Topic: Earning your first merit (Read 863 times)

Not having a finite way to qualify a post simple means, a quality post is what a user defines it to be. With the way the forum has placed it (@quality post), Its more like the law which is subject to interpretation based on what the law Court at any instance says it is. Thats how infinite the determinant of a quality of a post can be. So long as it helps a person or user in a way or goes about to bring about the understanding of a concept or a contradicting view and perhaps adds to it in a way, it could be seen or regarded as a quality post.

There is every possibility that, a supposed quality post might not be merited while some undermined post gets not just merit but merits. In as much as this is possible, it doesn't mean a user would go about meriting just any posts as he or she pleases. Especially in large amounts, it raises suspicion, could be quarried and prosecuted. In essence, merit abuse isn't allowed.

That's to say hard works pays. Merit is a result good and constructive post..most is a thing of joy when it's giving to one

Hehe nice!
Still looking to earn my first merits. But I am very new on here.

I actually have to agree with you.
Each of us is different and has a different definition of what quality is.
No rules can be made about which posts deserve merits and which don't, it depends on the understanding of each person.
Some people have more available merits so they don't have to choose which posts to reward with merits and which don't, but some members have very few available merits and therefore have stricter criteria for giving merits.
Also, some parts of the forum are read and followed more and therefore more merits are shared there.
Of course, it is not the same if someone writes in the English part of the forum or only in their local language.
There are a lot of factors that affect the obtaining of merits.
I think the most important thing is to actively contribute to the forum and that will sooner or later be recognized by the community and rewarded.

That's what I see now that there are many quality posts, so many give opinions about what is being discussed, even this tends to provide insight where they will know better than what has been posted.
And that's what we have to use often once we find a better post then it has meaning from what I know, I know seniors are doing this right and they continue to contribute to what they do.
But there are also few posts but it deserves and is given merit I see it's a lot and they do it right what he knows.

I just want to add about quality posts and appropriate posts. Quality posts are certainly posts that have many benefits and attract members to start discussing and giving their opinions. A quality post is not just a forgotten post, but a meaningful post that discusses several problems and the various solutions provided. that's the purpose of why you have to post quality. Post quality rules are not explained in detail.

As for the appropriate post, it is a post that deserves to be discussed and is correct in grammar and writing as well as the content of the post that does not offend anyone. Inappropriate posts will not be accepted and will be deleted by moderators because they are considered SPAM.

Quality can not be used to quantify a post it either a post is good or bad, there is nothing like a quality post, the whole merits thing, is just how people react in their way since we do not have the React and Likes button merits is the only way people react, I have seen some low post being merited and somewhat seems to be a good post being ignored.

Congrats OP for getting started with your merit journey there is way more to go. You can now become Jr member and then member, full member and so on. It also shows the fact that if you post quality contents then you get merit and your repute increases. Stop buying and selling merits everyone just focus on quality contents.

congrats on your first 'merit'...

day to day getting 'merit' is not an easy thing, for 'newbie' they have to really make good posts in order to get merit. keep making good posts, learn from legendary posts, so you can continue to rank up.

In my opinion, there's a difference between quality post and merited posts. If you ask for what quality posys are, I can't give a definite answer since the forum didn't define what quality posts are. But when you talk about merited posts, they are posts that are contributing positively to the discussion at hand.

These posts must not be agreeing to the topic been discussed, it could be a contradicting view but does has meaning and quality to it. While the level of your post quality depends on the users with the smerit that doesn't mean any posts that don't get merited isn't quality.

Some just lack the exposure needed for meriters to see. Providing you're contributing positively to a discussion ongoing and aren't spamming or posting generic contents you're good to go as your post could be considered quality by a merit source and get rewarded.

What you should keep in mind that certain boards in the forum are better places for merits than others. Even if you make quality post in some boards, you will likely not get any merit, this is either because there are no merit sources for that particular board or because the board is so spammy that no one notices your threads/posts.

The meta section or various local boards are usually great places for merit, while the gambling boards or the whole altcoin section aren't.

If you think one of your posts is lacking merit, check this thread: [self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source

Wow.. I am so so happy for you bro. Because I ones had this exciting feeling few days ago when i got my first merit. So what you have to do now is work more on your activities, so as to rank up as a junior member soon..
So you are welcome...👍👍👍👍

Quality post is not all about the post you said. It is all about the sender of the merit as long as the post that will be merited is not a spam, shilling and much more. I have been merited because I wanted to help but not to get merited just because I wanted to earn merit. Your knowledge in crypto is not base on how many merits you received.

What do you mean by a Quality Post ?
Most of the quality posts are ANN threads, services. I like offtopic way more.
But im not that smart to enjoy those “TLDR” posts like most of you guys sure do about all the hype, and layer 2 segwit decentralised consensus hardfork PoS etc etc.

Exactly, as you begin to advance in the forum you'll begin to careless about the merits you receive mainly because you'll begin to understand it isn't always about the quality that attract the merit to you. If you begin to observe your post that get merited you'll see what I mean.

Most times your post that you must have felt deserve to be merited due to the quality and usefulness of the post might go unmerited. No this doesn't mean it doesn't deserve to be merited but it could be meriters (both sources and the average user with smerit) haven't seen the post.

This though shouldn't discourage you as all good works most surely get rewarded one day. I have received merits for my posts made years back. Just keep contributing positively and let fate do it work.

Merit is fine and needed. But focus more on the quality of post you are making. When I was a newbie I wanted merit by all means. But now I don't care much for it, I know that it comes when you deserve it. Do you own work and merit will come to you. Congratulations for your first merit and I wish you more merits to come.

Earning a first merit is a remarkable thing in the lifes of beginners on bitcointalk but such that, they always and I mean always forget to note it down. It means a lot and it goes about to redefining merit for beginners as a thing that could be actually gotten or reached from hardwork and consistency. Many see merit as one of the most difficult asset of the forum because, it really doesn't go out of the forum and it is indeed your way to ranking up so, you gain motivation at this point.

Earning a single merit simply means more are yet to come. All you have to do is to keep putting in work and in time, you would get as more merit as you wish for. Time is just the definitive factor here.

As Daniel91 said before me, I really doubt any member here would actually award merit to anyone with that kind of behavior. I would be really interested to see if you could actually post any kind of proof where you saw that happening (the fact that you don't have any merit should be a tip for you regarding your vision towards "merit begging"). Thing is, at least from what I can see from new members is that they post to get merits, and not by simply wanting to share / take part into the forum discussions - and when they see that their post/point of view wasn't given any kind of "merit" they have low motivation to keep on. That is, however, the wrong mindset here because you shouldn't participate in the forum just because you want to get merits - you should participate in the forum just to participate / share opinions / absorb knowledge - merit's are just a bonus that will be awarded to you sooner or later.

If you have the right motivation then you'll not succeed here - you'll end up forever stuck in a lower rank because you won't be able to progress until you shift your mindset towards your behavior / activity here.

Best of luck in your journey here @Iphomme. Let's see if we will be around here in 10 years from now (similar to the thread of OG) and we'll see where we will all be.

I advise you not to do such things on the forum.
Most members disapprove of this and don't want to receive spam from newbie members.
That is the fastest way for you to end up on the black list and get a negative trust.
This is one of the reasons why I have personally given up on launching merit giveaway topics on this forum, too many begging and spam messages from newbie members.
The basic rule for obtaining merits has never changed and is very simple.
Write a quality post, quality content that can help other members or contribute to the forum community.

Sending messages in forum will not get you anything but total disgust on you from those you sending the messages to, especially when you don't have anything quality before sending the messages for merit, road to merit has shortcut, breaches but one thing am sure of is there is no long-term achievement from doing all that.
How do you sustain the continuous messages some members will ignore your account, merit is gotten by doing right, that which will get you merit.