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In this forum we all want to contribute and want to make good quality posts so that we can get our ranks up but many of us don't know how to post which is meaningful and unique. Otherwise you will be considered as a Shitposter.
To make good posts first we need to follow some tips :

1. Spend times in this Forum: When you spend lot of times in this forum you will be able to learn a lot from other members. Then you may see someone is posting for help. You should help them if you are expert about that. How much you will be active in this forum that much you will be able to help others with proper information.

2. Follow Senior Forum Members: Some may thought users only give merits to the higher rankers because if they post any information gets a lot of merits. But you should remember most of the cases they post firstly with proper information as they are the most active in this forum. Again they share crypto resources which is very helpful to all. So it's a very helpful trick to follow Higher rankers and grow yourself like them.

3. Try To Catch Scammers and Bounty Cheaters: If you make yourself expert about catching scammers and bounty Cheaters you may get attention from the higher rankers and may grow up yourself in this forum too fast. This is a very tricky way and also very contributive.

4. Post Less but not the Shitposts: If you are too much new in this forum you should post less posts instead of posting Shitposts. And you must post something which is related to topics and must be of the related board. Plagiarism is fully prohibited so never try to do this if you think you will share resources by gathering from out the of the forum by doing copy paste.

I tried to share my opinions and I also try to follow these rules and hope these will be helpful who is serious about this forum and want to rank up in a proper way.

Edit:
1. When you spend times in this forum you will have a lot of spaces to show your helping nature and share what you have learnt.
2. Following senior members don't mean that you should follow their character in this forum. It means you have many ways to learn from them how can be made quality posts like them. It is very helpful and it's appropriated to make posts like your own way.
3. Catching scammers is a very talented work. If you do so you may have a good reputation and this is just a way to contribute in this forum. There are many ways to make your posts useful.
4. Post less doesn't mean that you are being discouraged. It means if you are a beginner then it's better to learn first and then share your experiences. You can post much more with a brand new account if you are qualified.

These are just my opinions and tips from a beginner. Higher rankers are welcome to share more effective information with us.

Let me say that you are right, if you have the quality to look for scammers, spammers, bounty cheaters and shit posters, they are means that you can be noticed and grow on this forum. But let me correct that because you are not completely correct, you may not have all these qualities and still grow as long that you are making good posts.

It's like giving a guide how to become a scammer in this forum ;D

Follow senior members in this forum aren't entirely make you able to rank up because someone might feel you're trying to catch their attention to you and if they feel disturbed, don't cry if they might ignored your account.

There's nothing wrong about catching scammers or bounty hunters, but if your intention is only to rank up or to abusing your power, you might get a problem in the future.

Ways to improve yourself then your post quality

• Read first before posting
• Read more, post less
• Topics to learn
  
  • Bitcointalk posting etiquette (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5184741.0)
  • Make your topic title, posts more attractive (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5182260.0)
  • Topic title style guide (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=102944.0)

You will be helping the forum to get rid of scammers and cheaters, but on the other hand, it will become distracting to you and can derail you from learning, which is really what should be your aim, goal and primary focus in the forum. Learn and provide valuable contributions in form of information, tips, guide etc. The forum always need people that other forum users can learn from, and if you mold yourself into one of these person's, you will always get merited for your actions even without you seeking for it.

If someone really wants to contribute to this forum with quality posts and information, then such members need to regularly follow crypto news, analyze it and share their thoughts with the crypto community.
You can't discuss something if you don't have enough knowledge and experience, and that's why it's difficult for new members in the beginning, and we all understand that.
However, it's always easy to recognize a sincere new forum member, who is trying to learn and wants to contribute in a positive way to this forum, from members who are only interested in collecting quick merits and advancing on the forum because of the earning potential here.
My experience is that on this forum fair approach and effort are always rewarded.
Everything takes a certain amount of time and effort.

I wonder what would have happened if this forum has follow and unfollow button, many newbies and jr members will use high-rank members as their main fans, and no one will follow low-rank members  ;D  ;D

Truth is, you following high-ranking members can't make you rank up, your contribution is the only thing between ranking up and staying the same forever.

Sorry If I have posted something wrong but my intention was to put beginners on the right path. Even I am also learning and following higher ranked users how they post and contribute in this forum. I think we should be encouraged by seeing them not to be a scammer in this forum by going on a wrong way like many users do.

This has nothing to do with post quality. You don't need to be a forum police to become a good quality poster. Well, it will help you to earn quick merits. Most of these kinds of people do this to get merit or make a quick name/reputation on the forum so they can make an exit scam at the end. The simple term is using the forum for what the forum has been created. That's the only thing which will help someone to be a high quality poster of the forum.

This isn't bad anyway but you have to know and be sure of the kind of members you follow on the forum here, though i believe delivering the best a d giving a quality post does not only got limited to the senior members alone, a newbie can have an idea that an experienced member doesn't, that is the reason why you should only go by the taughts received from you through a member' s post regardless of his rank.

This is open discussion forum not any social media platforms that will allow such options but there is ignore button option through which you can put any member on ignore or particular board also and you will not see any post from that member and board respectively.The low rank members with knowledge come into knowledge of others with their quality posts and active participation.

There are many senior or even legendary rank members without a single earned merit after they were airdropped merits when the system was implemented.So your advice is to follow all high rank members on forum? You should look for quality threads through which you can gain knowledge and learn with time.

As you said follow senior members I would say there are many low rank members with lot of merits also and slowly with activity points they are getting higher rank but their merits are still more then rank so it's more about how much knowledge you have on forum.You can see members such as n0nce  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3373858) and PowerGlove (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3486361) who have won Discovery of the year award as well so your contributions will determine how much your grow.

I also take issue with the idea that we should be trying to 'grow ourselves like higher rankers.' That seems like a superficial goal, and it doesn't necessarily equate to making meaningful contributions to the forum. We should be focusing on adding value to the discussions, not just trying to boost our own ranks. And while catching scammers and bounty cheaters may be a helpful contribution, I don't think we should be encouraging people to solely focus on that as a way to grow their reputation on the forum. It's important to have a variety of contributions and not just one narrow focus.

I agree with you that scammers and their activities are hated but trying to catch up with them to get merits *attention from the higher rankers* seems wrong (at least morally).
If the post is worth merits, you will not do it, which leads to killing the fun in creating good posts.
Take it easy and post what you like without thinking that you will get a return.

Well I agree with this, we have to post contributions related to crypto news, and some of the news out there can be concluded in our minds with different thoughts and this will produce better posts than in some of the ways above.
Even though I'm not against it with the tips above it would be better for people to master and understand crypto.


Well there is no need to rely on it and I think it just wants to be the attention of many people even though I know it is a good study, but not entirely to catch cheaters but with some informative posts it will be more developed than focused on it.

There is still a lot of important news that we don't know about with some benefits for us. If we can implement your thoughts and share them on the forum, it will also be a lot of people's attention to discuss things in a reasonable way.

General tips on forums: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5364418.msg58120919#msg58120919

To become an established member of the forum, don't think too quickly about how to Earn Merit. Try reading all the Guide/Tips threads, especially the PINNED THREAD which educates how to make quality posts and information.
Don't rush to make a post, because it could be that the post you make doesn't have any quality at all. Prioritize knowledge as the main capital, read more to improve quality. There are many ways you can contribute to the forum, when you've read some useful threads, you'll find loopholes on how to get merit.


 

I won't classify this as a form of quality post instead a genuine act that helps keep the form clean/safe so it doesn't fit into tips for quality posts. Infact there isn't no tip for quality post since there's no standard outline by the forum administrative for we the members to follow and that's because theymos knows quality is subjective. Quality shoudn't be limited to this or any tips. We have people from different geographical location and educational background on the forum therefore there shoudn't be a standard for quality since what might seem quality to you mightn't be to me.

For newbies readying this, just be yourself. Keep writing how you do provided you aren't spamming, you don't have to change you style to suit anybody. This is a open forum and all knowledge are welcomed here. Don't be in a rush to rank up, take your time and enjoy the journey. Practice makes perfect and for members who are consistent, you would be rewarded at the end. Be consistent with what you're doing that's adding value to the forum.

One of the things I love about this forum is that sincerity and effort are rewarded. It is easy to spot members who are only in it for the quick merits and earnings, but the community is quick to recognize those who are truly committed to providing valuable insights and engaging in meaningful discussions.

Of course, everything worth doing takes time and effort, but the rewards are well worth it. While it is good to contribute quality posts and information to the community, we also need to recognize that not everyone is going to be an expert on every topic. It is okay for newbies to stick to what they know and feel comfortable discussing, rather than trying too hard to provide a content that may not be their area of expertise.

In fact, I think it is better to have a variety of perspectives and experiences on the forum, rather than everyone trying to sound like an expert on every topic. This way, we can all learn from each other and engage in meaningful discussions that showcase our individual strengths and knowledge.

So if you are new to the forum and feeling a bit intimidated, do not worry! Stick to what you know and feel comfortable discussing, and the rest will come with time and experience. As long as you approach the forum with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn and engage with the community, you will find that your efforts are always appreciated.

OP, your point about being like and trying to be like any highly ranked member is a little unclear. How, for example, can a person become like someone who has technical knowledge? That is, he also has to study all the knowledge materials that his idol has. Or maybe it's better to patiently develop your personality, not trying to be similar to the point of parody, which in my opinion is almost impossible.
Each person who comes here will still find a particular topic that is of interest to him. Further, by being interested and reading the forum and not copying the topics and questions of others, he can create his own posts in which he can cover the topic as he understands it.
Let's welcome the uniqueness of the forum and not the monotony, which at some point becomes extremely boring.

High-quality posting is a derivative of personal experience and knowledge. Posting should not be an end in itself. Of course, you need to improve the quality of posts in terms of information and content, but chasing this alone is not the most reasonable strategy. lovesmayfamilis correctly said that you need to improve the quality of yourself as a person. (although she put it differently, but the essence is close :)). Develop yourself in those areas that are close and interesting to you. Sooner or later, you will have something to say to the community, which is sure to appreciate them.

To make good posts, you need to have some kind of background, and if not, then create it.

P.S. I’m not just writing under lovesmayfamilis’s post, but because once again her comments stand out and catch the eye. She seems to be writing exactly what I wanted to say, that is, she resonates with me. This is exactly what beginners should do (although it's not easy). Not in the sense of copying lovesmayfamilis, but trying to express your thoughts. Try to reflect on the posts.

The amount of time spent on the forum has nothing to do with quality; you might be active for 10 years and still be a terrible poster. Learning and writing are two distinct things; some people have the information but poor writing abilities, and vice versa.


There are merits in every area of the forum, so just stick to what you do best and eventually everything will come your way. This merit fishing method has been exposed and it no longer works FYI.

There are quite a lot of lessons, activities and knowledges to learn from the forum as well, especially learning and deriving ideas from other higher member’s quality post which is always like a plus to what would encourage and inspire the new members and low ranked members like us to learn and motivate ourselves in order to achieve and develop a better and outstanding quality post. It is always a good thing to learn from other successful and outstanding higher and senior member’s quality contents as this builds our confidence into becoming a successful posters on this forum.

We don't need to follow other members, especially following their ways of making a post. If you follow the good habits of old members, it is okay as long as it fits with you. In my opinion, it is better to have your own way to grow in this forum. We must be more satisfied to succeed in our own way, copying other people's ways won't end up with satisfaction.

Why we must post less?
As long as we made quality posts, it is no problem to post more.
You must know that not every newbie has lack knowledge about crypto. Some may be experienced people but they just join this forum.

The very first thing one should understand is the definition of a good-quality post. What is considered a good quality or a constructive post? A constructive post doesn't necessarily need to contain a lot of information, resources or technical terms, etc. All it needs is to be on-topic, and it should somehow contribute to the topic being discussed while not being a repetitive response, which means that the content of your post must be unique and shouldn't already be available within the thread you are posting in.

Some newbies think that writing long and lengthy messages with a lot of information and resources makes them good posters, but that is not entirely true. The quality of your posts depends on the context you are writing about and your ability to evaluate the whole thread before writing anything.

Catching spammers, bounty cheaters , shit posters etc will get you noticed for your detective work on the forum but this doesn't automatically make your post quality better as it's really unrelated to posting!!

Honestly this is definitely subjective and not all high ranked users live up to expectations !

And sorry to burst your bubble but believe it or not some users will literally post a fullstop and get merit for it because they are rooted into the forum.

Btw long texts also don't necessarily mean quality,you could be brief and express what you have to say articulately.

I agree but following any higher ranker doesn't mean that you do what he does and you just notice his activity. You can follow someone to learn from him and to know how to make quality posts, how to contribute in a right way. I think following higher members is not a bad habit if your intention is to learn and to contribute in this forum. And not all higher rankers are perfect to follow so we should choose who is doing good job and should learn from them as much as we can.

Don't imitate others for your success, but look on the bright side. You don't need to be highly technical to rank up, but you should learn the technicals for yourself. Likewise about other knowledge, you don't need to be a user who understands forum statistics for rank up, but you do need to understand statistics to support your assumptions.

I think you get what I mean, and be yourself even if you learn from others. Contribution is not about how you manage to get merit and rank up, but everyone who cares about the quality of their posts will rank up very easily.

Quality post is different from the OP thoughts. To be a quality poster is as simple as ABC. The first thing to do is reading to capture the mind of the author, then you make comments on it. Now let me give you a brief analogy.

There are only two things a good student does to score 100% in exams.
1. When the examination paper is given to him or her, he or she would read the questions and understand the questions.
2. After understanding the question, she or he would write what she or he has understood from the reading, then when the examiner sees that what she or he wrote is corresponding with questions then 100% would be given. So the essence here is reading.

This forum has many members that express themselves and their knowledge of bitcoin in diverse ways. It might be good to learn from senior members because of their wealth of knowledge and experience but it also is good if you find your oath and carve your niche. When you are writing a post ensure you have the correct information and that your post will be beneficial to the forum but express it in your way. You don't necessarily need to sound like someone else because you are unique. To all newbies just be yourself and enjoy the forum.

Regarding your forum police comments, it is not all members that will have such policing or investigative skills. This field requires a whole lot of patience and analysis. That's why they are rewarded for such hard work. If you don't have such skills, just be a good poster.

All your points are valid, but I need to talk about trying to catch scammers and bounty cheaters. You said we should spend time learning how to post quality content, but if we took these points into consideration, it would mean we couldn't learn what we needed to learn because it would be a distraction for us. A beginner isn't supposed to focus on these points either.

Im also wondering why these applied to as newbie. Personally I would scrape that one out since doing this isnt for beginners and they might focus on busting every scammers there without learning how the blockchain works. Being a scambusters need skills and knowledge so better before doing that is focus first on the info on how it help them find them. But seriously, I wouldnt definitely suggest this one.

You are talking about quality post and not a police. Posting means that you must write out the information or knowledge that you want to share with forum members and not spying on someone's post. This is very needful in the forum because it will keep the forum clean.

On the other side,it will be a distraction to you because this is not the purpose for to be here. Learning and sharing new knowledge that you have on bitcoin is the most important thing that is expected from every member of the forum. Stay focus and don't chase merits so that you don't get discouraged if the merits don't come your way.

There are plenty of high ranking members, but those who want to learn a lot including how to make good posts and make good contributions. I guess it's enough to pick a few members with the highest rating and they are the ones who already have some trust in this forum. Because those who have been trusted by the forum and placed in certain positions will certainly not make posts carelessly and will continue to make better contributions every day and it is worth following if someone is able to follow it.

I consider myself as beginner. You wrote some excellent points. Specially at end you described more about your points. I won't say following Senior Members is a way to improve Post quality. There are a lot of Legendary Shit Posters who post just increase their post count. They don't even read what was written in the OP. So, Not only Caracter, you don't have to follow every senior. Every stone is not a Gem.

Your 3rd Point is a bit controversial. I won't suggest any beginer to start catching scammers and bounty hunters. I don't think cathing scammers or bounty hunters help you to improve your post quality. It will help them to catch some merits. I support catching scammers, but you have to be careful and not question everyone's private matter. I feel like catching bounty hunters doesn't add any value to this forum as they come back again with a new account and it consume forum resource. I don't know why, but I feel like people hunt for scammers and bounty hunters to catch some merits and get a place in DT network. Which is why I didn't even modified my trust list yet.

Don't get the real inputs about this, since it looks like you are trying to get some merit by your explanation. You cannot do only quality post just for that.

The simple explanation about creating quality post is to be on point of the topic which you can contribute well on the discussion and never post any generic replies on mega threads because you cannot add up any new information to the readers.

Point 2 maybe good since you can get a information to seniors here but don't imitate them follow them as a guide and you are the one who will create a decision if the information you receive to them is good or not. Always trust your instinct.

Point 3 I discourage them to do because its to early for newbie to do this better spend their time on more valuable things since there are other veteran people doing this job for this community.

The essence is not all about reading, what if you read and you don't understand all you have read? It happens to many people even my self too, is like your mind isn't a pace to comprehend all you have read.
The major essence is to read and understand not just reading alone, because ones understanding is involved you can beat that barrier between you and making a quality post.

I understand that spending more time in the forum allows you to learn and hear different perspectives on a topic. It does not necessarily imply that you will have to comment on the topic, but learning something from the topic after following the conversation makes the time spent there worthwhile.


This is not about merit; even lower-ranking members who provide accurate information will be rewarded. Following the lead of senior members in the forum does not guarantee that you will learn a lot to instill in the forum. Take the guide they provide and create your own footprint to follow. Your instincts are very important, and not all senior members are as knowledgeable as some of the forum's junior members.

This helped me by a lot.

Aside from the fact that I'm spending more than 2 hours a day watching documentaries and educational videos on Youtube with regards to cryptocurrencies, and investing in general, reading posts here made by some of the most knowledgeable ones really helped me. I'm not a technical guy like most here, but still I know the basics at least, and that's all because of the members here who are sharing their opinions.

This I will disagree with I guess.

Instead of following Senior Forum Members, maybe it would be better if you used "Follow Knowledgeable members" because they're the ones that will help you. Well, there are senior forum members here who are knowledgeable, but there are also some members out there who has a low rank, but has a lot of knowledge with regards to cryptocurrency as well.

I tried this a bit, but I don't have enough time to do it.

Well, I didn't catch any scammers and bounty cheaters out there, but I managed to make quality posts, and TBH, you don't really need this to make quality posts. What you need is your knowledge, your opinion, and the information that the other users here can learn to your posts.

P.S. I'm a suspected spammer :(

Yes you told it clearly. Even my intention was like you because most of the forum higher rankers are knowledgeable and a few of lower rankers are perfectly knowledgeable. So I told to learn from higher rankers means that Higher rankers which have a good knowledge about crypto. I know also many lower rankers are much experienced but most of them aren't. So I will say like you "Follow Knowledgeable Members".

I have tried number 3 before but It seems a lot of work and so I just use my time to learn more. Anyways, number 3 is not a good tip on how to make quality post and it's not even related to making good or high quality post though it's good for the forum and for everyone else if you manage to find a scammers and cheaters but as I have said, it doesn't even help you make good quality posts. There are some flaws in your tips and they LM is right about following knowledgeable forum members rather than following someone because of having a high rank.

Creating great posts depends not only on the time we spend in forums, but also on the quality of effort we put into learning how to write effective posts. Spending a lot of time on forums might help us to understand the topics being discussed and see how other members make great posts, but it doesn't guarantee that we will become experts at writing great posts. A little time is not a problem, the most important thing is Learn about the topic you want to write a post about, make sure you understand the topic to be covered. Do some research, read articles, or find information on the topic.

It is very necessary to learn writing techniques that can help you convey your message clearly and easily understood by readers. For example, use short and easy-to-understand sentences, write in short paragraphs, and use words that are appropriate and in accordance with the topics discussed. Yes, it's true, that plagiarism is strictly prohibited and unethical.

well you are right,and in addition,for you to become a good  poster,you must be a good reader,reading is what gives you the ability to know more about the forum,it gives you an ample opportunity to become a quality  post poster too because when you read regularly,it develops your mental reasoning,and turns you into a good poster or writer.Another thing to always put in practice  is to learn from other good posters in the forum,see the pattern in which they make their posts that attracts merits,and probably have a guild or mentors that will guild you on the way to go about posting.by so doing,you will see that you've improved drastically in your posting method which will yield good result for you.

Of course, it is very useful to read the posts of more experienced forum participants, but being inspired by them, it is important not to copy them, but to understand the thought and give most of your thoughts and your vision in the post. It is better to read third-party sources of information that will give you a unique, only your opinion and vision on a particular issue. These are Twitter, telegram channels of crypto enthusiasts, economic news, etc. Broaden your horizons and you will be able to write great good posts like Hero and Legends do.