Question about sharing merits

[JangoUnchained]

From Jr member to Member, all thanks for those who rank me up, I want to ask a question about merits, as a member account owner is it proper to merit someone else? Or too early to be sending merits to others? Thanks.

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[TheNewcomer]

When you get 2 merit you can send 1 merit. You do not need a special rank for this. You can just click on merit in the upper right corner next to quote and choose how many merits you want to send and that's it.

[mk4]

If you have spendable merits, you're totally allowed(and is definitely not frowned upon) to be sending out merits. Just pick posts to +1 smartly and not just throw merits around just because you can.

[Cookdata]

From Jr member to Member, all thanks for those who rank me up, I want to ask a question about merits, as a member account owner is it proper to merit someone else? Or too early to be sending merits to others? Thanks.

The answer is NO. Merit is an act of rewarding a post you feel is worth a thumb up, so giving it out to any member is okay as long as you're not giving them to your other accounts, or any form of farming accounts. You can give out merit as soon as you earn them and rank is not a requirement.

Read more about understanding merit >>HERE<<

[DdmrDdmr]

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You’ve now got 6 sMerits (*) to send (Sendable Merits) – You send sMerits and they receive Merits. You can send then whenever you wish, to whom ever you wish, with some conceptual ethical boundaries (i.e. send then to posts you consider have a decent content, don’t send them to others accounts you may have, don’t trade/swap).

(*) You'll see the number of Sendable Merits (sMerits) when you press the "+Merit" link to Merit any post

[pakhitheboss]

From Jr member to Member, all thanks for those who rank me up, I want to ask a question about merits, as a member account owner is it proper to merit someone else? Or too early to be sending merits to others? Thanks.

Merits are not easy to get. If you have send able merits then only merit those post which you like the most. I would still recommend you to wait till you become full member and then start.

[Doan9269]

From Jr member to Member, all thanks for those who rank me up, I want to ask a question about merits, as a member account owner is it proper to merit someone else? Or too early to be sending merits to others? Thanks.

Regardless of rank you're free to send merit to starting from newbie to legendary but it has to be a quality post you're sending to and ensure that such post is worth deserving it.

Helpful links about merit
Merit and new rank requirements
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

How quality can a newbie post be
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5346695.0

Merit FAQ for us
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2897661.0

[isaac_clarke22]

From Jr member to Member, all thanks for those who rank me up, I want to ask a question about merits, as a member account owner is it proper to merit someone else? Or too early to be sending merits to others? Thanks.

Just don't send them to your alts if you have one.
There is no such thing as "too early" nor "too late"  to send merits to others. Feel free to award it to a deserving post if you see one.
No point in hoarding them though as mentioned in your merit page

There is no point in hoarding sMerit; keeping it yourself does not benefit you, and we reserve the right to decay unused sMerit in the future.

[Shamm]

From Jr member to Member, all thanks for those who rank me up, I want to ask a question about merits, as a member account owner is it proper to merit someone else? Or too early to be sending merits to others? Thanks.

Op first I want to congratulate you for reaching the member Rank in this forum and I know you deserve it and for sure someday you will get a legendary rank if you won't stop contributing to this community.
And about your question about sending merits all I can say is you are FREE to send your sMerits to anyone you will know that their topics is useful and can contribute to our community.

[Pokapoka124]

From Jr member to Member, all thanks for those who rank me up, I want to ask a question about merits, as a member account owner is it proper to merit someone else? Or too early to be sending merits to others? Thanks.

Congratulations to you, JangoUnchained. It's not too early to send merits, if there was such a rule then the merit system would have been adjusted to suit that rule.  I don't think it's fair to hoard merits if you come across a good post you should merit it irrespective of your rank or that of the account you want to merit. There are loads of quality content on the forum, spending smerits should not be a burden to you besides your smerits are not much.

[poldanmig]

Firstly congrats on your upgrade to a member and secondly you shouldn't be hoarding merit if you want to keep the cycle going well. There's no point in hoarding merit as they won't benefit you and I think you are advised to use them on posts that you think are quality but not for your alt (if any).

So far you have earned 12 merit, meaning you have 6 smerit that you can use for other users on posts that you find quality, helpful and constructive. But I don't understand why you haven't used any of them so far, are you too afraid to appreciate other people's posts with merit?

[ShowOff]

Merits are not easy to get. If you have send able merits then only merit those post which you like the most. I would still recommend you to wait till you become full member and then start.

That's not true, the OP can use the smerit he has whenever he wants when he finds quality posts even if his current account is still member rank. The OP doesn't need to wait for a higher rank and collect more sMerit before using it because everyone will have a different speed to gain merit and rank up depending on their abilities and knowledge. What if the rank OP becomes a full member next year, is this the right time for him to spend his sMerit all this time? And honestly, I don't agree with this one.

The OP only needs to spend sMerit on posts he deems to be quality and it's not just about posts he likes. So there's no reason for the OP to hoard sMerit when he actually finds a high quality post or something he finds useful and valuable, "even if it doesn't break any rules".

[TheNineClub]

From Jr member to Member, all thanks for those who rank me up, I want to ask a question about merits, as a member account owner is it proper to merit someone else? Or too early to be sending merits to others? Thanks.

You merit whoever you think deserves it, whenever you feel it's appropriate. DOn't think of merit as a ranking-up tool, but rather a 'thank you' to the person who offered something that had value to you. So don't fret if you think you are ''underqualified'' to send merits, just keep on engaging on the forum and whenever you feel you should give a thumbs up for the knowledge they shared, just go for it.

[DVlog]

From Jr member to Member, all thanks for those who rank me up, I want to ask a question about merits, as a member account owner is it proper to merit someone else? Or too early to be sending merits to others? Thanks.

Actually, the forum encourages users to send merit to quality posters. That's how people got motivated for their contribution to this forum. You have the freedom to use your sMerits but just don't send them to any spam post or any post that is not helping or contributing anything to the forum. Sending merit to any spam post(example: Bounty POA comments) could identify your account as a farming account and you could get red trust for that if any DT member notices or report that.

[Bobrox]

Congrats with your achievement from Jr Member to be Member rank and keep consists with quality post at the future, but looking on your statistic account just getting with received only and less review or appreciated with another achievement for sending smerit, I think is not bad for applause other member depending with how quality post.

[The Cryptovator]

The forum encourages you to spend your smerit, holding it isn't helpful for anyone. So you are free to spend your merits on good contributors. It's not sharing merit exactly, you are meriting someone that you think his post is useful for you or for the community. Don't hesitate to send merit to others, it will help increase merit circulation. But try to avoid merit abuse.

By the way, congratulations on your achievement.

[nakamura12]

From Jr member to Member, all thanks for those who rank me up, I want to ask a question about merits, as a member account owner is it proper to merit someone else? Or too early to be sending merits to others? Thanks.

No, it's not early or late to send merits. If who you are going to merit deserves it then why hesitate to send that person a merit. You will be able to send a forum member a merit if you have available smerit. Have you made a research on how to check your smerits available?. Base on what I found in your merit transaction is you haven't sent any merit which as of now you have 6 smerits that you can reward to whoever you think to reward it to base on your criteria. Anyways, congratulations on ranking up to member rank.

[erep]

From Jr member to Member, all thanks for those who rank me up, I want to ask a question about merits, as a member account owner is it proper to merit someone else? Or too early to be sending merits to others? Thanks.

Smerit is another word for personal appreciation for someone's posts that they consider quality and provide a problem-solving solution. Smerit distribution does not limit account ratings because if you own 1 smerit then you have the right to give it to constructive posts in general or in your own opinion. Smerit has a positive impact as it motivates one to post quality for active contribution to all members.

[Smartvirus]

At first when I saw your topic, I immediately had the misconception that your thoughts could be that merits are just shared using some form of formula. Not until I read your thread that I got the point you were making. Before i get to that, I'll like to note to every beginner out there that merits aren't shared except, the Smerits that is given to Merit Sources.

To answer your question @OP, on either you could start meriting others... There is no criteria or procedure towards doing this. The only criteria that might exists resides with you and that is, your good judgment. Merits out to be given to quality posts, not minding if its a one liner or an art. It just have to clarify doubt, interest you in a way or perhaps is appealing to your sense of judgment and then, you merit as you deem fit.

[tranthidung]

You can use your smerit (sendable merit) not merit. Don't misunderstand two different things. You can only send your smerit to others, not merit. But they will receive merit. You will have smerit as half of merit you receive and you can send your smerit to others.

There are many ways people use their smerit but the best one is send it to constructive members with their quality posts, not fancy ones. Sometimes people do send smerit to fancy posts but it is not actually the most appropriate ways to do. It results in arguments in the community as well.