I would just like to share few points which newbie should always remember and to avoid indulging in these things as mentioned below.
This post's content is good, and it shouldn't be directed just at newbies. I know that many of them find most of these things difficult, and out of ignorance, they practise one or more of the points mentioned. However, this post should also be directed at all other members, especially lower rank members who are just starting out and don't know much about the forum. The majority of them only care about learning about bitcoin and other cryptocurrency-related subjects, and they assume that they already know the rules governing this forum. This is the mistake that most of them make, which costs them their accounts. Accounts are banned or tagged for careless errors that are easily avoidable.
Avoid burst posting:
I have seen users making continuous posts without any time gap just to complete their weekly Target for bounty campaigns or even signature campaigns, this can get you flagged and there are chances you will be removed from campaign and be in the spammers list thus eradicating your chances of being a part of further campaigns.
Burst posting is actually not encouraged on the forum as most burst posters end up spamming the forum but is not only done by newbies but instead newbies should learn from this because it is mostly done by higher rank members in paid campaigns to increase their post quota to be eligible for payment for the week. Newbies can engage in this by posting to increase their activity in order to activate the next rank but doing this will only make them tarnish their reputation when they want to participate in signature campaigns, campaign managers don’t like working with such people because most burst posters are spammers. Though there are few members who post in similar manner when new posts are made but they can’t be seen as burst posters or spammers because they make quality posts and useful information that will be helpful to others.
Thanks to merit system that users cannot climb up the ranking just by count of posts and activity as merit is required because I have seen people used to make numerous posts even single or two worded to climb the ladder of the ranks before merit was made mandatory for ranking system.
The merit system implementation was a good idea because, at the time, it was common for people to post short, meaningless messages—one or two lines, or even just a few words—in order to increase their post count. I have seen a lot of old discussion threads and i was surprised to see that more effort was not put into posting back then.
People are now more serious as a result of the merit implementation, and those who wish to move up the ranks will need to work even harder to produce high-quality content and contribute in a meaningful way.
Trading of merits:
Most of us will receive a random DM by users offering exchange saying they will share a merit to your account from their alternative account and ask you to share merit on their account. Never indulge in this activity as moderators can easily identify it and your account may be blacklisted and sometimes newbie are cheated on this context as there are group who will ask you to pay for merit and end up running away with your money once you pay it.
I don't know how true this is because I haven't seen or heard of merit trading during my time here, and I haven't received any messages from any member begging for merit or merit trading so far, but if there are rumours of merit trading occurring, then there's a good chance they're true. If someone is committed and dedicated, earning merits is actually not that tough, so why would individuals engage in such behaviour? smerits should not be traded instead, they should be shared to postings that deserve them. Merit trading should be discouraged, and anyone caught in the act should be reported. Newbies should not be eager to obtain merit, as this will simply encourage them to earn it illegally.
