How are we expected to rank up?

[milligreta]

Hello I'm a new user to this forum and I've been a lurker for quite some time before making an account. I decided it's time for me to start posting and contributing to the forums and hopefully learn more. One thing I noticed is the progression for new accounts seems incredible stunted to what used to exist, according to some users. How are new users expected to rank up with the current rules? Does anyone have any experience ranking up in this newer rank system?

[xhomerx10]

Hello I'm a new user to this forum and I've been a lurker for quite some time before making an account. I decided it's time for me to start posting and contributing to the forums and hopefully learn more. One thing I noticed is the progression for new accounts seems incredible stunted to what used to exist, according to some users. How are new users expected to rank up with the current rules? Does anyone have any experience ranking up in this newer rank system?

 I just made hats.

[jackg]

You just have to make good quality posts and earn merits.

A lot of people post in bounties and similar spammy places so they don't get much merit and don't rank up. If you're here to learn you'll almost definitely rank up fast or if you offer something to the community - discussion/an infrequently exercised skill then you should rank up fairly quickly too. Anything else and it'll take time - people that just spam don't earn much merit but if you're here for the right reasons you'll get it fast (I think we've all been lurkers if we're here for the right reasons I was lurking since April before I joined in August 2015).

[milligreta]

You just have to make good quality posts and earn merits.

Good quality posts like xhomerx10 over there? I'll try to match his quality.

A lot of people post in bounties and similar spammy places so they don't get much merit and don't rank up. If you're here to learn you'll almost definitely rank up fast or if you offer something to the community - discussion/an infrequently exercised skill then you should rank up fairly quickly too. Anything else and it'll take time - people that just spam don't earn much merit but if you're here for the right reasons you'll get it fast (I think we've all been lurkers if we're here for the right reasons I was lurking since April before I joined in August 2015).

I see, are there specific discussions to avoid that are considered low quality?

[suchmoon]

Hello I'm a new user to this forum and I've been a lurker for quite some time before making an account. I decided it's time for me to start posting and contributing to the forums and hopefully learn more. One thing I noticed is the progression for new accounts seems incredible stunted to what used to exist, according to some users. How are new users expected to rank up with the current rules? Does anyone have any experience ranking up in this newer rank system?

Your first post is about ranking up? Don't you think your priorities are a bit backwards? Your rank is not holding you up from contributing to the forum. If you really need some high-rank features - buy a Copper membership. If you need something basic like posting images - create a post with those images and I'm sure some kind soul will send you one merit to make them show up if the post is worth it.

[TheBeardedBaby]

I was a member when everything changed. There were hust a few merit sources back then and the distribution of was not like now, it's easier now, less spammers more sources and higher chance to rank up if you are genuin user.

Don't think about ranking up. Think about that ypu should build a good reputation, this is what makes you valuable, the merit and ranking up will come later. Just be yourself, ask, learn and then try to help, and you'll get there in no time.
Good luck, this forum badly needs more genuin users, so you are welcome

[Twentyonepaylots]

Hello I'm a new user to this forum and I've been a lurker for quite some time before making an account. I decided it's time for me to start posting and contributing to the forums and hopefully learn more. One thing I noticed is the progression for new accounts seems incredible stunted to what used to exist, according to some users. How are new users expected to rank up with the current rules? Does anyone have any experience ranking up in this newer rank system?

Your first post is about ranking up? Don't you think your priorities are a bit backwards? Your rank is not holding you up from contributing to the forum. If you really need some high-rank features - buy a Copper membership. If you need something basic like posting images - create a post with those images and I'm sure some kind soul will send you one merit to make them show up if the post is worth it.

It's funny how he wanted to help contributing to the forum but he's asking how to rank up before anything else lol.
The only disadvantage that a newbie account has is the image posting, but you can just have image link.
I think what you really want is to rank up to make some money in here. hmmm.

[actmyname]

The real question at hand is always: "why do you exactly want to rank up?"

Is it for the acclaim, the reputation, the status? Or, perhaps, a financial incentive, perhaps, catalyzed by someone else raving about this elusive thing called a 'signature campaign' which brings about spam across the forum.

Don't do bounties, if you do rank up.

[jackg]

Good quality posts like xhomerx10 over there? I'll try to match his quality.

Exactly, just like his great example 

I see, are there specific discussions to avoid that are considered low quality?

Not really. A lot of the altcoin sections are filled with spam try not to post in a lot of service announcements threads (especially the gambling and altcoin section) and avoid posting exclusively in things like the altcoins section. Feel free to make any topics you think are interesting to discuss and generally you can determine something is low quality by just considering if you can lose anything by posting something - if it doesn't seem spammy to you it isn't to anyone else (I say this but a lot of my merits come from going back on my decision to delete 🤣).

[xhomerx10]

You just have to make good quality posts and earn merits.

Good quality posts like xhomerx10 over there? I'll try to match his quality.

  Nice.  I offer you some advice, give your post a bump and you treat me with disdain.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

One thing I noticed is the progression for new accounts seems incredible stunted to what used to exist, according to some users.

Have you noticed this yourself or have you read it from other members?  How long did you lurk before creating an account here?  Regardless of your answer, what you wrote is absolutely true, and the big change came in January 2018 when the merit system was created.  If you were a lower-ranked member then, it suddenly became extremely difficult to rank up (depending on how good of a poster you were, of course).

How are new users expected to rank up with the current rules? Does anyone have any experience ranking up in this newer rank system?

Members aren't expected to rank up at all.  It either happens for you or it doesn't.  But if you're asking how to rank up, this question has been asked probably hundreds of times in Meta and other sections ever since Jan. 2018.  May I suggest going back to the end of that month in 2018 and check out the threads in Meta, because they pretty much all dealt with the merit system and the problems it was causing members as far as ranking up goes. 

It's good reading, but even if you choose not to take my suggestion the answer to the question of how to earn merits/rank up is fairly simple, and you're essentially going to hear the same thing from everyone:  you have to make good posts.  In addition, those good posts should not be posted in spam sections like Bitcoin/Altcoin Discussion, because they won't be noticed. 

Also, the more posts you make, the better your chances are of earning merits--but they still have to be good enough to stand out from the rest of the crap that abounds on bitcointalk.  If you put minimal effort into writing a post and it ends up looking just like every other post in that thread, it isn't likely you'll earn merits.

The real question at hand is always: "why do you exactly want to rank up?"

The answer (IMO) is always: "I want to maximize my earnings".

[actmyname]

The answer (IMO) is always: "I want to maximize my earnings".

I don't even know how they would keep it up. Spending all this time, especially from this point, just to chase after $50/week campaigns that consume a huge amount of time, unless you sacrifice your dignity and chase after those bounty campaigns and shit all over the forum.

If you live in a low cost of living area, then it might make sense... but usually, the English skill is so poor that it degrades the actual quality of the post - some non-native writers can get away with loose English, but most a lot of spammers are terrible.

[xhomerx10]

 It's your lucky day.

10 merits giveaway with high quality topic/post with (condition).

 

[milligreta]

I was a member when everything changed. There were hust a few merit sources back then and the distribution of was not like now, it's easier now, less spammers more sources and higher chance to rank up if you are genuin user.

Don't think about ranking up. Think about that ypu should build a good reputation, this is what makes you valuable, the merit and ranking up will come later. Just be yourself, ask, learn and then try to help, and you'll get there in no time.
Good luck, this forum badly needs more genuin users, so you are welcome

Thats relieving to hear, glad to hear its still possible to rank up at a decent as a new user compared to the older days. The new requirements for merit do make it quite harder.

The real question at hand is always: "why do you exactly want to rank up?"

Is it for the acclaim, the reputation, the status? Or, perhaps, a financial incentive, perhaps, catalyzed by someone else raving about this elusive thing called a 'signature campaign' which brings about spam across the forum.

Don't do bounties, if you do rank up.

Not sure what bounties are, care to explain? Several others have already mentioned avoiding them. I am also interested in signature campaigns but those are very far in the future, so not worth considering now.

It's your lucky day.

10 merits giveaway with high quality topic/post with (condition).

Wow what a coincidence, I'll be sure to try it out as merit is usually harder to come by. Thanks

[actmyname]

Not sure what bounties are, care to explain? Several others have already mentioned avoiding them. I am also interested in signature campaigns but those are very far in the future, so not worth considering now.

Bounties are those advertisement campaigns, for the reward of tokens/altcoins. What's the difference between these and regular campaigns? Most of them are with newly-created or to-be-created cryptocurrencies, which means that the initial cost of the bounty campaigns is 0 for the founder side (apart from time). This means that it's highly accessible for scammers or otherwise to make fake coins to pump for a quick buck, by using bounty participants to advertise it around.

Moreover, signature campaigns from bounty campaigns flood the forum with spam.

[acroman08]

How are new users expected to rank up with the current rules?

by providing high-quality, useful, constructive enough, etc.. posts in order to gain merit. but don't expect to get merit every time you create high quality, useful, constructive posts.

Does anyone have any experience ranking up in this newer rank system?

this thread "The future of Bitcointalk: Low Ranking Top Merit earners in the past 30 days" created by LoyceV consists of a list of newbies, low ranks members getting merits after the merit system was implemented. a lot of them has reached enough merit to rank up and are just waiting for their activity to reach the requirement to finally rank up.

[cryptoaddictchie]

Does anyone have any experience ranking up in this newer rank system?

Hello there yes, many members here ranked up since the implementation of merit system. I myself ranked up from member up to hero rank. To tell you the truth its not easy to get merit, especially if your account has been affiliated with bounty report links and almost all related to joining airdrop or bounty.

But it was a game changer for me to change that status and realized the importance of learning more here in forum than just a bounty. But as you go on, you will improved each time you encountered such failure or mistake like posting on wrong section, replying on already answered inquiry, and many more.

Let me share you my experience with this post From being a shitposter before now Officially Hero Rank hope you can learn something and inspired by this.

[tranthidung]

The last three threads belong to me. If you notice while reading, you will see my changes (even when I wrote my stories) from Full member to Sr. member and Hero member.

To start off, you don't need to set up too high goals. Begin with acceptable high goals, not extremely high because you might be disappointed and give up. It is more important to keep up your good workds, your improvements and lift your goals upwards gradually.

Eventually, you will reach to a level at which you will neither mind on ranking up nor stop making your good and continuous contributions on the forum. There are some users who have earned thousands of merit and they have not yet stopped their contributions.

• Inspirational stories from self-made promoted users (there are many stories for ranked-up users and you can read, then learn from them)
• Say thanks to merit system. Finally, I am a Full Member, next a self-made Senior
• Promotion with merit system and new rank requirements. It's possible.
• I am on the way to Legendary rank, after 2 years (only lack of activities)

Last but not least, read and try to use Search then you won't have to make such similar threads.

• A Complete Guideline to use forum search button properly

[Assface16678]

How to rank up? Gain merits.
How to get merits? Make a constructive and helpful post.

Most of the time there are a lot of members just creating an account right here and asking how to get and earn money or bitcoins. According to your OP, I think you already know the rules because you are already lurking around.

Rank before is just reflecting the number of your activity. Right now because of the merit system the rank reflections of your number of good quality posts and contributions right here on your forum if you want to get a higher rank of Hero and Legendary it takes a lot of time and journey still focusing to achieve and use this as a motivation. Looking forward to your contents right here.

[Yogee]

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I just made hats.

What are these ranking up hats and where to find them?