Is self-meriting possible?

[Stepstowealth]

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

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[Little Mouse]

No, you can't merit yourself. You will face an error that says "You cannot send merit to yourself". If someone can send merit to themselves, what's the point of the merit system? People would be easily ranked up even if they have shitposts.

Instead of creating a thread about it, why don't you try it yourself and see? I believe you have enough smerit to try.  Btw the answer is NO

If he would try and if it was possible to send, he would end up sending merit to himself which could be frowned upon here. There's nothing wrong with asking this.

[Cantsay]

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

Instead of creating a thread about it, why don't you try it yourself and see? I believe you have enough smerit to try.  Btw the answer is NO

Edit:
I just checked, you've 27 merits and sent 13 merits meaning you have exhausted all your smerits.

[Rikafip]

No, its not possible to merit your own post and its also frowned upon to merit your post from your alt account (meaning you gonna get negative feedback).

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but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

I have tried it several times but I was unable to merit myself.

No, its not possible to merit your own post and its also frowned upon to merit your post from your alt account (meaning you gonna get negative feedback).

Is it possible to frown about what is not possible? Only what I know some members frown about is to be meriting alt account with another alt account, I guess that is what you meant.

[DdmrDdmr]

<…> Is it possible to merit yourself?

No, but all attempts at doing so are logged, and the accounts tracked in case they try to merit themselves from alt accounts or attempt to acquire merit in the black market … (kidding ... or not ...).

Conceptually, what would be the reason to merit oneself? I mean one could believe that his post is smashing and deserves a self-pat of the back, but besides some trip down the ego lane, the only other alternative would be to try to increase his merit counter per se.

Fortunately, it is not feasible to sMerit one’s own posts (I just checked my complete merit database in case someone had managed trick the system at some point historically).

[Upgrade00]

what's the point of the merit system? People would be easily ranked up even if they have shitposts.

Theoretically no. You would need to earn merits consistently to be able to gain smerits and a shitposter would not get much or any merits at all. And even if they did get some merits the count gained from meeting themselves would be progressively decreasing (2 merits gives only one merit).

[Pmalek]

Is it possible to frown about what is not possible? Only what I know some members frown about is to be meriting alt account with another alt account, I guess that is what you meant.

That's what he said as well. The way you explained it, there are three accounts in question. You just need two. Your main account (_act_) merits your alt account (_act_ alt account). No need to get another alt account involved. The community doesn't want to see that, and it's a good way to lower your forum reputation.

[summonerrk]

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

No, you can't evaluate yourself as a merite. As well as exchanging it with another forum member for no reason. Merit is a utility assessment tool. If no one believes that the posts of a certain person do not deserve to be evaluated, then they will remain unappreciated by Merit. In fact, it is very easy to earn, and you should not try to cheat the system.

[nurilham]

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

Even if it is possible, it is strange to give merits to your own posts. 
You made a post, other people will evaluate/rate your post, right? So, only other people deserve to give merits to your post.

I suggest you never try something silly.
It is easy to break your reputation in this forum, you must be aware that there are many members who got red trust by doing silly things. Always remember that give merits to deserved posts only and exclude meriting own posts because it doesn't make sense.

[Cryptomultiplier]

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

Even if it is possible, it is strange to give merits to your own posts.  
You made a post, other people will evaluate/rate your post, right? So, only other people deserve to give merits to your post.

I suggest you never try something silly.
It is easy to break your reputation in this forum, you must be aware that there are many members who got red trust by doing silly things. Always remember that give merits to deserved posts only and exclude meriting own posts because it doesn't make sense.

This reminds me of the the story of a lizard that fell from a very tall tree. Having landed, no one clapped. It just did a few push ups, nodded and crawled out.
As ridiculous as the story sounds, it could be likened to this scenario. It is better to just know for yourself that you made a great post, and wait for merits to confirm how great it was.
Criticisms and good replies/comments would suffice both ways, but if the latter is more than the former, then you made a very good shitty post and should do better.

No, you can't merit yourself, because, you aren't a lizard, you need people to confirm your worthiness and merit is like keys, it is not just handed to a stranger passing by.

[Mr.right85]

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

Of course it's not possible and you must have known that by now. It's just a rewarding power and what better way to having the thrill of merits if not gotten from other users. Trust me, its something you or any of us would want to be possible. If you think merit is sacred now, it would be even worst should users be allowed to merit themselves.
The best is what we have now and it makes meriting a lot more meritable and users are challenged to better themselves by being more constructive in there write up.
Meriting one's self is a bad idea that shouldn't be put into context of considered.

[sheenshane]

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

I didn't try it myself because I know that's an offense and could be punishable but I think that function isn't available to merit yourself even if it shows on your own post.  Think it over in the first place if that's possible, would you merit yourself even though you know that's not how the proper distribution of merit is?

Besides, it's easy to spot to anyone else that you possibly abusing the merit if it's possible can send it to yourself.

[hatshepsut93]

Conceptually, what would be the reason to merit oneself? I mean one could believe that his post is smashing and deserves a self-pat of the back, but besides some trip down the ego lane, the only other alternative would be to try to increase his merit counter per se.

On other social networks people sometimes like their own posts to later view them in the list of the posts that they liked, so basically bookmarking their post for themselves. Merit could have been theoretically used for a similar purpose, but it's limited to only the last 120 days, so it can't work like that.

Maybe we do need a "like" system parallel with merit, because it does have upsides and not a lot of downsides.

[Saisher]

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

It really sounds silly it's self-serving and merits don't serve their purpose if the system allows you to merit yourself, I have not thought of meriting myself but there are others who merit their alt account but these are two different accounts on one possession, even if the system allows it, people will think that you are cheating because it's self-serving, as long as your post is visible and it is a good one here it can generate merits even if it takes days or weeks or months depending on the members who read and appreciate your post.

[cryptoaddictchie]

May sound silly but has anyone tried meriting themselves on a discussion they start. I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

On your account no! There is no such feature that it can make it available but if you have other account or alts possibly yes but that is considered cheating and abuse cause meriting yourself (other forum account is prohibited). Not sure but this must be done by many to gain more merits and increase rank.

[BlackBoss_]

I noticed that the option to merit a post is still available on a post we make, I wanted to try it out, but I do not want to default, so I decided to come ask first.

Is it possible to merit yourself?

You just tried half of it. If you tried it all, not half you will see that it is impossible to merit yourself.

Click on Merit, type the number, enter, you will get a notification.

You cannot send merit to yourself

[Luffygroove]

What do you mean by "self-merit"? If you mean from your account to your own account, no, and if you mean from your alternative or secondary account, yes, but it's disallowed since that other account is not permitted. Be prepared if you insist on using that secondary account since the Bitcointalk community takes the merit system seriously, and attempting to game it by self-meriting may result in severe results such as losing credibility, being reported by moderators, or even being banned from the site.

[UdtaParinda1]

Is it possible to merit yourself?

What a weird question haha
it sounds similar to the people who ask about the Bitcoin (Is it legit).

• No
  
• Alt meriting is also prohibited
• Enrolling Multiple account is Same campaign is also prohibited
• Merit Fishing is also Prohibited
• Asking for merits (Seems prohibited i am not sure but it puts bad impression)
• Account farming is prohibited

[Rikafip]

Is it possible to frown about what is not possible? Only what I know some members frown about is to be meriting alt account with another alt account, I guess that is what you meant.

I don't think that you understood me correctly. I didn't say that meriting your own post from the same account if frowned upon (simply because its impissible to do that), but instead that he shouldn't merit his post from his alt account, which is frowned upon and will end up badly for him.