The reality of Merit

[cavinn09]

Newbie constructive post = 0 Merit, neglected.

Higher Rank constructive post = Merit, Merit and Merit......

Everyone puts oil on the oily head.

[The-Devil]

Not exactly what you might think. Look at me I'm a newbie but I got five merits. No one has neglected me. I tried to contribute to the forum so I got the merit. Hope you can too. But don't always run behind merit. You do something that will bring merit to you. And we all know today's newbie is the future of this forum.

[joniboini]

Much wow.

Can't believe somebody still so salty and talk nonsense about this when there are literally dozens of threads talking about users ranking up from newbies.

[Bttzed03]

Here is your reality:

You have a one year account with only 11 posts.
Out of the 11 posts you made, none of it was merit worthy to me.

You want to earn merit? Do not complain or whine, do the work required. Don't expect anything handed out to you here. Users who actually earned merit puts in the effort and the time in the forum. Many beginners here were able to rank up because they consistently improved the quality of their posts.

[epis11]

No only on constructive post a newbie can earn merit if you can share something useful in this community by creating threads that really interesting and informative by doing this you have a high chance of receiving merits. 

[mk4]

Can you show us the "constructive" posts you've been making? Feel free to link them below.

Also, if a user, regardless of rank, fails to get merits from a certain topic/reply, chances are(probably 90% of the time), he/she didn't deserve merits in the first place.

EDIT: Take a look at this guy: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5208564

He reached legendary member, from newbie, receiving 1000 merits. What's your excuse?

[Daniel91]

We could read hear a lot stories recently  from the users who started as you,  from newbie rank and they are Hero or senior member now.
They didn't complain but simple wrote good quality posts,  something what helped others or contribute to the forum and they received a lot merits.
So,  don't complain but educate yourself,  do some research,  and share your knowledge and experience with others.
If you do so, other users will reward you with merits.

[harizen]

Newbie constructive post = 0 Merit, neglected.

Higher Rank constructive post = Merit, Merit and Merit......

Everyone puts oil on the oily head.

If you think those "constructive post" should have received some merits, check this:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5096125.0

I hope you will be enlightened.

[Rikafip]

Newbie constructive post = 0 Merit, neglected.

Higher Rank constructive post = Merit, Merit and Merit......

Everyone puts oil on the oily head.

Not true at all, and there are numerous examples that disprove you. Write decent posts, and in a few weeks you will get some merits.

When i look at your post history, you haven't really tried that so far, in those  11 posts written so far. Put some effort, and merits will find your way.

[Upgrade00]

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You're now almost set for the member rank, just a little more merit and activity to go.

A positive attitude should be encouraged in the community. There are lots of guides in jow to get merit and how to develop a good posting habit.
Complaining about the system or begging for merits would only get you a negative trust or put you on the ignore list of most users.

[Coyster]

You are not an active member, you need to be one to be able to get merits and rank up. If anyone should be complaining, it should not be a user who has made 11 posts in one year on the forum, and to add to that, none of them can even get half a merit, so no need directing you to merit giveaway threads.

The reality of merit is that only the good users are ranking up, haven't you been seeing all the "rank up threads" on the forum, many of them started from zero, so they were not established members when they started earning merits in the first place.

[karim2]

If you want to get merit then you post quality post and give nice reply to any post and help everyone. Different forums such as meta, beginners & help in this section reply well in different posts. Then you get 100% merit. And follow the high ranking members how they get merit. Then you will understand how merit is available.

[hd49728]

You created this account in December last year, and by now has released only 9 posts totally. 3 of 9 posts released this year, one in May, and 2 in December.

Most of your posts is one line and if they are longer than one line, just a few words in the second line. Quality of post is not defined by length but most of time, one line posts are mostly low quality. To make a quality posts in short versions, you need to be very knowledgeable and good writing skills. It is not easy but it is a thing to consider for users who want to make good posts.

Most of time I see one line posts, they are released by spammers.

Since 2018, what did you contribute to prevent signature ads removed globally?
Self-made Legendary Observer - first legendaries after the merit system.

Iasenko built up his Hero member rank by himself, from scratch when merit system started. He is as same as Coolcryptovator, self-earned enough merits to become Legendary members.

[DdmrDdmr]

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With barely any posts made as baggage, and with the content they provide, I honestly don’t see why you are complaining. All you need to do is see that most (obviously not all) merited posts have put in some time and thought into their elaboration. It’s not a rank-based matter, but rather more a content based one, and although rank may have some subliminal influence, it does by no means hinder the possibilities on lower ranks to be merited on decent content.

These are the current 31.860 profiles that have received merits at some point:

Code:

rank                          nMeritedUsers
Founder                       1
Administrator                 2
VIP                           16
Donator                       40
Global Moderator              3
Staff                         22
Legendary                     1465
Hero Member                   1451
Sr. Member                    2355
Full Member                   3754
Member                        6457
Jr. Member                    11262
Newbie                        4788
Brand new                     244

Notice that the number of merited profiles in the lower ranks is not negligible, and whilst from a perspective of proportion within each rank the numbers would shift noticeably, the knowledge on the forum and crypto, and the intent on providing decent enough content, tends to be greater in proportion as one moves through the ranks.
 
Getting some merits is not a challange. Earning a lot is. The real challange starts at mid-ranks.

[mersal]

Newbie constructive post = 0 Merit, neglected.

Higher Rank constructive post = Merit, Merit and Merit......

Everyone puts oil on the oily head.

Here is the reality of merit system:

1.Not every constructive posts will receive merits,no matter it was made by any ranked members.

2.Only you get merits if someone learned something new and they got sMerits to spend.

3.When you got some recognization as quality poster then you will be receiving merits more often than before.

4.So keep posting and wait for your moment.

[BIT-BENDER]

Am a newbie with merit- that has already thrown your philosophy out of the window.
An oily head was once unoiled so they put in efforts and got to where they where.
You going no where until you change your idea

[Negotiation]

Not exactly what you might think. Look at me I'm a newbie but I got five merits. No one has neglected me. I tried to contribute to the forum so I got the merit. Hope you can too. But don't always run behind merit. You do something that will bring merit to you. And we all know today's newbie is the future of this forum.

I agree with you, you are right that you do not always run behind merit. If you post good and helpful you will definitely get merit. If you post good quality interesting posts in the forums then you will certainly qualify.

[acroman08]

Newbie constructive post = 0 Merit, neglected.

Higher Rank constructive post = Merit, Merit and Merit......

Everyone puts oil on the oily head.

try telling that to the self-made member/full member/hero/legendary members of the forum and let see what tips and advice they'll give you. sure earning merits may not be easy for others(including me)
but that is not a reason to be salty or resentful to higher-ranking members of the forum. also, if you think you have a Quality post that hasn't been merited there are threads that give merit to the
posts that are worthy to be merited.

[yazher]

I thought the merit issue has been solved? I thought no one will ever question this method implemented by Theymos to improve the forum. I guess someone wants to question it before the end of this year. Anyway, just like you, we had a hard time ranking up from no merit to what we have become right now. You need to go with the flow, I mean getting merit is much easier than before, The main rule is don't ask for them, just do your thing and contribute to the forum as everyone does. If that happens, I'm sure everyone will appreciate your work and gives you some merit.

[Maus0728]

Speaking of making a constructive, readable and interesting post then you should take time studying and consume as much as possible knowledge on a day to day basis. Otherwise, you will end up spamming the forum and act like a crying baby if you'll just complain about the merit system. The merit system is for those people (like you) to inspire and give importance to this newest technology as well as to be not ignorant and useless in this fast-growing community.

Index to popular bitcointalk threads 2018 - This thread will give you a glimpse on how to contribute in our community and it will give you a general knowledge to the world you are entering right now altho you are not an active member of this forum. Lastly, being knowledgeable and respectful person will cause merits to find your way to reach a higher rank. READ. APPLY. SHARE

Goodluck on your journey! Invest in yourself.