Season greetings to you all!
I want to express my joy. I have reached 100 merits for a while now but lacked sufficient activity to rank up. Today, December 30, 2021 I become a full member of Bitcointalk forum and hold my place in this online community I now call home.
Here's a snippet of my BitcoinTalk.org journey:
I registered on Sept 15, 2021
On sept 23, I got
my first merit which is the highest amount of merits (12) I have received on a single comment.
I got my 100th merit on November 24, 2021 (lack activity didn’t rank up until December 30th as full member).
On January 1st, 2022 I got my 200th merit.
On January 12, I got my 250th merit, but lack activity and didn’t rank to Senior Member.
On January 14, I made my
my custom trust list. Credits to LoyceV for
LoyceV's Beginners guide to correct use of the Trust system and icopress for showing me the importance.
On April 4th, I got my 400th merit.
On May 4th, I became a senior member with 252 activity and 425 merits.
Dec 15, I got to 500 merits thanks to boost from Ratimov
On Dec 30, I hit 490 activity to become hero member
Thank you to all that made it possible. I am extremely thankful for those members that support me, thanks to their guidance, goodwill and support I have been able to continue to contribute to this forum.
Thanks to the forum I have come to know that there is much more to crypto than buying bitcoins and Altcoins. I'm learning more about Blockchain and how to build applications on the Blockchain. I hope to become a Blockchain engineer someday.
My message for NewbiesI think it is less than five months I joined the forum and become productive. I want to encourage you. Nobody is hoarding merits from you neither are you at a disadvantage as a newbie. Do your best and leave the rest. There are other of my peers who started the year as newbies and are full members now. Some have enough merits to be hero member already and they are still contributing everyday to the forum with no paid signature campaigns on their backs. A new rank adds more responsibility to the user and when you are given that responsibility. Do good with it.
I know many established are tired of this tradition but for a new era member like myself Why not celebrate? I'm glad to be among the ranks and hope to grow more in the future. I will be updating this thread on each new rank achieved until I reach Legendary.