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Topic: Post Activity Will not help to rank up? (Read 415 times)
sr. member
Activity: 375
Merit: 1021
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You will need activity in all cases. You can rank up until you become Jr. Member without needing any merit points, but for anything above that, you need activity + merits.
Good and clear explanation to the question👍🏻 
What kind of posts will help us get merits?
high quality post preferrably post that can contribute on this forum. If you want to get merit which is so important to make your account to rank up do what others say. Merit is hard to earn so work for it.
You need both Merits and Post Activity to rank up now. The Merits system is newly introduced here. Previously, you only needed post activity to rank up. Of course those activities had to go through certain rules about your regularity. But now you need both Post activity and Merits. Having either one of them would not help you to rank up.
That was before, now when you reach Jr. Member rank your problem is not the post/activity count anymore, it's about how to earn merit to rank up again.
What kind of posts will help us get merits?
How do I get merit in that case? Thanks!
By writing constructive, high-quality posts - at least such is the idea. Your posts will be given merits by other members of the forum.
Now i think its really hard to be promoted because of this merit.I think they are controlling the people who are making a lot of multiple accounts.
Yes, fighting spam and account farmers is mentioned as the main reason.
You can't if you have not ever received merits ( unless you were Member+ i think when the system got introduced, which gave you like 2 sMerit(?)).
You'll first need to receive 2 merits yourself, which nets you 1 sMerit ( every merit counts for .5 sMerit) that you can send to any constructive post you'd like by simply clicking the "+Merit" button.
How do I get merit in that case? Thanks!
By writing constructive, high-quality posts - at least such is the idea. Your posts will be given merits by other members of the forum.
Now i think its really hard to be promoted because of this merit.I think they are controlling the people who are making a lot of multiple accounts.
Yes, fighting spam and account farmers is mentioned as the main reason.
Post activity and merit will help you rank up,it is hard to get merit.
Activity is easy but Merit is difficult. 
Work for the first time until you reach Junior member. After that you need merit too to rank up. for further explanation you can check https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/newbies-read-before-posting-1689727
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/newbies-read-before-posting-1689727 for all newbie, you have to read this post before you go any further.
Please note that "effect" and "affect" do not have the same meaning. Lack of merits affects your ability to rank up, this is the effect of the new merit system.
Activity is essential to an increase in status. It determines your potential rank. However, in order to realise that potential, you have to pass through a gateway, and to do this you have to prove that you are worthy of the trust placed in you when you gain a rank increase. Merit is the yardstick for the gatekeepers to assess your trustworthiness. If you haven't received enough merits, then you need to work on your image, and improve your contributions to the forum. Constantly repeating and reposting information from the sticky threads is not an indication of your ability to contribute to the forum in a positive way in my opinion.
Activity is essential to an increase in status. It determines your potential rank. However, in order to realise that potential, you have to pass through a gateway, and to do this you have to prove that you are worthy of the trust placed in you when you gain a rank increase. Merit is the yardstick for the gatekeepers to assess your trustworthiness. If you haven't received enough merits, then you need to work on your image, and improve your contributions to the forum. Constantly repeating and reposting information from the sticky threads is not an indication of your ability to contribute to the forum in a positive way in my opinion.
Well now to raise the rank we need merit and to get it we jarus post or a better comment in order to attract a modulator or an account that has been Very high rank and we hope to get the good
Hello everyone, I am new here but I was looking through some sections and got a question that, Post activity doesn't effect on Rank? Only Merit can make Rank Up?
Sorry for bad english. I will be trying to improve it.
Thank You.
Sorry for bad english. I will be trying to improve it.
Thank You.
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Hello everyone, I am new here but I was looking through some sections and got a question that, Post activity doesn't effect on Rank? Only Merit can make Rank Up?
Sorry for bad english. I will be trying to improve it.
Thank You.
Sorry for bad english. I will be trying to improve it.
Thank You.
For newbie, for Rank, we need activity, when we get 30 activity, we will become, JR member, now this Rank, we need merit to make rank up.
for merit you need to post high quality topic to get.
For raising the Position need merit. Before the introduction merit your position was up of oktivity on forum.But now you need merit to up your rank.
You need activity and merits to rank up. Activity lets you rank up to jr. member with no merits but then to rank up to full member you need 10 merits so thats where you need to start earning merits or you wont be able to rank up any further.
Just want to correct your statement to rank up to Full Member you need 120 Activity and 100 MeritYou don't need Merit point to rank up to Jr. Member only 30 Activity points which you will earn after actively participating in discussion for 3 period of 14 days = 42 days, after that to rank up to Member you need 10 Merit points and also 60 Activity point
The new update is when you are a new member, you need to have 30 activity to be a jr. member. After that, you need merit for you to rank up. Before, It is allowed to ranked up depends on the activity. I really hate the update because, when the update came, I am still a jr. member. Now, I dont know how to to rank up. No one gives me merit.
You need activity and merits to rank up. Activity lets you rank up to jr. member with no merits but then to rank up to full member you need 10 merits so thats where you need to start earning merits or you wont be able to rank up any further.
Post activity and merit will help you rank up,it is hard to get merit.
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