What rewards does the one who Merits someone for quality post gets in return?

[Mrengage]

Greetings all, please I would like to get the gist of what rewards do the one who Merits other people quality post gets in return. Because I got this thinking, if the system is bond to replenish the merits back to the ones who are meant to send out those merits or they still have to work for it. or there is a certain set of legendaries who's duty is to give out merits.

Your clarification is most welcomed thanks.✌️

[rhomelmabini]

Totally, there is nothing but personally if I merit someone that's when if I help them to rank up especially if they are low ranked members. There are merit sources and it's replenished every month for them. Here's the current stats of it https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats=sources

[Steamtyme]

There is no reward apart from that you found the post worthy. Maybe you enjoyed it learned something or just thought it was well constructed. The majority of us can only merit posts with what we earn ourselves.

The system keeps turning because there are merit sources who get their source replenished 30 days after sending each merit.

[mk4]

You get the reward of having a better forum experience. If you reward solely those who actually deserve merits, you're somewhat 'incentivizing' them to post more quality content, hence, we all get to consume more quality content(win-win situation!).

At the same time, you're somewhat discouraging spammers to post more spam as they wouldn't be able to grow their account(s) as accounts need merits to rank up; hence, potentially lower amounts of BS topics and replies.

People are really underestimating how big of a positive factor the merit system is.

Also, we're using this forum free of charge, why not contribute a bit? Right? Especially knowing that a good number of us here earn a bit without anything in exchange for Theymos.

[Peanutswar]

Merits are given to the people who deserve because they have good quality content or post, but how about to the people giving the merit do they receive rewards? absolutely in the other perspective, they don't receive anything but somehow I think in personal aspect it gives a lot of pleasure if you help other people giving what they deserve and also at the same time you are helping them to achieve a rank up and reach the rank what they want. If you see the person you give your merit and you see them keep making an improvement its look like a reward. Also, they create the merit system at the same time to avoid getting too much spam and just given to the people who contribute a lot to our forum.

[BD Crypto]

Your idea is not bad and I think getting periods in return will make this forum more constructive and it will be big news for lower rank users.

[Daniel91]

There is no reward for you here.
You have merits and opportunity to spend it in 30 days.
If you don't spend it in 30 days you lose your available merits.
So, merits are just a way to show to other members that we are content with their contribution to the forum, nothing more.

[Last of the V8s]

The reward is when you get to the last Bitcoin citadel, the one in the sky, way beyond the Moon, out there in the Entropy. satoshi nakomoto himself will great you with the words, "Well done, my son in bitcoin, you did a good job and played your small part. Have a cookie."

[YOSHIE]

Your clarification is most welcomed thanks.✌️

Someone will surely find, if you give the abilities that you have "creative" most of the legendary Members or below, they have their own judgment in giving rewards/Merit, to the other members who are the most creative, many members are not specifically told to give Merit.

So, for clarification your intention is: what happens here (merit) someone wants to give a very "possible" reward in influencing the 'creativity' you have.

So, don't hesitate if you have an idea / creative, to share with other members in this forum.

[libert19]

By rewarding good authors you motivate them to post more 'good', and it helps with overall forum quality. That's good thing I guess.

[mk4]

There is no reward for you here.
You have merits and opportunity to spend it in 30 days.
If you don't spend it in 30 days you lose your available merits.
So, merits are just a way to show to other members that we are content with their contribution to the forum, nothing more.

Nope. sMerits from "normal" Bitcointalk users doesn't have a sort of expiration date. The 30 days thing only applies to merit sources:

There's only sMerit deadlines for merit sources , but for normal users there currently is not limit/deadline. However, it has been proposed that sMerits should decay to encourage users to spend them, but nothing has been implemented for that yet. Merit sources "pool" of merit refreshes every 30 days, and therefore they are encouraged to use up all of their sMerit within those 30 days.

[Daniel91]

There is no reward for you here.
You have merits and opportunity to spend it in 30 days.
If you don't spend it in 30 days you lose your available merits.
So, merits are just a way to show to other members that we are content with their contribution to the forum, nothing more.

Nope. sMerits from "normal" Bitcointalk users doesn't have a sort of expiration date. The 30 days thing only applies to merit sources:

There's only sMerit deadlines for merit sources , but for normal users there currently is not limit/deadline. However, it has been proposed that sMerits should decay to encourage users to spend them, but nothing has been implemented for that yet. Merit sources "pool" of merit refreshes every 30 days, and therefore they are encouraged to use up all of their sMerit within those 30 days.

Thank you for correction.
I remember I read before post from theymos that the same rule  (30 days ) for sMerits will be applied for all members in the forum,  not just merit sources.
Obviously,  theymos still didn't apply this new rule until now.
Sorry for my mistake guys.

[hugeblack]

Keep Merits mean nothing. Because you cannot sell it, and therefore not giving it to others is a waste for them.

Does spending Merits earn you profits? Yes, directly or indirectly.
When you spend Merits, you contribute to improving the quality of posts, and thus more people who know this technique that can lead to price increases or even the continuity of signatures campaigns (if you will participate in one of them.)

Unfortunately, no one pays for Merit sources, I hope that they will be paid in the future.

[NavI_027]

Like what they've said, you will not get rewards (e.g. money, freebies etc.) in return once you give merits to anyone. But with the simple act of kindness that you did, good karma will follow you for sure. The receiver might give merit to your previous or future posts to show their deepest gratitude. I guess that's the closest thing we can consider as a reward .

But take note, the post must considered having a good quality first, and not given just because you want to pay it forward. Simply because it might look "merit farming" in the eyes of other members.

[mk4]

Unfortunately, no one pays for Merit sources, I hope that they will be paid in the future.

Though I really have no problem with merit sources getting paid(by whoever, for whatever reason), I completely doubt it. Fortunately there's just so much people that are voluntarily willing to be merit sources, without anything in return(probably besides bragging rights). It's not like being a merit source has the same level of effort compared to being a campaign manager though.

[iamsheikhadil]

With rights comes duty.

When someone merits your posts because they liked them since it's your right to get merited for quality posts, you have also a duty to merit those who have good posts.

It's like paying tax.

What do you benefit by paying tax? Nothing. But it's your duty to pay tax. And in return the government gives you constitutional rights to enjoy.

So why give merits to others? Because you get merits from others for good posts

[irfan_pak10]

What rewards you get when you like your Facebook friend's post?

Edit

The merit system is same as Facebook like system. Here you show the OP with merits that you likes his post.

[Findingnemo]

Most of the guys saying we do get nothing in return but literally we are gaining new information about something while meriting a post that is a huge reward, to be honest.

[Shimmiry]

Most of the guys saying we do get nothing in return but literally we are gaining new information about something while meriting a post that is a huge reward, to be honest.

Not all merits are of because that posts are useful and informative, some are "humorous" and some are subjective (in a way that the post was enrolled in a merit giveaway).

The merit system is same as Facebook like system. Here you show the OP with merits that you likes his post.

I strongly disagree with this. It's the same idea, but with different reasons behind. Likes can be abused (in Facebook). And here, merit abuse and subjective (when the merit circulates on a group of person) is strongly prohibited (AFAIK). More likely it is either the heart react or the laugh react. Therefore, it is not just about how you like a post, merits must be depends on how it helps the community and the users with the information you've posted.

When someone merits your posts because they liked them since it's your right to get merited for quality posts, you have also a duty to merit those who have good posts.

Right to get merited? No one has right to be merited. It depends on your performance and the quality of your works. And there's no such thing as "duty to merit" if you have sMerit, it's a choice. It's like buying a product, have you liked the product? Merit him (buy the product). And not all products (posts) are of the same quality and usefulness.

[Findingnemo]

Most of the guys saying we do get nothing in return but literally we are gaining new information about something while meriting a post that is a huge reward, to be honest.

Not all merits are of because that posts are useful and informative, some are "humorous" and some are subjective (in a way that the post was enrolled in a merit giveaway).

Merit giveaway also resulted in getting information for yourself or just for others and when it comes to humor post getting merited we are getting fun as an entertain but most of the merited posts are informative so in my opinion, we are getting some kind of information when we read merited posts.