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I am asking a simple question as I see many topics dedicated to ranking up or suggesting ways.

From my thoughts as a newbie, I wanted to rank up because I wasn't wasted and neither I believe that I cannot get into the rank that I am in as a Hero member. It was a tough journey & had a lot of adventures! It is a cycle that everyone here who joined after merit system went through.

I saw here, how high-ranking members would be the first to get included in the best signature campaigns. I would feel frustrated as a newbie as I felt irrelevant and ignored as my rank was not that good so was my reputation.

I then realized earning was not that a big problem as bounties were a big thing in my time. Even after working for bounties, getting ranked up was a big challenge, so I started focusing on my skills. I am not a developer, still I made it with my skills of writing.

I was first introduced to gambling being part of a gambling signature campaign. I loved it and decided to learn how gambling works in cryptocurrency. Lost a little amount while learning then decided to venture into sports betting.

I am making a decent extra earning with sports betting and now I have been working on trading. Life doesn't give you success on a plate and that is how my trading part is working for me.

Ultimately, I would like to say to everyone new to the forum. Believe in yourself and believe in what you can achieve. In some time you will see yourself where I am.

This is true Newbies just have to maybe improve and believed in themselves, just be focused, stick to the forum rule and then continue to make quality post.

Most Newbies get discouraged from the fact that they think they're writing a quality post that's merit worthy but are not getting any which maybe because of their lack of knowledge to see the post is not really a quality one or it maybe likely true but they have to worry much since there are good thread where quality posts can be reported for merit, [self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5093271.0)

I was at first discouraged as most Newbies when I joined this forum but with time and thank God I read this post Ranking up is possible! 2900 Merits earned in less than 12 months!My 11 Hints! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5098333.msg49267880#msg49267880)everything became easier, I had to spend time learning, asking questions and then earning merit.

If you look at how campaign rules work, Those at the top don't always get a spot or get a piece of the signature campaign.

This depends on how one can develop and not be too monotonous on the account used.
Managers take into account how well and useful you are at creating posts and earning Merit in the last 120 days,
which is a mandatory criterion that needs to be considered.

I myself follow a lot of signature campaigns from several different managers and I see how @Hhampuz updates the Campaign Members,
he manages to make room for others who are more deserving and replace those who can't thrive and just do Habit Posts without any effect.

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Going back to the topic of what the purpose of ranking up is, at first it was just a challenge that I needed to go through and had to reach the highest Rank.
But when that was achieved, it wasn't the end, and the High Rank had a lot of responsibility to keep evolving.

There are many accounts with high Rank, but in the end they are not used and are unproductive because there is no useful activity on the forum.

Almost everyone pass through that phase , at first when i newly registered in to this forum everything where literally looking strange and confusing, so I try to blend in without having much knowledge, but things didn't turn out well for me , which lead to my account slowing in growth till I got to a stage where I my account growth hook . So I was force to restrict my self from posting all the time and focus more on learning, so after taken such decisions I began to see the beauty of this forum, not only that the beauty of investing in Bitcoin also.Then same time my account was undergoing some nice turn around, with time my account began to grow while I kept learning more and there are still much to learn .

So what am trying to say is that , there's no shortcuts to this , we just have to take our time learn more and find the part we are good on and find ways to contribute more to the forum , by impacting on others and by doing other related stuff.


Yeah this was one of the post that also motivated me to keep on striving, and I believe that it can also help alot of newbies at there too. And the funny thing is that once in a while I normally visit this same thread by fillippone  :) just as I once said I still got alot to learn .

To hell with the signature campaign, even if the signature campaign didn't exist, i would still be here, this forum is a forum created by Satoshi and there are lots of great people with great thoughts here too.

I was a newbie a few months ago, and currently i have learned more about bitcoin because of this forum, the only reason i want to go to a higher ranking is because i want to know how much influence i can have for this forum, how much my knowledge about bitcoin is great and how many people i can help with the knowledge i get.

Obviously I want to rank up because I see in order to participate in signature campaign that pays good require at least Full Member, the higher your rank, the higher possibility someone can earn more. If signature campaign wasn't my objective, I would take off my signature and join WO gangs.

I do like writing, but I do value my effort and time I spent.

Oh, really? I will wait till your campaign ends and let see how's your posting habit after you didn't in any paid campaign.

I wouldn’t say that signature campaign here isn’t part of the motivation to user to get ranked up, that will be a blunt lie, not all can be the same but it certainly a motivation here that get some user to rank up and start earning incentives.

But regardless of that most people will try to rank up to the highest possible rank in the forum. Because it’s kind of a thing of pride to actually go high in rank in every knowledge environment it simply means your are definitely growing. We have seen members who have achieved high ranks but still strive to go higher in the number of merits earned because to them it sets them above everyone and that’s human nature. So to me the ability to be above others is always a driving tool to rank up not only in this forum but everywhere

The higher the rank better the recognition will be in general,

Of course, it's not entirely true cause some low-ranked members can create attention with their exceptional technical skills but I am not that kind of intellect, I am just an average Joe who is trying to contribute in any way I can and legendary is the highest rank that a user can achieve (for now) so it's always on my goal list sooner or later I am on the journey towards it but not making it in a hurry or desperate to get merits in all these years.

This is actually a Good question @op. Outside the forum ranking up in life is very essential and vital because it depicts progress and improvement. Virtually everyone in this world wants to change his or her status and that can only be achieved by moving from one position to another which is ranking up.talking about the forum there are different ranks which can be achieved by earning merits and everyone in the starting from the newbies wants to grow higher to another rank by making a quality post or contribution. Just like you asked and I don’t know for others I want to rank up so as to show that I am making impact in the forum and also understanding the forum progressively.

That's what I was about to say: although it's not always necessary, a large number of legendary users are deemed reputable and recognized members of this forum. Certainly, there are others who had ranked up before the merit system was introduced and may still post gibberish despite their rank.

Generally, ranking up provides you with benefits such as the ability to enter signature campaigns and pursue better pay rates. Personally, at this point, I don't have a specific reason why I'd want to rank up; an upper rank wouldn't guarantee me a higher pay, and it's not that I care if I can make $40 more per month; it's not my priority nor a goal of mine; I just like the title "Legendary," which speaks for itself.

doesn't the average person who plays on forums have the goal of ranking up? i think that the majority of people in the forum will answer that they want to rank to get various privileges, unlock some features, increase their reputation, want to contribute and be heard more. and for me personally, i want to increase my rank because i want my reputation to be better in this forum, since the higher your rank, the more respected you will be by the majority of users in this forum. however, achieving this is not easy because climbing from the bottom to the top is quite difficult because you need to get a lot of merit and have quality posts.

Life is full of opportunities and only those that ran into it will earn any other benefits that comes from it, there is no one that is not bound to grow, its only a matter of choice, have we decided to for the perfection in everything that we do or we are just part of the random users who don't care about improving how they are living their usual ways, everyone of us have the same equal opportunity if we utilized them rightly, learning never ends, we can achieve what we want from the start of what our minds can conceive.

Yes, but of course, also put in the work. We see a lot of low ranks with near-zero merit with hundreds in activity — whereas all they do is post and post just hoping to receive at least a single merit; refusing to address the actual problem — the lack of knowledge. A lot of them simply refuse to educate themselves for some reason.

When i first started posting in the forum everyone used to disregard what newbies said and would always refer to newbies as tho they have no knowledge or relevance in the forums I started wanting to earn merits and rank up to have a better reputation on the forum and also signature campaigns.

Well, partly it’s true but we all know even if you have a lower rank, you can still be recognized in the forum with your high quality and valuable posts. But if you have plans to participate in any reputable campaign, then getting a higher rank is a must for you so you will be accepted and get a higher compensation. Above all, it’s always better to see progress in your rank or position every now and then, so that you will be motivated to move forward along with your knowledge and skills that you consistently work to gain.

There are times when newcomers to the forum are not believed because of their lack of qualifications or their words are underestimated. The main reason for this is that it is not detected at first if he is a cheater. As he slowly began to gain skills, he began to speak his words more confidely to everyone on the forum. But there are many who are desperate to qualify to join Signature Captains because only a certain rank up can join the Signature Campaign. But those with real talent never run to rank up, rank runs after them.

What I am trying to say is this isn't entirely about being part of signature campaign, even though if there is no signature campaign I would say my goal will be achieving the legendary cause it's a symbol that only certain people can achieve, not talking about pre merit system era but since that it's rare and only handful people managed to achieve. And one day I will be having it for sure but I am not forcing myself either, when it comes I will be happy until that the journey will keep progressing.

It's more on dedication, its rare because it takes time or years to achieve it, knowledge to share via topic/replies. And yes, there are only few legendary members get that rank after the merit system was introduced.

Some campaigns give participants same pay rates from Senior Member to Hero, Legendary member ranks so ranks mean more for below Senior member ranks and in general, there is nearly no difference between Hero member rank and Legendary rank in most campaigns.

Many reasons to want ranking up like have a higher rank badge, more coins on the badge, the rank title. Chance to wear bigger signature with bigger limitation on maximum characters in the signature space. It is cool feeling when I wear a signature for Senior member rank than for Full member rank.

Chance to enjoy better pay rate in campaigns with higher ranks is another thing for wanting to rank up.

 I think your experience could serve as a motivation to lower ranking members especially to someone like me who takes my time to learn from senior ranking members and get motivated by their achievements, including mode of writing and constructing posts, it's every members dream to get to the highest rank.

 However, I'm not in a rush, cause I've noticed that rushing to rank up or earn more merits to rank up could cause one to make mistakes that could end them in a mess, so I'm not in a haste, I'm dedicating my time in learning more about the forum, it's a very big space and I think there's more to be learnt so why rush to rank up when I'm still yet to understand the forum better.

 For instance I love games, sports and I'll love to post in the gambling board more often but I don't think thats necessarily for now cause I'll still have enough time to post there when I'm a position to join campaigns that requires one to post very often in the gambling board, so it think I'll need to focus more on understand Bitcoin and how to avoid errors that could put me in a big mess here in the forum.

Everyone who has interest and perseverance like you can reach rank up. no matter how long it takes to achieve it, if we have a definite goal, we will find comfort in being on the forum.
campaigns sometimes create pressure, whether it's a signature campaign or a bounty campaign. they are required to do tasks that may not be in accordance with their objectives. and it does have to involve adjustments and learning for all members.

In forums, some can't get out of habits that they may have focused on since they first joined the forum. every day just doing social media bounty work. they will ignore the information or knowledge in the forum because their goal is only for bounties.
you share an interesting story for everyone who might be pessimistic about being able to move up the rankings.

Well, if not reaching the top what then is my aim ? since I came in here I saw the sentiment with a newbies opinion and the level of regard for a legend. I think that's a trigger to strive for the highest position.

When I used the BPIP I felt so eagerness to make a reputation here because from the list in bpip, the reputation matters alot and that's why I really want to rank up and also be amongst the people that matters.

Sometimes they request for dozens of resources to get knowledge but never make use of the links presented to them, this is usually my biggest sadness about such people.

How can one want to learn and at the same time don't want to learn  ???

What I think is that the higher the rank in the forum, the more important he or she is in the forum. Not only his importance but also his reliability is more. If a Legendary member says something, everyone will believe it more than a newbie. Also rank up is very important to participate in signature campaign.

When I was a Full Member I was probably earning more in BTC because the price was lower. By the time I reach hero or legendary, the Bitcoin price will probably have gone up even more and I will be earning less than what I am now as a Sr. Member. The difference in pay rate doesn’t motivate me very much in trying to get a higher rank. I’m fine where I’m at right now because I’m not trying to make a quick profit from my earnings. I will hold most of my BTC for a long time, during which I expect it will appreciate in value.

No offense.

If I get asked which one I trust between JRamos (newbie) (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=82705) or you, I would choose him. Even he's newbie, but he proved if he can earn 165 merits from 28 posts and his post talk about technical thing.

There are no difference between newbie or Legendary in terms of quality post, if Legendary users always right, there's no way newbies can rank up.

What he said is not actually true since knowledge is not all about the rank in the forum. There are newbie account users which have excellent knowledge about bitcoin and crypto than those who have legendary account in this forum. Its so absurd that they make the ranking of the account as basis of intelligence since not all the time they know everything.

Also common reason why people want to rank is to join on the campaigns and get the high rate per post. Because of that a lot of people exert a lot of people to create good post so that they can earn merit then rank up. But for people doesn't care about that they just come and go then get back here when there's important topic that need to discuss this is the reason why we see their account still in low rank.

Such a statement will never help you as campaign managers do check what you are writing. It will only make you look like a negative participants since you are already in a signature campaign. This is the only forum where you can earn Satoshi's for what you write, do not let your emotions jeopardize your earning capabilities. There are a lot of good posters with high ranks that are now out of the signature campaign because of various reasons, they will be willing to replace you if your campaign manager thinks to replace you after this reply of yours.


Everyone was once a newbie and slowly they went up the ranks. What you are saying is known by everyone who has been in this forum. What matters is how much time it took to be in that position and how much patience a newbie has to undergo. There is a myth that in this forum you will get knowledge, the forum was once the epitome of knowledge now most of the time it is all about discussion. You can get more knowledge in 2024 when you do a Google search with their own AI.

Only few people in this forum can boldly say this. People are shying away from this reality but we normally see people's reactions when campaign end including those who claimed they are not after signature. Quite alright, some people don't bother about being in a campaign or not but sincerely speaking, people's activity drop when they are not involved in a campaign.

I want to rank up my account so I can be among high calibers. In every society, people with high rank and tittle are being accorded respect and take part in decision making. High rank members opinions are are quickly noticed and valued than a lower ranks.


 ;D ;D I would have taken it serious if the statement is from someone who is not in a campaign.

In my opinion, the Rank up system of this forum is to show one's ability, the higher the ability, the higher the rank and not everyone gets this ability, to get the merit, you have to make yourself qualified first, you have to know everything, those who are wise. They can post the best quality and they are the most qualified, and their rank is also higher. And as far as I know, after ranking up with your qualification, if you participate in a signature campaign, it also pays you weekly.

I'm just saying what's in my head, sorry buddy if that makes me seem unrealistic, but that's how it is, i even got more from my weekly trading that i did. I joined the signature campaign specifically in gambling because i have some knowledge in gambling, so what's wrong with maximizing what i can get?


;D Maybe this is just a bit of a coincidence.

Starting from zero to the current rank seems like a long journey full of excitement. I can't forget the first feeling when I received my first merit. My belief was merit is not free. But when I receive one it changes my mindset. I started to learn more via the local community and then started to learn about BTC and relevant technologies, like Blockchain, and Wallet. I did not step into the gambling section as for me they are not good side hustles but no offense if you find them good, It's your choice.

I am into trading, airdrop hunting, and writing, at the moment due to crypto, and due to this forum, I am facing my daily expenses thanks to this forum. My time here was all fun, currently, I am also stuck at this rank don't know why but the laziness is somewhere in me that I am not contributing to enough to get rank fast. The journey is not easy but it's very exciting so keep working you only have to give some time of your day in here and you will learn a lot (newbies or normies).

Good motivation OP. But unfortunately, we often see newcomers who come to the forum with the sole purpose of earning money, although if you search on the Internet, the forum has not identified itself as such a place. However, if we talk about myself, then of course I also found the forum that, at that time, was very advertised as “work” in bounty companies. I put the word in quotes because it is not true. After I realized that bounties were a waste of time, I just stayed here to read and look for scams that were created to deceive investors. I emphasize that participation in subscription companies was not a priority for me. I say this because yes, there is an opportunity to receive money, but first, the forum is interesting for its content. Any newcomer who understands this without the haste and nerves of trying to increase his rank will increase his rank faster than those who milk the forum from several low accounts.

That's inspiring.

The problem is, that most newbies don't understand that it's a steady process and it needs to be taken that way. You can't join the forum, start making posts, and see yourself going up in the ranks immediately. Even to become a good enough poster to start getting merits, you need some time and that time must be put into learning how things work and what should and shouldn't be done in the forum.

Not being able to make constructive and quality posts and then getting frustrated and angry for not getting merits is not the way to do it. When you want to achieve something, you will need to put in some effort for it, and if you are not putting in any effort, you can't blame anyone but yourself for not reaching the destination you wish to reach.

OP your aspiration should be an almost same goal of everyone who are craving to rank up. Perhaps there had been multiple newbies whom had curiously been complaining on how they do not receive merits on their posts even when they are doing there best.

So stay quite long in the forum and contributing to your best when merits is not flowing to rank you to the next level and you have attained a long margin of post actually feels like.... You think you are doing things at your best but it all feels rubbish.

It actually feels discouraging and most especially when you see your mayes ranking and you are just stagnant. So it is kinda challenging and mentally draining when you have been here for long and activities like signature campaigns would be opened for a specific rank but you can not participate simply because your rank is not up to it.

So, we all want to rank up so that we can not be restricted from the forums activities by which some are attractively rewarded by either by honorary recognitions or some sort of leadership positions in the forum.

someone like me that hasn't earned a single merit yet truly has a long way to go and looking at the number of merit you've accumulated so far, it almost seems like an impossible hight to reach as a member of this forum. But this is a motivation I have to hold on to in knowing that once upon a time, you where once like me and maybe didn't know most things like myself and that you've grown to this hight only means that if I put in the discipline and dedication, I will also grow past this level in the form.

Aprt from deciding to learn and grow gradually, are there special things that you did differently from others that might have started this journey with you at the time you joined the forum but couldn't continue up till now? Growing up to 800 merit isn't a small feet and obviously didn't come from mere learning about gambling and other crypto related things, can you advice me on how to patiently grow from being a mere newbie to become an higher rank member?

This is almost everyone's first step in the forum, we all come to learn here, but when we see other ranks making money through signature campaigns, we then decide to make more effort to rank up, and ranking up is possible if you will be dedicated and write important threads that will be beneficial to other forum members, as well as by asking good questions that will benefit a lot of newbies and also by interacting with others towards sharing a better idea that will solve problems in the forum.

Believing in yourself is good and it helps you in the forum to rank up fast, and when you learn from your mistakes and improve yourself in good condition.

Some newbies are desperate to rank up, and as a result of that, they make silly errors, which include plagiarism, that will affect their accounts in the forum.
With time and dedication, everything will be possible if you give your time to learning in this forum.

Ranking up is a big deal here in this forum, as it also shows your level of seriousness and dedication. I must commend that it's not an easy task but considering the benefits of ranking up, I feel like giving my very best to make well constructed post, and at the same time, learning from the process.

If you can give your best, it is possible to rise above the ranking, which has already been possible for many and you will. I think here is an accurate platform to have and invest extensive experiences about Bitcoin, which is over time. And you are appropriate for an investment in Bitcoin that is the same as above at the ranking.

I've been long waiting for this post, it's really encouraging.Believing in yourself and what you can do is actually an ultimate goal to rank up to any member anyone could wish of.There are diverse reasons why most users on the forum would want to rank up,it could be having a high reputation, contributing to the forum and earning from signature campaign,all are summed up to growth.No one wish to remain in one state in life forever,growth is an essential characteristic of life,so wherever we humans find ourselves we always have this desire of going higher and higher and not been in one state/rank for years.Being a member on this forum your ability of contributing quality posts will definitely take you to a higher rank.

 Personally, I don't think I'm in a rush to rank up but that doesn't mean I won't like to rank up because there's this recognition you get when you've attained a certain level in this forum. Believe it or not, even if there's peeps who say we are all here to learn and we should be regarded equally and all, there is still a certain form of clique around.
Dunno if I'm the only one who has observed this pattern; when a newbie opens a thread that is of good quality, but the grammar isn't structured right, it becomes hard for higher ranked members like say senior or full members to reply until a hero or legendary member does so. This means thid group I mentioned regard the response of the higher ranked users more than the poster of the topic.
 I would like to rank up not only for the possibility of having a form of preferential treatment by being a legendary member but also to show an indication that I'm growing and that my input here is being noticed.