How do you feel when someone gives you MERIT?

[Jatiluhung]

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!

You are right . I myself think this is an easy question when I see this post. but when I started to write the answer it turned out that there were many elements that I had to pay attention to, namely remembering the moment when I was rewarded and pouring it into writing honestly. and sometimes it is very difficult to put feelings into words. so the word happy is the right one.

[Daniel91]

How I feel when someone gives me merit?
I guess I see it as an acknowledgment that I prepared and wrote content that helped someone or contributed to this forum.
It’s much easier to show that you like someone’s content on social media than on a forum.
In this way, we inspire and encourage each other, and reward someone's effort and contribution to the forum. At least that's how I see it 
Of course, it’s not the same feeling when you get merit as a new member or as an old member who is already legendary.

[SatoPrincess]

I get a brief gratifying sensation when a post of mine is awarded merit especially when I put a lot of energy into creating the post. Merits is a form of acknowledgment that the forum sees you and values your contribution. In my POV without the merit system, spammers would not even know they are spammers they would just rank up like everybody else.

[BITCOIN4X]

I don't know how to tell you how I feel about getting the merit. It seems just like you, I too was a user who registered on the forum after the merit system was introduced and it's really a nice feeling when someone merited ​​my opinion regardless of whether they don't say the quality. Happy, motivated to do better and also want to help other users to have the same feeling.

I once made a thread about my journey on the forum to reach Legendary, you can understand that as a reason that it's a great expression of how I feel about merit.

BITCOIN4X - From Beginner to Legendary in 1411 days [Achieved]

[Renampun]

...
The question is

How do you feel when someone gives you MERIT?

And I'm sorry that when I created this topic, I didn't have the smerit that I could give to appreciate those who participated in responding to my topic. so I can only say THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING AND RESPONDING TO MY INTEREST.

although I'm not really looking for "merit", I certainly feel happy if my post is given "merit" because it means someone is satisfied with my post...

Merit ruined my life.

I'm sorry to hear that. Too bad I can't un-merit you.
Have you talked to theymos about it? 

I immediately imagined what would happen if the un-merit feature was installed, then we would see a lot of accounts with spam posts going to "give up" lol.

What's merit?

maybe this

[o_e_l_e_o]

It has something to do with cycling.

Good thing I've got dynamite quads!

maybe this

Huh. Never heard of it.

[Shamm]

I don't know how to tell you how I feel about getting the merit. It seems just like you, I too was a user who registered on the forum after the merit system was introduced and it's a nice feeling when someone merited ​​my opinion regardless of whether they don't say the quality. Happy, motivated to do better, and also want to help other users to have the same feeling.

I once made a thread about my journey on the forum to reach Legendary, you can understand that as a reason that it's a great expression of how I feel about merit.

BITCOIN4X - From Beginner to Legendary in 1411 days [Achieved]

If someone merited our post we feel so exciting's to do more work hard and make quality post or let's say once we got merit we are motivated.
Because if we got merit meaning of that we are finally contributed to this community. And also when someone rank up to the next level beginners will get motivates as well they do what are going to do as a begginers to gain merits and reach what others already achieve.

[Pmalek]

If you work hard on something, it's a good feeling getting acknowledged and rewarded for it. On this forum, the way to show appreciation to someone's efforts is to merit their posts. Merits have more value than likes on social media and they are not the same thing. You can like every single post on FB, if you want to. You can't merit posts here unless you have the needed sMerits to do it. And you won't get merited unless you contribute in ways that others will like and appreciate.

[Asiska02]

Always happy I am always when I am gifted with a merit. When one appreciates the effort and contributions you gave in a particular topic, it gives you joy of value for your hard work. At the same time you feel bad when you're not merited enough for a particular post or contribution you've done. It tends to kill the moral of doing more next time. But whether merited or not just have in mind that you're here to learn and learning never ends. You’ll be  soo appreciated more  one day beyond expectations.

[m2017]

Frankly, I am pleased to receive merit. This was especially true on the way to the next rank. At first, every merit evoked pleasant emotions. On the one hand, this meant approaching a Sr. member rank that I really aspired to, since it seemed quite achievable for me and required relatively little merit. On the other hand, it served as a marker for me (actually, this is still the case ) that my posts were appreciated positively and someone liked it and even turned out to be useful. Now, after some time, I perceive merit more calmly if they are given to me, but I worry if I don't receive them for a long time. This serves as a signal that my posts are not that good and I need to work on their quality.

[LogitechMouse]

Hmmmmmm None at all.
Because of investing, I became emotionless already. F*ck investing.

Kidding aside, I don't feel anything at all. I'm not a top-tier poster, but I can't consider myself as a shitposter either so if somebody gives me merit then I'm grateful but not to the point that I'll be happy or smiling (even though I'm using many emojis in my posts). I'm just sharing my opinions here base on what I know and if somebody sees it very useful or helpful and gives me merit then I'm grateful to them.

[Poker Player]

Similar to how some have responded, I was more enthusiastic about it at the beginning. Now that I know I have the necessary merits to reach Legendary, I like it, but it is a much more routine feeling than before. I guess that also happens because I am not and will not be fighting in the top ten of earned merit, which I guess those who are there feel differently.

[Shamm]

Similar to how some have responded, I was more enthusiastic about it at the beginning. Now that I know I have the necessary merits to reach Legendary, I like it, but it is a much more routine feeling than before. I guess that also happens because I am not and will not be fighting in the top ten of earned merit, which I guess those who are there feel differently.

For sure those top ten merit earners of all time from the beginning of this forum will be so proud of their achievements. Cause we all know that nowadays,  it's hard to get merits if you your self did not contribute well to this community. And also it's hard to rank up after the merit system was implemented here in the forum. And those knowledgable and good contributors here will be recognized and will be known .

[uchegod-21]

How do you feel if your question or answer recieve good number of upvotes in quora?
How about when your karma increases in reddit.
How do you also feel when your post on Facebook recieves many likes, I meant when you maybe update your profile picture.
How do you feel when your tweet is trending on twitter.
All these things might not mean any serious thing for some persons, but for an average user in all these platforms, they feel happy, honored and recognised by the community.
In general, I feel nice when I receive merits especially if I create a topic and merits lands on them in numbers, it makes feel that I am a good user of this forum.

[Ahli38]

Hmmmmmm None at all.
Because of investing, I became emotionless already. F*ck investing.

Kidding aside, I don't feel anything at all. I'm not a top-tier poster, but I can't consider myself as a shitposter either so if somebody gives me merit then I'm grateful but not to the point that I'll be happy or smiling (even though I'm using many emojis in my posts). I'm just sharing my opinions here base on what I know and if somebody sees it very useful or helpful and gives me merit then I'm grateful to them.

I saw some unique responses and your responses are also different from the others and it adds to my insight in taking an idea or conclusion, therefore I can't equate my guess at each person's response with others. because there will always be someone who has a special or unique response. like you. like a feeling of emptiness. feeling flat or empty.

even the majority of people mention happy. but actually it's not the same. The fun has its own level. like you are happy but not smiling widely, some are happy to smile broadly, some are happy to grow more spirit or motivated (booster), and some are happy to the extent of gratitude and gratitude, some are even happy to feel the whole day, and some are happy to make them feel proud of themselves, and some are happy and want more so they keep trying harder to improve quality in order to get it back. and many more that cannot be mentioned.

As for myself, I am among those who are happy to receive it and become more excited.