My Great Merit Experiment (AKA, Yet Another Thread About Merit)

[presduterte]

So about 3 days ago I decided to start an experiment to see, as a noob, exactly how long would it take me to get 1 Merit. I'm not part of any bounty campaign nor do I want to be, so I could really give a flying fuck about merits (I already have a full time job as president of a great nation), but after becoming fascinated with the wealth of complaints inhabiting this subsection with regards to Merit and how hard they were for a noob to get, I set off on my own journey in hunt of an honest merit.

It took me exactly 3 days!

I was going to write a long-winded thread about early members of the forum whose profiles were still active (there's far fewer than you might think), thinking that would probably get me a merit but it came to me much easier than that. In case you're curious, the oldest account that is still active and used by its original owner is BitcoinFX. He also has the distinction of being the first person to comment in Satoshi's famous "Welcome" thread.

I guess the point is, its really not all that hard to get a Merit -- you just have to do a bit of original research and be capable of having an original thought in your head. Having proper spelling and grammar (and punctuation) probably doesn't hurt either.

On Telegram recently I saw a dude pretty much begging for a Merit, asking a Legendary to look through his post history to find one meritable post, as he was among the recently de-ranked, and dejected. Upon looking through his 2000+ posts on the forum, _not one_ wasn't a bounty report! Not a single actual opinion about anything, ever! It's like what are peeps supposed to do, merit bounty reports? Sheesh.

OK that's my story, I hope you enjoyed it.

[Coyster]

When the new system was introduced,most people set up strategies to get the one precious merit,it became an everyday occurrence bumbing into threads made about merit,hoping it does strike a chord,while it worked for some,it didn't quite work for others..

 You definitely do not need a long unreadable thesis to earn a merit,i find it very difficult to read through very long topics,its just based on timing,precision,quality,assistance and humor I must say, I'll rather love to read a comment that makes me laugh than a boring topic I could just google up online..

 Everyone set goals after the new system,i think so many have even been discouraged as the merit didn't come quick,and moved over to spam filled forums that you can earn without learning(walking without crawling)....

come to think of it we're surrounded by legends In here,and the forum must stand for what it was built on, quality,coherent discussions..
 I actually set a member target before the end of the year,ive got 3 months to go

[contact12345]

While I got to know the new rules of the forum I was a bit dishearted but I knew it was for the better. Over the week I realized how much the number of shitty posts has decreased. Everyone out there now knows that no more shitty posts can save their lives on this forum.
They need to be genuine.
Previously they used to read post replies and comment something similar to the previous comments just in order to get activity points or increase their number of posts, as at least by doing so they could have become a junior member.
But not now, not anymore.
To everyone reading this, Please be Genuine, be yourself, speak up your own thoughts and research before you post. This is the only possible way of not only getting quality merits but also increasing your trust in the community.

[TeQuiero]

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You miss a point here: people talk about merit to earn merit (intentionally or unintentionally). Sounds paradoxical, right? - See, the OP got another 3 merits for his merit experience topic.

I don't know how's it like in other board but I can see 90% of topics in this meta board are about merit and ranking? Maybe like you, I don't like to flatter the merit to earn merit, and it took me long time to get the 10th one. Good luck with your journey.