Full Member thanks to the Merit system. Now Legendary :)

[TheBeardedBaby]

Tell me again that it's not possible to rank up. After hugablack now it's my turn.
Two months, 92 merit for a guy that had no idea what blockchain was 4 months ago.
Thank you people for sharing your knowledge and being nice to me answering all my questions. Thanks for giving me the chance to learn. I have a lot more to learn but I promise to share what I know with the newcomers.


To all the newbies redirected to this thread: I don't know who started quoting this thread but I think he was refering to this two comments

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3174862.msg32933862#msg32933862

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3174862.msg33090303#msg33090303

[vlad230]

Congrats, man! So, there are 2 guys now, who ranked up on this forum   jk

I also caught the implementation of the merit system as a Jr Member thus having 0 merits and managed to rank up to Member in the mean time.

I'm not really sure how I will get the additional points to get to the Full Member rank, not that the merits are sooo important but it would be nice to be able to use all of the features on this forum, like adding an avatar for example.

So, how did you do it, what pointers do you have for me? Did you get merits on posts naturally or did you had to work extra for them like in merit review threads and what not (or maybe something else)?

[owlcatz]

Congrats, man! So, there are 2 guys now, who ranked up on this forum   jk

I also caught the implementation of the merit system as a Jr Member thus having 0 merits and managed to rank up to Member in the mean time.

I'm not really sure how I will get the additional points to get to the Full Member rank, not that the merits are sooo important but it would be nice to be able to use all of the features on this forum, like adding an avatar for example.

So, how did you do it, what pointers do you have for me? Did you get merits on posts naturally or did you had to work extra for them like in merit review threads and what not?

Just be yourself. Be nice. Help others. Contribute what you can. Return sMerits when you think they are deserved. You shouldn't have to work at it. It should just happen if your posts are actually useful and sometimes just funny as well. I merited a number of people for things that literally make me laugh out loud! There is no secret system here, just contribute and learn as much as you can.

Cheers

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I haven't looked at your posting history, but it looks like I gave you a merit a while back so you're probably a good writer.

What a lot of shitposters don't realize is that when you're writing here, everything counts (I speak for myself, of course, but this is true to an extent in general):  grammar, spelling, punctuation, extent of vocabulary, wit, and a bunch of other things that go into making something that's worth reading.  So you obviously have a lot of those bases covered, and congrats on ranking up. 

This is the merit system in action, being how it was meant to be, allowing good posters the chance to advance in rank and keeping the shitposters at the bottom of the food chain where they belong.  Props to you, OP.

[tbct_mt2]

Congratulations, man. You have made very constructive threads and topics after the launch of merit system. Finally, you ranked up as sweet fruits for what you have done. You are one of the most intrigued case study for newcomers in the forum, that newbies and other user ranks can move up to higher positions. It is possible challenge and constructive users can surpass it.
However, real constructive users seem not pay too much attention about ranking up; they mostly focus on what they love, including contributing to the forum, help others, etc. Ranking up comes as causal output for what they did.

Again, congratulations and keep contributing.

[wwzsocki]

Congratulations, finally you ranked up.

I find really hard to get merits. I try to do my best (answer users questions, write only quality posts etc.) but still no merits for me. People are quoting my posts very often and are engaging in discussion with me but still, nobody tips merits. Of course, I don't ask for a tip but sometimes I think I should. I like to see that you are successful because this gives me a little hope to rank up some day. Merits system was introduced few days before my next rank. I am just always too late.

[Emilyearl]

Congrats to you op. This goes out to show that one can actually rank up with the new merit system unlike how I perceived it to be something beyond  reality at it's initial stage. More new ranks to attain by more members soon.

[Bagani]

Congrats to you i start now @ 0 merit but my soul is burning up because seeing someone rank up in this forum is possible. So if you can I can

[athanz88]

Tell me again that it's not possible to rank up. After hugablack now it's my turn.
Two months, 92 merit for a guy that had no idea what blockchain was 4 months ago.
Thank you people for sharing your knowledge and being nice to me answering all my questions. Thanks for giving me the chance to learn. I have a lot more to learn but I promise to share what I know with the newcomers.

Congrats man, 2 guys ranked up in merit system, that is a good news and prove that someone worthy can rank rup in this system. I saw your post and i think it is good for a member, i hope we can continue to contribute for this forum.
I am waiting for my activity points too for now, maybe it will take about 6 weeks again before i get the activity for sr member rank, wish me luck guys, hope i can get more merit.

[Akitot]

That's what old members do for newbies, but I saw a lot of legendary accounts that more likely bullying newbies with newbies attitude!! hahaha

[motienvolam]

That's what old members do for newbies, but I saw a lot of legendary accounts that more likely bullying newbies with newbies attitude!! hahaha

Old ranking system created shitty Hero, Ledgendary (part of those high-ranked members), but in the future, we will have less opportunities to see such shitty high ranked members due to strict rules of merit system and related ranking requirements. I think that in the forum, most of ranked up users since January of 2018 are deserved ones (Senior and higher ranks in particular). It's hard to buy/ sell/ exchange merits to rank up to Senior members and higher  without radars of moderators, merit sources and active users. So this probability of shitty high ranked members is extremely low due to amazing effects of merit system.

[Dewi11]

Tell me again that it's not possible to rank up. After hugablack now it's my turn.
Two months, 92 merit for a guy that had no idea what blockchain was 4 months ago.
Thank you people for sharing your knowledge and being nice to me answering all my questions. Thanks for giving me the chance to learn. I have a lot more to learn but I promise to share what I know with the newcomers.

Goodbye, you've been promoted to full member.
Your luck is not like my bad luck, it is very difficult to get the reward for the rankings, I can not do anything, my intelligence is not like your intelligence, that's why I almost do not get the reward, I give up and wait for good

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Congratulations OP, whilst it’s great news for him & the other guy who have managed to rank up via the Merit system it does prove how difficult it is to do so learning that only 2 people here have ranked up since the Merit system was implemented.

Whilst great news for us OG’s it is obviously really tough to rank up these days, glad I’m not a noob. I don’t think I’d be a good enough poster to ever see Hero/Legendary status the new way.

[TMAN]

Congratulations OP, whilst it’s great news for him & the other guy who have managed to rank up via the Merit system it does prove how difficult it is to do so learning that only 2 people here have ranked up since the Merit system was implemented.

Whilst great news for us OG’s it is obviously really tough to rank up these days, glad I’m not a noob. I don’t think I’d be a good enough poster to ever see Hero/Legendary status the new way.

I disagree fella, you have achieved 28 merits, and I assume you have just continued posting as previously. so what are we 8 weeks into the new system? you are averaging the equivalent of 50% of the previous ranking system. now imagine if you had put some effort in?

once the shitposters are gone we will see less posts and therefore people will be handing out merit more freely

[vlad230]

Congratulations OP, whilst it’s great news for him & the other guy who have managed to rank up via the Merit system it does prove how difficult it is to do so learning that only 2 people here have ranked up since the Merit system was implemented.

Whilst great news for us OG’s it is obviously really tough to rank up these days, glad I’m not a noob. I don’t think I’d be a good enough poster to ever see Hero/Legendary status the new way.

Yes, it's true, ranking up is a lot more difficult nowadays compared to what it used to be.

I see you have sent a lot of merit to people doing good posts so, you're on a good track.
Although, I have seen a lot of legendary members (that weren't affected by the merit system implementation) which are not involved at all in the spreading of merit. This is just sad.

[Azurewrath]

Tell me again that it's not possible to rank up. After hugablack now it's my turn.
Two months, 92 merit for a guy that had no idea what blockchain was 4 months ago.
Thank you people for sharing your knowledge and being nice to me answering all my questions. Thanks for giving me the chance to learn. I have a lot more to learn but I promise to share what I know with the newcomers.

Goodbye, you've been promoted to full member.
Your luck is not like my bad luck, it is very difficult to get the reward for the rankings, I can not do anything, my intelligence is not like your intelligence, that's why I almost do not get the reward, I give up and wait for good

dont worry, i think merit is leading this forum to death, i can hardly imagine a forum can survive that people can get profits from the rank up while its difficult to get a rank up, people are losing hope now, especially those who have much activities who make a great contribution to the forum, i think merit must be changed asap

[TMAN]

Tell me again that it's not possible to rank up. After hugablack now it's my turn.
Two months, 92 merit for a guy that had no idea what blockchain was 4 months ago.
Thank you people for sharing your knowledge and being nice to me answering all my questions. Thanks for giving me the chance to learn. I have a lot more to learn but I promise to share what I know with the newcomers.

Goodbye, you've been promoted to full member.
Your luck is not like my bad luck, it is very difficult to get the reward for the rankings, I can not do anything, my intelligence is not like your intelligence, that's why I almost do not get the reward, I give up and wait for good

dont worry, i think merit is leading this forum to death, i can hardly imagine a forum can survive that people can get profits from the rank up while its difficult to get a rank up, people are losing hope now, especially those who have much activities who make a great contribution to the forum, i think merit must be changed asap

nope - lies.. Shitposters will die and the forum will flourish with less time wasters like you

[TheQuin]

Congratulations OP, whilst it’s great news for him & the other guy who have managed to rank up via the Merit system it does prove how difficult it is to do so learning that only 2 people here have ranked up since the Merit system was implemented.

Whilst great news for us OG’s it is obviously really tough to rank up these days, glad I’m not a noob. I don’t think I’d be a good enough poster to ever see Hero/Legendary status the new way.

I disagree fella, you have achieved 28 merits, and I assume you have just continued posting as previously. so what are we 8 weeks into the new system? you are averaging the equivalent of 50% of the previous ranking system. now imagine if you had put some effort in?

once the shitposters are gone we will see less posts and therefore people will be handing out merit more freely

That's a very good point. If you look at the time it takes to get the activity to rank up then anyone getting an average of 1 Merit a day will still rank up on the same schedule and others will just do it a bit slower.

Looking at the latest data from LoyceV https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3078328.msg32604134#msg32604134

Taken after 56 days 294 people had gained 56 or more merits and going down to half there are 738 with 28 Merit. A total of 11775 had gained at least 1 Merit.

[tuanytcc]

That's a very good point. If you look at the time it takes to get the activity to rank up then anyone getting an average of 1 Merit a day will still rank up on the same schedule and others will just do it a bit slower.

Looking at the latest data from LoyceV https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3078328.msg32604134#msg32604134

Taken after 56 days 294 people had gained 56 or more merits and going down to half there are 738 with 28 Merit. A total of 11775 had gained at least 1 Merit.

Agree with you, TheQuin. I think that merit system can not stop or slow down the ranking progress of bitcointalk users. For example, to reach Member rank, users need only 10 merit points and 60 activities. That means they need 10 weeks to reach 60 activities and I really believe that 10 weeks is long enough to earn 10 merits. To reach Full member rank, users need to collect 100 merits during 5-6 months, I think it is possible too. Only sort of spamming users be stucked due to merit system.

[sitnikov]

Agree with you, TheQuin. I think that merit system can not stop or slow down the ranking progress of bitcointalk users. For example, to reach Member rank, users need only 10 merit points and 60 activities. That means they need 10 weeks to reach 60 activities and I really believe that 10 weeks is long enough to earn 10 merits. To reach Full member rank, users need to collect 100 merits during 5-6 months, I think it is possible too. Only sort of spamming users be stucked due to merit system.

Does only two members being able to reach full member after the merit system supports your claim ? I am not saying that merit system is bad and it should be taken back, but there is a lot of scope for improvements. It is good that the admin has focused on reducing the spam in the forum by introducing the merit system. But do we have enough merits to reward good posts as well ? If merits are less in circulation, it will still serve the first purpose (discouraging spam on the forum). But what about encouraging new members making quality posts ?