Why Same MERITED Rankers send Merits to themselves?

[Pmalek]

They are high-ranked members for a reason. Their post quality sets them apart. Especially those who became Legendaries after the introduction of the merit system.

You assumption that Newbies and lower ranks are overlooked is not correct. In most cases, their contributions are not merit-worthy. But there are exceptions. Take a look at these two newbies for example:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5245506.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5243577.0
 

[ZaraCB]

A. Problem

Now what is the difference for a legendary to MERIT another legendary who is already a legendary RANKER on this forum, same goes to other SAME Rankers on the forum.

In your opinion, merit in the forum should be given only to those who need to be ranked up. And there is no need to give merit to those who are Legendary.

Like you, I felt like that one day. But I now understand that merit has to be earned and it can be earned by anyone whether he/she is a Newbie, Jr.  member, Member or Legendary member.

I mentioned two topics here as an examples where you can see that Newbie and Jr.  member has no comment. The reason for this is that if you want to comment on something, you must know about it.  If you don't know, you can't comment there.

Bitcoin Transaction Fees - Everything in one
[Tutorial] How to create Lightning Network Channel (Testnet BTC)

Again you will see that in the Beginners and Help section when a Beginner is looking for help then High rank members are comes first for help.

How to earn bitcoin using this site fot a newbie
Fake volume?

Again, you can go to this thread and see that most of the sheet posts are from lower rank members.
Wall of fame / shame. Shit posts so bad that they are actually funny

You have achieved 3 merits in the last 120 days. May 4, 2020 two merits and today 1 merit. This is because you spend most of your time in the bounty. "Crypto.Games" was the first to comment on this topic. You will see that his total post is 4 but merit is 12. Therefore, if the quality of the post is good, there is no doubt that lower rank members can get merit.

So we can say that merit is not given on the basis of rank. Merit is given based on the quality of the post.

B. Solution
I am mentioning here some ways to achieve merit for you..
1. Given more and more time in the forum
2. Acquire knowledge
3.  Start a good topic.
4.  Good Comment.
5.  Helping others
6.  Scam busting
7.  Participate in important discussions.

You can also read the guide below ..
TMAN'S guide to getting merit.

Thank you.

[nutildah]

And then there's this  

I've been meaning to do this for a while.

[Kunnu]

Those people always deserve praise who are capable to make impression with their thoughts it doesn't matter how much experienced they are so in this case the positive impact of thoughts really matters more than ranks and we must understand this simple point.

[gentlemand]

I wonder same at times, it's much like real world economy where rich gets richer and poor stays poorer.

Many people here have expressed the preference to merit lower ranks. They're saying most of the lower ranks don't create good enough posts. If they did then they'd be flying up the charts.

The small amount of shit hot posters who arrive out of nowhere reach ludicrous heights in no time at all. That had nothing to do with privilege or nepotism. What they had was recognised by others and awarded.

[UserU]

I've been meaning to do this for a while.

Perhaps that solves the mystery of why he hardly replies to our peasantry discussions.

[Peanutswar]

I have the same problem that before that "how can I get a lot of merits like the legendaries that have over 500 merits". The only thing I need to do is only get a lot of knowledge and share into other users. All of the good posts have merit, no matter what is your rank. One of the common mistake of us before is one of our goals is to have merits but that is wrong because we need to have a good quality content post and the merit will automatically come.

I would like to share where do I got some of my merits and some of the thread giving some merits
1. Giving 25 Newbie/Jr. Members a Chance to Rank Up by Pmalek
2. 💥 [Merit Giveaway] - Post useful threads and earn merit by
Henri Cartier
3. [self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source by LoyceV
4. Merit giveaway for newbie and jr members by Daniel91

And the other merits are came from the topic/thread I made that helps other users. I hope you can get some too soon.

[Timmzzy]

I have the same problem that before that "how can I get a lot of merits like the legendaries that have over 500 merits". The only thing I need to do is only get a lot of knowledge and share into other users. All of the good posts have merit, no matter what is your rank. One of the common mistake of us before is one of our goals is to have merits but that is wrong because we need to have a good quality content post and the merit will automatically come.

I would like to share where do I got some of my merits and some of the thread giving some merits
1. Giving 25 Newbie/Jr. Members a Chance to Rank Up by Pmalek
2. 💥 [Merit Giveaway] - Post useful threads and earn merit by
Henri Cartier
3. [self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source by LoyceV
4. Merit giveaway for newbie and jr members by Daniel91

And the other merits are came from the topic/thread I made that helps other users. I hope you can get some too soon.

Am Wow with this... I believe this will help lots of newbies coming into Bitcointalk forum to understand better on how to get Merits other than begging for it.

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Now what is the difference for a legendary to MERIT another legendary who is already a legendary RANKER on this forum

This is a little off-topic.

Legendaries who are active in signature campaigns needs few merits too because campaign managers would require or prefer those who received xx amount of merits in the last 120 days. If they don't meet such requirement, the chances of them getting accepted is lower.

In your case, it's about the bounty Campaign they are running, while I am talking about having Merits when you are already a higher ranked member in the forum just like legendary to legendary.

[snipie]

I wonder same at times, it's much like real world economy where rich gets richer and poor stays poorer.

Best and accurate sentence so far. +1, which left me with a solo merit to keep the +merit box open!
I will not say that 100% of merit sources or other members are doing this but since the merit system was implemented there was so many trafficking starting from the guys sending +50 merit to their alts, friends between them for stupid comments...
Actually what I notice is the probability to be merited increase with how famous you are in the first place then how substantial your post is. For example if theymos makes a post about a new forum feature, he may receive for it a total of +50 merit, while if any other staff member announced it, he may receive less than 30. Same applies for other members. No?

[Chrystora123]

try to compare your own posts that you make with members who receive a lot of merits, is the quality the same?..  Your quality is too low if you think you are the same as the member (recipient of many merits). You just need to understand how our world works, everyone has a different level of intelligence (in writing, an understanding of a problem, and knowledge), this is what you need to accept..

I wonder same at times, it's much like real world economy where rich gets richer and poor stays poorer.

"You have the right to opine and insinuate like this but in reality, the rich are always more helpful than the poor" the poor I mean here is mentally poor, complaining is one of the poor mental proofs..

[Raytheon]

Actually what I notice is the probability to be merited increase with how famous you are in the first place then how substantial your post is. For example if theymos makes a post about a new forum feature, he may receive for it a total of +50 merit, while if any other staff member announced it, he may receive less than 30. Same applies for other members. No?

Congratulations, you have just discovered the "Matthew effect". But just like almost other people, you also commited it. My post was just 2 posts below libert19's post, mentioning the effect. You missed it because I'm just Jr. member ranked, right?

The "rich gets richer and poor stays poorer" is called "Matthew effect" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_effect). Applying this theory to Bitcointalk, it can be interpreted that if a problem or an idea spotted at the same time by a low ranked and a high ranked members, the high ranked member is recognized and the low ranked is easier to be overlooked.

[virasog]

Hello...

I have a question which concerned to merit? I came to notice that we have lots of newbies who are trying very hard to get merits here on this BITCOINTALK forum. With lots great topics that contributes and also supports to put this forum in a great shape in future. I believe legendary is the final rank on this forum Right?

Now what is the difference for a legendary to MERIT another legendary who is already a legendary RANKER on this forum, same goes to other SAME Rankers on the forum.

This alone I believe makes few low rank members in the forum ask this questions in their thoughts.

Please your REASONS for this welcomed...

Getting merit is not only to increase the rank but it also confirms in one way that the person is writing quality posts. Also if any member want to get into signature campaigns the managers do check if he have recently got some merits in last 120 days. (As only last 120 merits are visible on the profile).
Merit is sort of an award which makes you superior than the others. Good writers are judged on the basis of merits. The more merits you have, the better writer you are, who contribute to the forum.

[Mrengage]

Now what is the difference for a legendary to MERIT another legendary who is already a legendary RANKER on this forum, same goes to other SAME Rankers on the forum.

Because you send merit for the posts quality, and it shouldn't matter whether the user is a Newbie, Hero Member, Legendary or whatever other rank.

Is there no other means to appreciate a post been by legendaries rankers or other higher rankers. I will really want to see something of such nature in future. Because same rank member sending Merit to same rank member is like a waste.

[snipie]

Actually what I notice is the probability to be merited increase with how famous you are in the first place then how substantial your post is. For example if theymos makes a post about a new forum feature, he may receive for it a total of +50 merit, while if any other staff member announced it, he may receive less than 30. Same applies for other members. No?

Congratulations, you have just discovered the "Matthew effect". But just like almost other people, you also commited it. My post was just 2 posts below libert19's post, mentioning the effect. You missed it because I'm just Jr. member ranked, right?

No it is because either i am blind or i like simple post.
Most of my merit were spent here, targeting low ranks mainly... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2957836.0, so...

[nakamura12]

Rank is not the basis why a user will merit to whoever they want to sent it to. The purpose is to send merit to those who post constructively or helpful post that is not plagiarized or no preferences.. Some forum users posted on threads or created a thread themselves but the content they posted is not theirs or simply copy paste that's why it needs some time to do some research if the post is a copy paste or own content. I'm sure you know that some people only copy paste and some share some information on other sites with link included where they found it.

[Findingnemo]

Now what is the difference for a legendary to MERIT another legendary who is already a legendary RANKER on this forum, same goes to other SAME Rankers on the forum.

Because they think that there will be a new rank in the future so they are working for it and getting enough merits in reserve to get rankup when it will get implemented by admin.

Merit is not moderated and anyone can merit any post, so there is no strict guidelines as well so merits are awarded for the quality post which maybe helpful for the others.So no matter who is creating good post will get merits.

[Timmzzy]

I wonder same at times, it's much like real world economy where rich gets richer and poor stays poorer.

Best and accurate sentence so far. +1, which left me with a solo merit to keep the +merit box open!
I will not say that 100% of merit sources or other members are doing this but since the merit system was implemented there was so many trafficking starting from the guys sending +50 merit to their alts, friends between them for stupid comments...
Actually what I notice is the probability to be merited increase with how famous you are in the first place then how substantial your post is. For example if theymos makes a post about a new forum feature, he may receive for it a total of +50 merit, while if any other staff member announced it, he may receive less than 30. Same applies for other members. No?

This is exactly what am driving at, I have come across such accounts on bitcointalk here where it has not even up to 20 activities but has already gotten up full member rank at a Go... My opinion here is theymos should try to rebrand Bitcointalk with few changes.

[Bitcoin-Babe]

I believe legendary is the final rank on this forum Right?

Now what is the difference for a legendary to MERIT another legendary who is already a legendary RANKER on this forum, same goes to other SAME Rankers on the forum.

Yes, for now Legendary is the final rank but that doesn't mean they don't deserve or need any merits as there is a petition for the next rank already, something like Lambo !

I see, most of the merit sources probably complaining about not getting HQ posts from newbies around here to merit, which I would agree with in some cases.

Why does a legendary member need merit?

[Upgrade00]

Why does a legendary member need merit?

Reasons for not getting merits includes:
•Low quality content - Do more research on what you post on the forum, the more information you acquire the more your post quality improves
•Posting in Spam mega threads - avoid threads which contain repetitive answers which are made just to increase post count
•Board preference - some boards receive more merit than others, mostly due to spam which drives smerit holders away and also makes it difficult to find quality post.

Does NOT include;
•Legendary members getting merited

Accounts don't need merits, it's given to quality posts which are merit worthy, regardless of the rank of the user. This should be a non-issue as legendary accounts getting merits does not in any way reduce the merits available for lower ranks, there are sources who have their smerits replenished regularly and users with unused smerits who are willing to spend them; meaning merits are always available for users who contribute constructively to discussions.

[Raytheon]

No it is because either i am blind or i like simple post.
Most of my merit were spent here, targeting low ranks mainly... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2957836.0, so...

For whatever the reason it is, I truely respect what you have done to help the low ranks.