Topic: Happy to reach 50 merit - page 4. (Read 776 times)

Some might think earning merits is hard or easy cause thats depend on the user engagement. Some users were so witty and very productive that they can even earn merits daily and some are getting longer to receive even 1. Why is that so? Possibly due to users uniqueness some really are very good poster and integrated a lot of sense in a conversation while others are low class post.

I don't think that earning merits is very hard these days because the ones who try to contribute good stuff to the forum will ultimately end up getting good amount of merits from the members of the forum. I have also seen users gaining so many merits by posting on local boards because the members of the local boards really give so many merits to the deserving members that post regularly on their boards.

Although, I'm not a top merit earner by any means, but I can say that contributing good and useful information on the forum has really helped me to gain many merits without any doubt. I suggest you to contribute to the forum and be helpful as well good to other members then you will see merits flowing into your posts like water, but in order to see that you will need to create good content.

Congratulations for reaching 50+ Merits
Earning merits is very easy for them who has good knowledge about bitcoin and another crypto and who has good knowledge about this forum. but it is very difficult to earn merits for spammers. There are 109 Merit Sources whose profiles generate 33940 smerits per month and they distribute them regularly.  And besides the merit source, others also distribute their smerit. because for every 2 merits, 1 Smerit is generated for every merited profile. Then think that where thousands of merits are being distributed constantly, why you will not get merit? You don't get it because you always make shit post. And only those who are able to post good quality they get merit.

from the merit history that OP got, he is active on the local board. which may not have gotten much attention from Merit's sources. maybe he feels more comfortable discussing on local boards. and getting support to get more Merit. he can submit a post review that he made to the Merit source to get Merit faster. although not all Merit sources accept it. usually, local boards have a special thread to review their local member's posts for Merit. I don't know if it's on the OP's local board.

@OP, Earning merit is not really that hard like you think, if you are having the feeling of earning merit as your top priority, then it might not come so quickly like you expect it, but if you are yourself and stay active on the forum, making some helpful contributions in boards that are regularly visited by some reputable members or merit sources, then you will likely earn merit. Some of the reasons why a member may not earn merit more frequently are the boards where they usually make their posts or the quality of their posts poor. I am not saying that all that will guarantee you earning as much merit as you desire. But if you just stay cool and are more concentrated on making quality posts, then you might stand a better chance.

This reply is the greatest advice I have ever heard in this forum, right now I don't know if anyone else feel the statement the way I feel it. Sincerely, I have been looking forward to get merit not without offering any good ideal and this up here just changed the concept for me.

I know that feeling of having a hard time earning merits because I have experienced that as well.
I don't know if there's a problem with my posts, or I'm posting in sections where merit sources aren't visiting to spread some merits, or whatever reason it is.

There was a time where I'm really having a hard time earning merits, but why focus on merits where it isn't the main feature of this forum? Knowledge, information, learning. These are far more important than merits. What's the importance of merits here? Just to rank up only. You don't need a rank if your main focus is learning. There are some threads where they are sending merits on your good posts like the ones in Beginners & Help section itself.

Well, if you really want to rank up, excel at something. Be good at something, and share it here. If you have opinions, experiences, information that you want to post here then do it. I don't know, but I think that helped me a little bit. I know I didn't start as a member when the merit system implemented (I was full member at that time), so I didn't experience getting 100 merits just to get to Full Member, but I think there's no other option for you OP, but to learn in order to earn merits. Just don't focus on it though because it's like you are earning merits just to join into signature campaign that requires Full Member rank at least.

Complaining about how difficult it is to earn merit will not make it come any easier. Merits is a subjective thing, everyone has their own reasoning of what a merit worthy should be, and just because a post gets some merit does not mean the post is necessarily a quality post, it could just appeal to another member at that time. It’s ironic that you complain about the merit distribution when you have been hoarding merits for the last 150 days, maybe you have been saving them for a merit giveaway like this.

That’s a good start. A lot of us are dying to earn merit not because it will increase our motivation but also because it’s a requirement if you aim to apply to be a part in signature campaign and get good compensation.

However, always know that earning merit is not the focus of this forum, but to gain knowledge and hone our skills in crypto so that we can use them the right and productive way whenever crypto adoption will be realized in the future.

When people first join the forum, they may find it challenging about the concept of merits to rank up, but after participating in the forum for a while, they will realize that it is not as challenging as they initially believe. It is only necessary for them to meaningfully contribute to postings in which they have something valuable to say and which will inform, assist, and provide solutions to people's questions regarding bitcoin or crypto in general.

You want to make this kind of move even though you are not a merit source. How far can you go with the little smerits you have.

If you need forum members that you wish to merit, Fillippone has already posted a review of that. You can check this post thread to see a sizable number of reviews of various forum users postings. There, choose the forum user you want, and reward them as you please.

That's great to hear that you have achieved that number. Remember, it is better to have a mindset about contributing without expecting anything in return (unless you are in a signature campaign of course).

I do not post for the sake of merits. I just treated that as a bonus perk while enjoying my time contributing in this forum.

Because no matter how helpful and valuable your posts are in Bitcointalk, you cannot expect a lot to merit them.

Focus on giving more value and not for the purpose of gaining merits.

Some members feel that they are putting in much effort but not getting the required merits. And I have seen threads where members discuss that many merit sources are not active anymore which is why merits are not been properly circulated in the forum. Some members that lack merit in my view focus on their local boards and most of these boards don't have merit sources that can distribute merit there. But I have seen many members being rewarded with merit for answering questions, contributing to posts, and starting quality threads. For me, the best option will be to contribute to the forum as much as you can and don't focus on getting merit while making your comments. Your focus should be to add value to the forum and gradually merit will come. I have observed many newbies that expected to get merit and grow in rank as fast as possible becoming discouraged and disappearing from the forum because they focused on the wrong thing.

Obtaining merit points has never been easier than it is today, especially after adding a large number of merit sources, especially in the local departments. All it takes is to produce a good quality post in both form and content. The most important element is that you do not think about merit points while writing a post because you cannot anticipate the reaction of others, and it is not permissible to request that from anyone.
Believe me, the most difficult period to obtain merit points was the period following the announcement of the launch of the merit system as an additional condition for upgrading membership. At that time, there were no merit sources, and no one had a significant number of smerit points to send. I remember I was Sr member at the time and only got 3 smerit points. It took me months to get my first merit point.

This is a wrong perception in my opinion, the mindset that it is difficult to get Merit only arises in the heads of people who are lazy to work in forums that produce quality, constructive and innovative posts. In the Forum there is also a service for reporting quality posts to get merit, Merit sources will review your posts, they will give your post merit if it is feasible.

All users have the same goal of achieving the highest ranking on the forum, apart from the amount of activity, merit is one of the conditions for ranking up. The 55 merits that you have earned are the result of your hard work so far in producing quality posts. I think you haven't released all the potential you have, try to try harder to go to Full Member. Remember this is not a competition or a running race, try to take things slowly and adhere to all the forum rules, sooner or later you will reach the highest ranking on the forum.

If the mentality or thought is, learning in this forum is hard, then getting merits would seem difficult for that person. But, if a person enjoys learning here, they'll easily see merits, because they'll distribute good responses. The discussion about merit is getting flooded, and It's the reason why newbies focus, mainly, on getting merits. They're many attributes to it, and not getting merits doesn't mean a user is not learning in the forum. A good learner may not be able to construct quality contents in the forum and they'll end up receiving lesser merits, since their content may not meet the criteria required to keep the clearn like word structuring, good descriptions etc. Hence, we get the merit to rank up, which shows the person behind the account how useful they've been to the forum, and if not satisfying they can decide to add more flairs to their writing or upgrade their bitcoin knowledge, by mastering other parts of bitcoin.

I wouldn't call it hard but you need to put efforts into your work like with time if you are keen to learn you will gain knowledge on different topics which will be reflected in your post history automatically that will attract merits.So it depends how you oversee things like for you it maybe hard as gaining it through local boards but if your posts are worthy enough then you don't have to worry.Like there are low rank members who have thousands of merits so it's about your knowledge and recognition.

Although you can also post topics in [self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source that will help you a lot if you find your posts are not getting merits.

First of all, I congratulate you on the achievements you have had on the BTT forum so far. Because getting 50 merits, you will definitely be very proud. So I think you deserve to celebrate.


Every member in this forum, definitely has a different point of view on this matter. There are those who think getting merit is very easy, there are also those who think getting merit is very difficult. Why is that? It's all caused by the mindset and knowledge of each member in this forum, which is very different. All of that can be seen, in outline, from the rank it has. So, for you to get merit it might be very difficult, but for other members, getting merit is not necessarily difficult and some even get it very easily. So if you are in a position like this (find it difficult to get merit), you have to learn more, especially definitely about crypto/bitcoin, and have to learn about grammar/writing. Because if you keep learning, and are very understanding about it, maybe it's most likely to get merit, it won't be too difficult.
And don't forget, all of that you have to do happily, and don't feel forced to do it.

It is easier to earn merit today and since a day theymos decided to increase monthly merit allocation to all merit sources in Bitcointalk. More merit sources, more sendable merit for distributions, more easily to rank up.

From about 9000 sendable merit in early weeks to more than 39000 sendable merit recent months is very big change that makes ranking up more easily.

Details are in Merit source observation

You should not post if you don't have ideas for discussions or you can not help any poster, reader with your post. If you don't have such ideas, keep reading, learning or turn off your computer.

Never make posts because you want to get merit but it is what you are doing like your wrote in my quote.

Has there been a certain point earning merits was made simple before? What you give out will determine what you will receive back, if I were you, all i will do is to give more on quality post to get me attracted to those that can see meaningful ideas in what i post and merit my posts.


Nothing more than a quality post.


Being on the forum for a year indicates your long stay but being a member rank after a year of joining indocates things aren't done the appropriate way, you need to be active and always give out the best, learn more and have enough to give a d contribute to the forum.


Good of you, but i wonder how long you can do this and how far it can go because you're most needed of merits than those you're willing to give.

People have split opinion about earning merit some may find out hard and some find so easy to earn it but what more best to do is don't stress out yourself to think about earning merits. Focus on learning since from this you can share good post which can be helpful to others or even quality post to read then those merits will just came. To many reputable users here frequently gives merit to thise relevant post so for sure they could see yours if you exert effort on each post you made.