Newbie with merit? Yes its possible!

[seoincorporation]

This is a good post as we know that many on here beg for their merits! No, that will get you nowhere!! Members work hard for their merits by actually taking the time to post something with quality and something that will help someone. Of course, that is the easiest way to earn merits but many do not understand that or they just simply do not want to take the time to write quality posts because all they care about is gaining activity points and ranks!  

jjeje, yes. But if they are in here just for gaining activity then they will become "Forever Juniors", a usual specimen, seen in every board through the forum. When I see someone with more than a hundred activity points (which usually means tons of posts) is easy to come to the conclusion of they being shitposters.
Earning merits shall not be so difficult to a newbie, as the Op is demonstrating. He has earn 7 in 2 days (from at least 5 different persons!!), if I'm not wrong, just by writing with some common sense and demonstrating his concern about the forum.
That's all. Is not so difficult, is it?

[Bogdan97]

Reading the messages here, I was inspired by how people with high rank supported newcomers, I unfortunately do not have such support in the Russian stream (

[aminurrahaman]

Good and very useful topic you shared with us. As a newbie I am also greedy and looking for merit without doing anything, but from now I just forgot about all of this like merit, ranks and others. From now I will learn more & more and try to give something new constructive to this forum. Cause this forum is all about help each other and share with each other.
Thanks mate for your worthy contribution.

[kenharry]

I thought that  having a merit reward is not possible for the newbie. Now with better understanding after going through the threads, merit is achievable by newbies.

[gstar - ross]

Wow thanks for much for this post. Never knew newbies could get merit to be honest! Very insightful and motivating for newbies like me haha

[LucaBlight]

I see good post for a newbie like me ! That is true dont beg for merit you need to work for it!

[Admeen]

This is really a good guide for a newbie member like me, sometimes we are just posting without any relevance to the topic just to have an activity and the moderator will just d*lete it.  if we can construct a good comment then do it, not because of the merit or anything else but to add knowledge and information to those who will read it.

[Admeen]

Reading the messages here, I was inspired by how people with high rank supported newcomers, I unfortunately do not have such support in the Russian stream (

Yes, in every forum that I've checked, many members with high rank are always there to give great information, gives warnings and support newbies. Very inspiring and I really salute to them.

[cryptobdcu]

Hi everyone, I thought long and hard about posting this as i am pretty new around here don't want to really be talking about the dreaded M (M*rit) word, or making myself look like a tw@t  

However, I think its especially important that i get this out the right now while i am still currently a NEWBIE, and in my humble opinion i think that fellow newbies could take note of what I am saying. Apologies if this post is lengthy but stick with it as i promise it will help if you are struggling at first.

So firstly, I'd like to mention that I joined here in mid May and I've only been on here posting for around 1 week. I'm nobody special, just an average guy who has a young family and a strong interest in crypto/BTC. I have never been here previously and i do not KNOW anyone here in person, there is no bias toward you, me, or any other newbie in this forum. The problem we have here regarding 'Merit' seems to focus around it being perceived as unfair and/or impossible to achieve...

Well i am here to tell you that YOU ARE WRONG!

Weeks before i posted anything at all, i was on here looking looking through threads, looking at the topics that popped up time after time, looking and learning from the content, looking at the people who are posting the good stuff, looking to see if i could fit in and make a difference and/or help others!

Why is the merit system here?

Well its simple really, and it boils down to one word- QUALITYor rather the lack of it!
On one of my first ever posts I had a member (Jetcash) comment asking if i [as a newbie] could give my opinion on the merit system. I'll be honest, i was confused at first and then i read it again twice more-it made sense. Some of the guys who give merit here have been here a looooong time! Surely they don't want any Tom, dick or Muhammad (to be politically correct   ) coming here posting trash and undoing all of the hard work that they have put in to build this place up and make it the absolute treasure trove of information that it is. Simply put- these guys are the owners and we are the visitors! Why should they dish out merit willy-nilly to someone who has brought nothing to the table? Only fair really isn't it?

So now we understand why the merit system is here right?

What can YOU do to gain some Merit for yourself?

1.CONTRIBUTE! Bitcoin and Crypto has to be one of- if not the most- discussed topic(s) on the entire internet. There is such a VAST amount of information out there, that you simply CANNOT FAIL to find something that hasn't been discussed in great depth, or maybe find a different angle to discuss a popular topic?  

2.READ. I have no substitute for reading! Read other members posts, understand why they are getting Merit! It comes as no surprise to me that some of the same people get Merit time after time. Its because what they post is thorough, well thought out, colourful and precise. In the short time I have been here i know of AT LEAST 10 people who's posts i actually look for first. As i know they will have something good to say and it will be a good read. I'll not post names incase people think I'm hinting for merit!   I'm not saying to plagiarize these guys, just to understand why its happening thats all.

3.LEARN So you might be new to Crypto, that's cool, we have all been there! Why not harness the power of the forum and research an answer in depth before posting a pi$$ poor reply? If you're genuinely here for the right reasons then educate yourself on the topics before replying and I have no doubt that in time your contribution will be just rewarded!  

4.BE POSITIVE Negativity, begging for merit, and moaning will get you nowhere FAST! The minute you start whining on here, the less likely people will help you. If there's something you don't like or agree with, try and rephrase in a positive manner, if you cant, then just avoid posting your thoughts out loud!  

5.BE REALISTIC A few of us newbies think you can just roll up post a few replies and get showered with merit, sorry, its not happening guys! Imagine you start a new job, and within a few days you are trying to be CEO of the company? Its not going to happen is it? Merit is awarded on exactly what it is- MERIT! Put in the graft, and you'll get your just rewards!  

Summary

I'm posting this as i know that the above steps will help you on your way, it may seem difficult for some at first but put the work in and the reward will follow.I am not here to brag or gloat I'm a nobody in here compared to most, and at the time of writing this I only have 3 Merit, which is next to nothing- but not too bad for 1 week of posting!  I'm a positive person who will help ANY of you out if i can and i firmly believe my merit will rise the longer I am here-you just have to believe that yours will too and take some action! It matters little if your English isn't great or your grammar is poor, effort and participation is what this place is all about. Effort breeds quality,quality breeds results. Lets keep the crap out of here and we can all make a difference.  

I will leave you with this- show some of these guys in here respect- they've rubbed proverbial shoulders with the main man himself!

Check this link out....https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5.msg28#msg28

 

Simply impressive and perfect post of guideline for me as a newbie,I am searching for such type of post to fixed my strategy of posting,although got the merit rewarding ways but not strategy,Your guideline will boost my confidence,I will be more than happy if you guy accelerate your post adding more strategy and tips to shine in this forum thanks in advance

[Insanerman]

It is good to see that more and more people are appreciating the positive side of merit system. You know when I was seeing the merit system for the first time, I am really frustrated because I cannot fully accept that in order to rank up I need a lot of merits, I cannot accept that merit can cause delay in ranking up.

But when I see the efforts of lower rank members who are sacrificing their precious time just to make a useful and quality post that helps for the betterment of the community really inspires me a lot. That is the time that I realized the usefulness of the merit system.

It really takes time to digest these newly implemented rules, but I know most of the newbies here will realize it sooner.

[koicrypto225]

Thanks for the positive feedback guys, it really means a lot! 

I just honestly think that if you are here and you are participating/looking/learning, then do it the right way!

Forget about the money aspect, help yourself first. This may sound a little bit like double standards as I have a signature campaign on here, but i might as well if i'm here right? It's not the primary reason i'm here. Learn to make content that people find helpful and engaging. Try and have a positive outlook, look at it from the perspective of YOU being the one who is giving out the merit- would you give merit to the vast majority of posts in here? I wouldn't.

I'm no expert but i'm trying. All the knowledge I need is here and on the web, I just have to find it, digest it, shape it and then present it in a way that people find useful and informative. This isn't rocket science guys, all you have to do is try a little harder. If your mindset is right- you are almost there.

Thank you for this. It has helped a lot of newbies (including me) to once again check what is the primary aim in engaging a forum like this. Earning is an enticing reason, but having that purpose alone won't suffice if one wants to have a purposeful and meaningful participation. Indeed, what is truly essential is to have a right mindset and things will fall in its rightful place.

[seoincorporation]

Yeah really merit is hard to get in here, I don't know some  high rank have 1000 merit tag on their name's but it , nothing  you know why the cannot use merit , they cannot sell it , they cannot send it to some one  or share to some body. Newbie is longing for merit just like me but its difficult to gain.

I think Merit should have a value it should be like token that we can sell, we can exchange in the exchanger,  we can share to any body, because if not, even you have 2000 merit tag on your name , Its useless , Its nothing, Its just a number.



What I  want to say is give value to "Merit"  It should be like token that we can trade, share , send ,sell in the exchagner, buy in the exchanger.

Having merits in the name doesn't mean you have merit to send away. There are two kind of merits:
1.- The merit you earn.
2.- Smerits, the merits you can send. This second one is earned for each two earned "normal" merits, so, even legendaries need to earn merit if they want to have something to send to others. In my case, I'm always looking for deserving newbies, and I always run out of smerits truly fast.

Regarding the token, of course, NO!! There is already an underground market regarding merit, and that's far from being the point of the system. Merits are created to:
- Encourage people to do good posts, as the one the OP wrote ahead.
- To rank-up based on the quality instead of activity. Before in order to rank-up, you just needed activity, It took time, but it was a time when there weren't so much newcomers with the aim of scam the forum.

So, if your trade with merits then they lose their whole point!!

[moshoodsadiq]

Thank you for this thread. I find this thread to be very educative. And i do like your mindset geared towards this forum. I do hope you keep up with trying to help newbies become great contributors to this forum.

[Obiwankenodium]

Thank you for the quality post!

[justin86]

I think if you try to do something in the forum except making shit posts for signature bounty campaigns, you must be able to earn some merits, because basically it is forum and you are forum member, not bounty hunter.

[wizardcrypto]

Bitcointalk forum is a forum for quality post about innovation,news ,guidelines etc for newbie and expert in the cryptocurrency world.if your post is educative enough and has more audience you will recieve a merit from people.but if you keep on posting just because of signature campaign you wont get merit because your post will be low quality.therefore you can earn merit irespective of your bitcointalk rank

[unorowest]

Hi everyone, I thought long and hard about posting this as i am pretty new around here don't want to really be talking about the dreaded M (M*rit) word, or making myself look like a tw@t  

However, I think its especially important that i get this out the right now while i am still currently a NEWBIE, and in my humble opinion i think that fellow newbies could take note of what I am saying. Apologies if this post is lengthy but stick with it as i promise it will help if you are struggling at first.

So firstly, I'd like to mention that I joined here in mid May and I've only been on here posting for around 1 week. I'm nobody special, just an average guy who has a young family and a strong interest in crypto/BTC. I have never been here previously and i do not KNOW anyone here in person, there is no bias toward you, me, or any other newbie in this forum. The problem we have here regarding 'Merit' seems to focus around it being perceived as unfair and/or impossible to achieve...

Well i am here to tell you that YOU ARE WRONG!

Weeks before i posted anything at all, i was on here looking looking through threads, looking at the topics that popped up time after time, looking and learning from the content, looking at the people who are posting the good stuff, looking to see if i could fit in and make a difference and/or help others!

Why is the merit system here?

Well its simple really, and it boils down to one word- QUALITYor rather the lack of it!
Wow! Really good stuff, and to have received 3 merits in your first one week of being here is really something. Keep up the good work.
On one of my first ever posts I had a member (Jetcash) comment asking if i [as a newbie] could give my opinion on the merit system. I'll be honest, i was confused at first and then i read it again twice more-it made sense. Some of the guys who give merit here have been here a looooong time! Surely they don't want any Tom, dick or Muhammad (to be politically correct   ) coming here posting trash and undoing all of the hard work that they have put in to build this place up and make it the absolute treasure trove of information that it is. Simply put- these guys are the owners and we are the visitors! Why should they dish out merit willy-nilly to someone who has brought nothing to the table? Only fair really isn't it?

So now we understand why the merit system is here right?

What can YOU do to gain some Merit for yourself?

1.CONTRIBUTE! Bitcoin and Crypto has to be one of- if not the most- discussed topic(s) on the entire internet. There is such a VAST amount of information out there, that you simply CANNOT FAIL to find something that hasn't been discussed in great depth, or maybe find a different angle to discuss a popular topic?  

2.READ. I have no substitute for reading! Read other members posts, understand why they are getting Merit! It comes as no surprise to me that some of the same people get Merit time after time. Its because what they post is thorough, well thought out, colourful and precise. In the short time I have been here i know of AT LEAST 10 people who's posts i actually look for first. As i know they will have something good to say and it will be a good read. I'll not post names incase people think I'm hinting for merit!   I'm not saying to plagiarize these guys, just to understand why its happening thats all.

3.LEARN So you might be new to Crypto, that's cool, we have all been there! Why not harness the power of the forum and research an answer in depth before posting a pi$$ poor reply? If you're genuinely here for the right reasons then educate yourself on the topics before replying and I have no doubt that in time your contribution will be just rewarded!  

4.BE POSITIVE Negativity, begging for merit, and moaning will get you nowhere FAST! The minute you start whining on here, the less likely people will help you. If there's something you don't like or agree with, try and rephrase in a positive manner, if you cant, then just avoid posting your thoughts out loud!  

5.BE REALISTIC A few of us newbies think you can just roll up post a few replies and get showered with merit, sorry, its not happening guys! Imagine you start a new job, and within a few days you are trying to be CEO of the company? Its not going to happen is it? Merit is awarded on exactly what it is- MERIT! Put in the graft, and you'll get your just rewards!  

Summary

I'm posting this as i know that the above steps will help you on your way, it may seem difficult for some at first but put the work in and the reward will follow.I am not here to brag or gloat I'm a nobody in here compared to most, and at the time of writing this I only have 3 Merit, which is next to nothing- but not too bad for 1 week of posting!  I'm a positive person who will help ANY of you out if i can and i firmly believe my merit will rise the longer I am here-you just have to believe that yours will too and take some action! It matters little if your English isn't great or your grammar is poor, effort and participation is what this place is all about. Effort breeds quality,quality breeds results. Lets keep the crap out of here and we can all make a difference.  

I will leave you with this- show some of these guys in here respect- they've rubbed proverbial shoulders with the main man himself!

Check this link out....https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5.msg28#msg28