Is it easier to earn Merit without a signature? - page 3.

matthewoz101

jr. member

Activity: 308

Merit: 2

Quote from: aminurrahaman on June 13, 2018, 04:57:36 PM

Quote from: DdmrDdmr on June 13, 2018, 02:27:28 PM

Quote from: matthewoz101 on June 13, 2018, 01:55:14 PM

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The signature per se should not affect chances of getting merit. Most merited members bear a signature with no issue whatsoever. Participating actively in social media campaigns that require heavy reporting and/or spamming on the forum will affect chances, as often merit is given to a post after contrasting the posters posting history. Nevertheless, that is not your case.

It’s the post’s content and placement that matters most. Some sections are way more merited than others and sub-ecosystems do exist around the forum.

I’ve looked briefly through your posting history and found nothing wrong with it. I believe that you’ve even diversified posting in multiple sections (you were more concentrated on altcoins before) after asking in Meta a month ago.

You can study forum merit stats in case they come in handy here: BitcoinTalk Merit Dashboard .

Hi DdmrDdmr,
Can you tell me that which sections are more merited than others??

Thanks in advance.

It looks like the ANN, trading, and META receive the most merit according to the website. Try those

aminurrahaman

jr. member

Activity: 87

Merit: 2

Quote from: DdmrDdmr on June 13, 2018, 02:27:28 PM

Quote from: matthewoz101 on June 13, 2018, 01:55:14 PM

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The signature per se should not affect chances of getting merit. Most merited members bear a signature with no issue whatsoever. Participating actively in social media campaigns that require heavy reporting and/or spamming on the forum will affect chances, as often merit is given to a post after contrasting the posters posting history. Nevertheless, that is not your case.

It’s the post’s content and placement that matters most. Some sections are way more merited than others and sub-ecosystems do exist around the forum.

I’ve looked briefly through your posting history and found nothing wrong with it. I believe that you’ve even diversified posting in multiple sections (you were more concentrated on altcoins before) after asking in Meta a month ago.

You can study forum merit stats in case they come in handy here: BitcoinTalk Merit Dashboard .

Hi DdmrDdmr,
Can you tell me that which sections are more merited than others??

Thanks in advance.

cryptothief

member

Activity: 350

Merit: 41

I think it definitely has an effect, some of the more senior members have stated that they don't merit posters with a signature. Not sure why really, especially when some of them have signatures themselves (although plenty practice what they preach and don't have signatures - campaign ones anyway). Theoretically if you are posting quality posts, you'll still be earning merits, just be aware that you are possibly limiting your 'merit earning' potential. Personally I have a signature as it is a way of earning some passive money while I'm scrolling around and writing posts here and there, but thinking about dropping it after this campaign and concentrating on just doing one or two quality posts a week. That way I have more time to spend researching and coming up with some original posts. All depends on what you're here for really. I'm not overly fussed about ranking up, but would like to move up over time, more of a pride thing I guess.

odolvlobo

legendary

Activity: 4466

Merit: 3391

Quote from: matthewoz101 on June 13, 2018, 02:31:19 PM

I appreciate the helpful comment. I saw a post awhile ago about someone talking about how participating in a signature bounty lowers the chances of earning merit because it shows that the user wants to do bounties, rather than providing value to the forum or something like that.

I don't give merits to members of signature campaigns for exactly that reason. I know that there are at least a few other people that also do not give merits to members of signature campaigns, but I don't know how much of a difference it makes overall.

TheBeardedBaby

legendary

Activity: 2240

Merit: 3150

₿uy / $ell ..oeleo ;(

I'm here for quite some time and I was without signature for a few months, didn't see any difference in the amount of merit I got and I have received more than 200 till now Wink

Some people are paying attention to your signatures just to figure out what type of person you are or at least what are you here for.

I personally support only Bitcoin and trying to popularize it, I have one or two Altcoins I like / because of anonymity and security/ but my signature is only for Bitcoin and Bitcoin related services.

jmiro1

member

Activity: 235

Merit: 11

Nope, the signature shouldn't affect the chance of getting merit as long as the signature is not irritating for the eye or vision. Look at me for example, I don't have a signature and I never tried to have one. Still I'm stuck without merits (or a very few merits to be precise). But I'm not giving up or anything, I know the merits will come to me pretty soon.

matthewoz101

jr. member

Activity: 308

Merit: 2

Quote from: SuperD007 on June 13, 2018, 02:45:47 PM

I also don't think a sig campaign would have an impact on ur merit points.

I too have been battling to rack up merits. As you can see from my post count / activity I'm well above the quota for full members status but I'm lacking on the merit points. I've also posted comments and threads that I think were fairly helpful but I think the problem is that because the merit system is still in its infancy, most people still need to get used to the idea of actually giving out merits. Also their is a limited number of sMertis that each person gets, sMertis are sendable merits. Like I would have gladly drop you a few merits but I don't have any sendable (sMertis) available to me...lol

I agree with that for sure! I've had merited members comment saying that my posts were helpful, but don't send merit. I don't really understand how sMerits work exactly, well I kinda do, but you're right. There have been a couple times when I really see posts that deserve merit, but I don't have any to send.

boyptc

hero member

Activity: 3024

Merit: 680

★Bitvest.io★ Play Plinko or Invest!

Quote from: matthewoz101 on June 13, 2018, 02:31:19 PM

I appreciate the helpful comment. I saw a post awhile ago about someone talking about how participating in a signature bounty lowers the chances of earning merit because it shows that the user wants to do bounties, rather than providing value to the forum or something like that.

There's no connection about merit and bounties/signatures. If the post you're doing is valuable and it helped others then you deserved to get merit. With your post on altcoin discussion, mostly people in the forum doesn't have interest on it so only few or most are the new people that came in are only looking to that post. There are threads that are helping other members to rank up.

Look at this thread --> https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/overview-of-services-2727673 they are under the "giveaways".

SuperD007

member

Activity: 322

Merit: 12

Treat People How You Would Like To Be Treated.

I also don't think a sig campaign would have an impact on ur merit points.

I too have been battling to rack up merits. As you can see from my post count / activity I'm well above the quota for full members status but I'm lacking on the merit points. I've also posted comments and threads that I think were fairly helpful but I think the problem is that because the merit system is still in its infancy, most people still need to get used to the idea of actually giving out merits. Also their is a limited number of sMertis that each person gets, sMertis are sendable merits. Like I would have gladly drop you a few merits but I don't have any sendable (sMertis) available to me...lol

DdmrDdmr

legendary

Activity: 2338

Merit: 10802

There are lies, damned lies and statistics. MTwain

Quote from: matthewoz101 on June 13, 2018, 02:31:19 PM

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A signature is a kind of passive feature that does not presume anything bad in my opinion, as long as your posts are aimed at contributing to the forum, and not at quick responses to cover the signature campaign posting requirements. If the posts are ok, then the signature does not conform an issue.

Social bounties on the other hand very often clog one’s posting history, standing out, and tend to define a profile as you say of a non-contributive forum member. Those I believe should probably avoided if possible.

matthewoz101

jr. member

Activity: 308

Merit: 2

Quote from: DdmrDdmr on June 13, 2018, 02:27:28 PM

Quote from: matthewoz101 on June 13, 2018, 01:55:14 PM

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The signature per se should not affect chances of getting merit. Most merited members bear a signature with no issue whatsoever. Participating actively in social media campaigns that require heavy reporting and/or spamming on the forum will affect chances, as often merit is given to a post after contrasting the posters posting history. Nevertheless, that is not your case.

It’s the post’s content and placement that matters most. Some sections are way more merited than others and sub-ecosystems do exist around the forum.

I’ve looked briefly through your posting history and found nothing wrong with it. I believe that you’ve even diversified posting in multiple sections (you were more concentrated on altcoins before) after asking in Meta a month ago.

You can study forum merit stats in case they come in handy here: BitcoinTalk Merit Dashboard .

I appreciate the helpful comment. I saw a post awhile ago about someone talking about how participating in a signature bounty lowers the chances of earning merit because it shows that the user wants to do bounties, rather than providing value to the forum or something like that.

DdmrDdmr

legendary

Activity: 2338

Merit: 10802

There are lies, damned lies and statistics. MTwain

Quote from: matthewoz101 on June 13, 2018, 01:55:14 PM

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The signature per se should not affect chances of getting merit. Most merited members bear a signature with no issue whatsoever. Participating actively in social media campaigns that require heavy reporting and/or spamming on the forum will affect chances, as often merit is given to a post after contrasting the posters posting history. Nevertheless, that is not your case.

It’s the post’s content and placement that matters most. Some sections are way more merited than others and sub-ecosystems do exist around the forum.

I’ve looked briefly through your posting history and found nothing wrong with it. I believe that you’ve even diversified posting in multiple sections (you were more concentrated on altcoins before) after asking in Meta a month ago.

You can study forum merit stats in case they come in handy here: BitcoinTalk Merit Dashboard .

matthewoz101

jr. member

Activity: 308

Merit: 2

I've been stuck on here trying to earn some merit. I made a helpful post here a couple weeks ago: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/why-the-market-cap-will-explode-in-2018-due-to-altcoins-3949893 Or at least it was helpful according to the comments.

I used to make really helpful posts often. I've been doing a signature bounty for the past couple of months. Would this stop members from sending me merit? Also, what's the incentive once members do get merit to make good posts? I've seen so many 1000+ merit accounts make such useful posts with their signature bounties.

My signature bounty ends in 2 days. I'll remove my signature and see if that makes a difference.

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