Wow.... It has not been an easy journey here. To climb into a new rank in this forum, you need to do the work.
In retrospect, around September 2018, I woke up one morning and the forum was in agog in the meta section on something introduced called MERIT (We already know about the merit system, no need that I dual on that). Reading through the introduction that morning, I had a missed feeling and nostalgic, not knowing whether to be happy or not because sincerely, I didn't understand its function then
. I didn't understand that it was a mechanism that will distinguish users and make them work harder in information, support and help to forum and users..... but I started seeing the function of merit when my account started growing in activities and with no commensurate increase in rank lol.
I remember earning 5 merit in 120 days was introduced as requirement to apply to signature campaign , this was a very difficult task then because it was not business of just posting as usual to make up activities to rank up. Therefore, I chickened out then like a dog beaten by its owner, "putting my tail in between my legs" sojourning to bounty section
My Story in Bounty SectionAs if I was going to find it easy in bounty section, I got dealt with seriously with heavy blows from exit scam projects and bounty managers scamming participants in different models and tactics like new rules from KYC, change of payment address and different stories to deny you shit tokens. For more than a year or close to that in bounty section, I have wasted my effort and time, even as the bounties look genuine but you still get scammed
In the categories of bounties I participated in, their are some that got listed and distributed rewards to participants but very much shit value of less than $7 for more than 6 weeks bounty duration. Some distributed but never got listed, some exited, some distributed to their exchange and locked token from being transfered to high volume exchange and very few with little volume (Not mentioning names because most of them belong to my past and you can become better if you learn to move forward from your past).
My turn around storyTurn around to my journey here was when I was tired of being scammed by bounties, I started being active again in bitcoin board and others not bounty. And I started being picky on bounties if any, I followed reputed managers.
Being active in such boards made me to start reading on members who have ranked up, I realized many made useful posts to help give information, therefore I made google my friend.
They say the journey of 1 million mile starts in a day , I guess I didn't know this wise saying back then or I didn't allow it to sink into my head
I started my journey with very few merit at the time but I was not discouraged anymore. In my own case, I was just sailing and enjoying the ride like a ship in the deep blue sea
I may not be a top notch writer in the forum like etc
but I think I can understand where the was and is can be appropriate in a sentence. Humbly, I Can cross the Ts and dot the Is.
And on 9th of November 2020, I woke up to see my rank being elevated to a higher level. This time, it was not a nostalgic feeling but gladness.
At this juncture, all I have been trying to say is that I want to appreciate all who have noticed my little labour and find it good to drop smerit for me. The road to hero member looks herculean but if I double my effort, I will get there.
Thanks to you all
LESSONS FROM MY JOURNEY ON THE FORUMThe lessons are what we experience in our daily lives in the physical word, from searching for a job, life vicissitudes or going after the lady you desire
1. Consistence: Having this not to chicken out easily will most of the time see you conquering those challenges
2. Humility and attitude: This is important to our lifes. It takes you closer to your luck or being lucky as people would say you are a very lucky person but it is this that is operating.
3. Focusing on your strong points: Yes. The forum has many boards, do your best in the boards you can perform better
However, what I discovered was that if you make a valuable contribution to the forum, a user will appreciate it.
Don't lose hope in anything you are doing correctly ***
Thanks