Getting Some Merit really boosted my motivation

[DeathAngel]

I think receiving Merit is exciting for newbies, obviously it’s fun to rank up your account which is only possible with increased Activity & the well known Merit totals for each rank. I don’t like giving advice but as a Newbie it’s important not to beg for Merit or make it obvious you are fishing for it. Just browse around the various areas of the forum, participate in convos of topics you enjoy & the Merit will flow in.

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[Botnake]

This may seem trivial to those who already rank high in the forums. but it really means a lot to beginners. Gaining Some Merits actually can revive dormant Motivation. But still I also realize that just motivation is not enough. but also must be accompanied by an increase in insight. with more diligent reading and so on.
Other beginners must also feel this way, right? I doubt if only I feel this pleasure.

Not only for beginners but even for higher rank members, getting merits still create a positive feeling and will always boost motivation and self-confidence. That’s one way you’ll feel your self worth based on how others acknowledge your post. But this is not enough so you can live longer in the forum. Stay learning in the forum by doing continuous research especially on topics that you find it hard understanding it. And just enjoy every minute of it so you will never feel the pressures that most newbies have experienced.

[Russlenat]

This may seem trivial to those who already rank high in the forums. but it really means a lot to beginners. Gaining Some Merits actually can revive dormant Motivation. But still I also realize that just motivation is not enough. but also must be accompanied by an increase in insight. with more diligent reading and so on.
Other beginners must also feel this way, right? I doubt if only I feel this pleasure.

Getting merits in the forum is one of the best feeling wherein we can say our hard work and efforts from the start are now paying off. That’s when our post turns into high quality and become highly beneficial especially for the newbies. So it’s not just for beginners actually but for me, even you’re top on the rank will still be motivated by it. And with continuous motivation to widen your knowledge and develop your skills in the forum, that will make you a trustworthy and valuable member in the forum.

[Fiatless]

This may seem trivial to those who already rank high in the forums. but it really means a lot to beginners. Gaining Some Merits actually can revive dormant Motivation. But still I also realize that just motivation is not enough. but also must be accompanied by an increase in insight. with more diligent reading and so on.
Other beginners must also feel this way, right? I doubt if only I feel this pleasure.

Getting merit is like receiving appreciation from someone or even the community that your post helped someone or is educating. When you get such appreciation it serves as a motivation to put in your best and do even better. I remember the fulfillment I had when I got my first set of merits in the forum. It gave me confidence that my input is appreciated. But this mindset can also be deceptive because it is not every time you might get merit from doing a good job. Expecting merit always is not bad but it could be discouraging when you don't get it when you expected it. There are some posts I thought will fetch some merits but it turned out the opposite and I was a little bit discouraged.

To me, the best approach is to keep doing your best in the forum. Keep reading, learning, and sharing quality thoughts. Let learning and not merit be your driving force and motivator, if merit comes that's okay but merit shouldn't be the main focus for contributing to the forum.  But, naturally, merit will always come when you are valuable to the community.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I started going through your post history to see if I coiuld give you some merits. I gave you 5, but I stopped looking when I saw that enormous image that you posted.

LOL.  I created a thread about that some years ago.  There was some jackass who'd routinely create threads with huge, unnecessary images and it was driving me crazy--and worse yet, other members would quote the damn images in their own posts.  There oughta be a rule, man.  There oughta be a rule....

I guess we've been all thru that scenario where we are happy whenever we got a reward for posting high quality posts, but over time, that level of excitement will decrease overtime until you will be reaching to a point where you seeing getting merited will just be a normal thing to you. I'm pretty sure those people here who have many merits right now are the ones who are experiencing that. Am I right?

You're probably right for most members who've earned a ton of merits and have ranked up to Legendary.  Just speaking for myself, I was curious as to how many merits I'd earn when the system started in 2018, because I thought I was making some decent posts.  After a while, it got so that I didn't need the validation that receiving merits gives and at this point I'm much more concerned with giving out merits than I am with earning them.  In fact, I've often asked people not to merit my posts, but to give merits to someone who can use them to rank up.

[qwertyup23]

This may seem trivial to those who already rank high in the forums. but it really means a lot to beginners. Gaining Some Merits actually can revive dormant Motivation. But still I also realize that just motivation is not enough. but also must be accompanied by an increase in insight. with more diligent reading and so on.
Other beginners must also feel this way, right? I doubt if only I feel this pleasure.

Receiving a merit is a proof of your hard work- you see that people appreciate and acknowledged that you indeed contributed to the forum. It also gives you the feeling of confidence where your efforts are validated due to your contribution. I agree- receiving merits is one of those feelings of satisfaction and hunger where you want to contribute and create more threads for people to appreciate.

I applaud your purpose in this forum- you create posts in order to contribute to the betterment of this forum. While others are too busy to rank-up as they create spam threads, your focus and goal is toward creating a healthy environment for everyone to learn and accept.

Keep up the good work, OP. While you may be only scratching the surface, you are definitely doing it right and going on the right direction.

[Fullcoinese]

This may seem trivial to those who already rank high in the forums. but it really means a lot to beginners. Gaining Some Merits actually can revive dormant Motivation.

yes, I admit that sometimes when we get some merit, it is true that it will add positive motivation for us and can trigger us to be more active in the forum. but keep in mind also for beginners in particular that don't get used to only being motivated if we get some merit.
because if we are only motivated when we get a merit then it is possible that if we haven't gotten the next merit or haven't even gotten a merit at all then we will easily give up and stop contributing to the forum.
it's better to focus on continuing to learn and grow from day to day, the more knowledge we read, the better the discussion or comments we present in the forum.

[iBaba]

This may seem trivial to those who already rank high in the forums. but it really means a lot to beginners. Gaining Some Merits actually can revive dormant Motivation. But still I also realize that just motivation is not enough. but also must be accompanied by an increase in insight. with more diligent reading and so on.
Other beginners must also feel this way, right? I doubt if only I feel this pleasure.

As a newbie I developed goosebumps on my skin the day I got my first merit. It was like a heaven's goal for me. I was super excited and motivated to do more. My advice to newbies here is never to give up in sorting and providing good contents here. Indeed, Content they say is King.

[landheer]

yes, it is very true that getting a reward will certainly make someone more confident and also of course it will make us happy and fundamentally we will continue to improve the quality of discussions and it is true that discussions will be better with lots of broad insights, and to add broad insight can diligently read and find good information.
because if we discuss with broad insight it will certainly make us enjoy the discussion more.

[Agbe]

LOL.  I created a thread about that some years ago.  There was some jackass who'd routinely create threads with huge, unnecessary images and it was driving me crazy--and worse yet, other members would quote the damn images in their own posts.  There oughta be a rule, man.  There oughta be a rule....

When a user over use image in his or her post is not good but minimizing the use of image might give some beauty in the posts. But one thing I discovered from those user s that, they are inserting image to their threads unknown to them that using image in all there post is bad. All what they know is using image is to put more beatification to the post.

You're probably right for most members who've earned a ton of merits and have ranked up to Legendary.  Just speaking for myself, I was curious as to how many merits I'd earn when the system started in 2018, because I thought I was making some decent posts.  After a while, it got so that I didn't need the validation that receiving merits gives and at this point I'm much more concerned with giving out merits than I am with earning them.  In fact, I've often asked people not to merit my posts, but to give merits to someone who can use them to rank up.

Smile, just as if you speak my mind. Since merit became the motivator in the forum, everyone is struggling to be merited. And those images those users insert in their post is to attract more merit but irony is the issue in many time. Merits is still good to maintain the 120 days  .

[KingsDen]

This may seem trivial to those who already rank high in the forums. but it really means a lot to beginners. Gaining Some Merits actually can revive dormant Motivation. But still I also realize that just motivation is not enough. but also must be accompanied by an increase in insight. with more diligent reading and so on.
Other beginners must also feel this way, right? I doubt if only I feel this pleasure.

Getting merits is a kind of motivation in this forum, almost everyone below 1000 merits feels some kind of joy when their merit count increases.
Since 1000 merits is what you need to become a legendary member and the legendary rank is the highest rank in the forum. When some people hits that 1000, they will become less concerned about merits and merits will stop flowing to them. Unless for some exceptional posters.
Then there are some who are competing to be known as people with the highest merits in the forum. These people even after 5k merits are still banging the more.

Op, be calm everything will fall in place for you only if you will remain consistent, abide by the rules and produce quality.

[SOKO-DEKE]

This may seem trivial to those who already rank high in the forums. but it really means a lot to beginners. Gaining Some Merits actually can revive dormant Motivation. But still I also realize that just motivation is not enough. but also must be accompanied by an increase in insight. with more diligent reading and so on.
Other beginners must also feel this way, right? I doubt if only I feel this pleasure.

Earning merit in the forum is actually what drives a lot of the members here to work hard because it is the only way for someone to be recognized in the community, and almost every member wants to be recognized. I think many people would feel at ease and refrain from contributing to the forums if there was no reward for someone's work, similar to merit.so the feeling of earning merits in here makes us feels how important we are in the forum especially we in low ranks.

[Viscore]

This may seem trivial to those who already rank high in the forums. but it really means a lot to beginners. Gaining Some Merits actually can revive dormant Motivation. But still I also realize that just motivation is not enough. but also must be accompanied by an increase in insight. with more diligent reading and so on.
Other beginners must also feel this way, right? I doubt if only I feel this pleasure.

Great joy is always accompanied when you’re being appreciated for your efforts and could also serve as an encouragement for you to do more. All beginners will definitely feel happy when merited for their efforts in the forum. The motivation that comes with it keeps you moving. But having more extensive reading and gaining more knowledge in the forum will also help in your journey here while not completely too focus on how the merits will come.

And as much as possible, do not just create high quality post just to attract merits but because it can be a lot helpful especially for newbies because of the value of the post itself. Although getting merits will also help us going and continue to motivate ourselves in the forum, but the best way to stay connected in the forum is to chase more knowledge everyday not just from our own intensive research, but also from the meaningful post of other members that we can also get to learn especially from their own owned shared experiences in the market.

[Odohu]

I hope someday I will experience this feeling. Generally, everyone love gifts especially when it comes as a form of reward for your contribution to something posive or a job well done.

I am still studying the forum, checking up on the big guys especially how they contributed and grew to where they are. I will get there someday.

[demonica]

It's indeed giving lower ranks motivation to make more great contributions here in the forum. And probably every one understand that, even the higher ranks since they were once in a lower rank. Although it takes time and a lot of effort to learn so you can give a useful insight and ideas, once you received some merits, it boost your motivation to do better. Not just because of the idea of ranking up, when I receive merits, it kinda gives me confidence that my opinion or my idea makes sense for others, or that they appreciate what I said. It's really rewarding. When I noticed I received a merit, I will look at the post I did that gained a merit and re-read it, trying to see what made them give merits to it.

[Who is John Galt?]

Receiving a merit is a proof of your hard work- you see that people appreciate and acknowledged that you indeed contributed to the forum.

In my opinion, communication on the forum is more like not hard work, but an interesting journey. You go through different sections and topics, read interesting or not very interesting thoughts and ideas, observations and news, share your own. And if your words attract someone's attention, and someone puts merits for them, it certainly cheers you up and motivates you to move on.

[Kasabus]

This may seem trivial to those who already rank high in the forums. but it really means a lot to beginners. Gaining Some Merits actually can revive dormant Motivation. But still I also realize that just motivation is not enough. but also must be accompanied by an increase in insight. with more diligent reading and so on.
Other beginners must also feel this way, right? I doubt if only I feel this pleasure.

I still see getting merits as very interesting and motivating that’s why regardless of my current position, I still make efforts to get merits by consistently learning from the forum particularly from the experiences of reputable members. But let me remind you that getting merits should not be our focus all the time. The fact that we are able to help and influence others with our valuable and quality posts, even without receiving merits is still very fulfilling for us.

[GeorgeJohn]

This may seem trivial to those who already rank high in the forums. but it really means a lot to beginners. Gaining Some Merits actually can revive dormant Motivation. But still I also realize that just motivation is not enough. but also must be accompanied by an increase in insight. with more diligent reading and so on.
Other beginners must also feel this way, right? I doubt if only I feel this pleasure.

You need to ask of merit, because it's stipulated here that merit you don't need to ask of merit from anyone, I don't know while you are interested in merit instead of adding more quality in your post and make more research to that will benefit the forum, through that you can make a good quality post that will make you to earn merit instead of begging for merit, a merit is given by forum members who like your composition.

[Vaculin]

This may seem trivial to those who already rank high in the forums. but it really means a lot to beginners. Gaining Some Merits actually can revive dormant Motivation. But still I also realize that just motivation is not enough. but also must be accompanied by an increase in insight. with more diligent reading and so on.
Other beginners must also feel this way, right? I doubt if only I feel this pleasure.

Great joy is always accompanied when you’re being appreciated for your efforts and could also serve as an encouragement for you to do more. All beginners will definitely feel happy when merited for their efforts in the forum. The motivation that comes with it keeps you moving. But having more extensive reading and gaining more knowledge in the forum will also help in your journey here while not completely too focus on how the merits will come.

Exactly. Learning in the forum should always be the first priority regardless if you have been receiving merits or not. Do not be too obsessed with getting merits, that is just a single factor to keep you going in the market. The most important thing is to develop consistent motivation within yourself, and by getting yourself acquainted with the market lows and highs, that will keep the interest in you so you will continue to grow not only in the forum but even to your market ventures. Keep the faith and motivation so you will be successful in the future.

[Note3]

Merit is a fun thing to get on this forum, but if you haven't gotten a lot of merit to get us up in rankings it shouldn't be an obstacle and you can keep yourself motivated, it could be that other forum members don't consider what we convey important and informative so there isn't any merit obtained, but it does not rule out because there are still not many who are aware of our posts, so it would also be better for us to also distribute the sMerits we have to other members who we deem worthy rather than just storing them, because there is no advantage in storing them compared to help each other.