Merit awarding

[TIDOVEE]

i was monitoring or studying the merit levels, i discovered it was not directly increasing according to the number of post,i really wished to know how the merit is awarded and the advantage.   

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[rosezionjohn]

i was monitoring or studying the merit levels, i discovered it was not directly increasing according to the number of post,i really wished to know how the merit is awarded and the advantage.  

Hey mate, you are posting on the wrong board. This topic belongs to Meta section or maybe even the Beginners & Help.
How long have you been out? The merit system was introduced last year and most of the active members here are already familiar with it.

It is not based on activity.

Here is a short explanation:

You get merit points when someone sends you some for one of your posts. Additionally, when someone sends you merit points, half of those points can be sent by you to other people.

You can find full information in this thread Merit & new rank requirements


Do you know how to move your topic to the proper board?

[monalia]

i was monitoring or studying the merit levels, i discovered it was not directly increasing according to the number of post,i really wished to know how the merit is awarded and the advantage.   

if you want to learn anything about the forum related activity you need to always check in the meta section board.

Always keep concentrate on your post quality while your briefing and explaining your thoughts to others. You may consider this merit is like on Facebook. So do your creative explanation while you are in forum.

[eternalgloom]

By looking at your post history, I see that you've always been active during the past couple of months.
You have over 1000 posts and still haven't received any merit, that should tell you something...

You have not gotten any merits because your posts are generally very low quality.
Always the same pattern, just 2 lines of text in bad English and with very little substance.

Look, people can overlook the not so perfect English, but you're going to have to increase your post quality to get some merits from people.
If you're really unlucky, someone could easily go and report most of your posts, since they're really spammy.

[semobo]

i was monitoring or studying the merit levels, i discovered it was not directly increasing according to the number of post,i really wished to know how the merit is awarded and the advantage.   

Seems like you are active since the introduction of merits sytem but still didn't understand how it works?

You can get merits for the posts if someoe thing that it helped them.Merit needed for you to rank up.

[LogitechMouse]

i was monitoring or studying the merit levels, i discovered it was not directly increasing according to the number of post,i really wished to know how the merit is awarded and the advantage.   

Helpful Posts = Merit
Constructive posts = Merit
Useless posts = Merit (for some newbies and stupids)

Advantage?? Hmmmm.. To prevent the spammers from ranking up.

[tranthidung]

Please read these threads:
Promotion with merit system and new rank requirements. It's possible.
Inspirational stories from self-made promoted users
Read those stories, connect dots inside those stories and in between, then you will have better overview on how merit system works, and how you can get merits. Basically, changing your posting style, and posts' contents, then you will see merits come to you as rewards for your efforts and your contributions.

[Natalim]

There's a statistic for the most boards where most merit is sent, then I guess you have to keep posting in that board if you are also interested with the topic. Sending merit is only based on the sender, and not all good posts are merited so you go with the stats if you want to rank up.

[hugeblack]

I've checked some of your posts and advice for you to try posting in sections that are easier for others to read, no matter how good your posts are if no one reads them.
Also, many members rely on Merit sources and those sources do not exist in those sections ----> improve the level of your posts and try to learn more about Mining, Speculation, and some technical things.


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[cabalism13]

...,i really wished to know how the merit is awarded and the advantage.  

If you still want to gain Merits, I'm currently running a certain thread for all ranks, this might be a chance for you to get enough Merits.

MERIT GIVEAWAY HERE!

P.S. There are already countless of users including myself (as you can see a little bit more I will reach a new league again), that I've helped so far. Thank Me Later

[o_e_l_e_o]

There's a statistic for the most boards where most merit is sent, then I guess you have to keep posting in that board if you are also interested with the topic.

I think this is the wrong advice to be giving.

We shouldn't be encouraging users to post in sections where they have nothing useful to contribute solely because those sections receive more merit. Boards such as Technical Discussion and Technical Support have a much higher merit to post ratio than Bitcoin or Altcoin Discussion, for example, but that's because they are less spammy. If a spammer posts in these boards, they definitely won't get merited just because there is more merit flowing in that board. More likely, their posts will be reported and deleted because there is less spam tolerated in these boards.

If we think some sections are going under merited, then the better solution is to appoint more sources who frequent these sections, rather than encourage the spammers to move elsewhere. Having said all that, on reviewing OP's post history, he is unlikely to earn any merits regardless of where he posts until he improves his posting behavior.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Having said all that, on reviewing OP's post history, he is unlikely to earn any merits regardless of where he posts until he improves his posting behavior.

This quoted above is mostly the cause of the problem and not the popular opinion of, "they are not getting merited because of the board they post in". Any quality (decent) contributor can testify to receiving merits on any board they contribute to though some might be higher than others but still if your posts are outstanding (quality wise) you can still get rewarded irrespective of the boards.

The alternative/Bitcoin discussion board that many users think they won't get meirted if they contribute to the boards, I have recieved merit on numerous occasions from those boards. Everything just boils down to what's the quality of your posts. Take care of that first before you start worrying about boards not receiving enough merit.

[Natalim]

There's a statistic for the most boards where most merit is sent, then I guess you have to keep posting in that board if you are also interested with the topic.

I think this is the wrong advice to be giving.

We shouldn't be encouraging users to post in sections where they have nothing useful to contribute solely because those sections receive more merit. Boards such as Technical Discussion and Technical Support have a much higher merit to post ratio than Bitcoin or Altcoin Discussion, for example, but that's because they are less spammy. If a spammer posts in these boards, they definitely won't get merited just because there is more merit flowing in that board. More likely, their posts will be reported and deleted because there is less spam tolerated in these boards.

If we think some sections are going under merited, then the better solution is to appoint more sources who frequent these sections, rather than encourage the spammers to move elsewhere. Having said all that, on reviewing OP's post history, he is unlikely to earn any merits regardless of where he posts until he improves his posting behavior.

I'm not saying they have to force themselves, being in the forum doesn't mean you only need to focus in one section, the longer you stay here the more you will find good boards that you might be interested in participating. There's nothing wrong to choose the a certain boars where merit is most spent as long as you participate in the discussion.

Though I don't have a problem ranking up but with the new system, I can feel the struggle of low ranks just to rank up.
It's just my personal suggestion coming from the mind of a businessman.

[astadbtc]

There's a statistic for the most boards where most merit is sent, then I guess you have to keep posting in that board if you are also interested with the topic.

I think this is the wrong advice to be giving.

We shouldn't be encouraging users to post in sections where they have nothing useful to contribute

I completely agree but do you question yourself perhaps? Do you ever wonder that you might not be contributing at all by answering whatever comes in your mind on any post you find? Because I didn't find your post by accident. Do you also understand that the only people that leveled to the rank of Full Member are native English speakers and the rest have absolutely zero chance getting merited?
Merit system created a closed circle in bitcointalk and it is actually a impossible acheivement for anyone not proficient in English.

[o_e_l_e_o]

I completely agree but do you question yourself perhaps? Do you ever wonder that you might not be contributing at all by answering whatever comes in your mind on any post you find? Because I didn't find your post by accident.

In the thread you are referring to, you provided incorrect information and I corrected you. You didn't read the link I provided and doubled down on your incorrect assumptions, so I corrected you again. You may want to reflect as to whose contribution is less useful.

Do you also understand that the only people that leveled to the rank of Full Member are native English speakers and the rest have absolutely zero chance getting merited?

That is just categorically not true. Several of the highest merited users of all time are not native English speakers, such as LoyceV (>3000 earned merit) and micgoossens (>2000 earned merit). There are users who have earned >100 merit not only not being a native English speaker, but not even earning a single merit in any of the English speaking boards. Look at abhiseshakana for example. 1272 earned merit, and he doesn't even post on the English boards.

[astadbtc]

I completely agree but do you question yourself perhaps? Do you ever wonder that you might not be contributing at all by answering whatever comes in your mind on any post you find? Because I didn't find your post by accident.

In the thread you are referring to, you provided incorrect information and I corrected you. You didn't read the link I provided and doubled down on your incorrect assumptions, so I corrected you again. You may want to reflect as to whose contribution is less useful.

Do you also understand that the only people that leveled to the rank of Full Member are native English speakers and the rest have absolutely zero chance getting merited?

That is just categorically not true. Several of the highest merited users of all time are not native English speakers, such as LoyceV (>3000 earned merit) and micgoossens (>2000 earned merit). There are users who have earned >100 merit not only not being a native English speaker, but not even earning a single merit in any of the English speaking boards. Look at abhiseshakana for example. 1272 earned merit, and he doesn't even post on the English boards.

Yes enjoy correcting. Since you do that, you might try being in detail from your first answer though. Doesn't need to put hints and links and answering like you did. You answer ("correction") was inadequate.

Also about merit, you are referring to 3-4 exceptions. Meanwhile I'm reading bounty hunters answers in every forum post, from persons that have 100+ merit just because they were bounty hunting since 2017. Is this a just system? Why would people that don't offer anything useful have full member ranks? Just because they were lucky to have posted a hundred replies in 2017?

[suchmoon]

Yes enjoy correcting. Since you do that, you might try being in detail from your first answer though. Doesn't need to put hints and links and answering like you did. You answer ("correction") was inadequate.

Is this what you're butthurt about?

I don't have to click links and I rarely do.

Not gonna get merits with that attitude, that's for sure.

Also about merit, you are referring to 3-4 exceptions.

Case in point. 3-4 examples being mentioned doesn't mean there are only 3-4 "exceptions", it actually looks more like a "rule" rather than "exception": 4 out of top 6 merit earners (except theymos and your buddy o_e_l_e_o) are not native English speakers and there are many further down the list too, ~45 in the top 100. I'd give you a link but unfortunately you're not going to click it.

[Decimation]

Merit is supposed to be awarded for quality and/or helpfulness of posts, however, I often feel as though it's an "agree button". Lot's of posts I've seen that are extremely opinionated often end up with more merit than those that attempt to simply inform without appealing to a side. Sites like Reddit with a user ranking system have the same problem. I don't really think there is any viable solution towards fixing this, but it's just a thought.

[finaleshot2016]

Merit is supposed to be awarded for quality and/or helpfulness of posts, however, I often feel as though it's an "agree button". Lot's of posts I've seen that are extremely opinionated often end up with more merit than those that attempt to simply inform without appealing to a side. Sites like Reddit with a user ranking system have the same problem. I don't really think there is any viable solution towards fixing this, but it's just a thought.

Well, it's hard to change the perspective of each person on that case. If it's well-known, no doubt, it will be merited in a single minute.
Sometimes I really hate the times when I needed an opinion that will solve a serious problem in our local but ended up getting a lot of cons. They received a lot of merits even though they didn't understand the whole purpose of my thread.

I wanted to say it to my fellow members but I think they will easily be offended because it's a fact.

[Harlot]

Merits aren't like acitivity points where you earn them passively by just posting and being online the forum, its what really prevents account farmers from ranking up their accounts easily. Merits is something being rewarded when someone sends it to you, and that depends highly on your post quality some even look back at your post history before they even give you one so you might want to fovus more on improving your quality rather then expect on earning them each time you post.