knowing it.

And while there's more than one reason for a post to deserve a merit, you must have noticed what's common among those users who have earned the most merits. BPIP.org has a list of the top merit earners on the forum. You can take a look at these users' profiles and their posts to have an idea of what it takes to earn merits.

Generally, you must make good posts (with good quality or shows that you put your efforts in it to contribute something interesting in the community), and you need another condition which is some members will read your post and have sendable merit to give it to you. Sometimes, readers see your post is good but they don't have sendable merit at that moment and they will move on. Very few members will bookmark your post and return later to merit it, they are likely merit sources.

I don't know what you did in past few months but if you actually spent your time to learn, you will see some pinned threads in Beginners & Help board which is a board you posted this thread.

I believe if you read those pinned threads, you will find answers there. So if you have yet read them, now it's time for reading.

You write dominantly in the Nigerian local board, so you should probably look for an answer there. They understand you better there and your compatriots will recognize if any of your posts deserve merit.

The rest of what you wrote is mainly a discussion about merit and how to earn it, or you applied in threads for merit. Such posts are honestly not worth getting merit.
You should relax and enjoy this forum, merit will come as a reward for your dedication.

looking at your post history, I see that the majority of your posts are on Nigerian boards, try reading posts and joining discussions on boards that you don't usually visit, learn new things from those boards, and share what you learned with people who are asking.

also, don't get discouraged if you don't get merit in a lot of your posts, your priority should be learning and self-improvement.

edit: I just saw what DdmrDdmr posted, I suggest following what he wrote.

You arent doing it wrong the fact that you have received merits means you been able to do good post. Its not that everyone or anyone should always merit you based on your post unless that one is really good and liked by many or lets just say helpful to them. Many newbies doesnt even have merits received inspite of hundreds of post. Maybe try to improve topics you are posting or introduced something unique, or yet engage with other topic and show them that you know or can help whenever theres a question topic at hand.

At your stage or your vision in this forum shouldn't be an pursuing for merits rather focus on learning how to build yourself with your Bitcoin journey which is primarily aim and objective why this platform was discovered.
Merits would come when you come up with the right and quality post and it is usually unpredictable of which post would earn you merits.
Hence... For coming up with quality posts, you can spend time going through posts of those whom are experienced in the forum. Specially those or higher ranks.
You can also learn by asking questions just as you did and it course make consultations through those whom are knowledgeable in this forums platform

Even if you don’t have anybody to ask questions, then you can just make use of the search function, and if you can’t find answer to your question, then you can create a thread on the forum here just as you did and ask any question which you want to ask, am sure your will get right answer to your question here, don’t be scared that maybe you are new here, just make sure you follow the forum rules and regulations, and you free to post.

It’s not about posting always, it’s about making quality posts that will be useful to the forum members or the forum itself, so if you have made multiple posts and people fine it useless, the you won’t be merited, so it’s better you post less and make quality posts, rather than posting more, and making rubbish posts. And also maybe people that find your post useful to them don’t have any smerit left with them, they won’t be able to merit you.

Why will you have to send personal message to some people, it’s better you Create a thread, let’s everyone makes their contribution, don’t be surprised that what you will learn from low rank member like you if you create a thread, you won’t learn it from high rank members which you are going to send personal message to.

First of all stop running after merits. If your sole motive is to earn merits, believe me you won't earn any. Just be natural. Try to engage with others in a constructive, informative manner. But most of all read a lot what other says. Bear in mind that, merits are given in exchange for contribution to the forum. Quantity won't matter here, whether it's 100 posts or 1000 posts. So focus on maintaining your posts quality and you'll be good to go.

The problem is that you are viewing this forum as a career where you rank up, join a signature campaign and earn money, but in order to rank up you have to actually not care about ranking up, signature campaigns and just be enthusiastic about Bitcoin and provide your own valuable input in topics. So instead of wasting your time trying to earn merit and join a campaign, maybe refocus on finding success elsewhere? Like learning some skills that would allow you to earn money for long term in the real world.

To increase benefits and activity, it is important to create informative and high-quality posts. Try to share your opinion, ask questions, participate in discussions. Use clear and competent language. The more you contribute to society, the more you will receive in return. Good luck!

Getting six merits in this forum shows that you are not doing badly. There are so many accounts with more than your posts that have zero merit. However, there is a need to improve your post so that you can get more merits. If you learn more, you will write more quality posts, and more merits will be your reward. My advice is that you should take time a read about Bitcoin and how the forum works. Visit other boards and don't concentrate more on your local board. If your post is enlightening or impactful you will attract merits.

Asking the question on this board is a good idea to avoid being accused of unsolicited messages. Since you know and keep most of the forum's rules, focus more on learning and not merits. If you focus more on merit you might not last in the forum because you might become discouraged if it doesn't come the way you expect.

Most of your posts are on the Nigerian local board, and we all know there isn’t a lot of merit going around there. Even with the poor merit circulation on the local board, so far all your merits have come from there. The few posts you have on Beginners & help are applications on merit threads. I think it’s time you start participating more in the general boards. Don’t be afraid to engage in discussions. You once said the forum is like a school to you, then you should get busy with your homework.

This is the way I see it after going over your posting history to some extent (for the benefit of throwing some light):

Since 85% (81 posts) of your overall posts are on the Nigerian local board, and though they may be comprehensible to the outside (the board) reader, I’m not keen on making much of a statement over them. For those posts, it would probably be better to get some feedback from your local board.

Your 14 posts on Beginners & Help (12%) are essentially recent. They seem to me rather opinion based in general terms, but with little connection to bitcoin, which should be the pivotal topic on Beginners & Help. Beginners & Help, as of some time ago, seems to be quite populated with topics of the sort, where it’s easy to add a comment, but likely difficult to obtain Merits due to what I inwardly call a social/kumbaya focus, as opposed to a bitcoin focus.

The other two stray posts on Reputation and Gambling are thin opinions.

I’d probably focus on two things: one reading a few books on bitcoin, which should enable you to get a better grasp and confidence on bitcoin matters, and to specially facilitate participating with greater ease in bitcoin focused discussions. The other would be to do so at a smaller scale, focusing on topics treated on given threads. It’s normal not to know all the specifics on any given topic, but reading and cross-referencing should enable one to build a base for discussion with a referenced base. Bear in mind that the idea is to facilitate discussion/questions/answers/whatnot, and not to, as we all know, copy/[spin]/paste content.

It goes without saying that things take time, and rushing is generally not a great stand to take. Even the top merited accounts can have a ratio of merited posts that is not too far from the 10% figure (url= https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.61579483]sample data as of a year ago – see last column in data[/url]), which doesn’t mean that 90% of their posts belong in the scrapyard. For newcomers, one can only expect the ratio to be well below these marks to begin with (for the most).

As to the right boards or the wrong boards to post in, there are boards that are more prone to receive merits than others because more people with sMerits may roam them as a habit, but above all, it should generally (not always) be content that drives attention. Obviously, other factors have a lot to say besides content: writing style, clarity, tone, novelty, post placement (i.e. page 20 of a thread in Bitcoin Discussion is likely not a good spot), vivacity of the topic being discussed, and so forth.


Note: If you want to see stats related to merits/board and such, you can play around with the data on the Merit Dashboard, but it wouldn't be my first stop right now.

You made almost a hundred non-quality posts that have not brought any achievements in education or even an effective education question. I went through your previous posts, but I discovered that all of your posts are not quality posts, which I saw in one of your quote that is so irritating in the forum and it has been discouraging, it is called pyramid quote which if truly you engage in research and asking questions you won’t do such quote, although you are still new in the forum and you don’t have to focus more on gathering merit but gathering knowledge which will help you and make you achieve more than you expected in the forum.

I think you have to understand it yourself that since your post is not getting Merit, then maybe your post is not having enough quality to get Merit, moreover, another point is that your posts may have skipped the eyes of Merit sources.My first advice to you is that firstly explore the meta board and read more than posting and know what is a qualityfull post. Then when you can post quality flowers then your merit ratio will be higher. Moreover, you kindly read the description below each board to know whether you are posting on the right board.
Moreover, you can read this list, which will be useful for you in the future.

Earning merit is subjective, people give merit because it supports their idea and at the same time get new supporting facts about the idea, while others just feel happy or funny about what they read and they give the person merit. Most members here give merit if the post or reply is informative and not a simple generic reply that anyone can give. 

If there is a topic to discuss, members will not hesitate to give the post merit if it is done with research and visual examples or an in-depth explanation of a fact.  But I would suggest to keep on improving oneself and don't think too much of merit.  Try to help other members who are asking for clarification and be the first one to inform the forum members of the changes and updates that are going around the cryptosphere.  I believe this kind of topic or reply is mostly the one to get noticed and has a high chance of getting merit.