Topic: How to get Merit – Cashi's useful tips from a Newbie for Newbies - page 2. (Read 462 times)

If that's what they are thinking, then their ignorance is really on a whole new level. They should learn using "~snip~" or just quote the sentences that they want to emphasize in their reply. No need for quoting the whole OP again.


Although the OP will be helpful for newbies, there are already a lot of topics with the same content in the forum and I'm sure that right now, most of the members know how to earn merit for themselves, they are just lazy to do so.

Because it looks like that, although I give him the benefit of doubt. But I think after so many posts,about how to get merit either the best one or a good summary of them should be stickied, and if someone has somthing to add, it shoul be added in a comment, and then if it really is a useful contribution it shoul be added edited in the first post. Otherwise a year from now we will still be getting posts like this hoping to get merit.

To be honest with you I thought the author of this topic got huge merit but I feel disappointed seeing you op no merit yet. Then how could you be an effective advisor if you yourself didn't have any merit. Fuck!

I also want to add this style of posting, lots of members here are quoting the whole OP which leads to a more dirty forum, I feel like they are doing it because they want their post to be look like a well created, constructive post. If we can avoid this, we can easily see whose members are worth giving merit.

You might be right at some extent!
Most of forum users tend to have prejudice with old accounts which can not earn any merit several months after the launch of merit system.
Of course, such unable-to-earn-merit accounts are deserved to get bad feelings from higher ranked members because about 4 months after launch day of merit system, they have shown that they are lacked of capability to compose high quality, constructive threads to earn merits from others in the forum.

However, I don't recommend them to start with new account, instead of changing their attitudes first. This one is more important because they won't go further with new account if they will keep their current mindset, keep posting shitshows in the forum.

Why do I have a feeling that you’re one of those old members with no merit(s) but with so many activities and needs to create a new account to start things over again for merits? Anyway, I might be wrong, my friend. Members are looking for new topics to discuss and your topic is just one of those we read every day in this forum. Uniqueness is the new trend for merit system not the same old topic(s). Good effort though.

The last days I’ve done some research to find out, how you can write quality posts to get Merit – even as a Newbie. I’m a Newbie too and I saw some Newbies very disappointed because they haven’t any merit yet, even their activity would be enough to be a full member. My advice: don't be discouraged!  

The new Merit system might be very disappointing for new Members but I think it is necessary to get this forum rid from cheaters and improve the posting-quality. The Merit system is still at the beginning and after all I read about it, it is working and we have still the possibility to improve it by slight changes, like there is a very low amount of sMerit in circulation. So let’s have a try and do some good posts.

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Maybe the following points can be helpful for you:


* The first time if you signed up it is also an option to read only and if you have more experience you can write your first comments.

* Before you post something, read the last comments. Double posts are very annoying. It takes some time to read the comments before, but you’ll see it is necessary to avoid double posts. And if you read all the comments you will recognize how many annoying double posts there are sometimes.

* Don’t try to write something if your only intention is to write something, this will end up in spamming and is very annoying to read. Only leave a post if you have something to say. Sometimes it is better to write nothing instead of writing shitposts.

* Be polite when you are writing – pointless accusations are not welcome here. We all want serious discussions which are worthwile for this forum. Rude comments and trolling will dishonor itself.

* Read the rules before posting, so you can avoid trouble and missunderstandings.

* Maybe it’s better to avoid posts the first time, which requires specialized knowledge in crypto space. Try to focus on general things you are sure you know about. It makes no sense to write comments if you are not experienced in that topic. I would recommend to start at first with the basics and very important: try to educate yourself by reading different sources and get to know how crypto works.
Even a good move could be if you report spammers, scammers and merit-traders; they have made the Merit system necessary.

* There is no need, that good posts are long. Sometimes short but meaningful posts are better than long stories.

* Improve your English and your writing quality. A post full of grammar and spelling mistakes will get less Merit, even if it’s a good one. TMAN has done a very helpful post here about how you can improve your English: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/tmans-guide-to-getting-merit-3182178

* Please proofread your post before submitting or even proofread it after submitting and edit the mistakes, if you find some. By doing so, you can erase lots of avoidable mistakes.

* The most important rule is to help other forum members – this is, why this forum exists. You can ask questions and get help, if you have issues. You can inform yourself about different topics. Users are sharing their experiences they have made to protect others from their mistakes or something useful they found out. If you are polite and helpful your posts will be merited by time.



Although I am a Newbie, I hope it will help you a little bit. I have read a lot and noticed good things but also annoying shitposts. This advice is just my point of view to write essential quality posts. If you have something to add I would be pleased if you share it.  

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Here are some points added from the discussion below:


* Try to create unique posts. Some topics that have not been discussed yet.

* If you quote another person please avoid mega-quotes. If you quote the whole original post with all re-quotes, your post could be very long. To replace mega-qoutes and avoid over-qouting you can write instead of them ~ or snip
Regarding this issue you can find a tutorial here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/tips-to-avoid-pyramid-quotes-for-newbies-3749076