My LB do not have a merit source.

[Dailyscript]

I have been around Bitcoin and cryptocurrency for years. I just recently came new to the forum by my friend. Trying to study and understand how things worked here. So I became aware that positive comments and contribution gets you merited and these merits are mostly given to you by merit sources. I don't know if am wrong, correct me. However, I stalked so e merit source within this few hours and saw that most of them have their different local boards but my country do not have. I am Nigerian and I am curious to ask this question. Why dont we have merit source in our local board.

I felt this topic should be shared here, since it has to do with things regarding the progress of the forum.

[Rikafip]

We already discussed that over sevral topics and on top of that few active members from your local board submitted their merit applications so you can lock this and continue discussion there. And by the way, I think that one of your members is already a merit source (CryptopreneurBrainboss ), but that of course doesn't mean that you don't need few more.

[Hatchy]

You are obviously not a newbie mate and all you have said is totally true. But I see no reason why you should create another account to speck up. You shouldn't be scared to give a positive suggestion here on the forum.

Now as regards your question,

Why dont we have merit source in our local board.

I felt this topic should be shared here, since it has to do with things regarding the progress of the forum.

There have being some merit source applications by some of our most active members on the Nigeria local board
1. From Igebotz: Igebotz Nigerian Local Board Merit Source Application
2. From Charles-Tim: Charles-Tim merit source application + Nigerian local board
3.Upgrade00: Upgrade00 - Merit Source Application

The truth is we really wish that they are accepted soon enough so that there will be enough merits circulating in the local board. For now, we have @CryptopreneurBrainboss  who is doing his best to make sure some quality posts are awarded merits. Also, we are thanking @ hugeBlack for his thread which has being of help to all local board here on the forum. We hope that the admin approves us a merit Source soon, so more quality post will be awarded.

[Cantsay]

Just a few hours in the forum and you’ve already been able to survey the forum and observe that they are no merit source in your local board, this is not something that is expected from a newbie account most times we usually get the “help me” post from them. And this just proofs that you’re not a stranger to the forum.

And like the posts above mine stated, there are several applications for merit source already so you really shouldn’t bother yourself with it as it won’t stop you from getting merits.

[SatoPrincess]

It’s weird that a newbie’s first post on the forum is a merit source request for his local board. It’s even more strange that you registered this account today at 2:33pm and in less than 3 hours, you have gained so much knowledge of the forum….even the right board to post such request. I don’t believe this is a newbie account, having multiple accounts is not against the rules so I don’t understand why people have to cook up bull stories to disguise their alt account.

[Dailyscript]

It's obvious people cant read. What do you think is hidden here. I have gone through the individual links I see on the forum. And read all pinned topics. I am not new to technology. I know how to navigate a platform even if I just new it. This is the 21st century there is nothing hidden in search engines. I could know much about the forum if I just asked google to tell me what I need to know.

[Adbitco]

Hey where did you just woke-up to start talking about merits sources and not merits source have you asked question within our local board to know if there is no merits sources there? Between you just registered account today and you start bumping about merits sources without you having deep knowledge about how the forum works. This is to show that there is something phishy because a newbie who doesn't have any knowledge of this forum can't just make account today to start talking about merits and its source.



Here the suspicion comes

[Majestic-milf]

Just a few hours in the forum and you’ve already been able to survey the forum and observe that they are no merit source in your local board, this is not something that is expected from a newbie account most times we usually get the “help me” post from them. And this just proofs that you’re not a stranger to the forum.

Don't worry, he's a very fast learner  . Sometimes, these users make it so easy to decipher that they are not new but rather using an alt which is not a bad idea to have an alt but I expect that some questions being asked by them are not really necessary.
Op, it's not a crime to wish that your local board have more merit sources but I'd prefer you focus more on growing your presence on here than bothering yourself about merits. I just feel you're more concerned on boosting your account than anything else.

And like the posts above mine stated, there are several applications for merit source already so you really shouldn’t bother yourself with it as it won’t stop you from getting merits.

If he saw this, this thread wouldn't have been created and which brings me to wonder if he really studied the forum or if he was more interested in making posts.

[BitcoinsGreat]

I have been around Bitcoin and cryptocurrency for years. I just recently came new to the forum by my friend. Trying to study and understand how things worked here. So I became aware that positive comments and contribution gets you merited and these merits are mostly given to you by merit sources. I don't know if am wrong, correct me. However, I stalked so e merit source within this few hours and saw that most of them have their different local boards but my country do not have. I am Nigerian and I am curious to ask this question. Why dont we have merit source in our local board.

I felt this topic should be shared here, since it has to do with things regarding the progress of the forum.

You are wrong here as Nigerian local board do have some merit sources but my question to you is that even if your local board has merit sources does not mean that you will get free merits. You need to post worthy of a merit and then the merit sources may award you with merits. ? Just having a merit source in your local board does not mean that you will get rain of merits.

Also if you're posts are good, and your local board does not have a merit source, you will still get merits by individuals. Also if you post outside the local board you can gain merits too so this is not an excuse to not get merits because of the lack of merit sources in the local board.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

You are obviously not a newbie mate and all you have said is totally true. But I see no reason why you should create another account to speck up. You shouldn't be scared to give a positive suggestion here on the forum.

A lot of members from pretty much any rank are scared to contact Theymos via PM, at least if what I receive in my own inbox to be true--they'll keep apologizing for contacting me for a review, even though I've made the offer, etc.  So OP might be an alt who's trying to get Theymos's ear, and personally I don't have a problem with it.

Hey Theymos, could you possibly give us a state of the union address, focusing on the merit system?  Like how you think it's working, how merit sources are performing, and whether you think we need some new ones?  Don't know about anyone else, but I'd sure as hell appreciate it.

[Synchronice]

I have been around Bitcoin and cryptocurrency for years. I just recently came new to the forum by my friend. Trying to study and understand how things worked here. So I became aware that positive comments and contribution gets you merited and these merits are mostly given to you by merit sources. I don't know if am wrong, correct me. However, I stalked so e merit source within this few hours and saw that most of them have their different local boards but my country do not have. I am Nigerian and I am curious to ask this question. Why dont we have merit source in our local board.

I felt this topic should be shared here, since it has to do with things regarding the progress of the forum.

Your country has a local board: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=275.0
How do you know whether you have a merit source or not? There aren't threads on local boards to check who is merit source or not and there is no way newbie knows about merit sources or even more.

You are obviously not a newbie mate and all you have said is totally true. But I see no reason why you should create another account to speck up. You shouldn't be scared to give a positive suggestion here on the forum.

A lot of members from pretty much any rank are scared to contact Theymos via PM, at least if what I receive in my own inbox to be true--they'll keep apologizing for contacting me for a review, even though I've made the offer, etc.  So OP might be an alt who's trying to get Theymos's ear, and personally I don't have a problem with it.

Is Theymos a vampire? Why should someone be scared to contact him via PM or touch any sensitive topic? I don't think it's okay if you are so scared to ask anything from your account that you create alt account but it's even worse when someone creates alt account and claims it's a completely newbie account.

[SatoPrincess]

A lot of members from pretty much any rank are scared to contact Theymos via PM, at least if what I receive in my own inbox to be true--they'll keep apologizing for contacting me for a review, even though I've made the offer, etc.  So OP might be an alt who's trying to get Theymos's ear, and personally I don't have a problem with it.

Could be a cultural difference that we share. Members with lower ranks are sometimes timid and do not want to do anything that would cost them their account. Pms are sensitive and can be reported as unsolicited. You never know the state of mind the recipient may be in when reading your message. I can imagine how difficult it would be for a newbie who’s trying to rise in ranks to summon courage and pm Theymos about making forum changes.

You are wrong here as Nigerian local board do have some merit sources

No we do not have a merit source. A couple of users have made requests to be the local board’s merit source but none has been approved yet.

[Rikafip]

It's obvious people cant read. What do you think is hidden here. I have gone through the individual links I see on the forum. And read all pinned topics. I am not new to technology. I know how to navigate a platform even if I just new it. This is the 21st century there is nothing hidden in search engines. I could know much about the forum if I just asked google to tell me what I need to know.

Cool story bro.

No legit newbie will care about merit, let alone lack of merit sources in the forum after few hours of browsing. Instead of posting this with your alt account, you should have used your main and bump one of the older threads as you are not doing any favors to your local boart by doing this.

[SamReomo]

I agree with @Rikafip because a newbie doesn't know about merits and even doesn't care much about merits because they want to learn things one by one and learning about merits and understanding merits require sometime on the forum. The OP of this threads seems to register his account today and he's so smart that he figured about the local board merit source issue on his first day on the forum.

OP I recommend you to support the applications of those reputed members from your local board who have asked to be appointed as merit sources on your local board. I think that would be a better way to support your local board because if any of them gets accepted as a merit source then that would be helpful for your local board.

[Husires]

It's obvious people cant read. What do you think is hidden here. I have gone through the individual links I see on the forum. And read all pinned topics. I am not new to technology. I know how to navigate a platform even if I just new it. This is the 21st century there is nothing hidden in search engines. I could know much about the forum if I just asked google to tell me what I need to know.

If you are a beginner, you will often be asked about a specific thing or specific content, and if you are just watching the forum, you will not complain about merits, which members who are active here often complain about, especially those who want to join signature campaigns. I have logged in to dozens of forums in order to learn something new, but the forums that I was active in it and it was the only one in which I shared opinions far from the purpose of the forum.There is no shame in asking with your main account, but you must provide evidence proving that your local board does not obtain enough merits.

[Despairo]

The heck, if you're from Korea, Skandinavisk or other country that has a very low traffic and merit distributions, you're not wrong.

But, Nigeria? you must be joking, there are a lot merit sharing between the Nigerians and a lot merit abuse on there. Of course not all of them, I believe most of the Legendaries are self made, while many of the Hero or lower members are part of a group. Proof? check the receivers and senders on their merit history.

[hg_away]

@Rikafip can give us an analytical view, but through my weekly visits to that LB and the presence of a merit source, I believe that the minimum limits of merit ^* are met.
Adding more sources would be good, but there is no need to complain at the moment.


* Any member can rank-up by making a simple effort, without in-depth knowledge or participation in English language boards, and in a period not exceeding double of his activity number.

[Rikafip]

@Rikafip can give us an analytical view, but through my weekly visits to that LB and the presence of a merit source, I believe that the minimum limits of merit ^* are met.
Adding more sources would be good, but there is no need to complain at the moment.

Its true, at the moment Nigerian local board is receving enough merit but that's only because you are regularly meriting their posts via your thread. If we remove you from the equation, they will lack merit once again as CryptopreneurBrainboss allocation alone is imho not enough for board of that size.

This got me thinking, if you continue to merit their posts on the regular basis, maybe theymos might conclude that they don't need more merit and not approve their member's merit source applications?

[Eternad]

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Our LB(Pilipinas doesn’t any merit source either but we are still active in there for local discussion even though merit distribution is not that high compared to the traffic we are giving to the forum.

Your board has a lot of merit sharing activities which I’m not sure the need for the urgency on merit source while most of the user on your LB has no problem distributing merits without any source.

But I hope @Theymos will pick by himself a merit source one per local board just like what he did on the first merit source that he choose during the introduction of merit since merit source application is very hard to be approved these days.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Not as if what you are saying is not important, but as Rikafip has said, some reputable members from Nigeria LB still have their application as a merit source pending, and you probably would have gone over to those threads to support their application. You are yet a newbie, and merit should not be your uttermost aim to be on this forum. Even with or without more merit source from your local board, you can still earn merit from other boards on the forum; that's what can determine how relevant your post is in the community. I happen to be active on the Nigeria LB too, but most of the merit I have earned never came from the NG LB.