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

[Mrengage]

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.

Now am glad to pick out this statement:

If you see the person you give your merit and you see them keep making an improvement its look like a reward

definitely seeing other people succeed is a thing of joy to be happy that you definitely put some smile on someone for his or her hard work. Am now getting cleared.

[Lordhermes]

Actually There Is No Reward For Giving Out Merits To Quality Posters. Many Forum Users Here Gives Out Merit For Well structured And Arranged Post, Interesting And Impacts To Bitcoinist.

I Have Seen Many Members Of About 450 Activities But Zero Merit. Does It Really Mean The Posters Hasn't Written A Bettter And Quality Post In The Forum Before? Such Case Should
Be Helped By The Higher Rank Forum So Members Can Give A Deep Hieve Of Relief. Sheeeeeeeh

[Mrengage]

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.

Am now getting clarified, but still concerned over how you guys still managed to replenish your Merits which I also have the idea that you will also have to make a quality post some where some how. Which am also using this medium to say a big thank for meriting mine.

[suchmoon]

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

Absolutely not. A property tax on unsent merits would make more sense.

As for rewards... many nice things have been mentioned earlier in the thread but they're mostly false. There is no reward, literal or figurative. It's mostly dealing with beggars, whiners about too few or too many merits sent, accusations of favoritism, accusations of corrupting the trust system or signature campaigns or some such bullshit, and huge amounts of eye-bleeding spam to read. It's like working one of those soul-crushing jobs - e.g. a kindergarten teacher with extremely spoiled rich brats - you gotta have an irrational attachment to it because no amount of "reward" can ever match it.

Well, the secret merit source club with blow and hookers helps to endure it but I'm not supposed to talk about that.

[pakhitheboss]

Implementing a reward system will reduce the quality as more members will merit post just to achieve rewards. The current concept which is in practice is working as it has improved the quality of post.

It would be nice if a Merit system can be added for those who are reporting spam content in the forum. This will drastically reduce spam post by a significant amount. I know it is increase the pressure on moderators a lot but it will help the forum in the long run.

[Daniel91]

Implementing a reward system will reduce the quality as more members will merit post just to achieve rewards. The current concept which is in practice is working as it has improved the quality of post.

It would be nice if a Merit system can be added for those who are reporting spam content in the forum. This will drastically reduce spam post by a significant amount. I know it is increase the pressure on moderators a lot but it will help the forum in the long run.

I think that people who are reporting spam content in the forum don't need to worry about merits.
I see that each spam report get a lot merits.
Personally,  I'm always happy to give merits for constructive and good quality posts and don't expect any reward.

[mk4]

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.

Hmm not sure if we should look at it in the same way.

1. You can like as much as you want on Facebook without limits(probably until you get hit by the spam filter).
2. You can like even the crappy posts on Facebook as long as it's hilarious or something.
3. With the merit system, you don't necessarily need to want or "like" the post, the post being high-quality might suffice(completely depending on the post itself). Probably even if you disagree with the post.
4. You can recklessly like as much as you want on Facebook but you need to be more responsible and a bit more "picky" when giving out merits.

[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.

Hmm not sure if we should look at it in the same way.

1. You can like as much as you want on Facebook without limits(probably until you get hit by the spam filter).
2. You can like even the crappy posts on Facebook as long as it's hilarious or something.
3. With the merit system, you don't necessarily need to want or "like" the post, the post being high-quality might suffice(completely depending on the post itself). Probably even if you disagree with the post.
4. You can recklessly like as much as you want on Facebook but you need to be more responsible and a bit more "picky" when giving out merits.

I didn't mean it exactly like Facebook like system, I gave OP a layman overview so he can get the gist of the merit system.

[ShowOff]

Personally,  I'm always happy to give merits for constructive and good quality posts and don't expect any reward.

Thats right, because the merit isnt moderated so you are free to send it to anyone you think is appropriate as long as it doesnt break the rules. Posts that are constructive, useful, and of quality are the criteria for posts that the merit can post.

Basically it is rather difficult to identify which users are posting only to be appropriate with users who are trying to be better. We have no standard here on how to determine this and so far only rely on hunches and check post history. During this time I really appreciate users who want to do better and appreciate their efforts with merit and as long as they are right then they should get it.

[Yatsan]

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

Hell nah, the merit system is designed to get a better quality readings in forum not just for a fancy stuff or fame unlike facebook. We are all free to merit someone if he posted something that we find helpful or creative to us.  And so what if we don't get any rewards to ourselves from meriting others, that's not the main point of the system.

As we are talking about facebook, there are reaction thing on facebook (like, amaze, sad, angry, heart) So I'm thinking if we could also have those as reason for meriting someone  I think it would be cool.

* I reached my 20,000 post activity! * okay here's a heart merit 

[The Sceptical Chymist]

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

And if you're relatively new to the forum and registered after Jan 2018, you might not have a sense of how bad things were before the merit system came about.  Things were so bad in certain sections that you'd probably have been justified in reporting every other post in every single thread--there was no discussion going on, just a free-for-all where idiots plopped down garbage posts as quickly as they could.  And if they were high-ranked accounts, they got paid more and it wasn't difficult to rank up one or more accounts.  All it took was time and posting.

OP, hopefully you've gotten your answer.  The merit sources are volunteer members who get an extra allowance of sMerits, and Theymos puts his trust in them that they'll spread the merits around in a fair manner.  There's no reward for doing so, but for members like me who really appreciate the merits system, it's an honor to be a source (sorta).  Most sources are anonymous anyway--unpaid and unrecognized and behind the sceens, and personally I'm cool with that.

[Wexnident]

Am now getting clarified, but still concerned over how you guys still managed to replenish your Merits which I also have the idea that you will also have to make a quality post some where some how. Which am also using this medium to say a big thank for meriting mine.

Most people just keep getting merited over making quality posts, especially for those that are very informative and answer the question of the thread with just a few words. Merit sources have their number of merits limited to around 30 days iirc? You can check this out if you want to see the top replies/posts that received merits.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats=topreplies

[Timmzzy]

Implementing a reward system will reduce the quality as more members will merit post just to achieve rewards. The current concept which is in practice is working as it has improved the quality of post.

It would be nice if a Merit system can be added for those who are reporting spam content in the forum. This will drastically reduce spam post by a significant amount. I know it is increase the pressure on moderators a lot but it will help the forum in the long run.

Trust me if this👇

It would be nice if a Merit system can be added for those who are reporting spam content in the forum.

many cheaters on this forum will find a means to accumulate lots of merits using alternate accounts to create SCAM TOPICS . All in the name of accumulation of Merits.

[sujonali1819]

So you think merit senders are deserving some rewards for sending their smerits to the quality posters? Let's tell me how you are able to send merits to someone?/how you get the smerits? If someone give you merits then you will earn some smerits to send the quality posters. It will not help you if you hold it. But it will help someone if you send it to others (quality posters). So what is better? keep holding the smerits/helping others by sending it to quality posts? I think it is a good work and your responsibility.

Good deeds never expect gifts

[lovesmayfamilis]

I think the biggest reward of the one who gives merited for the written text is gratitude. If the post turned out to be useful to someone, then the satisfaction of the received, I think will please both. Both the giver and the taker. Thus, gaining merited motivates a person to write useful posts even better. And the acquisition of knowledge and experience on the forum is useful not only for beginners.

[Mrengage]

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.

I didn't doubt this

we are getting some kind of information when we read merited posts

I my self am learning every day from the forum in as well getting information.

[Asuspawer09]

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.✌️

I guess as a member you will not really benefit from giving merits maybe it might give you a good profit since your generous in giving merits.

But more like it benefits the forum since the merit is regulating since your giving merit to who deserves it the most.

Maybe you could be friends with the other members or something.

[Mrengage]

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.

I guess that's because they definitely don't know the outcome of being on bitcointalk forum, or probably they don't know the reason of being here. It will be funny that some old or new members on this forum don't know that the whole thing about cryptocurrency (bitcoin) started here.

[mk4]

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.

I guess that's because they definitely don't know the outcome of being on bitcointalk forum, or probably they don't know the reason of being here. It will be funny that some old or new members on this forum don't know that the whole thing about cryptocurrency (bitcoin) started here.

tldr; it's unfortunately because a lot of people are on Bitcointalk solely to make money, and nothing else. This is why you see people that have bajillions of posts and have been here for a while, but is still using a cryptocurrency exchange as their main wallet.

[Daniel91]

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.

I guess that's because they definitely don't know the outcome of being on bitcointalk forum, or probably they don't know the reason of being here. It will be funny that some old or new members on this forum don't know that the whole thing about cryptocurrency (bitcoin) started here.

tldr; it's unfortunately because a lot of people are on Bitcointalk solely to make money, and nothing else. This is why you see people that have bajillions of posts and have been here for a while, but is still using a cryptocurrency exchange as their main wallet.

We have different people here.
Some people are btc experts and you can learn a lot from them.
Some people like btc and they are trying to learn something here.
Unfortunately,  some people are just merit hunters and think only about earning potential here.
I'm always happy to reward first and second group of people with merits for quality and constructive posts but feel tired from third group of people because they are asking all the time the same questions :
"How to earn here? "
"How to get merits? " etc.
It's boring and trying to avoid such posts.
I'm always happy to support sincere members for their contribution in the forum and don't need any reward for it.