Not Another Merit Question. Please Hear Me Out

[uchegod-21]

This question is directed to everyone, but particularly to those who belong to the esteemed 5k plus merit club. Did you ever set a merit goal for yourself, such as aiming for 2000 or 5000 merits by a certain point in time? Or did you simply remain an active member without explicitly considering merits, only to one day discover that your account had accumulated 5000 plus merits?

The merit system was created to do the following;
1. To fight spam
2. To rank up
3. It adds prestige to those who has bunch of it
4. It is also a measure of quality.
Everyone in this forum is conscious of the merits system, even those that has much already. I have seen threads where people keeps tracking progress of the high merit earners and they keep the race of banging more.
Op, just be conscious of merit but don't priotise it for your peace of mind.

[Z390]

OP: Not another merit question, trust me.

Point: Will I ever join the 5k merit plus merit club?

How is this not another merit question? And it's a very annoying one, what do you plan to do with 5k merit? To hang on the hall of fame? Why is merit this of a big concern for some people I don't get it, only those that find your points interesting will send you merit, if they don't they won't send any and why should you care?

Just drop your point and don't care less if you get merit or not.

[reagansimms]

Maybe you can join the 5k merit club, even one day you can pass the 5k club. It needs to be underlined, it is not an easy thing to be among users who join the 5k merit club, it is necessary to contribute more to the forum and extensive knowledge so that you can be among the most prominent users on the forum.
The narrative that you raise can be a motivation for other users who start from the bottom, I know this is not about merit, but without contributing to the forum merit is very hard to come by. The biggest problem that makes it difficult for some users to enter the 5k merit club is because the level of knowledge and way of thinking of each individual is different which is one of the biggest obstacles in achieving the achievement of entering the 5k merit club.

[Pandu Geddon]

They are regarded as the most prominent figures on this platform and given preferential treatments during signature campaign application and selection, and I greatly admire them.

I'm sure no one is given special treatment. if indeed they are selected in some campaigns specifically by the campaign manager. I guess that is the prerogative of the campaign manager. but not specifically treated in the forum.
they got an amazing amount of Merit because indeed they have a great contribution to the forum. and the other members appreciate them.
what we need to know is that we all also have the opportunity to be able to achieve a target. it doesn't matter if it's a 2k or 5k Merit. if we develop our skills, anything will become possible.

[Aikidoka]

I'm trying to be as active as possible because I really enjoy being part of this community, also I constantly check for Bitcoin news and technical updates which helps me stay connected to the largest Bitcoin forum on the internet.

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This question is directed to everyone, but particularly to those who belong to the esteemed 5k plus merit club. Did you ever set a merit goal for yourself, such as aiming for 2000 or 5000 merits by a certain point in time? Or did you simply remain an active member without explicitly considering merits, only to one day discover that your account had accumulated 5000 plus merits?

For the merits, of course I'm one of the people who aim to rank up so I need merits. However, to be honest it's not my primary goal. Sooner or later it will happen if I stay active and engage in a lot of discussions but achieving 5k merits is quite challenging unless you're highly prominent and possess extensive knowledge related to Bitcoin. It will take for sure a lot of time, but it's not impossible even for newbies at the moment. Personally, I believe that in 2-3 years or maybe even less, quite a few newbies could have 5k merits.

[m2017]

Will I ever join the merit 5k plus merit club or reach 5k plus merits? I have pondered this question numerous times. The profiles of certain legendary members indicate that they have indeed achieved the impressive milestone of 5k plus merit. They are regarded as the most prominent figures on this platform and given preferential treatments during signature campaign application and selection, and I greatly admire them.

In this forum, it is almost considered taboo for newcomers to discuss merits. The typical response received is often critical. Some individuals attempt to convey their message politely by advising new members not to focus on merits, but rather to concentrate on creating high-quality posts without making merits their primary goal. Personally, I have doubts about this perspective. In order to progress on this forum, one must actively pursue growth and development. Being intentional entails setting goals.

This question is directed to everyone, but particularly to those who belong to the esteemed 5k plus merit club. Did you ever set a merit goal for yourself, such as aiming for 2000 or 5000 merits by a certain point in time? Or did you simply remain an active member without explicitly considering merits, only to one day discover that your account had accumulated 5000 plus merits?

Before dreaming about 5000 merit, first collect at least 500. You are aiming at this mark too early.

There is no taboo on talking about merit on this forum. That's exactly what you're talking about, isn't it?

Although I am not a member of the 5000+ club (only 1000+), I can say that I set goals to achieve certain levels of merit. I admit, it motivated me to be more active and try to act. It was important to set goals that are achievable at the moment. When I had about 170 merit, my goal was to reach 250, not 5000 as you want. It is necessary to overcome each step sequentially.

[Gallar]

In this forum, it is almost considered taboo for newcomers to discuss merits. The typical response received is often critical. Some individuals attempt to convey their message politely by advising new members not to focus on merits, but rather to concentrate on creating high-quality posts without making merits their primary goal. Personally, I have doubts about this perspective. In order to progress on this forum, one must actively pursue growth and development. Being intentional entails setting goals.

Perspectives like that indeed often make doubts, because the question always arises, is it really like that? But what I have felt while joining this forum, whether it's pursuing merit or just focusing on making quality posts, actually the two aspects have no difference at all. Because for example like this, when a member of this forum, for example, wants to pursue quite a lot of merit, it is certain that the member must be able to make very high-quality posts to get merit, and for example there are also members of this forum who only focus on making quality posts, but in the end it is also likely to get merit. So in my personal opinion, there is nothing wrong with these two understandings, because the two understandings have the same end result.
But what's different is just how to take the path, there are those who take the path to focus on getting merit, and there are also those who take the path to focus on making quality posts.

[Queentoshi]

Or did you simply remain an active member without explicitly considering merits, only to one day discover that your account had accumulated 5000 plus merits?

I am not a member of the 5k merit club yet, I hope to achieve that someday, but I am sure that everyone who is in that level achieved it from being consistent and active members who grew in knowledge and have steadfastly continued contributing reasonably to discussions in the forum. They have been identified as members who really know about Bitcoins, that is why they kept getting merit on their post. Some of them did not seek merits, but merits started coming their way because of how good they became about Bitcoins due to committed learning.

[Lucius]

Will I ever join the merit 5k plus merit club or reach 5k plus merits? I have pondered this question numerous times. The profiles of certain legendary members indicate that they have indeed achieved the impressive milestone of 5k plus merit. They are regarded as the most prominent figures on this platform and given preferential treatments during signature campaign application and selection, and I greatly admire them.

Everyone has the right to think about what they want, so why not set yourself a goal if it motivates you to be eager to acquire new knowledge and to share the same knowledge with others. I'm not in a 5k merit club yet, but I'm not far from it either, although some will say it's much easier to get to that goal when you get 1000 merits. Of course, it should not be forgotten that many were members of the forum years before there was a merit system, so they would probably have much more merit than they have today.

In this forum, it is almost considered taboo for newcomers to discuss merits. The typical response received is often critical. Some individuals attempt to convey their message politely by advising new members not to focus on merits, but rather to concentrate on creating high-quality posts without making merits their primary goal. Personally, I have doubts about this perspective. In order to progress on this forum, one must actively pursue growth and development. Being intentional entails setting goals.

If your goal is just to participate in the best sig campaigns, then you will certainly be burdened with progress and reaching a better rank, but the truth is that you will achieve it much harder if you do it under pressure thinking that you have to get xx or xxx merits every month.

This question is directed to everyone, but particularly to those who belong to the esteemed 5k plus merit club. Did you ever set a merit goal for yourself, such as aiming for 2000 or 5000 merits by a certain point in time? Or did you simply remain an active member without explicitly considering merits, only to one day discover that your account had accumulated 5000 plus merits?

I personally didn't set such goals because of the things I've already written, and I just don't worry too much about numbers. Any merit for your post may mean that someone appreciates what you wrote, although it should not be forgotten that some posts that are worthy of merit simply go unnoticed or are on boards where there is no merit source.

[Who is John Galt?]

This question is directed to everyone, but particularly to those who belong to the esteemed 5k plus merit club. Did you ever set a merit goal for yourself, such as aiming for 2000 or 5000 merits by a certain point in time? Or did you simply remain an active member without explicitly considering merits, only to one day discover that your account had accumulated 5000 plus merits?

It is clear that it is nice when your posts are noticed and highlighted. Beautiful numbers in the profile are also nice to see. Not everyone pays attention to it, but it's nice.

But what is the interest in 5 thousand merits? Why is this number so special? I'll be happy to get my next merit too, and I don't think the 5000th, if ever, will be that much nicer. It is important that your post was noticed, not the number itself. I think so.

[aysg76]

We are talking about 5k merit club when some top ranking members have already dethroned the elite club of 10k merits also and now soon 15k club will also be unlocked.But the thing is they just worked for it without even caring that whether they will reach that levels or not but focused more on sharing useful information through their posts with all of us here.

The process can be slow for some and fast for others depends on how many members recognised it or how useful your post is but we should keep working towards our goal.See we all have hopes that we earn merits and have beautiful numbers like other members but have we looked at their post history like why they get them at this pace? When you understand it you will automatically start working towards it like gaining knowledge, exchange of knowledge here and spend quality time to be active and quality poster on forum like them.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

I think the reason why discussion about merit is somehow frowned upon is because of how newbies become overzealous for it, while they are not even making any good improvement in their post quality, they just want to earn merit to rank up and join signature campaign, after which they begin to make countless shitposts just to meet up with their required post count for the week. That's the reason some members frown upon merit discussion, but not all high-ranking members necessarily see talking about merit and rank as a bad thing; otherwise, there wouldn't have been some merit source even trying to pull up newbies to another rank.


One thing that I have realized so far In this merit system of the forum, just believe in yourself that you will earn merit and keep making good posts. You can also apply for post-review under some merit source, and then you will receive merit. But don't be too reliant on merit sources; just believe in yourself that you will earn merit and also try to be active on new threads with relevant points, and then you will have merit.


Secondly, another thing that I have discovered is that there is what is called a merit fan in this forum. If you are lucky to have a few friends here or members that just admire your posting style because you always make relevant topics or points, then any time they come across your post or comment, they will drop merit on your post. So, for most of these members with 5K merit, I really don't think some of them even care about the merit that much, but the truth is that they keep receiving merit from their fans.


I know that it always makes us humans happy any time we see ourselves growing, yea, but speaking of the merit system here, the target is always to archive merit for the last rank first, after which you must still keep making your posts of good quality so it could show in your rank and also you can still earn merit. Merit is evidence that you are doing a good job on your post quality. There are some members here who receive more than 10 merits every day just for one comment, but does it matter? Merit is evidence of quality posts, and it's definitely not all your posts that will be seen as of good quality, and perhaps you don't have a good merit fan.


Cheers 🥂, Dr.Bitcoin_Strange 👺👺

[Arenga pinnata]

Actually I also once wanted to ask something similar as asked by the original author of this thread. But then I undo it. because after I noticed the legendary members who already have more than 5000 Merit.
✓ It turns out that they really have a more active level of discussion in this forum than the others.
✓ They also have broad insights that make their writing always useful for readers
✓ With high levels of activity and broad insight, their contribution deserves to be appreciated more.

So I understand that they are able to get a lot of merit because it is in accordance with their contribution to this forum.
And I think some of them do have a target amount of merit to be achieved. as if there was a thread belonging to one of the User legendary celebrating his Merit acquisition reaching the thousands level. it indicates he had a purpose from the start.

[Marykeller]

I do not recommend to create threads and ask when I will reach certain amount of merit(s). Instead, create good posts which lead you to earn more merits. Reaching 5000 merits is a good target however not an easy to achieve, you need to work hard and share seriously great stuff on the forum to get to that target and it might take 2-3 years if you post regularly. Good Luck with that!

Yes mate, I can imagine that the OP is in a RUSH to earn a thousand merit's for his/her own favour, OP must be a greedy person that always want free thing and not liking to work hard to get want he want, merit is a reward for hard work so we have to work so we can get a reward.

Can you hear you hear yourself out? How does the OP in rush to earn a thousand merit or be a greedy person? OP just asks a simple and understanding question that a cool normal being would ask or have a reason for someday.  

It is expected of you to give your own opinion or suggestions as to what can be done to achieve such a goal than for you to assume and castigate the OP for the simplest question he asked.  By the way, with all the merits the OP has earned(154), he worked hard for it, he didn't earn them for free.

[DdmrDdmr]

<…> Did you ever set a merit goal for yourself, such as aiming for 2000 or 5000 merits by a certain point in time? <…>

I came across (google search) the forum during December 2017, reading through information on Bitcoin and then (unfortunately) moved on to reading stuff on ICOs. In early January 2018, three weeks or so before the Merit System kicked-off, I decided to create my account here with not much in mind, though looking over my initial posts, airdrops must have been a kind of driver, and I may have read about bounties and campaigns.

I recall not paying attention to what Merits were for some weeks, but I figure I must have eyed some campaign that accepted Members, and I probably though that it would be nice to get the required 10 Merits (at the time, Jr. Member did not require Merits – that came later, in September 2018). Although I don’t recall it vividly, 10 Merits was probably a sort of lateral objective back then for me, though I remember wondering if I’d be able to make it there, being a total noob as I was back then (not that far ahead now, but anyway).

The first 1K became a sort of objective after a while. Not strictly because of the figure per se , but because, back then, there was a kind of neck and neck "race" to reach 1K between me and LoyceV. He made it to the mark just a few hours before I did on the 27/09/2018; obviously both behind theymos (who made it in just 3 days) and Satoshi (who made it in under 4 months). Being 1K Merits the required amount for Legendary accounts (Activity aside), that was yet another driver, though I viewed it more as a personal pastime challenge than anything else. Any subsequent merits have not been subject to any kind of conscious motivation.

Note: I’m more of the opinion that, for the most, if they want to earn Merits, they should bear them in mind, especially during the mid-to-lower ranks. Essentially, I’d say that one may tend to post better content if he has an incentive in mind, than otherwise, going the extra mile to read, cross-reference, dissect, try out, and so forth. Obviously this is not a one size fits all, and one should not fall into the self-trap of overdoing things too much.

[Viscore]

I must say I had never become obsessed on merits and just become active in the forum and do what’s supposed to do. And when I find topics that are interesting and which I think I have high knowledge and even significant experiences to share, then I just post based on my personal experience and I think some members have find it genuinely useful that’s why they started meriting my posts. But I should say not all my useful posts are receiving merits, some are just there just to give courage and inspiration especially for newbies.

[nakamura12]

If I remember it correctly, there's a high ranking forum members who did aim to reach a certain amount of merit but as you have said, it is not about focusing on merits but to make high quality posts. The reason why it is frown upon when newbies mentioned or ask about merits is that they will only focus on earning it when the important matter is to learn. The situation is simple enough which is to make high quality or constructive posts then you will get rewarded with merits. Anyway, having 5k merits is I think that it is their motivation to contribute to forum since a forum member won't earn merit by spamming or low quality posts.

[GiftedMAN]

They are regarded as the most prominent figures on this platform and given preferential treatments during signature campaign application and selection, and I greatly admire them.

Yes, I think anyone who has attain the rank of a legendary member irrespective of the the number of merits he or she has ought to be regarded and respected here because they have been consistent for years with lots of quality posts to get to that level and giving them preferential treatment when it comes to signature campaigns shows how good their contributions have been in the forum if really there are preferential treatment for the legends as you said. IMO, I think the op shouldn't just admire them but they should also server as your motivation to be consistent here and to emulate their good works in making quality posts which will increase your chances of getting lots of merits that will take you to the rank that you admire. Remember not to focus on the rank instead focus on building your knowledge it will help the growth to come faster than you can ever imagine.

[Smartvirus]

I had to take the time and scan through this thread before dropping my piece, I had to scan for the targeted 5k merit plus user’s response and thus far, only DdmrDdmr happens to have stepped up to share a light to the OP’s curious mind.

Even still, I think it would have been more appreciated should someone who have attained this milestone with the merit system in existence (by that I mean, kicked off with the merit system in place).

Still, the drive didn’t all settle on gaining the merits but the benefits or preferential treatment that accords it.

One who happens to set goals for himself or herself should also recall not to let his or her goals make them evade principles not to end up wasting their time and resources.

[Daniel91]

Personally, it seems to me that there is too much talk about merits on this forum.
I believe that there are many members on this forum who find such discussion completely uninteresting and irrelevant.
Ok, for new members, if they have the ambition to reach higher forum ranks, up to legendary, merits are important, but otherwise I don't see any special importance of merits for members who are already legendary or they don't care which rank they have on this forum.
Regardless of rank, anyone can read posts on this forum, participate in discussions and write posts.