Do you think merit is by chance or lengthy article? - page 3.

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Quote from: Mia Chloe on March 25, 2024, 09:14:07 AM

I don't know if it's just me but I think posts concerning merits have been raised frequently this week. Anyways back to the question. Merits are not rewarded based on lengthy threads. If not , obviously if that was the case every single lengthy thread here on this forum would have a ton of merits. It is very possible to have a very lengthy garbage post however you could have a post of just 2 paragraphs carrying valid information. In fact I have discovered that most forum members prefer nicely summarized posts carrying pure info compared to a lengthy thread on same topic.

Merits depend on quality not length of the post. Infact the more quality your post carries the more people would always want to venture reading it and thus merit it. Like I always say merits are magnets to quality posts the higher the impact of the thread the higher the chances of more merit.

Let’s just put it this way, the heavier the impact of your post content, the higher the merits you will received. But bear in mind that you are not posting to gain merits, but because you want to share crucial information that other members will most likely benefit. And by just being genuine in your post without the intention to gain merits, posting by giving satisfying answers to the questions, if you do it consistently, people will notice the authenticity of your post and merit your post along the way.

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Quote from: Churchillvv on March 31, 2024, 06:13:01 AM

What brings merit is quality post but the quality of your post is subjective which means it depends on the merit source spread merit based on what he /she considers as quality post.

Indeed. Sometimes the quality can be quite subjective, each person can have a different perception about the quality. It is the same as the information we share on our post, some people may think it can be useful but other may think it is a common thing.

We don't only rely on the merit source to get merits. Each person who has sMerit, they can give us merits as well. However, they sometimes can be very generous but they can also be very stingy.

Quote from: Churchillvv on March 31, 2024, 06:13:01 AM

A quality post can either be lengthy or short but it's more about the information that it contains. Sometimes your post can be very informative but it has been treated or it's known to the people already hence they do not consider it anymore.

Yes. The quality doesn't always depend on the length of the post. A short post can be a quality post if it is an informative or useful post. However, it is true that whether it is informative or useful can be subjective. It depends on how the person who view the post.

Quote from: Churchillvv on March 31, 2024, 06:13:01 AM

But perhaps you want to earn some merit for good post then you have to look at how people who have been earning some good merit does it and then if you follow the steps it certainly bring you some merit too.

It is not a must to follow other people's ways. But makes sure our posts fulfil the minimum standard of quality posts.
At least, it should be : informative, constructive, easy to understand, and follow a correct writing method.

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Quote from: Crypto Library on March 31, 2024, 03:19:03 PM

Quote from: sotelorene on March 24, 2024, 08:11:19 PM

Initially, I use to think merit is by chance ( i.e something that will just happen) or lengthy article ( i.e writing too many paragraphs and the rest of them), but I have come to realize that, it is more than that.
I have being discouraged several times because of my numerous posts and replies yet no merit then. Even now, some times I use to be discourage. However, the only way to get merit is by posting quality article ( that is what determines merit) which almost everybody is aware of now.
In summary, don't look at the quantity of post you have make so far but instead try to adjust, I mean improve in your posts, above all be consistent and patient that is the key.

You catch the right point. There are many accounts whose post quantity is above 2000 but they don't get a single merit especially such users are bounty hunters. Moreover there are many accounts which have not received merit even in last 2/1 year. To get merit, a user must pay attention to the quality of his post, not in his post quantity or length. I would like to give you another suggestion at this place that first remove the merit earning from your mind and spend time in the forum and ask questions on the topics which you find difficult to understand.
And besides another thing is to present what you know or what you are learning, basically help the users of the forum and find out new ideas, you can see your merit will come on your own.
I would also like to suggest you to read this topic- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/tmans-guide-to-getting-merit-3182178

While merits are required so you can level up on your rank or position, but getting obsessed with merit earning is not good at all. It will only push yourself to end up making topics that are not relevant at all because of your obsession to get merits. My advice is just take a single step one at a time. Take time to learn everyday until you come to absorb the most essential ideas in the forum. Eventually, your knowledge develops as well as your potential to create quality posts. Merits will easily come in the future even without lengthy post and time consuming post.

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People talks about merits all time, I still don't know why it pulls them so hard about merits. For merits to flow, engage yourself with a good reply this doesn't necessarily mean that you must create a huge content or even go somewhere else to source for materials to post before you would received theme.
Most times activeness and on topic gets you merits.

Iroh

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Trying to teach people what they likely already know won’t get you any acknowledgment from anyone. You can write a lengthy post and no matter how much time and supposed effort you put into it and still not get a single merit. Such a a post could be boring to read cause of its length that would likely have redundant and repetitive content. Posting content that someone else finds informative and useful could get you merits.
A lot of people end up writing long posts in a bid to get their message across clearer to everyone but could end up confusing people instead. Go straight to the point and make it short and simple.

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Quote from: sotelorene on March 24, 2024, 08:11:19 PM

Initially, I use to think merit is by chance ( i.e something that will just happen) or lengthy article ( i.e writing too many paragraphs and the rest of them), but I have come to realize that, it is more than that.
I have being discouraged several times because of my numerous posts and replies yet no merit then. Even now, some times I use to be discourage. However, the only way to get merit is by posting quality article ( that is what determines merit) which almost everybody is aware of now.
In summary, don't look at the quantity of post you have make so far but instead try to adjust, I mean improve in your posts, above all be consistent and patient that is the key.

You catch the right point. There are many accounts whose post quantity is above 2000 but they don't get a single merit especially such users are bounty hunters. Moreover there are many accounts which have not received merit even in last 2/1 year. To get merit, a user must pay attention to the quality of his post, not in his post quantity or length. I would like to give you another suggestion at this place that first remove the merit earning from your mind and spend time in the forum and ask questions on the topics which you find difficult to understand.
And besides another thing is to present what you know or what you are learning, basically help the users of the forum and find out new ideas, you can see your merit will come on your own.
I would also like to suggest you to read this topic- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/tmans-guide-to-getting-merit-3182178

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Quote from: sotelorene on March 24, 2024, 08:11:19 PM

Initially, I use to think merit is by chance ( i.e something that will just happen) or lengthy article ( i.e writing too many paragraphs and the rest of them), but I have come to realize that, it is more than that.
I have being discouraged several times because of my numerous posts and replies yet no merit then. Even now, some times I use to be discourage. However, the only way to get merit is by posting quality article ( that is what determines merit) which almost everybody is aware of now.
In summary, don't look at the quantity of post you have make so far but instead try to adjust, I mean improve in your posts, above all be consistent and patient that is the key.

However there are many replies that have given you the answers to your thoughts.
Receiving merits doesn't work with the lengths of your posting patterns, you can receive more than 1 merits from a good post that doesn't have much lengths ie just one line or two as long as what you are saying has meaning and impact to the Bitcoin space/community. Sometimes, if you have tried writing with this pattern and it's not given you merits the way you want just change it to a better way, you will get merits.

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What brings merit is quality post but the quality of your post is subjective which means it depends on the merit source spread merit based on what he /she considers as quality post.

A quality post can either be lengthy or short but it's more about the information that it contains. Sometimes your post can be very informative but it has been treated or it's known to the people already hence they do not consider it anymore.

But perhaps you want to earn some merit for good post then you have to look at how people who have been earning some good merit does it and then if you follow the steps it certainly bring you some merit too.

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Quote from: sotelorene on March 24, 2024, 08:11:19 PM

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Hmm, pretty good question OP.

According to my opinion, merit should not belong to lengthy postes or topics. Rather you should emphasize your knowledge and explain it. It means that a large post does not attract people, you have to explain the big meaning in small words.

My personal opinion is that quantity is not quality. I am putting in front of you some of the rules of the post, which in my opinion, has caused me to get merit. Which you can also implement and post quality better.
✔. Explore new knowledge as much as possible and explain it in easy and simple words.
✔. Do not hesitate to ask high-ranking members in any thread, whatever you want to ask or explain within the scope of the principle, you can express it through a clear-cut post.

Advice: IMHO, you should just focus on post quality and not merit. If your post quality is better, then you will definitely get merit.

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Quote from: Miles2006 on March 26, 2024, 08:53:35 AM

Quality over quantity as always is better but from my view I have seen some lengthy post receive merit, everything depends on your knowledge and what you pass out from your post, from my opinion read more and learn before you can be able to post quality. Excepting merit from a lengthy post with zero quality makes no sense and it looks like a wasted effort from my view. I have seen several topics with comment like the topic got no merit but members who commented received merit, so let's say those topics had no value, understanding how merit works is complicated and I think you should focus more on something else.

One thing is been a trader and another is grabbing efficient strategy to trade. The bitcoin talk forum is not a platform for tendering uncensored complaints, we're you have make a 30 minutes. Merits are affordable and channel to the best posts made on the forums. Quality posts should be our target and we should never be in progress when we're sliding behind. In every thing you do, ensure you're always doing the right things and sticks for faith because it's one of the fuel that drives one to become established in the market.

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It's clearly more by chance than by lengthy article.
Brevity is king in this day and age where people multitask on their devices and spend so little amount of time reading odd subjects that may or may not affect their daily lives.
Some lengthy post can earn merits though, but it must possess real information that is new and sort after mostly as regards the issues or improvement or advancement of the decentralized network, cryptocurrency and Bitcoin in particular.
Still, everyone loves a brief but concise article with a very thoughtful point to ponder upon. That's where the merits come mostly from.

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Quote from: Peanutswar on March 26, 2024, 11:10:25 AM

It's about the content, you dont need to have a large amount of text that doesn't make sense with the content or does not really beneficial information, many users gets merit because of the content they have, the substantial how they contribute the information, help with the other members with the recent or even in the future members will face the same concern. Youve joined last year and you don't need to get bothered in the merit if you know how much you help and contribute to the community. Keep enjoying the learnings.

Lengthy post never guarantees merits, but it’s certainly on the impact of the content. If you think you are giving substantial and relevant information not only for newbies, but for majority, hence your post deserve merits. However, let’s put in mind to never chase merits, instead focus on making an impact in the forum through posting high quality and valuable contents, that way merits will be easily gain and earned without putting pressures in your head.

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You just really need to bring your mind down. In this forum there is no magic. your knowledge speaks for you. Look at what others are doing. Success is not achieve by mirely speaking. Action speaks louder than words. Many newbies who came have repeated this same topic, most of them who where smart to understand how the forum works always put more effort in contributing meaningfully to get where they are today. So don't be discouraged lengthy post is not what earn people merit but how informative your post may be. It can only be a 1 line word but pases a strong message, you may earn a merry from it. So explore the forum and see what others are doing.

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The only time writing a lengthy paragraphs is if you are writing a guide or tutorial that is really long. If you wrote episode with plenty of words just to convince anyone that you are good at writing script, people might not even reply your thread not talk more meriting it. I do see such threads here by beginners trying to show that the are teaching other members some things when they are supposed to use that free time to learn new things to improve in their knowledge.

Do you even know that writing a single line of reply can earn you plenty of merits from different people than writing many lengthy things? The key thing there is to give the necessary information. If someone ask for wallet recommendation, how straight to the point, don't beat around the bush, if someone ask what is the best way to avoid scams, give them precise information and not what they don't need and you will be fine with merits.

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Quote from: qwertyup23 on March 28, 2024, 01:25:29 PM

Oh no- that is often the misconception that most people equate to.

The volume of the text is not in proportion to its quality. This means that it the more words or paragraphs that you create on your post, the better the quality is. Sometimes, less is always more especially if you construct your paragraphs into straightforward and concise answers without any irrelevant information.

Additionally, there are lots of people who have made several posts that only contain 2-3 sentences but they were able to garner merits from it. At the end of the day, it is all about the quality of your replies and the construction of it on how it tells the message.

The misconception actually comes from what the OP has seen largely on the forum and I will tell the OP that most of the posts or threads he sees that they are actually Long post which I will say are mostly due to the signature requirements, most campaigns have quota of words or length that a post will meet before it is counted towards there paid post so these signature participants actually buttress their post to meet this criteria and mostly many People mistake it as to why they gain merit. But just as everyone said it bows down to the quality

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Quote from: sotelorene on March 24, 2024, 08:11:19 PM

Initially, I use to think merit is by chance ( i.e something that will just happen) or lengthy article ( i.e writing too many paragraphs and the rest of them), but I have come to realize that, it is more than that.
I have being discouraged several times because of my numerous posts and replies yet no merit then. Even now, some times I use to be discourage. However, the only way to get merit is by posting quality article ( that is what determines merit) which almost everybody is aware of now.
In summary, don't look at the quantity of post you have make so far but instead try to adjust, I mean improve in your posts, above all be consistent and patient that is the key.

Oh no- that is often the misconception that most people equate to.

The volume of the text is not in proportion to its quality. This means that it the more words or paragraphs that you create on your post, the better the quality is. Sometimes, less is always more especially if you construct your paragraphs into straightforward and concise answers without any irrelevant information.

Additionally, there are lots of people who have made several posts that only contain 2-3 sentences but they were able to garner merits from it. At the end of the day, it is all about the quality of your replies and the construction of it on how it tells the message.

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Quote from: sotelorene on March 24, 2024, 08:11:19 PM

Initially, I use to think merit is by chance ( i.e something that will just happen) or lengthy article ( i.e writing too many paragraphs and the rest of them), but I have come to realize that, it is more than that.
I have being discouraged several times because of my numerous posts and replies yet no merit then. Even now, some times I use to be discourage. However, the only way to get merit is by posting quality article ( that is what determines merit) which almost everybody is aware of now.
In summary, don't look at the quantity of post you have make so far but instead try to adjust, I mean improve in your posts, above all be consistent and patient that is the key.

true. It is more than that. It doesn't have to be lengthy. It only has to be a quality post, helpful post, informative to other, If someone finds it helpful or other things that i mentioned. it is for sure that they will drop a merit for you. untill you don't get merit keep making good quality posts.

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Quote from: sotelorene on March 24, 2024, 08:11:19 PM

Initially, I use to think merit is by chance ( i.e something that will just happen) or lengthy article ( i.e writing too many paragraphs and the rest of them), but I have come to realize that, it is more than that.
I have being discouraged several times because of my numerous posts and replies yet no merit then. Even now, some times I use to be discourage. However, the only way to get merit is by posting quality article ( that is what determines merit) which almost everybody is aware of now.
In summary, don't look at the quantity of post you have make so far but instead try to adjust, I mean improve in your posts, above all be consistent and patient that is the key.

You're correct that making quality replies and posts does earn you merit, but you also need to understand that asking questions that are crucial to ask can also earn you merit. Merit is similar to an award given for well-done work, but in a forum, you shouldn't always expect everything you do or the thread you start to earn merit. If you do, you'll get discouraged, and that's what gets newbies in the forum.

Additionally, when creating a thread in the forum, consider not only what will benefit current members of the forum as well as those who will join in the future. Sometimes, merit will find you; other times, you will need to let merit find you. The more threads you create that, if read, readers will find helpful, the more merit will find you. My best advice to you is to never give up.

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You can earn merit form just one sentence, you don't have to write at length to earn merit. It has been stated from the beginning that quality not quantity.
You will get merit for your contribution to the ecosystem. When you ask the necessary question, or provide adequate answer to a problem, or raise a good suggestion or educate people on a vital issue. you might get merit although it is not automatic to get merit for a nice post. But most time if it is a topic make the caption or title eye-catching, interesting and captivating so that your thread can be viewed. Your might be making a good point but your title is not enticing for members to go through your post.
A good post should have a good title.

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Quote from: sotelorene on March 24, 2024, 08:11:19 PM

However, the only way to get merit is by posting quality article ( that is what determines merit) which almost everybody is aware of now.

Now the question is, what is quality article?
A quality article is one which solved a problem. Proffers or provides a guideline of information(s) that meets a needs, or informations that prevent one from falling into a risk. In generally, a quality post is that post that builds or adds to knowledge of your audience.

Consequently, IMO, not all posts that didn't get merited could be said to be lacking of quality but it could be that the information conveyed might have arrived late to users and it's no more a news or an information of interest based on its timing. So therefore, that a post doesn't receive merit doesn't interpret it as a none quality post as not all unmerited post are posts of poor quality.

However, what I've noticed overtime in the forum is that more often than not, post meriting has been highly subjective to user's discretion.

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