ASK ABOUT MERIT

[Tuanken897]

Hi friends.
I'm a member now and I have 10 merit.
When I send merit to anyone, does my merit decrease ?
If it reach 0, will I become Jr. Member ? Or I'm still a Member.

I don't understand about Merit clearly.
Please explain me. Thanks alot

[F2b]

Hi friends.
I'm a member now and I have 10 merit.
When I send merit to anyone, does my merit decrease ?
If it reach 0, will I become Jr. Member ? Or I'm still a Member.

I don't understand about Merit clearly.
Please explain me. Thanks alot

That's explained everywhere in this forum...
You have Merit and sMerit (= sendable merit).
Once you have earned Merit, you can't loose them.
If somebody gives you some merit, you earn merit but also half of smerit.
For example, if I send you 10 merit, my merit balance will not change, my sMerit balance will decrease by 10. You will earn 10 merit and 5 sMerit, that you will be able to send to somebody else.

[Feoner]

what the hell is merit ? 

[mcs_john]

Merit is something which was introduced about a week ago and is a criteria for advancing in rank. More details here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

[ducdr]

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There you go (official announcement of Theymos)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

In short:

In addition to activity, everyone now has a merit score, and you need both a certain activity level and a certain merit score in order to reach higher member ranks. The required scores are:

Rank	Required activity	Required merit
Brand new	0	0
Newbie	1	0
Jr Member	30	0
Member	60	10
Full Member	120	100
Sr. Member	240	250
Hero Member	480	500
Legendary	Random in the range 775-1030	1000

You get merit points when someone sends you some for one of your posts. Additionally, when someone sends you merit points, half of those points can be sent by you to other people.
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If someone sends you 1 merit, the 0.5 sMerit is not wasted; it is just not shown until you get another merit point.

There are stats here, and you can find someone's merit summary by clicking the "merit" link on their profile.