Topic: Anyone can Rank-up! [Motivational Thread from a noob] (Read 448 times)

Finally became senior member couple of days back thanks to Ratimov who showered me the required merits for the rank up recently, it took almost 2 years for me to rank up from full member to sr.member but I wasn't in hurry to earn more merits so I can rank up as soon as possible because its literally out of my character.

Actually I don't want to bump this thread for my rank up but I still feel someone might get motivated by this thread because we no need to chase merit all the time just let the merits comes to us if we actually deserve it.

Now on the journey to Hero member, maybe it will take another 2 years.

There is theoretically no doubt that this is possible, but in practice, it is a different story. Previous ranking system (before merits) had only one key component, it was time (activity), and a new one is added in addition to the activity extra component in the form of merits that serve as some kind of voting system which should only allow you to advance in the ranks if you are recognized by the community as a member who deserves it.

There are individuals who are definitely exceptions to the others, but 1000 earned merits is something which so far is achieved by a very few forum users. I don't want anyone to be discouraged with these facts, but the system is set up to reward the best and the most persistent users. Anyone can one day become Legendary, it is only a matter of time and effort.

S***...  I thought I would create another motivational thread about my journey from zero to Senior (HERO?! ) and this would get me enough Merits so I can just sit and wait!

There is theoretically no doubt that this is possible, but in practice, it is a different story. Previous ranking system (before merits) had only one key component, it was time (activity), and a new one is added in addition to the activity extra component in the form of merits that serve as some kind of voting system which should only allow you to advance in the ranks if you are recognized by the community as a member who deserves it.

There are individuals who are definitely exceptions to the others, but 1000 earned merits is something which so far is achieved by a very few forum users. I don't want anyone to be discouraged with these facts, but the system is set up to reward the best and the most persistent users. Anyone can one day become Legendary, it is only a matter of time and effort.

There is no doubt newbies could become legendary one day.

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There is no doubt newbies could become legendary one day.

Make better posts that could help others and making threads or posts only to get merits to rank up is not the real contribution,I guess you knew the difference on both and be a better member of this community to get merits and recognization.

Thanks for your reply. Now I'm surprised. Do you know what's the reason ? Cause you've said another motivational speech. Eactly you said the truth that who is newbie today can be legendary in future. Obviously he, who wishes to be a legendery member and works for it will be a legendary member in future. I find the strong motivational speeches among most of the upper ranked member. So I'm clear that who get's legal merit has keep the right to be meritted. Respects for them.

Thanks for that heartwarming words, I hope your journey on this forum will get better if you try to be good at what you are and don't try to run behind merits let it come for you.

Also, good luck with your future because newbies are the future legendary of bitcointalk.

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If people still don't read this summarized type of thread, then I don't think that person is going to be able to rank up. Starting from Newbie all the way to Legendary would take a lot of time and effort, but if you deserve it, you will reach that.

Nice list for potential Newbies to Legendary members (soon)

I do agree a lot with the Grammarly extension that you should get it. It would help you be aware of what you need to work on, and it's not just punctuations; it's also the grammar itself, whether you need to add a preposition, a comma, or any other type of possible mistake, it would help. Continuously, you could learn the basics with Grammarly.

they have never been joined discussions on local boards, beginner & helps, meta or Bitcoin (and child board) where many members giving a lot of merits to posters.

This forums not limited to some user, but All of users can be ranked up.

Many member stuck on newbie because 90% their post contain bounty reports,

they have never been joined discussions on local boards, beginner & helps, meta or Bitcoin (and child board) where many members giving a lot of merits to posters.

anyone can rank up,

I noticed some members who were very actively contributing in the forum by making informational threads but when they rank up to their desired rank, they then stop and calm a bit, glad to know you are not one of them.

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One extra quality would be: find a niche for yourself. Pick a section, grow your knowledge in it and you can become renowned in that field.

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But Actually I never interested to chase for merits, if someone awards if for my contribution I would accept it gratefully.

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Your thread is good but imo it will be better to start threads that they can read to build up their knowledge of bitcoin, cryptocurrency and whatnot.

It's a useful thread, friend. It should be very helpful for lower rank members like me.
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Also use languages ​​that are understood in global forums "English" and not your local language.

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Dan baiknya ada unsur-unsur ini : useful (ada gunanya), menggunakan tata bahasa yang benar, ditulis dengan tanda baca yang pas, on topic (nyambung dengan yang dibahas), uniqe (tidak sama dengan post orang lain), no copy-paste/plagiarism, dan mudah dimengerti orang lain (tidak berbelit-belit).

In addition to activity, everyone now has a merit score, and you need both a certain activity level and a certain merit score in order to reach higher member ranks. The required scores are:

Rank	Required activity	Required merit
Brand new	0	0
Newbie	1	0
Jr Member	30	1
Member	60	10
Full Member	120	100
Sr. Member	240	250
Hero Member	480	500
Legendary	Random in the range 775-1030	1000

You get merit points when someone sends you some for one of your posts. Additionally, when someone sends you merit points, half of those points can be sent by you to other people.

Certain users are designated as "merit sources". They can create new merit out of nothing, up to a limited number per month (which differs per source). I will not be posting a definitive list of merit sources (so that people don't bug them too much), though you'll soon figure out who they are if you pay attention.

There is currently no such thing as a "demerit". I'm hoping that the positive merits alone will be fine. I could add demerits pretty easily later on if necessary, though.

I'm hoping that this system will increase post quality by:
 - Forcing people to post high-quality stuff in order to rank up. If you just post garbage, you will never get even 1 merit point, and you will therefore never be able to put links in your signature, etc.
 - Highlighting good posts with the "Merited by" line.

While we will not be directly moderating this, I encourage people to give merit to posts that are objectively high-quality, not just posts that you agree with.

Do not beg for merit excessively.
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Your posts are better if they have these criteria :

1. Useful.
    It helps others or has value.

2. You write them with a correct grammatical function.

3. They are written in proper punctuation.

4. On topic.
    They must be always related to topics.

5. Unique.
    Must be different than others.

6. No copy-paste/plagiarism.

7. Easy to understand.

One extra quality would be: find a niche for yourself. Pick a section, grow your knowledge in it and you can become renowned in that field.