Merit is sort of like a point other members give to you, if they find your post content of a certain quality (dependent on them, not you). It's a requirement to rank up from newbie all through to legendary.
You don't get it, you're given it by other members for the above reason and you can in turn give other members merits when you've earned smerits.
Further read:
FAQ : Everything you need to know about forum 'activity, account ranks and meritThanks for helping me.
I have acknowledged it. I have read and learned everything about merits from the FAQ link you shared.
Have a good day.
In my profile it shows 0. I recently discovered this forum.
I'm hoping you can help me understand what merit is and how do I get it.
I would not refer to you as a newcomer or a recent user, you have been here since september of last year, 6 months is definitely enough for you to understand quite a lot about the forum including merits which is quite a popular subject around here. Well you seem more concerned with bounty reports/posts as that is all your post history is all about, you will need to change that if you want to start earning merits from users as such posts will get you next to nothing.
Yes, you're right. I joined BitcoinTalk in September 2021. But all I knew was bounties. That is why I am exploring which I should have done long ago.
Thanks for your response.
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