Please State What Criteria or Reasons Willing to Give Your MERITS to Someone?

[Ahli38]

To give you a personal breakdown of my criteria in sending sMERITS, please keep in mind that giving out such is purely discretionary on the part of the sender. While others may have their own criteria which may be entirely different than others, there is at least some commonality as to the benchmark of sending it. Nevertheless, here is mine:

• Someone replied to my posts which further expounded the discussion on a certain topic;
• Post contained useful information about cryptocurrencies in general; and
• Scam reports which included substantial proof.

While the first two are self-explanatory, the third point is something that is beneficial to the forum. People who report scams (with substantial proof) should at least be rewarded with some merits.

at third point really caught my attention. because I didn't think of getting to this point to give my merits.
but after reading this i got a new insight which is true this point is very important for all forum members. especially for those who need information before someone is caught in a scam.

I myself have experienced being deceived by someone in 2021.
In 2021, there will be frauds under the guise of investing in telegram groups that promise double money and profits every day. because in the past I didn't know anything because there really wasn't any information that came to me. I also fell into their game of deception. after I investigated it turned out to be a ponzi scheme scam.
then from that incident and your reply in the above point. it makes it very useful if someone posts about a scam with valid evidence. and deserve to be rewarded merit.

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[skarais]

OP, I think by now you know some alan about your question in the thread and I think by now you should also know that you have broken rule No.32 for your reply, so please correct it. This means you will have to merge your last two posts into one post as they were created in less than 24 hours.

[Findingnemo]

What is my criteria when it comes to meriting a post is if it contains some content which I can learn something new or reminding of something which I know earlier but clear explanation of what is about and everyone have their own criteria and you don't need to convince anyone just stick with your own posting habits and let the merit senders attract towards you.

[iamsheikhadil]

Just don't care about merits and you will get more merits automatically, it is like mirage in a desert, the more you run after it, the more away it goes from you, but just accept that you have to make good posts, posts which you are sure are not spams, which can consist from knowledge to your just opinion, and although quality matters a lot, sometimes even with the best of quality, you will not get merits, and hence, the best approach to it is to remove expectations, write and express without any expectations of anything in return and be content, and if you gain some merits after that, it will make you just happier

[BITCOIN4X]

but I'm wondering, what are the reasons or criteria that can make all friends in this forum willing to give merits to someone?

The main criteria are quality, constructive and useful posts. Post criteria like that are expected to help users to get merit and rankup.
So far I don't have any specific criteria for post merit to someone but mostly use them on posts that I think are quality. Sometimes I can also send it to those who have helped me answer some doubts briefly and meaningfully, but the main criteria is quality posts.

The two points below may also be useful for you to consider when you want to give merit to other users, one important things are posts that are quality in your opinion.

What is Merit?
Merit is a new system created in order to reward quality contributions to the forum. Now to rise through ranks you will also need to acquire Merit in addition to Activity.

How do I receive merit?
You are awarded merit by people of the community if they find your post helpful or informative.

[aysg76]

There is no certain fixed criteria for sending out merits and we all can give them as we feel satisfied as if you agree with some post or some good and useful information is being shared over the forum deserves merit but how many you want to give depends on you.Although there is limit of 50 smerits per user in 30 days so keep that in mind.

You have now 14 merits which will give you half the smerits which you can send to any user whose post you like so try giving it out.

I'm feeling generous today, so you got some merits that you can give out to a post or two that you like--and that's basically the criterion for why merits are distributed (or at least it should be). 

You feel generous most of the time helping them to reach next rank which is why you have the name on this list and we are familiar with your meriting policy also.

OP, you weren't here back before 2018 so you probably don't realize how bad this forum was back then before the merit system got created.  It was a measure taken by Theymos to curb the rampant shitposting by members in sig campaigns or bounties and to make it nearly impossible to farm accounts, i.e., create a bunch of them and rank them all up just by posting enough to gain enough activity. 

This merit system implementation was of great help to the forum to some extent as many of the shitposter who were unable to rank up left the forum rather than choosing to learn and make quality contributions to the forum.But still spam posting is there on forum but the aspect is accounts which are legendary or hero without a single merit but with lots of activity can't grow over the forum.So they will not be able to join any campaign also as most of them demands some earned merits in past 120 days.Overall implementation of this system is applauded by most of the forum members.

[lovesmayfamilis]

It looks like the OP got some merit and tips and lessons on how and what to get merit for. But everyone who generously presented him did not explain to him that it would also be good to bestow merits on others. As you can see, the OP hasn't handed out any merits yet.
And as a bad example is contagious, I'm somehow sure that soon you will see a few more newcomers here who are also interested in the topic of merit, and hoping to get upfront just as easily and simply by changing the theme for newbies to META. 

[Coyster]

It looks like the OP got some merit and tips and lessons on how and what to get merit for. But everyone who generously presented him did not explain to him that it would also be good to bestow merits on others. As you can see, the OP hasn't handed out any merits yet.
And as a bad example is contagious, I'm somehow sure that soon you will see a few more newcomers here who are also interested in the topic of merit, and hoping to get upfront just as easily and simply by changing the theme for newbies to META. 

Well Pmalek actually did that, i assume you somewhat missed his post above, i will quote it for you below, i am also of the opinion that more users should be encouraged to join in the merit system (giving and receiving), though it is clearly understandable if a user doesn't really care about such, and then users who have such criteria that a user should be involved in the system before earning merits from them could also likewise skip their post in relation to merits, except it is a post of extremely high quality, just as Pmalek highlighted below. Having said that, we will see over the coming weeks if OP is the type that hoards merits; and God Meta has been somewhat free from newbies making a lot of threads about merits, so i really hope you're wrong and we do not go back to that . Here is the post i spoke about earlier:

You are happy, confident, you feel appreciated, and liked when someone merits you, right? You think other people have recognized and appreciated your efforts. Well, I want to see that the people I merit do the same things for others. You have to be part of the system to benefit from it, in my opinion. If you only get merits, but you don't give any to other forum members, you are not part of the system and it's very unlikely you will be merited from me. Exceptions are high-quality posts by members who obviously couldn't care less about the merit system (receiving or giving), and new users (like yourself) who don't have any sMerits to give out. But now that you do, start spreading that feeling of appreciation and respect to other posts that you feel deserve it. Because next time I come across a post by you that I believe should be merited, I am going to check your merit history  .

[Vaculin]

• Welcome message.
• Merit & new rank requirements

To discover it, let's read two topics about from theymos. Why he decided to create the merit system and his advice to forum members exclusively newbies.

Merits should be awarded to members who have good contributions. Sometimes you can see some members exchange merit and it looks like they use merit as a like on social media. Anyway, it is not the main use case of merit on the forum and somewhat is not relevant to the main use case of the merit system.

Merits system will definitely serve as your motivation to improve your post quality and grow more in the forum. Merits will only be given to you once other members will see your post as a constructive and very productive. And as long as you always contribute good discussions and always attracts the attention of other members in a positive way, merits will be credited to you.

[ShowOff]

Merits system will definitely serve as your motivation to improve your post quality and grow more in the forum. Merits will only be given to you once other members will see your post as a constructive and very productive. And as long as you always contribute good discussions and always attracts the attention of other members in a positive way, merits will be credited to you.

That is the main purpose of introducing the merit system in the forum by theymos so far. Anyone whose account rank was below Legendary at the time the merit system was introduced should be able to post something of an quality "according to other users" to earn merit so as to help him rank up.

The merit system is quite effective in terms of improving the quality of posts of users who care a lot about rankings, it has fostered a lot of motivation for these users to do something better especially in terms of contribution and quality.

[Etranger]

Just don't care about merits and you will get more merits automatically, it is like mirage in a desert, the more you run after it, the more away it goes from you, but just accept that you have to make good posts, posts which you are sure are not spams, which can consist from knowledge to your just opinion, and although quality matters a lot, sometimes even with the best of quality, you will not get merits, and hence, the best approach to it is to remove expectations, write and express without any expectations of anything in return and be content, and if you gain some merits after that, it will make you just happier

I don`t think this advice really works for you, since you didn`t receive any merit for the last 120 days. I also can`t agree that not caring about merit is productive as well. Sure, focusing on this alone will not add constructiveness to your posts, but you need to think about the future possible merits, because in this way you can imagine what other forum members can evaluate you for, and thus write a more contributing post.

[Shamm]

the more you run after it, the more away it goes from you,

I don't think so about this line from you cause in my own opinion. It depends on how the user handled it or how he/she makes a good post or not. Cause if someone runs for merit and he/she doing his/her best to create useful topics and made a good quality reply then the merits will come easily.
Chasing a merit is not just hard if you are knowledgeable enough.

[Mr.right85]

Having to align Facebook likes with the forums merit system is a misconception that seems to have taken root within the forum. This is some familiar context that I recently looked into and found out that, they are rather too distinct to be used together. From how they are earned and functions, they are just too distinct. I was to post my reply here as a comment but, it kept expanding and as such, I crafted it into a thread on the beginners and help board as I feel its, where its most suited since, meta is filled with ranked up users whom are already familiar with all about the Merits and can conclusively different between them both.

You can find my findings here: These two don't go and yet, it keeps been used! (Misconception)

Meanwhile, accreditation of merits on a post is users Judgment and it doesn't have to be limited to what you can use but, whatever appeals to your Judgment. Hence, you deem it merit worthy.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I might sound odd but I honestly do not have a set criteria which a post must meet before I deem it merit worthy, it all depends on how I feel after reading a post, a post I feel is very sensible get merited by me if I have smerit at the time , it doesn't matter the kind of post, it could be about trading, investment, scam, bitcoin, altcoin, gambling, services, anything at all but post has to make sense, it's as simple as this.
Though no rules states how a post should look like or feel like before we merit it, but we as users should only merit quality and sensible posts in other to discourage shitposters and spammers.

[BITCOIN4X]

OP, do you think this thread is still relevant enough to keep it open?
I think it's time for you to lock it in and draw conclusions because we will have almost the same answer to that question. Yes, I know there are sometimes some differences between merit source and non-merit source, but in general it's always about quality posts. So, what do you think?

[qwertyup23]

the more you run after it, the more away it goes from you,

I don't think so about this line from you cause in my own opinion. It depends on how the user handled it or how he/she makes a good post or not. Cause if someone runs for merit and he/she doing his/her best to create useful topics and made a good quality reply then the merits will come easily.
Chasing a merit is not just hard if you are knowledgeable enough.

Personally, I think the better phrase is if the person is not too keen on chasing for merits but continues to provide and create quality posts, then his/her posts would inevitably earn merits along the way.

Lots of users nowadays are too focused on merit hunting (which is not a bad thing IMO) which somehow floods the forum with repetitive posts. Though it is still highly appreciated whenever they try to create a discussion, I think it is still best if they could create posts that are open for discussion; and make posts that can be a battlefield for discussion.

[Shamm]

the more you run after it, the more away it goes from you,

I don't think so about this line from you cause in my own opinion. It depends on how the user handled it or how he/she makes a good post or not. Cause if someone runs for merit and he/she doing his/her best to create useful topics and made a good quality reply then the merits will come easily.
Chasing a merit is not just hard if you are knowledgeable enough.

Personally, I think the better phrase is if the person is not too keen on chasing for merits but continues to provide and create quality posts, then his/her posts would inevitably earn merits along the way.

Lots of users nowadays are too focused on merit hunting (which is not a bad thing IMO) which somehow floods the forum with repetitive posts. Though it is still highly appreciated whenever they try to create a discussion, I think it is still best if they could create posts that are open for discussion; and make posts that can be a battlefield for discussion.

That's the point of how to earn merits all we need to do is that but for now what I am seeing most of the topics nowadays have a similar threads before all they do is revise the topic and posted it here.

OP I am agree on what BITCOIN4X said above all the answer are you looking for is already here so it's better to lock this thread in order to prevent some redundant reply/ spam reply. You can lock this topic in the left lower part of this thread.

[Lubcub62]

for a newbie like me maybe when later I have more merit. and when you want to share with someone. then my criteria are almost the same as the others.

namely "in addition to the quality of the post, I also really appreciate posts that contain education and the impression of high morals or wisdom, such as people who value someone's time and effort. People like that deserve to be rewarded"

because I know it hurts when we are not rewarded for the work we do.

Or maybe because I'm a crybaby.

[hugeblack]

This varies from one board/topic to another, so there is no specific rule. If you follow it, you will get merits or vice versa.
As long as you worked hard to write a topic and it was of good quality or added new information, I think you deserved Merits.


Some sources have technical knowledge in certain boards and therefore you may not get merits from a specific source.

Personally, I try to distribute them to all members of all boards, but there are boards, for example mining, I do not have enough experience to assess the quality of the posts, so I do a Google search and rely on some trusted members of that give you some merits.

Generally, the more merits you get, the easier earn more will be.

[Ahli38]

for a newbie like me maybe when later I have more merit. and when you want to share with someone. then my criteria are almost the same as the others.

namely "in addition to the quality of the post, I also really appreciate posts that contain education and the impression of high morals or wisdom, such as people who value someone's time and effort. People like that deserve to be rewarded"

because I know it hurts when we are not rewarded for the work we do.

Or maybe because I'm a crybaby.

Your criteria are almost the same as mine, namely topics that are useful especially in the field of education and morals. and which has the impression of wise words in it. because I also judge the quality of writing from the words that came out of the author. how wise he is in speaking. because from word by word we can guess the original characteristics of the author himself.

I want to share the happiness I experienced when I got some merit from the good people here. I want you to feel it too. by giving you some merit. although I still don't have much but this is a matter of my support for fellow beginners and it is hoped that it can raise your activeness in writing and interacting in this forum like me who became excited after receiving some merits.