Topic: Not Another Merit Question. Please Hear Me Out - page 2. (Read 507 times)

Actually I also once wanted to ask something similar as asked by the original author of this thread. But then I undo it. because after I noticed the legendary members who already have more than 5000 Merit.
✓ It turns out that they really have a more active level of discussion in this forum than the others.
✓ They also have broad insights that make their writing always useful for readers
✓ With high levels of activity and broad insight, their contribution deserves to be appreciated more.

So I understand that they are able to get a lot of merit because it is in accordance with their contribution to this forum.
And I think some of them do have a target amount of merit to be achieved. as if there was a thread belonging to one of the User legendary celebrating his Merit acquisition reaching the thousands level. it indicates he had a purpose from the start.

I think the reason why discussion about merit is somehow frowned upon is because of how newbies become overzealous for it, while they are not even making any good improvement in their post quality, they just want to earn merit to rank up and join signature campaign, after which they begin to make countless shitposts just to meet up with their required post count for the week. That's the reason some members frown upon merit discussion, but not all high-ranking members necessarily see talking about merit and rank as a bad thing; otherwise, there wouldn't have been some merit source even trying to pull up newbies to another rank.


One thing that I have realized so far In this merit system of the forum, just believe in yourself that you will earn merit and keep making good posts. You can also apply for post-review under some merit source, and then you will receive merit. But don't be too reliant on merit sources; just believe in yourself that you will earn merit and also try to be active on new threads with relevant points, and then you will have merit.


Secondly, another thing that I have discovered is that there is what is called a merit fan in this forum. If you are lucky to have a few friends here or members that just admire your posting style because you always make relevant topics or points, then any time they come across your post or comment, they will drop merit on your post. So, for most of these members with 5K merit, I really don't think some of them even care about the merit that much, but the truth is that they keep receiving merit from their fans.


I know that it always makes us humans happy any time we see ourselves growing, yea, but speaking of the merit system here, the target is always to archive merit for the last rank first, after which you must still keep making your posts of good quality so it could show in your rank and also you can still earn merit. Merit is evidence that you are doing a good job on your post quality. There are some members here who receive more than 10 merits every day just for one comment, but does it matter? Merit is evidence of quality posts, and it's definitely not all your posts that will be seen as of good quality, and perhaps you don't have a good merit fan.


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We are talking about 5k merit club when some top ranking members have already dethroned the elite club of 10k merits also and now soon 15k club will also be unlocked.But the thing is they just worked for it without even caring that whether they will reach that levels or not but focused more on sharing useful information through their posts with all of us here.

The process can be slow for some and fast for others depends on how many members recognised it or how useful your post is but we should keep working towards our goal.See we all have hopes that we earn merits and have beautiful numbers like other members but have we looked at their post history like why they get them at this pace? When you understand it you will automatically start working towards it like gaining knowledge, exchange of knowledge here and spend quality time to be active and quality poster on forum like them.

It is clear that it is nice when your posts are noticed and highlighted. Beautiful numbers in the profile are also nice to see. Not everyone pays attention to it, but it's nice.

But what is the interest in 5 thousand merits? Why is this number so special? I'll be happy to get my next merit too, and I don't think the 5000th, if ever, will be that much nicer. It is important that your post was noticed, not the number itself. I think so.

Everyone has the right to think about what they want, so why not set yourself a goal if it motivates you to be eager to acquire new knowledge and to share the same knowledge with others. I'm not in a 5k merit club yet, but I'm not far from it either, although some will say it's much easier to get to that goal when you get 1000 merits. Of course, it should not be forgotten that many were members of the forum years before there was a merit system, so they would probably have much more merit than they have today.


If your goal is just to participate in the best sig campaigns, then you will certainly be burdened with progress and reaching a better rank, but the truth is that you will achieve it much harder if you do it under pressure thinking that you have to get xx or xxx merits every month.


I personally didn't set such goals because of the things I've already written, and I just don't worry too much about numbers. Any merit for your post may mean that someone appreciates what you wrote, although it should not be forgotten that some posts that are worthy of merit simply go unnoticed or are on boards where there is no merit source.

I am not a member of the 5k merit club yet, I hope to achieve that someday, but I am sure that everyone who is in that level achieved it from being consistent and active members who grew in knowledge and have steadfastly continued contributing reasonably to discussions in the forum. They have been identified as members who really know about Bitcoins, that is why they kept getting merit on their post. Some of them did not seek merits, but merits started coming their way because of how good they became about Bitcoins due to committed learning.

Perspectives like that indeed often make doubts, because the question always arises, is it really like that? But what I have felt while joining this forum, whether it's pursuing merit or just focusing on making quality posts, actually the two aspects have no difference at all. Because for example like this, when a member of this forum, for example, wants to pursue quite a lot of merit, it is certain that the member must be able to make very high-quality posts to get merit, and for example there are also members of this forum who only focus on making quality posts, but in the end it is also likely to get merit. So in my personal opinion, there is nothing wrong with these two understandings, because the two understandings have the same end result.
But what's different is just how to take the path, there are those who take the path to focus on getting merit, and there are also those who take the path to focus on making quality posts.

Before dreaming about 5000 merit, first collect at least 500. You are aiming at this mark too early.

There is no taboo on talking about merit on this forum. That's exactly what you're talking about, isn't it?

Although I am not a member of the 5000+ club (only 1000+), I can say that I set goals to achieve certain levels of merit. I admit, it motivated me to be more active and try to act. It was important to set goals that are achievable at the moment. When I had about 170 merit, my goal was to reach 250, not 5000 as you want. It is necessary to overcome each step sequentially.

I'm trying to be as active as possible because I really enjoy being part of this community, also I constantly check for Bitcoin news and technical updates which helps me stay connected to the largest Bitcoin forum on the internet.
For the merits, of course I'm one of the people who aim to rank up so I need merits. However, to be honest it's not my primary goal. Sooner or later it will happen if I stay active and engage in a lot of discussions but achieving 5k merits is quite challenging unless you're highly prominent and possess extensive knowledge related to Bitcoin. It will take for sure a lot of time, but it's not impossible even for newbies at the moment. Personally, I believe that in 2-3 years or maybe even less, quite a few newbies could have 5k merits.

I'm sure no one is given special treatment. if indeed they are selected in some campaigns specifically by the campaign manager. I guess that is the prerogative of the campaign manager. but not specifically treated in the forum.
they got an amazing amount of Merit because indeed they have a great contribution to the forum. and the other members appreciate them.
what we need to know is that we all also have the opportunity to be able to achieve a target. it doesn't matter if it's a 2k or 5k Merit. if we develop our skills, anything will become possible.

Maybe you can join the 5k merit club, even one day you can pass the 5k club. It needs to be underlined, it is not an easy thing to be among users who join the 5k merit club, it is necessary to contribute more to the forum and extensive knowledge so that you can be among the most prominent users on the forum.
The narrative that you raise can be a motivation for other users who start from the bottom, I know this is not about merit, but without contributing to the forum merit is very hard to come by. The biggest problem that makes it difficult for some users to enter the 5k merit club is because the level of knowledge and way of thinking of each individual is different which is one of the biggest obstacles in achieving the achievement of entering the 5k merit club.

OP: Not another merit question, trust me.

Point: Will I ever join the 5k merit plus merit club?

How is this not another merit question? And it's a very annoying one, what do you plan to do with 5k merit? To hang on the hall of fame? Why is merit this of a big concern for some people I don't get it, only those that find your points interesting will send you merit, if they don't they won't send any and why should you care?

Just drop your point and don't care less if you get merit or not.

The merit system was created to do the following;
1. To fight spam
2. To rank up
3. It adds prestige to those who has bunch of it
4. It is also a measure of quality.
Everyone in this forum is conscious of the merits system, even those that has much already. I have seen threads where people keeps tracking progress of the high merit earners and they keep the race of banging more.
Op, just be conscious of merit but don't priotise it for your peace of mind.

Yes mate, I can imagine that the OP is in a RUSH to earn a thousand merit's for his/her own favour, OP must be a greedy person that always want free thing and not liking to work hard to get want he want, merit is a reward for hard work so we have to work so we can get a reward.


You are right on that.

I think that it is normal for a person to strive for growth, especially since there are privileges for ranks on this forum. This may contain not only financial interest but also the most common excitement. To prove first to yourself and maybe to others that you can do it is always considered a good character trait. The competition becomes interesting when a person understands that it is quite easy for him to get merit. I know a user who came to the forum later than some of the leaders, but he is literally a merit magnet and someone who really takes big steps. Look at Ratimov. But in order to achieve all the merits, you can see how much work and time were spent to get into the top ten.
I am glad that from time to time people come to the forum and blow up the forum with their publications, and for those who like to compete, they will be a good motivator for growth.

Legendary members with more than 5000 merits are public figures in this forum since it takes a lot of hard effort and consistent support to the community through quality engagements for a person to come that far. That is why they are always rewarded.

Everything is a gradual process; merits will come when the newbie starts posting quality content or making quality contributions in the forum.

Newbies did not need to show their disparity in looking for merits; they rather went extra-mind and thought of something that would be beneficial to the forum, which I am very sure would fetch them merits.

Some of them have the objective in mind since they know they will reach that level as a result of the quality contributions they're given in this forum, and we all know that merits are a reward for quality contributions in the forum.

According to your heading, you're trying to pass a message of not asking a merit related question but from your first line, it seems exactly what you are doing. Quite contradictory to me.

Well, nothing good comes easy so as long as you don't get discouraged along the way, it can be achieved. The way I see the merit and ranking system, it's how quality you make your posts that these things will come, it's just like a magnet. No need to be in a haste to achieve that status because once there, I think at some point, that euphoria will die down and then you'd become nostalgic, remembering how you were once a newbie. So just let it flow.

If you won't die or leave the forum, you will get it. Repeat 50 times from what you have gotten and you will get 5k merit if you continue your quality posts and help forum members.

They don't care about those numbers when they got it but we care about those numbers because we did not get it for ourselves.

When above Legendary member rank, no other ranks, they don't have any goal to rank up. Merit race among prominent members does not have many participants.

Most merit club, initial merit included
Most earned merit club, initial merit excluded

I wonder how bad a member would need certain merits that would make him decides to set a goal target towards it. I strongly believe that such target if not we'll checked it manage could lead to the breeding of merits farming leading to shit posts.
There are things in life we don't need to set goals for and in the case of this forum merits I suppose is one them. Just keep doing your thing with an express mind as one driven with quality both in your posting style and information and you'll wake up as a 5k+ merits owned member someday.

People who have 5000 merit don't care about merit, they are passionate about Bitcoin, and that makes them receive merit for almost every post, because they don't force themselves to post. Simply earning a lot of merit is such a pointless goal in life. Like 500-1000 merit is enough to join any signature campaign. And no one outside of this forum knows or cares what merit is.


You can't earn 5k merit by trying to earn 5k merit, you need to have deep understanding of Bitcoin and many related topics and apply them in new contexts, like discussing fresh development in Bitcoin ecosystem.