How do i gain merits?

[Lektai]

So I'm kinda new to btt and i have a couple of questions...
1 When i make a comment and it says my last post was 360secs ago...what am i supposed to do?
2. How do i gain merits and give out merits?

[BitMaxz]

So I'm kinda new to btt and i have a couple of questions...
1 When i make a comment and it says my last post was 360secs ago...what am i supposed to do?
2. How do i gain merits and give out merits?

Newbie could post every 360 seconds but if you can rank up higher your waiting time for posting is decreasing.
Read the admin post below.

What are the time limits on posting and the levels??
I know 360 seconds are for new people like me, but was wondering if there was break down somewhere on this.

Code:

waittime = 360;
if(activity >= 15)
        waittime = (int)(90 - activity);
if(activity >= 60)
        waittime=(int)(34.7586 - (0.0793103 * activity));
if(activity >= 100)
        waittime = max((int)(14-(activity/50)), 4);

However, you can upgrade to copper member which can decrease your waiting time for posting and other benefits like more character in your signature.
Check this thread about copper member. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2385104.msg24371150#msg24371150

For 2nd question read this guide https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3182178.0

[makoitus]

Basically you just have to wait for it mate if it says that. There's a time interval between you being able to post. Check the above comment. And about the Merit points, well you earn them by posting or commenting something informative and well-thought of or like a constructive content I must say. But just a heads up, even if you think your post is constructive or helpful, it would still depend on the other members if they think your post is really helpful. Also is a bad idea if you beg or ask others for Merits. You can check around the forum though if other members are starting a "post review for merits" post. One good way to show them your work. And to give Merits, well you can check a post or comment at the right portion of it you can see +merit button beside quote, just click that and you're good to go but make sure you have sMerits available though. Now to get sMerits, you need earn Merits first. I think if I'm not mistaken, every 1 point of Merit gives you .5 sMerits. So if you get lets say 10 Merit points, you'll have 5 sMerits. But just to be sure, you can check your profile for that.

[Berfikirlah]

People get the reward when doing good example of worship, helping people in trouble or doing positive things that can bring rewards.

[jukimay]

if you want to give merit to someone you must have merit first, you can get if your post useful for member here.
Your posts are qualified, constructive, informative, educative without expecting merit you will be given merit only if you are entitled to get it. and when you already have a merit you can give it to someone else with it and it will appear to the right of the quote