You should avoid asking here for merits. Here is what you will get if you do!

[erikoy]

Why on earth i should post here to get merits?

I am not a typical type of person that will likely to jump over this section and will proceed on doing a thread or commenting from any of those shit threads. Just as Warren Buffet says "Don't test the depth of the river with both your feet while taking risk"?
What does the risk I am talking here? The risk of getting hit in the face by the higher ranks, or even the moderators of this forum by their fierce critics on the threads and even in their comments. You will just going to know it when you question them in the things you might wonder that you are correct and righteous but in the end you will end up crying with your shoulders down. I have compile some of these here in this thread and try to see it for yourself before you post another thread raising your issues and concerns.

From theymos

But if you're incapable of posting anything worthwhile, then you will never rank up, and you shouldn't: this isn't the forum for you.

from Thekool1s

Cuz these people are 'theoretical scientists', Their work is all based around theories, not action And if I remember correctly this is the 5th post I have seen on the same topic of 'earning merit'.

From hilariousandetc

I don't think he wants people to go out of their way to just try get merit, but he wants the quality of content to improve. There's still a long way to go and I still think it's going to take more than just one merit to achieve that.

From JetCash

I'm glad that juniors and newbies are getting tired. In fact I'm getting tired of seeing all these threads appearing, and I've cut down the time I spend here for a while. Everybody seems to want to jump on a variety of bandwagons at the moment, and most of the bandwagons are now parked for the winter. Even if you do manage to find an active bandwagon on which you can jump, if you start banging on somebody else's drum, you are probably going to get a drumstick poked in your ear,

Whatever happened to posting about Bitcoin and crypto - do people still discuss those topics here?

From LeGaulois

Are people so desperate and/or only looking at this merits system?

from cryptopreneurBrainboss

You learn before you earn. So I advice you use this period to learn, if possible study merited posts, study how they're written (to entertain, educate or inform) and learn to write in those manner. "Stop searching for merit and you will get them i.e stop commenting or posting just to get merits."
see Smerit as liabilities to myself and an asset to others.

From The Pharmacist

Jealousy is an ugly thing, and I'm seeing a lot of it this morning in Meta.  

You want merits for garbage shitposts like this?  It'll be a sad day when merits are given out for sob stories of poverty--you know exactly what'll happen:  every shitposter and their entire extended family & neighborhood will be producing those stories nonstop.  You have to earn merit, not beg for it.

You really should look up the dictionary definition of the word "merit".

from from athanz88

What the hell? It is only 1 point of merit and you think it is the end of the world? Sorry to say but you are weaklings. It is just a f damn 1 point and you think you can not even get it? Your guys' mentality is really broken because doing a lot of bounty hunting.

from Lauda

This situation will be at least as annoying as the spam that occurred after the introduction of the merit system. The measure was long overdue and many users were asking for it.

from Welsh

I'm calling it the "pissed off newbie invasion". I expect for a few weeks at least we'll have half a dozen threads opened addressing the new implementation, and everyone rehashing what has already been said in the main thread.

from Lauda

In a desperate attempt to get some merit, yes. Users, especially merit sources, need to wake up and not give out merit for rehashed comments in Meta.

from hilariousetc

The battle has only just begun, my friend. I hope theymos scorches the earth of villainy and only the true heroes are left standing.

The question is do you still want to ask for merit knowing that you will just like hitting you with a fist on your hard face!
Don't be silly! Don't be little them because if you do you will get what you deserve.

[sakrosak]

I see many beginners whining because of this new rule, may feel uncomfortable with their new rankings. I agree with this new regulation because this new regulation can force someone to improve the quality of their posts and this new regulation makes junior members a little better than newbies  

[Direwolve735]

The question is do you still want to ask for merit knowing that you will just like hitting you with a fist on your hard face!

Didn`t you think that the whole problem is that many beginners are just asking for merits? Do you really believe it would be better for your self-esteem if the senior ranks just give you merit-alms only because they don`t want to offend you and wound your feelings? Perhaps you should focus not on the form of answers of higher rank forum members to your questions, but on their content. After all, until the newcomers begin to try and write something worthwhile, the situation won`t change.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

You forgot something else: you will get on some people’s ignore list. People who are merits sources and high ranks, so you will be way less likely to get merit.

[TMAN]

I wasn't going to merit you.. but checked the 1st couple of pages of your posts and you aren't just a 1 liner poster and it looks to me like you are trying.. lets see if I was wrong in this or not!

[Direwolve735]

I wasn't going to merit you.. but checked the 1st couple of pages of your posts and you aren't just a 1 liner poster and it looks to me like you are trying.. lets see if I was wrong in this or not!

You`re very generous and behaved very nobly. The irony is that erikoy accused the higher rank members of the fact that they "hit you with a fist on your hard face" and "make you cry with your shoulders down" and you proved him wrong, making what erikoy deemed almost impossible. This situation proves once again that the efforts lead to the result.

[erikoy]

I wasn't going to merit you.. but checked the 1st couple of pages of your posts and you aren't just a 1 liner poster and it looks to me like you are trying.. lets see if I was wrong in this or not!

Well thank you for that words and yes you are right i am trying to be good here in the forum by doing the right thing. I consider this a motivation and encouragement for the betterment of my posts in the future!

The irony is that erikoy accused the higher rank members of the fact that they "hit you with a fist on your hard face" and "make you cry with your shoulders down" and you proved him wrong, making what erikoy deemed almost impossible. This situation proves once again that the efforts lead to the result.

Yeah I admit my mistakes on this! Please consider that I was a newbie last 2 days after demoted. And I am still learning more about constructing a good thread. It was exaggerated accusing the higher ranks and even the moderator but see the brighter side. I was just kidding on this part "hit you with a fist on your hard face". There are really hard headed newbie here in the forum that always complain instead of doing something that could change their ways in interacting this forum.

You forgot something else: you will get on some people’s ignore list. People who are merits sources and high ranks, so you will be way less likely to get merit.

I hope not as what i have said that I was demoted to newbie last 2 days and here I am doing a comeback! And I am still studying also how higher ranks do their posts constructively. Hoping for the kind consideration.

[LoyceV]

You missed my favourite one:

Some people just shouldn't be on here.  If they post continuous spam and haven't bothered to read the rules then they don't deserve anybodies time.

If someone came to your house with dirty shoes (ignoring the please take off your shoes sign)  turned on the TV loudly, wrote on your furniture, slowed down your internet by downloading constantly, invited their friends over and ate from your fridge empty and was there purely for the "free food and drink". Would you tell them what they were doing wrong or tell them to go away in a less than polite way ?

[TMAN]

I wasn't going to merit you.. but checked the 1st couple of pages of your posts and you aren't just a 1 liner poster and it looks to me like you are trying.. lets see if I was wrong in this or not!

Well thank you for that words sir and yes you are right i am trying to be good here in the forum by doing the right thing. I consider this a motivation and encouragement for the betterment of my posts in the future!

Don't fucking call me or anyone else Sir.. it isn't needed and just points to pajeet type behavior - I know you probably think its respectful but it isn't...

anyway - go be a good member of the forum, keep trying to help/integrate/add value/learn and you will be fine...

[nakamura12]

There's still real and fake newbies(alts) and newbies (demoted jr. members) asking for merits and complain about the forum changes. The merit had been discussed from january until now. I think some jr. members (again) must have taken the medicine that Steamtyme made to improve themselves.

I think those forum members that complain about the forum changes because they can't get merit. Since most users unable to get one that's why they shouldn't ask or beg for merits instead they must take this medicine.

I need them to make some of this stuff all the kids are talking about meritjuana, it's great it cures illnesses like shitpostidia, and accountfarmingitis.

It also makes you look cool when you can score some meritjuana on your own, using skills like reading, comprehending, and writing.