How do you feel when someone gives you MERIT?

[isaac_clarke22]

When it was first implemented back in 2018, it was satisfying actually like you got someone's attention but overtime it felt like it is just similar to me getting upvoted in Reddit through comments (I do not post a lot lol) and it just happened that I do not look at the merit count anymore when I post in here. I just wanted to join into conversations about any topics that I seem to be interested and that's it.
It is also similar to me by the way when I get reacts from any sort of Facebook posts I made, and I don't even know anymore how much is that "99+" notification to me right now nor do I care.

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[vapourminer]

before i became a merit source getting merits was important mainly in the fact that it increased the merit i could give others for useful posts.

also, as i am 99% a shitposter i am usually surprised when a post of mine gets merited.

[kawetsriyanto]

How do you feel when someone gives you MERIT?

I don't think it is a necessary matter to be discussed. This question is the same as when you ask someone about "how he/she feels when getting a gift?". It is not a proper topic to be discussed in Meta. IMO

We know people view merit differently. Each person may have a different perception about the importance of merit, it can be an extraordinary thing, a usual thing, or a useless thing. Some people probably think merit as a form of appreciation for our post quality, so they try to improve their post quality. While in another case, people may think merit is only applied to valuable information, so they do more often share valuable information. But there are some people even don't care about merit because they think merit is useless. They never use merit for any purpose, and they assume merit never be a measure of member quality. According to this assumption, we can conclude ourselves how they feel once getting merits. No need to ask the question.

[Oluwa-btc]

Merit ruined my life.

I'd honestly love too see a brief writing about this! Would you ? Please!!!!
Ion mean too bring back old memories, buh might be a motivation or lesson to me or any!

 

What's merit?

This is obviously a rhetorical question, lol. As you're currently merit 101 

What's merit?

It has something to do with cycling.

  why do I find the Godfather cracking my ribs! ?

[Mpamaegbu]

How do the people I have given merit feel? Do they have the same feelings as me like being happy and feeling valued. or each level has a different feeling.

I guess everyone here then felt the same way receiving merit the first few weeks/months it was instituted. Now I can say the feelings are different. Some users don't care any more whether they receive it or not, especially if they're highly ranked to legendary.

When I saw merits on it which were 4 from different senior members I felt like someone that just won an academic award. And seriously that even affected my mood throughout the day and was where my love for the forum escalated.

This is reason enough to merit any newbie who has meaningful posts out there. You never can tell how that makes their day. This is why we all have to share love, life doesn't end in this forum.

To merit or not to merit, that is the question.

... And curiosity merit also ruined his life in that drama.

[LoyceV]

Merit ruined my life.

I'd honestly love too see a brief writing about this! Would you ? Please!!!!
Ion mean too bring back old memories, buh might be a motivation or lesson to me or any!

"Merit ruined my life" is something shitposters used to say. It confirms the Merit system works.

[Marykeller]

Merit ruined my life.

The merit that ruined your life, let it ruin mine also(lols). I want to experience how it feels.
The joy it gives when you are on the top can be highly insane cause it's never an easy journey. It took a lot of sacrifices of making good posts. Thinking of how you started, and where it has landed you.
Am still an upcoming star(member), believing that I will turn out to be a celebrity someday(legendary) like you

[Mpamaegbu]

Merit ruined my life.

The merit that ruined your life, let it ruin mine also(lols). I want to experience how it feels.

LoyceV already explained what that comment from hilariousandco was all about in a post above. Don't take it seriously for it was just pure sarcasm. 👇

"Merit ruined my life" is something shitposters used to say. It confirms the Merit system works.

[Marykeller]

Merit ruined my life.

The merit that ruined your life, let it ruin mine also(lols). I want to experience how it feels.

LoyceV already explained what that comment from hilariousandco was all about in a post above. Don't take it seriously for it was just pure sarcasm. 👇

"Merit ruined my life" is something shitposters used to say. It confirms the Merit system works.

Yeah, I know. Not taking it seriously anyway. It's just a cruz post from hilariousandco

[KingsDen]

There is a power in merits. When you recieve merits, it's either you experience the positive or negative aspect of the power.
When I was a newbie, I didn't know the much essence of merits. I created a somewhat controversial topic which led to divers option and counter opinions from reputable members. I received so many attacks because the forum members believed I was relatively new to make such a proposal. The topic didn't receive a merit, but when I started engaging users in the comment session, I was surprised when I received merit from someone who didn't align with my idea, but due to I presented a resounding and solid argument, I was merited by him.
Honestly, that singular act gave me a whole lot of understanding about the merit system and how it works. On a norms, I wouldn't merit someone who is opposing my view, but with the merit system, the story is different.

[Findingnemo]

Actually I become curious when I receive the notification from the telegram about received merit and what can be the reason why I get it, then happy as well but not that much excited as I did something remarkable since I am not a fan of giving much attention about the merit. Just happy and curious nothing else.

[nakamura12]

I actually thought that I couldn't get any merit or even a single merit at all but I was advised that this forum is not about merit but doing the things that this forum is what it's supposed to be which is share, learn, discuss and help. Though there are some people who didn't do those things but only came here to spam, scam and earn without thinking the things that it bring to bitcointalk forum. Because of that, the forum's staff work double time to delete those spam messages. By the way, it made me feel happy that I received a merit which made me think that I also did contribute to the forum ny receiving a merit especially from those well known forum users.

[_BlackStar]

In short I've tried to include it in this thread, but it may not describe my true feelings about the merit system.

As far as I understand and experience, the merit system has motivated me to post something useful. Some people may still think it's bullshit but of course we have a different point of view. Every time someone gives me merit on a post, then I will usually try to read it again why the post is useful for them or others. I don't know if it's good or bad for me to keep doing it, but there's a nice feeling when I manage to hit a new milestone for the amount of merit I've earned.

[Shamm]

How do you feel when someone gives you MERIT?

I don't think it is a necessary matter to be discussed. This question is the same as when you ask someone about "how he/she feels when getting a gift?". It is not a proper topic to be discussed in Meta. IMO

We know people view merit differently. Each person may have a different perception about the importance of merit, it can be an extraordinary thing, a usual thing, or a useless thing. Some people probably think merit as a form of appreciation for our post quality, so they try to improve their post quality. While in another case, people may think merit is only applied to valuable information, so they do more often share valuable information. But there are some people even don't care about merit because they think merit is useless. They never use merit for any purpose, and they assume merit never be a measure of member quality. According to this assumption, we can conclude how they feel once getting merits. No need to ask the question.

It has been discussed many times here in the forum, how to get merits, how you feel when your post got merited, how to earn merits and etc. But to this topic only thing I can say is that don't do against the rule in order to get merits, like plagiarism (copying someone text and then posting it here) or ( begging for merits) that's prohibited in this community and to earn it. Don't stop contributing here in forum and make good quality post then I assure merits will come.

[libert19]

Depends on amount, and assuming you are interested in ranking up. I was sr member lacking 60 or smth merits for hero, out of blue next day morning, Ratimov had sent enough merits and I was hero member.

[Jatiluhung]

At first I didn't think merit was important. but when I was given the merit for the first time it turned out to be a pleasant impression. although I didn't really understand how to use it at first. but after receiving it I became a little learn it.

ohh yeah i have a user on this forum that amazes me . namely those whose merit reaches 10,000 and I forget the names of those who are still in the 9000s. I saw the posts made by them. because I wonder how they can have so many. and I check each of their posts and it turns out that my curiosity is satisfied. see the quality of their posts which are indeed of high quality and deserve an award. I am motivated by them in the regularity and quality of posts on this forum. I hope to be like them in the future in this forum. if this forum still exists. but I'm sure this forum, God willing, will continue to exist.

[aysg76]

Speaking for me then back in the days when i got first merit on my post it was immense joy as @theymos introduced the merit system and to rank up we need it along with activity and it was like my goal to reach the next rank which was senior member.It took me some time to be participant of this race as stated learning more and became dedicated towards growing my knowledge and rank up on the forum.Afterwards whenever i got some merits it boost my morale and zeal to more quality poster on the forum.

What's merit?

A five digit number on your profile that distinguish you from the other group of people without any knowledge on the forum  and you get them in bulk cycling only.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

The question is

How do you feel when someone gives you MERIT?

Honestly, I feel indifferent when someone merits my post, but on the other hand, I am happy, and my happiness isn't cus of the merit itself, my happiness is more on the fact that someone or a group of persons actually finds my post valuable which is why they merited it.

The thing is, it is better to put your 100percent focus on making valuable posts that people will actually learn something new from, or confirm a knowledge they already have, it is better to focus on that than to pay more attention to making posts and anticipate to get merited.
With the first, you have peace of mind, whether your post gets merited or not, and you did be amazed how naturally the merit will come, but on the later(that is when you put all your focus on making posts for merit), you will be stressed out by the end of the day, cus all day, you will keep thinking of getting merit and this will make you to keep checking your post to see if someone merited you, and if in the end you didn't get merited, you will become disappointed and also become discouraged if after making 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 different posts and none of it earned you any merit.
This is one of the reasons why we have a lot of inactive accounts especially from newbies who try all they can to get merits, and when they don't get it, they get discouraged and leave the forum.

So it is better to focus on making posts other members will find valuable than making post with the sole purpose of getting merits.

[xSkylarx]

Well, I thought this question was really easy to answer, but I wrote this post for almost 20 minutes and kept deleting my sentences because I couldn't explain it! Lol. I would just answer it in simple terms: it makes you happy! That's all. It is like you have been commended by someone because of your writing or of what you have done. Mostly, I am not one of those posters here that gets a merit every day, so it is really rare. That is why the happiness it could bring me is like my parents buying me an ice cream when I was a child, but after I finish it, I will forget the happiness and want/eager to get more!

[OgNasty]

How do you feel when someone gives you MERIT?

Personally, when someone gives me merit I get a warm fuzzy feeling all over.  I'd liken it to peeing your pants in the freezing cold.  The instant relief from cold as the warmth dribbles down your legs, heating everything in it's path with no regard for the consequence.  This is what merit feels like to me. 

Even better than receiving though, is giving away that sweet sweet merit.  I enjoy spraying merit all over the boards for everyone to share in that warm fuzzy feeling with me.  I always look for opportunities to shoot merit on those who have yet to receive it in the hopes that it helps remove some cold from their day as well.  Warm fuzziness for all!