Is it okay to receive a merit from a friend or give some to a friend?

[jahmes123]

Hi I am really wondering what would happen to both of our account if you would send some merit to help a friend to rank up their account.
Me and my friends are really worried to give some merits because some might say that they are abusing the merit system,
And also others might think that they are all connected or it is just a alternative accounts to boost their merit.

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[Vod]

Hi I am really wondering what would happen to both of your account if you would send some merit to help a friend to rank up their account.
I my friends are really worried to give some merits because some might say that they are abusing the merit system,
And also others might think that they are all connected or it is just a alternative accounts to boost their merit.

We would say you are helping your friend and give you negative trust.

If your friends posts such crap that only you will like it, he probably shouldn't be here, right?

If he posts great content that people like, he will get merit on his own.

[LoyceV]

See Merits from your friends?.

[simonova]

If your friend has made a quality post, you may give him a merit point. But giving him merits for useless posts is suspicious.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

When you say your ‘friend’ I highly suspect that you mean your alt which is totally against the rules & your trust will be painted red if you’re found to be doing that.

Play by the rules & you’ll get Smerit for your own high quality, constructive posting.

There are no shortcuts here brother.

[jahmes123]

Hi I am really wondering what would happen to both of your account if you would send some merit to help a friend to rank up their account.
I my friends are really worried to give some merits because some might say that they are abusing the merit system,
And also others might think that they are all connected or it is just a alternative accounts to boost their merit.

We would say you are helping your friend and give you negative trust.

If your friends posts such crap that only you will like it, he probably shouldn't be here, right?

If he posts great content that people like, he will get merit on his own.

Thanks I would keep that in mind .

See Merits from your friends?.

Thanks didn't see that there is a thread that is similar to my question.

When you say your ‘friend’ I highly suspect that you mean your alt which is totally against the rules & your trust will be painted red if you’re found to be doing that.

Play by the rules & you’ll get Smerit for your own high quality, constructive posting.

There are no shortcuts here brother.

This is why we are scared in giving each other some merit ,
There are some users who would suspect us that we are only one user with a plenty of accounts.
To be honest I really think that it is hard to receive a merit from a random forum user's I have seen some threads or answer to their threads that are really helpful but didn't receive some merits.

[FRJ]

I think it is simply okay to receive a merit from a friend or give some to other..It's good and obviously a praiseworthy job indeed.Because these merits (s merit) aren't so important and there is no use of them at all.So,I think it won't be so lose of one to give a merit to other.Rather it will be so helpful to the person who is given merit to rank up.Rank up means more bitcoin from bounties!!

Again,exchanging merit can develop the relation at least business relation between the members of bitcointalk forum.

[Vod]

This is why we are scared in giving each other some merit ,

You are scared of getting caught giving merit to your friends....

Just hand out merit when you see a quality post, and don't worry about it.

Only worry (as you should) if you are cheating the system.

[Gintron]

After doing some research I concluded the following:
As long as the post is a quality one you should not have any problems by giving or receiving merits.

[Vod]

After doing some research I concluded the following:
As long as the post is a quality one you should not have any problems by giving or receiving merits.

I would add you should abandon your god fairy tale in your posts - you won't get much merit promoting gullible ideas.  :/

[Hero of Legendary]

Hi I am really wondering what would happen to both of your account if you would send some merit to help a friend to rank up their account.
Me and my friends are really worried to give some merits because some might say that they are abusing the merit system,
And also others might think that they are all connected or it is just a alternative accounts to boost their merit.

What if this friend of yours is your another account? Hehe, I'm just quite confuse about your post. And as far as what I understand merit is not about friendship it is about the quality of post. Therefore if the post is highly reasonable for merit, then nothing to worry about.

[ballerin and giroud]

This is why we are scared in giving each other some merit ,

You are scared of getting caught giving merit to your friends....

Just hand out merit when you see a quality post, and don't worry about it.

Only worry (as you should) if you are cheating the system.

I think so, when he talks 'scared' most likely he will cheat the system. But if he has understood how to get merit is to create a good quality post, the word 'scared' will not exist on this topic.

[criz2fer]

Hi I am really wondering what would happen to both of your account if you would send some merit to help a friend to rank up their account.
Me and my friends are really worried to give some merits because some might say that they are abusing the merit system,
And also others might think that they are all connected or it is just a alternative accounts to boost their merit.

What if this friend of yours is your another account? Hehe, I'm just quite confuse about your post. And as far as what I understand merit is not about friendship it is about the quality of post. Therefore if the post is highly reasonable for merit, then nothing to worry about.

I agree, anyone using the merit system improperly could lead you into trouble. Its still better to stick to the rules implemented by the admin to ensure the safety of your account.

[reynand]

If your friend post a high quality post then you should give merit, but if the post have a low quality then you shouldn't give the merit. Just follow the rules.

[jahmes123]

This is why we are scared in giving each other some merit ,

You are scared of getting caught giving merit to your friends....

Just hand out merit when you see a quality post, and don't worry about it.

Only worry (as you should) if you are cheating the system.

Thanks I would keep that in mind ,I would start looking for their quality post and make sure that it is helpful before giving some merit.

After doing some research I concluded the following:
As long as the post is a quality one you should not have any problems by giving or receiving merits.

Yes,But some of us really don't give a merit even if the post is helpful or a quality post.

What if this friend of yours is your another account? Hehe, I'm just quite confuse about your post. And as far as what I understand merit is not about friendship it is about the quality of post. Therefore if the post is highly reasonable for merit, then nothing to worry about.

That's why I am asking because of things like that some might think that my friends account is my another account.
And also I just want to help him rank up but I guess base on the previous replies I can't give him a merit unless he post some really good quality post's.

I think so, when he talks 'scared' most likely he will cheat the system. But if he has understood how to get merit is to create a good quality post, the word 'scared' will not exist on this topic.

Why would the word scared means cheat the system?
How could I even define our feelings if I am not going to use the word scared?
I have seen a lot of accusation because of this merit system that's why I don't give my Smerit to my friends .
But seems like my shareable merit is down to zero I didn't know that I could only send 1 merit  .

[madwica]

If your friend post a high quality post then you should give merit, but if the post have a low quality then you shouldn't give the merit. Just follow the rules.

Yes correct, we can gives merit to our friends but make sure their post is constructive, but make surr it is yoyr real friend and not your alt account which is against the policy of merit system.
You should need to be responsible in your smerit give that to those user who are really deserving to received merit by their post.

[TheUltraElite]

If your friend post a high quality post then you should give merit, but if the post have a low quality then you shouldn't give the merit. Just follow the rules.

A user can give sMerit to another person "At their own will" - However mutual consensus is that merit-able content should be merited.

Also why would someone abuse their sMerits? Obviously for their own gains or if someone has paid them to do it. Get the idea? We have number of altaccount rings here spamming and getting paid - they will try to rank up by mutual sharing of merits. DT is keeping an eye on this and suspicious activity will be marked with red.

If someone is biased and giving merits to few specific people - then its obviously going to come under their watch.

@OP
I would definitely want to know who this "friend" of yours is who makes such quality posts.

[OcTA Bd]

The total merit system had been introduced to make good posts in the forum. When a new person starting to post then undoubtedly the post quality are not good. Gradually that person learns about the forum and the post quality also gradually increase. If your friend have good post quality, if the posts are helpful for all of us then you should give him merit.

[MainIbem]

The merit system is a "quality assurance" regulation rule to make sure post are of value to the forum. When you "help" a friend by giving him/ her merit points, how will you uphold to the quality assurance policy? Lets suppose the post you merited is full of spelling errors.

I think it is better to teach your friend how to write quality post than thinking of how to "help" by giving merit points.

[h55]

I think about this question, but you must consider some main notification:
1-bitcointalk is a forum to help people's acknowledgment about the crypto word. so if you send smerits only to your friends this forum will not useful for all members.
2- bitcointalk is created to members send their point of views and if their points of view help other members merit for their right
3- we could not divide this forum to "friends" and "non-friends". because all of the people in here are friends. so we must divide this forum to "useful member" and "non-useful member" or "useful pos" and "non-useful post". if we think so, then the forum will has a good quality