Topic: How to earn merit - page 2. (Read 469 times)

I also feel the same way when you put your effort in doing something might be helpful but in the end, it didn't get recognized or seen. I have experienced it myself and because of the thread called unmerited good posts then the previous thread I made got merited. If it didn't exist I wonder what it would be. We can't blame others for their definition of good posts or high quality posts as each snd everyone have their own criteria of giving reward (merits).

No, don't go through all that effort--I've bookmarked your post history page, so when I get some sMerits I'll revisit it and take a look.  I merited your last post, because you obviously put a lot of effort into it, and that's something I look for when deciding whether or not to merit a post.  It isn't just the length; you obviously took a decent amount of time to write all of that.  How do I know that?  Because I make similar posts and know you can't just crank out ones like that at a rapid-fire rate.

As an aside, I did just receive a few source sMerits (though not that many), so I'll look at your posts later on today.  Sound good?  And if you want another post history review, drop me a PM no sooner than one month from today and I'll be happy to oblige.

At that time merits weren't the problem i was making enough money from my other main IRL business and wasn't active that much on the forum unless it's related to online gaming Topics, gambling, etc. But now due to Corona IRL business isn't that much active anymore and i'd be making as much as i could through side source incomes, One of them Signature campaign, tbh I didn't care about merits back then because i thought it'll come to me naturally, But it's true people don't merit posts in all the sections and don't read all the pages as Lucious wrote -

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If you're ok with me making a list of topics/posts I've made that I think are merit worthy and sending that list to you for checking their worth of receiving merits then i'll be happy with it,

Or I've come up with another solution that there should be a Topic with Sub-links to the Topics of users that contains their links to their posts that they think they deserve merits and that Main thread should be in meta so that members with enough sMerit resource can randomly select users from the Main-Topic list and give merits to the users.

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That's correct, It's a problem that people don't read every page of the topic and it's worse for people who write good stuff on page number 99.


IRL I do that same thing you're telling when someone asks me for advice, I also don't tell people their shortcomings since no one is perfect and it's not possible for everyone to understand why you explain something so that could be another reason, But it's ok to guide someone to a direction by telling them honestly what's at the end of it (Which you did and I quoted next)



1. Well I'm not begging for merits or complaining about the system but I'm just curious how can I post effectively to be worthy of earning merits, not fishing them, or maybe iI am 
2. Well yes, I'm looking for some members that earn lots of merits, I'll post the details on the thread later after doing enough research.

I looked at a few pages of your post history, and the first problem I detect is that about 35% of your posts are in Games and rounds, and as far as I know that board is not exactly part of the forum where you can expect merits. Furthermore, I notice that some, so to speak, somewhat good posts are buried in some mega-threads, and you can hardly expect anyone to find your post on page 9 of someone's thread - and that after all these answers you will write something meaningful and original.

I don't want to give you advice to be what you are not, in the sense that you force yourself to post in boards that don't suit you according to your knowledge - but I can tell you that it's completely wrong for you to hunt merits, and in fact merits should find you. My advice to you is to find a few members who have earned a lot of merits, to study their posts and try to find the best way to become a better poster - we all learned from someone and we were all beginners at one point.

Being here for around a year and I've noticed that your posts don't have to be high-quality to be meritted. They have to be either useful or funny, but not necessily high-quality. You don't make a person click the merit button unless they've been helped by you or they've found your post hilarious. You should think it in another way; why would someone reward you from proving your english's knowledge?

Just a friendly tip; preview your post or just reread what you write. Don't expect from someone to merit you while you're showing your careless writing.

Is that a direct quote from Theymos?  It could well be, but I don't remember him writing that (though it's quite possible I either missed the quote or forgot it altogether).  As to the second sentence above, the merit system doesn't just make it more difficult for newbies and bounty shitposting, it also makes it waaaay harder for account farmers to even exist.  When you need merits to move your way up the ranks--as opposed to just time and minimal posting, as it was in the pre-merit system days--you'd have to have an almost infinite amount of patience, time, and writing skill in order to take just 3 accounts from Newbie rank to Sr. Member.  

Back before the merit system, I caught a member with at least 5 accounts he was ranking up (cryptomorphine/cryptoheroin/cryptopussies/etc.), and I've no doubt there were other account farmers who would rank up far more than that all on their own.

You've been on the forum for quite some time--or so it would seem, anyway, even though you haven't made a lot of posts given how old your account is.  How did you miss all the threads asking this very same question?  Anyway, since you happened to stumble upon posts by members complaining about the merit system, maybe you should look in Meta for all the threads asking "How I earn meritz?"--because there are a lot of them, and the answers basically never vary.

I would be happy to review your posts, and I even encourage members to PM me asking me to do so.  However, right now I'm extremely low on sMerits and may not be able to give you many even if you've made posts that are worth meriting.  If I find I'm unable to give you merits because I don't have enough to give, I'll bookmark your post history and will come back to it when my source sMerits are replenished.

Somehow I suspected that, but I'm going to have a look for myself anyway.  Why is it that when members start threads like this, they often make their longest and best-thought-out post in the OP?  It's because they're merit fishing, that's why.  And yet I'm still going to review his post history in spite of being prejudiced by your post against him (which is probably true).

Quick edit:  His posts aren't that short, nor are they as bad as I was expecting.  Going to bookmark his post history to review later, since I have 0 source sMerits and 0 earned sMerits.  Theymos, help me out!!!!!!!!!!

Ok I looked at your posts a bit and honestly your posts are quite short and don’t give much useful information to others.
Personally, I give merits for posts that contribute to this forum with new information, some experience or good idea.
Please understand that there are a lot of members and posts on this forum and the number of available merits is quite limited, so in a way there is a lot of competition in this regard.
Study a bit the posts that were awarded with merits and it will be clearer to you why those posts got merits and your posts did not.

For me, the best way to earn merit was pointed long ago by some user who I have forgotten the name of. They said that you could qualify for a merit if you have a quality post, interesting and witty post or you contributed something really important to the forum.

Quality post and quality replies can help you earn merit too.Try to do something unique and special,it will help in boosting your merits.Also make research on your own to know latest issues.If you are able to adhere to these,you will see the merits coming without you expecting it.

Most of your is just a reply to others post so your best chance to earn merit for doing that post is hoping that user you replied will appreciate your reply. The easiest to earn merit is to create an informative and helpful thread that not yet existing or the old thread is not updated anymore.

Try to browse on user that gather a lot of merit and have a look on how they create post.

First of all, I want to say I'm not complaining about the merit system or the authority for not making me earn more merits.
Secondly, The grin icon due to the fact i stumbled upon a few merit-related topics, and the majority of them were complaining about removing the merit system!

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To the Second point- Removing the merit system as Theymos said "It'll be disastrous to the forum in many ways"
One of them being newbies having an easy time ranking up in a month and a half and promoting their Bounties through the signature campaign without any hassle.

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Now people like me have a lot of activity but unable to earn merit even after trying my/our best to write High-Quality posts, I mean in everyone's eyes their posts are high quality TBH.

In case my Posts aren't good enough to receive merits then can someone suggest to me how do I improve my chances of getting merits and Getting a higher rank on the forum for one of the reasons being having perks of getting into campaigns that accept higher ranks, Or Having higher ranks to get paid more for the current campaign(s).

Can someone review my Posts and Point out Drawbacks in my posts as to what's the cause because I'm unable to find it even after searching for it,

Everyone's opion would be helpful if it advances my chances for getting good sums of merits for my posts.

Thank you