Topic: Merits, who else feels the same way I do when merited? - page 2. (Read 22049 times)

That was a great news for me the first day i saw one merit on my account i was so happy and also it's encourage me more to keep it up to reach member.

I rode with joy when I received my first measure, in the summer, but I didn’t stop at the first, and was happy for everyone up to 12, it’s very nice when people rate your post as merit, it’s not some comment, as often happens with praise, but in order to gain the number of posts for a signature, this is something more, then some people hunt and do all sorts of nonsense, and I get it because my post just turned out to be useful for someone, that's really great.

The very first merit experience on bitcointalk could be considered the online analogue for loosing one's virginity in real life. At least that's what it was for me  I've actually checked my profile page 10x more often than usual that day, just to see that +merit message and it made my thing hard every time, lol  That's even more interesting considering I've been lurking this forum for years without participating prior to registering an account, and when the merit was first introduced all I had was a brand new account with 0 posts&merits despite the fact that I've been a part of cryptoworld for a while. That time this whole new merit system seemed too flawed and quite unfair to me, almost to the point where I've thought it's stupid to enter bitcointalk as a poster at this time. But that first merit point feeling was well worth all the struggle. Even though the system is not flawless, now I can definitely say this feeling of accomplishment can stimulate you on personal level, which does good for forum as a whole. So you're not alone on this, OP, getting merit is hot&sexy in 2018! 

Hoping someday, yes someday, i feel that same feeling when i get that "elusive merit". Frankly i don't know how to get that merit, but i know time will come, i'll get one!

Everyone wants to do the best for themselves, and of course the best is the human.
The same feeling is experienced by many people who get Merit,
But I assume that a person cannot judge himself for his daily actions as well as at the Forum, other people who judge the good or bad of the person.

Means:
"human beings are social beings who always need other people, therefore humans always need interaction with other human beings".

"Another thing with this, the intelligent person is far from the scene, but a foolish person only thinks about the needs of his stomach, if he is full he will not want anything else".

When I saw this thread yesterday I didn't expect so mamy peope would like to share their experienes...

So a few words from me:

I was probably one of the luckiest person - I was merited for my first ever "mature post"... with 4 merits when i saw it was shocked and even felt embarsed... I though that I didn't deserve so much merit for such post... so I decided to write something more and better... on the one hand to thank the guy who gave me merits (thanks again DarkStar_) on the other hand to fell myself better - put more effort and write something what prove myself I deserve those merits (this way was born: Short story about being merited…. )... stupid - isn't it?

However, since then I found this whole merit thing kind of fun and challege as well - so I agree that this system does encourages people for activity - just as myself.

This, probably:


Though most of the bounty campaigns ask to submit reports in new posts every week (I know this because I checked a lot of them just now to find the reference I'm using above), but some of the old hunters still use the same pattern to post their reports, and the ones coming after them are simply copying their pattern without even reading the rules themselves. If we talk about this bounty from where you picked up the reports pyramid of sheynlee18, it doesn't even ask for reports in their thread, but they ask their participants to submit their reports through google forms:


But it makes the fact clear that the current bounty participants don't even bother to read all the rules before joining them, but they simply fill the form for joining and start tweeting/retweeting and stuff, and when the time comes to submit the reports of the week, they just simply copy the pattern of someone from another thread or they may even have a pattern saved somewhere in their computer which they use to submit their reports for every campaign which is why all their reports look exactly the same in every other bounty campaign they join.

For me, one of the main advantages of merit system is that it serves not only as a encouragement, but also as an impulse for further development. This system really forces participants to try harder and do more. Therefore, a feeling of satisfaction from a well-deserved merit is a good incentive, because you`ll want to feel it again and again. Thus a new driving force is emerging, pushing to write better posts and make contributions to the forum. Therefore, I regard unlike many other users the merit system primarily as a motivation, and not as an obstacle.

Thanks guys ! I appreciate your help ! Now I understand those things now atleast now I know what to do to improve my post and so on ! I want to be a self made legendary too like Loyce (but it may take me years.. lol) and for the sir/mam stuff i'll changed it.. I use the sir/mam stuff is because I'm used to it I always used it to respect my seniors.. That's the way here in the Philippines and also when I play online games !

In addition I will follow the advice of "hilariousetc" i will leave my old post as it is and i will just improve my post from now and so on.. (deleting my previous post will take me long..lol.. still busy with officework =) )

Love it. It's better than my current line - "I'm great at sex, I've read all the books. "

If you have less Posts than Activity, your Activity will go down.

Chances are I ignore your PM. It depends; usually you can find the answer by searching the forum, just like your questions above for that matter.

Google: "No results found for "pussy points" site:bitcointalk.org."

This is called an e-orgasm. Now you should go out and have sex with a person in real life, which is better. You can even use you getting a merit as a chat up line. She will be very impressed. Merits are guaranteed to get you some action. That's why some people even call them 'pussy points'.


https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/faq-everything-you-need-to-know-about-forum-activity-account-ranks-and-merit-2766177

If you delete posts then you will obviously lose the post count for each one you remove. If you remove all the posts you made in an activity period then you will also lose the 14 activity for that period. Just leave them if you're worried and work on improving your post history from now and onwards.

Thank you for that advice ! =) I am so sorry because I am still learning about this forum.. and thank you for giving me that advice so now I can ask you a questions regarding about it because it makes me curious if its ok?

1. When I delete my old post (Bounty Spams) Do my activity will decrease?
2. When I delete my old post (Bounty Spams) Do my post on my profile will decrease?
3. I will delete only those bounty report post that has already been finished and been rewarded. Am I right?


Thank you so much ! and in the future can I message you mam/sir LoyceV if I have questions about this forum? If its ok? I only do research and self study in this crypto world but still there are some answers that I cant find in the internet and only those people who has experience can answer it.. so if you do that I will really appreciate it !

Maybe, maybe not. I wouldn't mind to see the entire altcoin bounty board deleted, but as long as theymos allows it, let them spam just that board.
What's with the quote pyramids? There is no technical reason to quote yourself for the scraper to pick up your posts (if anything, quotes make scraping more work). And if you do quote yourself to keep a complete list, why don't you delete the old posts? Now you're just spamming the same spam many times.
Did you know you can clean up your post history by deleting all old spam posts? That's what CryptopreneurBrainboss did too.

 I fully respect your opinion sir "CryptopreneurBrainboss" (no hard feelings =) ) and I really take your comment as an addition to my learnings! As a beginner I really find ways to minimize my bounty spamming or make it zero bounty spamming .. I am really learning more about this forum and for the fact that for now I cannot avoid bounty spamming because I am joining bounty campaigns and reports are required. The fact is that mostly of us joined this forum to gain profits and as a beginner with still less knowledge we are loaded with bounty spams so i'm learning other ways to gain profits without making bounty spams to clean my profile and to be more productive and useful in this forum ! =)

Also mentioning mam/sir "LFC_Bitcoin & LoyceV" thank you mam/sir for giving me a merit that I don't think I deserve. I really appreciated it and take it as a trophy for me to be able to start a bright journey in this forum !  =) More Power !

I've merited sheynlee18 4 days ago, after LFC_Bitcoin asked my opinion on one of his/her posts. See here for my reasoning.

However, if you're not loaded with sMerit, there are definitely better posts to drop them on, so I completely understand your reasoning too.

Hi ! We got the same feeling!!! On that day that sir "bones261" gave me my first merit I was so happy and overwhelmed because I didn't expect that someone would appreciate my reply and to be precise it is only a reply and not a post/topic (Actually I didn't expect that someone would merit my reply because I am just sharing my thoughts in a topic or my opinion on it) so I am very honored that I received my first merit with that merit it gain me confident and it motivates me to share more about my opinions and knowledge on this forum even if I am just a beginner and has a less knowledge I will try my best to make more meaning ful topics & replies ! So for every beginner (legit accounts) who hasn't still got their first merit don't loose hope you will get your own soon just follow some of this advice below:

1. First know more about the rules and regulations on this forum to avoid ban (that would be the first thing that you need to check because you will be posting replies or topics and maybe there will be something in your replies or post that may cause a ban)
2. Respect each post and reply only with meaningful reply and not just a nonsense reply for that will not gain any merit
3. Make a post or a topic that will make a good discussion and will give an enhance knowledge to each and everyone on this forum
4. Wait for your merit with patience don't make any nonsense post just to gain some because that will result in spam
5. BE REAL !!! Make a post and replies with whats on your thoughts or on your mind not just make a reply that is only related to the topic or you just copied it with someone's reply (that will cause plagiarism)

That's just all that is on my mind ! I am just a beginner and still learning about this forum so if you have an additional advice just qoute this reply ! Thank you so much ! Have a great day and to sir "bones261" thanks for making me motivated you have all my respect!

We are the same feeling when I got 1 merit to my account I'm very happy and feeling bless I thought I can get more merit but it's so hard and very challenges to us because if your post or your reply is not helpful to member you won't get a merit even is your post are constructive.

Every Merit I get , always give me a good or happy feeling. But in side note some of them given me a confused feeling too. I have few post that did not get Merits (though I believe that were my sincere effort and beneficial to community.) Some times I got merits for stating just obivious facts.  That leave me confused which should I consider as good post?

Seeing the title of this thread I was like "not another merit thread, blah" . We've been too overwhelmed with the negative/punitive aspects of the system, what with all the complaints in Meta. But come to think of it, I too constantly check which posts I'm getting merits for and I still have no clue why (I mean why I'm getting them, and why I'm checking).

I have received some PMs from users thanking for merits, which would seem to indicate that it is sometimes (or often) a pleasant surprise.