Am I actually doing it right?

[tranthidung]

I've made almost a hundred posts and yet I have only few merit, what am I doing wrong? Are my posts not quality enough?

Generally, you must make good posts (with good quality or shows that you put your efforts in it to contribute something interesting in the community), and you need another condition which is some members will read your post and have sendable merit to give it to you. Sometimes, readers see your post is good but they don't have sendable merit at that moment and they will move on. Very few members will bookmark your post and return later to merit it, they are likely merit sources.

If yes, please I need corrections and guidelines to grow my account. I truly need words of encouragement and affirmation that am on the right track to enable me step up in the game and I also need you guys to help me point out some of my posts that aren't so good, if there are any, so I can learn from my mistakes and do better.

I don't know what you did in past few months but if you actually spent your time to learn, you will see some pinned threads in Beginners & Help board which is a board you posted this thread.

I believe if you read those pinned threads, you will find answers there. So if you have yet read them, now it's time for reading.

[Darker45]

I guess you can very well answer your own question. You only need to take a look at those merited posts. Hundreds and hundreds of posts here earned merits. There must be something in them. And I guess you're capable enough of knowing it.

And while there's more than one reason for a post to deserve a merit, you must have noticed what's common among those users who have earned the most merits. BPIP.org has a list of the top merit earners on the forum. You can take a look at these users' profiles and their posts to have an idea of what it takes to earn merits.

[Kelward]

I've made almost a hundred posts and yet I have only few merit, what am I doing wrong? Are my posts not quality enough? If yes, please I need corrections and guidelines to grow my account. I truly need words of encouragement and affirmation that am on the right track to enable me step up in the game and I also need you guys to help me point out some of my posts that aren't so good, if there are any, so I can learn from my mistakes and do better.

I understand the feeling of thinking that you're giving your best and not getting the desired result that you expect, it can be discouraging, but that is the more reason why you shouldn't give up but continue pushing and getting better, eventually what you seek will come to you. I'd advise you to focus on learning about Bitcoin and increasing your knowledge here in the forum, because there's so much more to cryptocurrency than having merit and ranking up in the forum. The knowledge and experience that you're gaining from this forum can make you rich, if you apply it in your crypto trading or investment. 

[Faisal2202]

After checking your profile I can say you are mostly active in Nigeria (your local board) which I don't know why is not supportive to you because they really support talent and those who contribute to the overall forum or the local community. Besides the Local board, you are only active in beginners and help, and this is your first topic outside the local board, and you made around 2 topics only in the local board. If I consider the support of the Nigerian community, and you are not getting one, that would mean you are not even contributing to the Local board while 90% of your posts are on the local board.

And you are not even posting in other sections, like BTC discussion or whatever the most suits you best or you like the most, just visit more sections and try to contribute by following the rules and you will get rank, I suggest your first and only priority on this forum should not be to get merits, because going after merits will not bring any, you have to go after contribution and building your image then you will automatically start to get merits.

[Finestream]

There are actually some posts that are good but not meritable enough. And probably you fall on that. But the fact that you aren’t getting good amount of merits, then the only key is to improve your knowledge so that you can also improve your post and add more relevant information that will attract other members to give some merits to your post. However, since you’re still a newbie, then learning should be your primary focus. Take your time to learn and study the forum, when you’re good enough, merits will easily follow.

[nakamura12]

You should not post in this forum just to earn merits. This forum is about sharing knowledge and learning through reading. For making this forum good and reliable is that the posts that are low quality or spam post will be deleted. I advice you should start contributing to this forum by posting high quality posts which is good enough to get merited. I was once like you before where I only post to meet the required post count because of signature campaigns in ICOs but didn't even reach member rank much faster and also in full member rank until I stop doing it and here I am reached hero member rank.

[Botnake]

Don’t be too obsessed with merits as it’s not the most important thing in the forum but focus on learning. Never stop from doing DYOR most particularly on the difficult topics you encounter in the forum. Eventually you will notice that your posting quality has improved and that you got to add more meaningful information on your post. I was also like you before but what I did is I just do my part posting without breaking some rules, and also making consistent research. Try to read some hero or legendary post as well as it can give you some ideas on how to improve your post. Do it more often and you will be amazed what you have become, until receiving merits will slowly taking place.

[m2017]

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I don't mean to be rude, but do you think other forum members have nothing better to do than
"point out some of my posts that aren't so good" so you can get enough merit?

Every time newbies ask the same questions (requests) related to the same problems and want others to do your “work”. All the necessary information (previous discussions on similar topics) is available on the forum. Don't be lazy and study on your own. This is not a kindergarten where they will personally babysit you. Look at other accounts (their messages), compare with yours, analyze and draw appropriate conclusions. Everything will work out if you don’t wait for outside help, but show activity yourself.

You already have 6 merits and this is not the worst result. Many people have not received this for years, but you have saved up in less than six months. So, go ahead, amigo.

[bayu7adi]

In the early phase, every new comers focus is on reading and learning, so it's normal for a newbie/jr member to get a little merit. Limited knowledge greatly affects the quality of posts, so the best advice for you is to keep learning about wallets (there are many types of wallets), private keys, and practice some tutorials on privacy and security...it's the best way forward.

Midway through, you'll encounter difficulties, and that's the best time to ask in topics related to your problem. Discuss like humans do, don't overly focus on merit. Over time, your beneficial and informative discussions will naturally appear. That's where you'll earn merit. Don't rush in learning... enjoying it is more fun. I am sure you will be able to get through this difficulty. 

[Victorik]

Obviously your primary reason for being here is to gather merits. You don't need to beg for merits, you will get it when people deem fit to merit your posts. For now, I'd advice you have an open mind to learn, the merits will come eventually.

[fullhdpixel]

I've made almost a hundred posts and yet I have only few merit, what am I doing wrong? Are my posts not quality enough? If yes, please I need corrections and guidelines to grow my account. I truly need words of encouragement and affirmation that am on the right track to enable me step up in the game and I also need you guys to help me point out some of my posts that aren't so good, if there are any, so I can learn from my mistakes and do better.

I would have sent a direct message to some senior men here to get some information but this place isn't like social media and I don't know how to, as a newbie that I am, I know most of us will tell me about rules and regulations, plagiarism, spamming, but y'all don't have to worry about that because am a rule keeper and I avoid plagiarism and the rest of it like a plague.

Was your primary purpose of joining this forum to earn money?

If yes, you will have to learn the ways and become worthy of a position that will reward you because it's not just free money but you get rewarded for your knowledge, your insights, your time, and only if it's worth it.

If no, you shouldn't worry about Merits if your primary purpose of joining the forum wasn't to earn money but to gain knowledge because you don't need a higher rank for that and you can learn and grow without even having Merits or a high rank in the forum.

[Z390]

Why have strong desire to earn merit though? I guess there is more than what you are telling us, I believe the real reason why you came on this forum was to earn via signature but I doubt you will do pretty well because your whole mind is focus on quickly ranking up and you are still a newbie, it takes time to rank up.
You need to calm down and improve your contribution, just be active on the forum and forget merits for now, when you are able to create high quality topics and posts you will get merited, you won't see it coming, it will just happen and this is better than rushing to earn.

If you keep rushing you will do something wrong, been slow is the way to get better on here, learn from others by reading their posts, ask interesting questions, bring new ideas, if you just want to make money on here you won't have a lot to share, you are doing it wrong.

[Gormicsta]

I was introduced to this forum by a brother five months ago and I always call him to ask questions about the do's and don't's of this forum but I think it's high time I started asking the right questions here by myself, hence this post.

I've made almost a hundred posts and yet I have only few merit, what am I doing wrong? Are my posts not quality enough? If yes, please I need corrections and guidelines to grow my account. I truly need words of encouragement and affirmation that am on the right track to enable me step up in the game and I also need you guys to help me point out some of my posts that aren't so good, if there are any, so I can learn from my mistakes and do better.

I would have sent a direct message to some senior men here to get some information but this place isn't like social media and I don't know how to, as a newbie that I am, I know most of us will tell me about rules and regulations, plagiarism, spamming, but y'all don't have to worry about that because am a rule keeper and I avoid plagiarism and the rest of it like a plague.

First of all, you're welcome to the forum.
Secondly, I don't know what your brother who introduced you to the forum told you was the main aim and purpose of this forum, but if he told you that the major aim of joining bitcointalk is to focus on earning merits, joining a signature campaign and start earning some money, then I'm afraid your brother has given you a wrong information. The only wrong this I see you doing here is being here for the wrong purpose.

Yes, it's true that when you've earned a good number of merits and grew your account to a certain position or rank, you can join a signature campaign and then start getting paid, that's actually true but it shouldn't be your driving force to participate in activities here on the forum. As the name of the forum Bitcointalk implies, its a forum where people come to talk, learn and share knowledge about Bitcoin as well as other crypto currencies and also some general topics. This is what we do here and if your contributions to the forum is good enough and worth meriting then you get appreciated by being merited, and that's how you earn merits.

Now as a New member here that's just been a few months old here, I'll assume you haven't gathered enough knowledge yet, except maybe you already have enough knowledge about crypto before joining the forum, either ways, as a new member here, rather than struggling to post and hunt for merits, I advice you dedicate your time and energy to learning how the forum works and also about crypto. And after you've learned enough then you can start contributing by posting informative posts, and then people will see the meaning in your posts and then you start making merits without stressing yourself. It's as easy as that

I know you sometimes look at the legendary member's merit stats and you begin to wonder how they magically earned soooo many merits and then you start investigating on how you can earn so much merits too, it's not magic mate, those people dedicated time and energy into learning and now their sacrifices are paying off so do the right thing and you'll also see the same results.

[Dzwaafu11]

I've made almost a hundred posts and yet I have only few merit, what am I doing wrong? Are my posts not quality enough? If yes, please I need corrections and guidelines to grow my account. I truly need words of encouragement and affirmation that am on the right track to enable me step up in the game and I also need you guys to help me point out some of my posts that aren't so good, if there are any, so I can learn from my mistakes and do better.

You only create three threads: two on your local board, which is the Naija local board, and the third one is this thread you created. However, merits are not given to low-quality posts, and you are only active on two boards, which are the beginners and help board and your local board. All your posts on the beginners and help board are not worthy of merit, and for your local board, nobody from another local board will come to your local board and send some merit since they also have their own board, so for you to earn merit here, you need to work for it.

And currently, you still have a lot to learn because your posts are still lacking in quality, so I think you should go and learn and have your own post style. The reason I said you should go and learn is because you are still learning and active on only beginner and help boards, and one board cannot give you merit all the time, so I think you should focus and learn and stop thinking of earning merits.

as a newbie that I am, I know most of us will tell me about rules and regulations, plagiarism, spamming, but y'all don't have to worry about that because am a rule keeper and I avoid plagiarism and the rest of it like a plague.

Are you still a newcomer here because your account has been registered since September, which I think is enough for you to understand everything about the forum. All these things you mentioned are against the forum rules and regulations, but what you need to understand is that obeying the forum rules is not what will make you earn merit, but creating meaningful, helpful, and educational content for the forum members to achieve something from what you write is what will make you earn merit

[Richbased]

Most of your posts are on the Nigerian local board, and we all know there isn’t a lot of merit going around there. Even with the poor merit circulation on the local board, so far all your merits have come from there. The few posts you have on Beginners & help are applications on merit threads. I think it’s time you start participating more in the general boards. Don’t be afraid to engage in discussions. You once said the forum is like a school to you, then you should get busy with your homework.

You actually sound funny by telling him to get busy with his home work since he said the forum is like a school however, you've given him a clear view of telling him to be more active in the general board rather than only focusing on his local board of which the Nigerian local board doesn't have much merit sources though it's just so funny how newbies become so impatient that after they've made some certain number of posts and didn't get merits they start panicking and creating threads about not getting enough merit even when they feel they've made quality posts.

Well, to add to what you've said, I knew how long it took me before my posts started gaining merit so one thing I've observed about the forum is that inasmuch as you're making good and quality posts, no matter how long it takes the posts to be Merited it would still be Merited one day even at a day you never thought it would come because definitely, when a thread or Post is being made, not every one that finds it suitable enough to gain merit as some users may actually see it and walk away while others that sees it as helpful and informative may merit it if they have smerit or merit sources come across it and award merit to it, so the forum is open enough for every one to see and monitor the activities of each other and to give reward (merit) where necessary and also to caution people who ain't getting it right so all amounts to being active and give constructive opinion and ideas and also requires patience and perseverance before a favourable success can be achieved.

[Litzki1990]

Since you posted your post as wrong or high quality it means that you have the ability to understand which post is high quality and which post is low quality. Read the posts you have made on your profile and try to understand what kind of posts you have made. If you feel that your post needs to be improved, focus on improving your post. There are many members in the forum and every member is posting regularly in this forum and maximum member among each member is posting quality in this forum. If you expect merit in return for every quality post, you are wrong. You will not be disappointed as much as you try to give something better in the next post. The more you try, the better your post quality will be and you won't have to worry about merit when you post quality up to regular standards.

[Pi-network314159]

In life you must need to sacrifice your time or use your time wisely. What you get in life depend on your effort. As your name implies @city hunter, I can see you came to hunt merit to rank up and join signature. For you to succeed in life you must Work hard. Not only hard but bringing out the best in you. There are things we haven't discovered in our life but due to lack of zeel and lack of focus has made us not to achieve it. As I went through your post I discovered that you are only chasing thread where they distribute merit. Do you know that everybody you see here that ranked up worked effortlessly day and night without sleeping just to make sure we achieve something tangible. So coming here to say such thing is just like trying to show case your nakedness you should be greatfull your brother introduced you. That is how we all where also introduce and we picked up and learn everyday so go and learn new things and add value to the forum not only taping from others.

[AakZaki]

You don't need to send any messages to other people, you can learn by observing every thread created by seniors and how they can get merit easily. At first it is difficult and requires effort, but when you find the rhythm it will be easy to get it. Not just commenting and getting merit, but more than that. This depends on where you comment, your post and the knowledge you provide for a thread.

[DVlog]

I was introduced to this forum by a brother five months ago and I always call him to ask questions about the do's and don't's of this forum but I think it's high time I started asking the right questions here by myself, hence this post.

I've made almost a hundred posts and yet I have only few merit, what am I doing wrong? Are my posts not quality enough? If yes, please I need corrections and guidelines to grow my account. I truly need words of encouragement and affirmation that am on the right track to enable me step up in the game and I also need you guys to help me point out some of my posts that aren't so good, if there are any, so I can learn from my mistakes and do better.

I would have sent a direct message to some senior men here to get some information but this place isn't like social media and I don't know how to, as a newbie that I am, I know most of us will tell me about rules and regulations, plagiarism, spamming, but y'all don't have to worry about that because am a rule keeper and I avoid plagiarism and the rest of it like a plague.

So we have another merit farmer in here. To get more merit first thing you need to do is stop posting for merit. Trust me i got more merit on posts where i did not expect to get merit than the post i made to get some nice shiny merits. Use this forum like you use other social media platforms just keep interacting with other people with knowledge and facts so that they learn something from you and drop some nice merit in your post. Still you won't get merit in all of your posts because many good posts just don't catch the eye of the merit sources and remain unmerited.

[JoyMarsha]

You just started and your primary intention is to learn not earn via forum.

I would say, you just made 94 posts prior this one and got 6 merit but already tired of it then you are doing it for wrong intentions.

Merits will be awarded quality posts but another fact is not every post created on bitcointalk has merits. You maybe posting in wrong boards or you still in the learning phase to educate someone else.

I think you are misunderstanding me here, like you said merit will be awarded quality posts and that's why I made this post, I only want to know if am doing it right or wrong,  you are also missing the part that I said members should help me point out some of my posts that aren't good enough so I can learn from it and see what am doing wrong, you also talked about posting in the wrong boards, how do I know the right or wrong boards? I asked a question that requires answers and words of encouragement, I never said I was tired. Thank you for your response, I appreciate.

Does any post made by any of the forum members deserve merit before they could begin to know that, they are making quality posts? 

OP, you should know that we are all here to share knowledge about crypto and other life-related topics, so worrying only about earning merits shouldn't be your primary concern; instead, you should know that everyone is posting in the best way they can while also learning from it. 

Merit should be an added bonus to our posts, not something that defines us or indicates that we are not doing things correctly in the forum.