Hello,
I recently ranked up to Senior Member.
Here's my BitcoinTalk.org history:
I registered on Feb 28, 2018.
I was almost non active until June 2018.
I got my first merit on Jun, 28th 2018
On Jan, 11th I got my 100th merit and got ranked as a Full Member.
On Mar, 5th I got my 200th merit.
On Mar, 28th I got my 250th merit, and ranked up to Senior Member.
On May, 19th I got my 400th merit.
On June, 17th I got my 500th merit, but lacking activity, didn't rank to Hero (It won't happen until Oct 9,2019)
On June, 28h I got my 600th merit
On Aug, 1st I got my 800th merit
On Aug, 27th I got my 1,000th merit, but lacking activity, didn’t rank to Legendary or Hero either!
On Sep, 27th I got my 1,200th merit.
On Oct, 9th I clocked 490 activity and ranked up to Hero Member
On Oct, 14th I got my 1,400th merit.
On Nov, 14th themyos granted me the status of merit source.
On Jan, 4th 2020 I got my 2,000th merit.
On Apr, 23rd I got my 3,000th merit.
On Sep, 1st I got my 4,000th merit.
On Feb, 16th 2021 I got my 5,000th merit.
On Feb, 24th I became a Legendary member.
On July, 21st I got my 6,000th merit.
On October, 24th I got my 7,000th merit.
On February, 4th 2022, I got my 8,000th merit.
On April, 15th 2022, I got my 9,000th merit.
On July, 15th 2022, I got my 10,000th merit.
On February, 26th 2023, I got my 12,000 merit.
On October, 25th 2023, I got my 14,000 merit.
I got there getting merits from a lot of BitcoinTalk members:
As a newbie in this forum coming across this thread really made my day better because it gave me an assurance that I will surely rank up some day, but for that ranking up to happen I need to buckle up if I really want results. Your merit history shows that you earned hundreds of merits in less than three months and you also ranked to legendary within three years and that says a lot about how much work you have put in your journey to become one of the reputable users in bitcoinTalk forum.
One of the things we (newbies) need to understand is that being patient and consistent in the forum alone without making good and quality post is a waste of time, at first when I joined the forum and I see most of the reputable users here have been around for years, I usually say to myself that before I spend up to three years I would be an expert (in my mind, I thought I would just get lucky one day and rank up overnight.Lol) I have seen users that registered in the year 2018 but are still in the jnr member rank.
All I see here is; hard work (quality posting) + patience + consistency = earning merits and ranking up faster. Congratulations on your achievements SIR.