Topic: Getting Some Merit really boosted my motivation - page 3. (Read 695 times)

You have a good feeling and as a new member to the forum, it is just normal. Getting merits mean you are on the right path.
What is the right path?

1. contributing valuable opinions to various topics in the forum
2. making valuable posts that educates every reader in the forum.

What next? You need to continue to make valuable contributions in the forum; and also learn equally from the forum.

there is nothing wrong with what you feel because getting merit means that the posts you make are liked and are of sufficient quality by members who give those merits to your account, but it's important for you to know that merit is not something that you have to aim for or get on this forum, there are many other things of value that you can get and the main thing is valuable information about cryptocurrencies and also bitcoin.  anyway, if you don't get merit in your post, don't feel bad about it, keep improving the quality of your post.

Even members in higher rank is also motivated when they received merit on their posts.  Since for the poster, merit is some kind of recognition that our post contribute something to the forum or have help others to understand things.  Or simply people appreciates our ideas.  You can see how many members become motivated in sharing their experiences in Bitcoin when the first thread about bitcoin adoption in his store, or how they teach Bitcoin to their neighbors got a huge amount of merit, many same thread are created after the success of the initial thread.

Not just for newbies but even to high rank positions, it’s always fulfilling to see your posts are being appreciated and are merited, and that will motivate you even better to improve more of what you currently have. However, motivation is not enough, but it’s a big help actually so you will develop more enthusiasm on what you are doing. And when you’re a forum member, you should never stop from learning. Not because you consistently learned from other reputable members posts, but also because you often do researching as much as you can the moment you’re in doubt or you think your knowledge on that certain topic is not enough.

You (and the lower ranks) are not the only ones who enjoy getting new merit. Merit for high ranks also means a lot, although it has no effect, like moving up the ranking table. Merits allow to feed your inner ego and feel the usefulness of your posts. Of course, this motivates to try to write better posts.   

Since merits determine the quality of your content, you can see that gaining some merits encourages someone to learn more and improve their quality of posts. As a result, any beginner who has gained some merits in a post must consider posting something more significant than the post from which he gained those merits. However, it is true that merits boost someone's motivation in the forum. When I joined the forum for the first time, I wasn't serious because it took weeks before I received a single merit. I was on the verge of giving up, but when I received a single merits from a senior member seriously, that was when I put more effort into it, and we are all now here simultaneously enjoying the forum.

Even members and full members, in my opinion, still experience these kinds of emotions when they receive new merits. I can honestly say that whenever I receive merits from high rank members, I experience the same emotions as the OP because I believe that what I did was good and that is why they merited me.

Op you remembered me when I was in your situation in short when I received my first merits I felt very happy and it will boost my motivation  because the more we got merits the more we motivated. And bout you OP just keep moving  forward and make good things here in the forum then for sure many people will give you a gift that can lead you to reach in higher ranks. And take a look for  @Jet Cash he gave you  5 merits it because he saw your post that worth it to be given.

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@OP

I started going through your post history to see if I coiuld give you some merits. I gave you 5, but I stopped looking when I saw that enormous image that you posted.

Getting merit from a post in this forum, which you have made with all the knowledge you have, will definitely feel very proud. Because in my opinion, it's not only beginners who are happy when their opinions or posts are appreciated by other people in this forum, those who are ranked above beginners will definitely be very happy if their posts are appreciated and appreciated by other users in this forum.
So if you feel very happy when you receive merit in this forum, that is something very reasonable, because with the merit system implemented in this forum, that is a benchmark that the posts are of high quality and useful for fellow users in this forum.
It's true that just having motivation won't be enough, because still learning and deepening knowledge, especially about crypto, is a very mandatory thing, if you want to make a bigger contribution to this forum. But even having great motivation in my opinion is a very good start, because what I feel from this motivation arises a desire to be able to explore deeper knowledge about crypto (in particular) to become more enthusiastic and more focused. So use the motivation you have now as well as possible. So that you can contribute more in this forum and can be useful for fellow users in this forum.

Motivation? Excitement? Happiness? Enjoyment?
I guess we've been all thru that scenario where we are happy whenever we got a reward for posting high quality posts, but over time, that level of excitement will decrease overtime until you will be reaching to a point where you seeing getting merited will just be a normal thing to you. I'm pretty sure those people here who have many merits right now are the ones who are experiencing that. Am I right?

As for me, TBH I don't feel any motivation whenever I get merits. Yes I'm happy that I'm getting merited because of my posts, but I see it as a normal thing already. Anyway, for newbies out there, for sure they're happy that they are getting merited for the first time, and for those low ranked members, getting merited is like an achievement to them, and it's a good thing to see it that way because getting merits adds motivation to users, and getting motivation means more high quality posts, and that would be better for the forum as a whole.

Well, I just hope for the OP to get more merits aside from the forum events because obviously on the 11 merits you got, 9 came from Pizza Event. I've joined different events here in the forum as well like the Pizza event in 2022, and the other one I think 2 years ago, and got much merits there. Gain more knowledge like what most of us are doing here.

Great joy is always accompanied when you’re being appreciated for your efforts and could also serve as an encouragement for you to do more. All beginners will definitely feel happy when merited for their efforts in the forum. The motivation that comes with it keeps you moving. But having more extensive reading and gaining more knowledge in the forum will also help in your journey here while not completely too focus on how the merits will come.

You want merit to get motivated and post here. You probably need to learn how the merit system works, begging for merit is not the way of earning merit, you need to make constructive post to get merit from the members. If your post or thread helps anyone or anyone find it interesting then only you get merit. SMerit is not unlimited so members just wont throw their merits here, you have to earn it.

All beginners must feel that way, motivated and even more enthusiastic when your comments or threads are appreciated by someone with merit. it proves that it really deserves it.
But it's quite rare that beginners don't get merit because they don't progress. not only beginners, with a legendary rank account can't even get any merit at all, because that will depend on everyone's insight. I also still rarely get it and I admit I don't deepen the topics I comment on. Still need a lot to learn and require broad insight.

Well, the merit could stand as motivation, but before then, one should be self-motivated first by being productive in the forum; otherwise, I don't believe that even after receiving the first and 10th merits, there could be any improvement. First, for a newbie who doesn't really know more about crypto and the forum, they should first be interested in learning before even having merit, although some newbies get lucky just on their first or second post and receive some merit. I know in my early days here, I still got partially motivated by merit, but yeah, I just had to be on my very best, read quite a lot here, learn from others, and contribute positively. My posting style was not based on merit motivation again, but I feel more satisfied any time I drop what I think is a good opinion (I can't say I don't expect merit on such posts), but most of the time those posts never got merited, but I just got motivated to keep being productive in my comments. That was the reason I said one must be self-motivated first; so that if they don't get the merit coming, they will not run off and abandon their account.

Getting merits helps because it feels like your effort to get to another rank is moving and progressive. Same is applicable to other websites like, when you get more upvotes on reddit or quara you'll see yourself being more active on the platform. It's good that you're observant of how the merit makes you feel, meaning that you're learning and practicing it the right way in the forum. I'm glad to read legendary members admitting to feel the same way despite being on the last rank. I think it has to do with the Brain. Comparing with social media, accounts with more impression stay active and those with lesser impression tend to quit earlier, than they expected.

As time goes on it because normal, you'll no longer get excited or motivated when you receive merits. Just wait until it begins to occur regularly then you won't feel anything more since you know you deserve the merits you're getting. You get motivated when you don't receive than often which means you need to work on yourself. I'm not saying you aren't putting in effort in your contribution but when you received something you already know you deserve you won't feel excited as someone who doesn't deserved it but was gifted. Nevertheless I get it that lower ranked users will appreciate it more when they received some merits because they need it for ranking up

Such behavior is normal for those ranks but the higher ranked users can't say the same (especially legendary members) since the merits mightn't mean much to them anymore. Merit was introduced to highlight quality contributions so when you receive merits on your quality decision, you did deserve it so it shouldn't excite you much and when you noticed you're still getting excited then work on yourself more (increase your quality and board awareness) so you can get more merited and the feelings leave your body.

Receiving merits will certainly encourage us to improve even more our posting habits so we can achieve high quality posts. And that will only happen if we never stop from making DYOR and be more open to constructive criticisms as that will help us develop the best version of us. But my suggestion is you should not focus only on merit taking, there is a lot more that we can develop within the forum. Respect, camaraderie, and being open to accept new comments in the forum should always matter more than merit taking.

To be honest, this is probably a normal reaction to our achievements in this forum. Moreover, obtaining merit can be said to be not easy and quite tricky. there are many reasons why we still can't get the merit. on the other hand, if someone has received the payment from a truly qualified process, then there will be a statement for him that there are other people who do too. but don't just stop there, the struggle is still too long and there are many things that must be done in order to achieve it to make posts even better and more contributive

Gaining merit is something to be proud of regardless of your rank because it shows that you make a credible contribution to the forum and will drive you to perform more quality posting and contribute to the community.

Merits can serve as inspiration to make a forum user feel valuable and motivate them to conduct additional research and share their results in order to contribute higher-quality content.

It's excellent to conduct additional research to produce high-quality forum posts, but it's crucial to avoid copying other people's work from elsewhere simply because you desire to create quality content that will worth merit.