I am enjoying the merit system. As I earned zero free merit, I need lots of merits to rank up. It was a challenge to me.
So I decided to study about Bitcoin and post here. I am also improving my English writing skills along the way. I still make a lot of English mistakes, but I am improving.
I would really like a
merit push up notification lol. I really like to see if my posts receives merits. Merit system became one of the reasons for me to make good posts.
First, I’d say that the OP´s title is obviously a deliberate oversighted generalization, since there are many users that don’t seem to give a dam about Merit (yet). There are tons of lower ranked users that post indiscriminately with total oblivion to Merit, it’s explicit goals (I figure there are implicit goals too) and what it is required for.
I would say that we have:
1) Those that don’t know what Merit is: as stated above.
2) Those that don’t give a rats ass about it: since they don’t aspire to rank high really, or simply don’t care about the whole scheme of things.
3) The ones who do care about it but do not have the core competences to get more than a few merits at most.
4) The ones that do care about it but, having enough skillsets, see it difficult to obtain.
5) The ones that do care about it and set out for them regularly.
6) The ones that do care about it, already have bags of them, and are good to go.
7) The ones that do care about it, already have bags of them, and want more.
The ones that do care about Merit can do so due to multiple non-exclusive reasons:
a) It is part of the ranking game and rank is a conceptual status and an aspiration.
b) It is part of the ranking game and rank can bring some goodies in signature campaigns and perhaps lead to other opportunities too.
c) It is a mechanism that at least tries to raise the stakes on posting content and bar low level posts.
d) It is a challenge: where ranking up on it’s own due to activity could be done blindfolded, Merit is a cookie for the brain and personal ego. Merit is probably above rank in this case conceptually.
e) It gives a sense of power over others.
We could probably add quite a few, but eventually the list will be a close one and we can all be clustered into groups with a common view on the matter. Views do evolve, so one shifts between groups over time. The weekly overall potential sMerit decrease could soon playout as a large player in viewpoint change.
Having set the above draft of cluster variables, I would say that I started in January 2018 as a clear standalone “1”, soon move on to a “4b”, then on to a “5cd”, and currently reside at “4cd”.
Hello DdmrDdmr,
Your classification is interesting.
I think I am something about 5d/5b or 7b/7d in your list.
My posts and merits have already led to some good opportunities already (opportunities outside the forum), and I think more opportunities will come.
This forum is a great place to join a network of people who shares a common interest if you are not a shitposter/spammer. There are very knowledge and entrepreneur people here.
