I don't always do this often but I thought it wise to say some words of encouragement to the newbies as I really do understand how much effort it takes to grow on the forum and I want to use this medium to advice all newbies to keep pushing and not restrain from making meaningful contributions to the community because you aren't getting the expected appreciations for your works and efforts which I understand is most times disheartening but I want to encourage you to continue the good works as most times merits and rewards might not come at the expected time and might even take weeks or even months before your work gets recognized, hence what I'm saying in essence is that if you don't make quality post(preparation) then merits (success) wouldn't come, so keep making good post and I assure that the desired rewards will come in.
These are just some kind words of advice and encouragement from me to those who need it.
Your words will work for the newbies (mean it will definitely encourage them to not give up) but I would also like to add my version, which is, that newbies have different mindsets, which means, they have different purposes here, some want to learn, some want to earn, some want to get trust (trust of other, not positive trust) but of course some might be looking to get some positive trust too, Just because these aforementioned things looks good on their profile. Besides all that, I have seen many newbies even legendaries have made a good topic or reply but for some reason, they don't get that much appreciation.
For such cases, there are many merits sources who have opened threads, to mention such topics or replies so that those merit sources would give them some appreciation. To be honest, I don't think newbies will value the importance of merits at the start but as time passes those who don't will understand it.
Pro tip, don't post to get merits or trust. Post to get a reputation, be legit and dedicated to the forum, and of course try to contribute and grow faster. Join your local board, because I have seen many newbies don't even know that they have their own local board, Like I came to knew about my local board after a long period.