I think sometimes a post is been merited because of how it makes the reader feel. (I.e how informative could be or solution it offers).
But long or short, shouldn't be a main criteria as long as you could pass the centre.
Topic: What we think is a quality post - page 3. (Read 622 times)
A question that I would like to ask is "Are all quality posts meritable?".
Yeah. No one is stopping anyone from sending Merits to any post they fancy.
If Merits weren't as precious as they were, I'm pretty sure they would be distributed more frequently, just as likes.
There are some ways to be considered a good post. If it contains detailed information, the ability to explain to someone, the benefits of the post if all this information is appropriate then it must be considered as a good post. It can be small or large. It is better to consider the ability to explain as a good post.
It doesn't really matter if it's long or short. It is when you successfully delivered a message that can give useful information, benefit, help another user with a solution or how it can add value to them and only then you can call it quality post. It's all about the content that matters not the the size and it's measurements.
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The quality of a post is often a subjective thing, because not all people have the same criteria, and I think that is completely normal.
This is called a forum, and one of the main aims of any forum is a platform for the exchange of ideas, and perspectives. Any post that engages these aim of a forum is a quality post.
A question that I would like to ask is "Are all quality posts meritable?".
i have seen that newbies is adopting the system of long article with valueless point, so it's encouraging and admirable to make post that is lesser and have meaning, it's not that I'm condemning a long article writers post but we should understand the concept that your content of post at first also understand the summary of your point.
I think this is mainly to the influence of other posters who share tons of useful information who get merited at the end. The only difference is, either newbies copy-paste something (plagiarism) from the internet or they share tons of information which are not relevant at all.
Like what you have mentioned, even a short-reply but with meaningful and useful information can do the trick as long as you're focusing on the point of the thread. While this may take some time for some newbies to learn, all small-steps are big achievements on their own.
A quality post is also one that creates more questions, initiates a genuine conversation, makes you think and look at things from a different perspective. A good post can change your initial opinion.
Tupac once said that he won't change the world, but he will ignite a spark in the person that will change the world. A good post can do that to. It can give you the idea you needed to make something happen.
Tupac once said that he won't change the world, but he will ignite a spark in the person that will change the world. A good post can do that to. It can give you the idea you needed to make something happen.
I definitely wouldn’t say that quality posts need to be in that caliber to be called a “quality post” because a good post doesn’t necessarily need be thought provoking, but posts of that caliber are definitely up there in terms of standard; and I’m definitely highly more likely to be giving merits to such posts.
Also, +1 for Tupac
Time wasted via post making can't be considered as a measurable criteria to reward someone that has ambiguous post with off point, the major factor we have to consider to reward a post is it contribution to the forum, actually some person's join BTT community without having the pre knowledge of bitcoin but within the forum they are enable to explain and expatiate or analyse the objectives of bitcoin, i think what the forum needs is contribution that will enhance benefit, educative measure to other people and especially our offsprings ( newbies), a larger comment without reasonable point is useless because it has no benefit to people or anyone
There is no point in repeating what I have already written in a previous post, but we cannot generalize things and say that something is a quality post or not, or that that post deserves 1 or 2 merits or deserves nothing. Everyone should read the post and try to understand it (and few read, even fewer of them understand what they read) before deciding whether the post is good, bad or just signature spam.
Do you know that some post's mislead some people, so such ambiguous post's that carries no vital information can be emulate or adopt by new users, so it's absolutely wrong to gather information that's not encouraging and post to the community, i prefer a meaningful short comment or post than all this big for nothing comments that's not understandable.
Of course, it can often be seen that someone writes a wall of text, all with the intention of hiding a link in it or just shilling a service - such a post not only has absolutely no value, but also violates the rules of the forum on advertising in posts. The forum as a community should work to try to steer individuals in the right direction, and this is done by every member who has good and fair criteria when it comes to valuing someone's contribution to the forum.
New members (and some old ones) are certainly confused when they see that logically poor quality posts are rewarded with merit - but merit is not always a measure of quality, but can be a reward for someone being funny, sarcastic or maybe even rude at some point.
A quality post is a post that is answerable to a question, and also a post that brings a solution to a question...
A quality post is also one that creates more questions, initiates a genuine conversation, makes you think and look at things from a different perspective. A good post can change your initial opinion.Tupac once said that he won't change the world, but he will ignite a spark in the person that will change the world. A good post can do that to. It can give you the idea you needed to make something happen.
i seen some user's making an ambiguous articles And taught that a large numbers of articles is granted or guarantee making of a tangible or nice post, [No]
If the length of the post is a guide to the quality of the content, I often ignore that post if I can't understand the first line or two so it will take an extra effort to convince me to submit merit points.
The quality of the content is easily communicated to the recipient. Sometimes there are useful and high-quality posts, but the way the information is presented and the style makes the benefit from it almost non-existent.
In short, a smart person is the one who can communicate a problem with simple words.
I also catch up that some people don't like to award Merit to a post that is shorter with cogent reasons and meaningful rather prefer a post that is large and contains a large numbers of articles, while those posts that is very ambiguous can as well contain More less vital informations that is valueless than the shorter Post
What matters most is not about the volume but the quality, all I noticed is that even unworthy long posts on this forum are not merited. We can start a competition to look for long and short posts, you will go for short posts and I will go for long posts and see which ones are more having quality and explanations needed. I am pretty sure I will win.According to my observations, long posts are sometimes very tedious to read. I very often see the indignation of users that it would be nice to shorten a thought in the text, especially since it carries a lot of "water"
You are right, but I noticed there are exceptional cases, there are some users I have in my mind already, no matter how long there post is, I will read it from beginning to the end. I noticed some long posts are still even short if compared to its quality. But when it comes to merit, great posts are sometimes also rated more for effort than quality. So yes, I agree, all that is needed can be said briefly but clearly. It is the most convenient and not fatiguing in terms of reading.
You are also right, but there are exceptional cases too. I have many long posts, though I was trying to short many but I only included what I think should be included, and before I will know, it would have been long. But there are people like mk4 that receives merit frequently but having short posts but of good quality.But people like mk4 are not common on this forum, most others like that have long post to explain in details necessary contents needed in a thread.
The quality of a post is often a subjective thing, because not all people have the same criteria, and I think that is completely normal.
That's it!It's the same way I've maintained that meriting a post is also a subjective thing. Each individual merits what they thing makes sense to them, and what makes sense to them may not make to others (I ain't going off track with this). It's that simple. Back to quality posts: I like reading well punctuated and concisely written posts. I have to understand a writer's point of view first hand (and almost immediately while going through it) before I deem it quality enough.
Those who write lengthy posts do so in order to meet up with the character count of the campaigns they are in. Watch those who are not in campaigns and you will notice how short their posts can be. I blame campaigns that set the character limit count of their campaigns to 200/250 for posts. That is a long one and most people do not like to read lengthy posts. It bores the mind. I like it where minimum character count is set at 75 characters. Sometimes the information is provided in the first line but the poster goes on to add words to meet up the requirements.
I don't think this is the main reason. After all, a 200/250-character post is actually a very short post. It is not a lengthy post. It is only a two-liner post. Reducing the minimum posting requirement to 75 characters would actually do more harm than good. And you could put the same blame of the reduction in post quality on one-liners that are spreading because that is the only minimum for a post to get counted and paid.
A post could actually be short or long depending on what is being discussed. But oftentimes a one-liner could actually be expounded a little bit more for clarity and qualification.
According to my observations, long posts are sometimes very tedious to read.
They have style of prolong their posts and ignore recommendations. OP even does not care to use dot in all/ most of posts.Quote
all that is needed can be said briefly but clearly. It is the most convenient and not fatiguing in terms of reading.
With same meaning, the shorter the better sentenceQuote
But I also vote for good large texts that explain some points in the most accessible and understandable way.
Even a writer needs to give an explanation, it should be expressed as most succinctly/ briefly as possible. It is not easy to do, but practice makes perfect. 
I consider a post to be good if it is interactive and contains some helpful information.
Some information appears to be extensive and difficult for users to understand, and I sometimes assume that the writer has wasted his time putting effort into writing without communicating.
Given merit to a post is subjective, and if the reader does not like or have interest in your post, they will simply disregard it, they will not even verge on making replies, contributions or corrections, which is the basis of why we are all here as in a Forum.
Some information appears to be extensive and difficult for users to understand, and I sometimes assume that the writer has wasted his time putting effort into writing without communicating.
Given merit to a post is subjective, and if the reader does not like or have interest in your post, they will simply disregard it, they will not even verge on making replies, contributions or corrections, which is the basis of why we are all here as in a Forum.
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It doesn't matter if the post is long or short provided it has the quality of been merited must time it gets meritrd and that's a good thing. There's no measurements for quality post provided by the forum so nobody can define what quality is but the simple guidelines 'could be' posts that aren't spam and was created for the genuine interest of contributing to an ongoing discussion this tyoe of posts can be said to be merit worthy.
Some people just have lots of words in their mouth and as such they shouldn't be discourage from writing them. Although they should know when to write that article in their mind and when to just go straight to the point. This is a forum that attracts people from different part of the world as such they must have different understanding of what ever we're trying to define here, the issue is just that they don't spam the forum with their content.
Some people just have lots of words in their mouth and as such they shouldn't be discourage from writing them. Although they should know when to write that article in their mind and when to just go straight to the point. This is a forum that attracts people from different part of the world as such they must have different understanding of what ever we're trying to define here, the issue is just that they don't spam the forum with their content.
If you take a look at my posts, most are just 1 or 2(sometimes 3) liners; but yet my merit count is significantly above my activity points. It really isn't the length, it's a lot more of the content. It's a common misunderstanding hence why we see a lot of people who spit out random crap just to increase their word count.
Of course, long posts aren't bad. Long posts are good when it's made longer for more depth, but definitely not for every single topic.
Of course, long posts aren't bad. Long posts are good when it's made longer for more depth, but definitely not for every single topic.
You are right about the quality of a post but if it is about a post that are more likely to received are base on thr concept of the person. For example, like what DdmrDdmr said, posters can earn merit if he/she post something that is interesting or the concept is interesting to read or to learn or an idea. The other one is about the effort to make that concept to post/share.
Most time we are been received by long post that gives us head ache when reading it thinking it's what determine the quality of a post which is never. A quality post show be able to pass information. Give an idea just like a declarative statement that tells us about something or pass an information.
Sometimes after making a post, we need to ask ourself whether the information we are trying to pass could portray the aim of such post. If not there is need to peruse our writeup and make adjustment where necessary. The aim of making is to pass one or two information to the public about what we know or how we felt about something. Thia aim must be achieved and there is what determines a good writer or poster.
Note: Correct my words where necessary...we'll learning!
Sometimes after making a post, we need to ask ourself whether the information we are trying to pass could portray the aim of such post. If not there is need to peruse our writeup and make adjustment where necessary. The aim of making is to pass one or two information to the public about what we know or how we felt about something. Thia aim must be achieved and there is what determines a good writer or poster.
Note: Correct my words where necessary...we'll learning!
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The reason why some users reward posts that are not one or two sentences may be that in addition to quality, they want to reward someone's effort and time required to create such a post. Do you know that some post's mislead some people, so such ambiguous post's that carries no vital information can be emulate or adopt by new users, so it's absolutely wrong to gather information that's not encouraging and post to the community, i prefer a meaningful short comment or post than all this big for nothing comments that's not understandable.
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