I will try to be more involved in discussions. There definitely will be a learning curve before I can contribute something worthwhile in those discussions as most people here are very knowledgeable!
I guess you shouldn't worry too much about this if you are a collectible fan, as as far as I know the collectibles section is famous for its generosity of merit if you publish quality content. Personally, I would love to read a first-person guide to creating collectibles from A to Z,
(so go for it).Collectors are very generous individuals I totally agree; however, getting merited is hard because most of the contribution of collectors to the community are not showcased in posts but are through PMs.
For example, when I first joined bitcointalk as a collector I was lucky to meet a very generous individual that goes by the name "Hookzup1". Not only did he sell me an amazing collection at cost to help me start a collection. He continuously supports me with ongoing advice and, as a result, I was able to avoid any pitfalls that one would suffer when entering a new space. While "Hookzup1" has been of great help to many newcomers behind the scenes, this was never showcased through his posts. This resulted in one of the best collectors to only have 56 merits which shocked me. I'm sure a part of it is that he didn't pay particular attention to merits but I still think we should say thank you to his contributions and show him some love (his birthday is coming up, can we get him to100 merits as a surprise).
I hope he doesn't see this post haha
Best,