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If you want to rank up you need to help others too.
I think you have said the right thing, receiving and giving is something that must be done for this merit system to function.
I am sorry but ranking up is not just based on quality. Many times people won't even see or read your comment. I don't post in the most popular threads to is it to my disadvantage etc etc
Theymos has said it clearly,,,
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I'm hoping that this system will increase post quality by:
- Forcing people to post high-quality stuff in order to rank up. If you just post garbage, you will never get even 1 merit point, and you will therefore never be able to put links in your signature, etc.
- Highlighting good posts with the "Merited by" line.
While we will not be directly moderating this, I encourage people to give merit to posts that are objectively high-quality, not just posts that you agree with.
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When someone wants to increase the ranking of his account, he must improve quality. Merit is basically to force people to post something of quality so they can go higher until Legendary.
So, if someone has managed to improve the quality of his posts and get out of his bad habits such as low quality posts, spam, junk then he has the right to get a new rank when the posts, activities, and merit are sufficient.
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Another thing is I am empty and have no more merits to give please tell me how that helps??
Get 2 merit and so 1 sMerit can be sent to other people.
The trick as, Find threads like this and comment.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5211780.0