Am I actually doing it right?

[Rengga Jati]

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.

Yes, here it will be less effective if you send a PM to senior members to ask several questions, because there are various reasons why they don't respond. Actually, it's more effective to open a thread if you have some things to ask, technical or otherwise. And you can also often use the "search" feature to look for information about various things, not only related to the rules and what you have to do in this forum. but there are several things you might have in mind to ask, and it turns out they have already been discussed here. So, the "search" feature is indeed as important as adding insight.

And also one thing that is important when you are on this forum is your consistency in continuing to try as hard as possible in making posts and improving them. Try to make posts that are informative, it doesn't always have to be an open thread, but provide opinions and responses through replies or quotes in several posts, with post content that is more informative, has the source included, or posts that are solution enough to help other memes. Consistency is important because all the memes here are also learning the same thing, namely struggle and progressing optimally and continuously.

[Ndabagi01]

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 would have received numerous responses to your post, including advice on how to improve yourself and grow in the forum. What I will add is that if your primary goal in joining this forum is for something other than to improve yourself in this community and understand what bitcoin entails, you will have a difficult time ranking up. Ranking up will happen when you begin to do the right things, but don't focus too much on it so that your enthusiasm for ranking up in the forum is not diminished.

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.

It is best not to send personal messages to the forum's high-ranked members. Everything you need to know about the forum has already been posted and pinned to each board, depending on what you want to learn about. Not everyone likes to receive  personal messages, and publicly asking questions in the forum will benefit other forum members who are unfamiliar with the subject. Stick to the rules and do a lot of self-study about bitcoin and the cryptocurrency space to help you grow in the forum.

[Ojima-ojo]

Even though this could ve a possible makeup story which is something that we are already used to on this forum, since many other newbies who want to attract the attention of the members of the forum always come up with make-up stories just to gain attention and any other possible favor from the forum members and m for that this doesn't impressive me in any bit, but then i am not denying the newbies having the ability and i to control to follow up.

[albon]

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.

It doesn't matter how many posts and threads you make; the merit system relies on the quality of posts/topics that are most informative and beneficial. The key is not to despair and continue building your experience and learning from reliable sources. Then, you have many different boards in the forum to post on. Do not focus on one board. Your posts and threads on other boards may be more accurate and appealing to members of the source of merit. Indeed, the Nigeria board is crowded with members. I think it is among the top boards on the forum in terms of posts and members, and it is possible that there is a shortage of merits there. I wish you success.

[Zoomic]

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.

Do not be static, learn from all boards.
It is not easy as a newbie to be able to navigate through different boards to make useful posts, especially on boards you are not really conversant with. This is where you have to step up your game by learning.  You do not have to ignore posts you have no knowledge about, even if you are not joining the conversation,  just read what other members are saying and with time you will be able to join conversations.

I was once a newbie and I fully understand that feeling you get when it feels like your efforts are not being appreciated.  Then it occurred to me that I was not being versatile enough  because I concentrated on only the few boards I had little idea about. You can be making hundreds of posts in a board where your posts are not appreciated, whereas there is a board out there seeking for what you possess.

[lovesmayfamilis]

I also looked at the OP's post history. If you want opinions, then my opinion is that you are afraid to learn about Bitcoin or do not want to. All the posts that were sent to Merit sources for review are far from discussing crypto.
We can understand that for many, it is difficult to start learning, but you claim that these are not social networks in which everything is discussed. The forum has areas that are interesting for people to read. Your posts so far contain discussions of life or general conclusions. Try asking and walking more purposefully.
I see one newbie like you doing this; he is very actively communicating on issues that interest him in the topic.

I would have sent a direct message to some senior men here to get some information but ....

Based on your last words, would you like the same interlocutor?

[adultcrypto]

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.

I will tell you not to be discouraged with the forum. You are even lucky to have earned a merit this early considering you are not coming from a tech background. Many of us that joined this forum for the knowledge spent months post and never earned merits but we were not discouraged.  I have left this forum on several occasions because of the frustration of not being able to make sense woth posting, however, I always found reason to return because the knowledge and information repository of this forum is beyond imagination.

My simple advice is that you should not despair because with time you will be able to meet you objectives here and the forum will begin to make sense to you. If you have the ambition of earning so soon, I will suggest you drop it and first build yourself with the right knowledge to be able to work for the pay.

[Findingnemo]

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.

Meanwhile, you got enough response regarding this thread, but let me share my opinion too.

You should spend more time on reading than writing to learn more about Bitcoin, blockchain technology, and everything. I said not every post got merits too which you missed to read or you didn't take that point and jumped to the conclusion that if you made a quality post then you should be rewarded merit but it doesn't work like that. Someone has to read that post and if they think it is helpful for them or someone else then they will send you merits.

You are free to post on every board but I excluded from posting in most sections where spammers invade and keep beating the dead horse like in discussion boards or economics but I do read where I don't post and get the insights if I find it helpful.

Another factor, engage in the discussions, don't just post and then move to another thread.

[Hamza2424]

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.

Hmm, seems like there was a mentor for you before but honestly most of the time we get to know about the system by interacting with it and that is how I grew to this point, you should explore by yourself and ask questions & answer this is how you'll get about the system on the same time there's nothing wrong if you have fewer merits, because mostly people merit threads, and natural engagements.

I'm not able to directly help you but here's a tip for you make sure to participate in new topics in early time and make your posts full of engagement points and discrete/useful information. participate in discussions actively and share something unique in your domain it will help you get the mods, and merit sources at the same time best way to grow on the forum is your local community which can support you well in learning and growing on the forum.

[SOKO-DEKE]

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 believe spending five months here in the bitcointalk forum should have been enough time for you to start understanding things better in this forum, especially about the roles and regulations that guided the forum. Instead of even asking your brother about do or undo, you should have just created a thread and asked, and you will get the answers here correctly.

It is not about the number of posts that you made that can determine the number of merits; it is all about the quality of your post. There are some accounts here with a very small number of posts but have received enough merits, so if you want to contribute something great to the forum, you will receive a good number of merits.
 
In fact, why are you eager to rank up your account? Or is it because you want to participate in the signature campaign? Yes, nothing bad, but I will not encourage you to hunt for merit around the forum. If that is your plan, you will later regret it because you will not learn properly here, and that may even affect you when you get the opportunity to participate in the signature campaign because you end up spamming and lack good knowledge. 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.

It is not about the number of posts that you made that can determine the number of merits; it is all about the quality of your post. There are some accounts here with a very small number of posts but have received enough merits, so if you want to contribute something great to the forum, you will receive a good number of merits.
 
In fact, why are you eager to rank up your account? Or is it because you want to participate in the signature campaign? Yes, nothing bad, but I will not encourage you to hunt for merit around the forum. If that is your plan, you will later regret it because you will not learn properly here, and that may even affect you when you get the opportunity to participate in the signature campaign because you end up spamming and lack good knowledge.

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.

If it's all about learning here, I don't think sending a personal message is the proper thing to do; in fact,  why will you even think of sending a personal message to someone? It will even be better to create threads than personal messages because it will take time for some members to read and reply to your messages.

[Smartvirus]

One thing you failed to realize is that,
You ain’t here to impress no one but to better yourself. It doesn’t really have to be just about your Bitcoin or crypto investment choices and how you manage it but, your life as well. Without asking specific questions as in OP about how to merit fish because, this is just how I interpret it, you @OP having to try and correlate your post to merit in a ratio, that’s a statistics available on BPIP.org but, doesn’t really work in a particular way, you just have to build yourself to be a better writer.

Do your thing and when your not getting the feedback your expecting, be more conserved and ensure each time you have to say something, you see the utmost necessity in it and have it written in such a way that, it’s easy to understand. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be a little figurative in your writings but be on point.

Don’t make your posts yo be particulate on merit, these tricks are easily discovered and distanced.

[oktana]

The answer to this is really obvious and free to everyone to see and use. Those accounts you see getting merit, you can check what their comments are saying, pay attention to how they sound and also try to be good at responses and posts you make. Just do it with the mindset of trying to be better, and then eventually maybe merits will come too. In all, don’t be too cut up chasing merit. Just make quality replies and post.

[Jerrycrypto2024]

Earning merit is subjective, people give merit because it supports their idea and at the same time get new supporting facts about the idea, while others just feel happy or funny about what they read and they give the person merit. Most members here give merit if the post or reply is informative and not a simple generic reply that anyone can give.

Exactly that is my observation about this merrit , that means one must be up and doing in putting down quality and informative post inroder get this merrit. Though as a beginner is still cheerish the idea as it also stand to be a guide for people to be creative and pass information that is helpful not junk is a welcome one. If not of moving to another level I never reason the merit aspect as my major concern is to get more information and how to be creative and good investor and trade well in this Bitcoin, I gave my self out for reading every pin post and better links conveying helpful information. But my request to our senior boss them is to see how to will still help us to Alliviate us from this not receiving this merit as expected.

[Cryptoprincess101]

Just keep being positive in the forum, avoid breaking any rules and spend most of your time learning from experienced an knowledgeable users here, so far as you make quality posts no matter how long it takes it is going to be Merited one day what matters most is your ability to be active in the forum rather than looking for and easy way to rank up. Ranking up isn't an issue but what contributions are you making towards the betterment of the forum? so make good and quality posts also be informative like relate information you know can be of help to the forum besides we'll are newbies and since we are new to this platform we ought to learn more than we make replies as with time we will get used to the forum and of which achieve our various ranks accordingly.

 Never send a PM to any high rank members here as doing so might lead you to making some mistakes that might cause you your account being damaged because not every high rank member would take it lightly as soon can even give you negative trust or neutral tag so if you wish to stay longer in the forum, never think of sending a PM about merits to anyone.

[Cookdata]

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.

Forum is not as difficult as you think. You friend/brother that introduced you to the forum can't give you all the necessary information, he can only give you some tips but you can basically learn everything by yourself if you stick to the etiquette of the forum. As a beginner who is finding it difficult to understand the forum, start by reading
Newbies- Read before posting.

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 have made 100 total posts and more than 50 of them are from local board which is Naija board, not every merit source will find your post helpful or understand what you write as your information is only limited to Nigeria discussion and because Nigeria board has just 1 merit source with a limited number of merit(less than 50 a month), the merit can't always go around. I Wil advice you engage in more active board like Bitcoin discussion, trading discussion, meta board which discuss things about the forum.

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.

Sending messages to people might look like begging, it's better that you made the post public so that other people can give you more contributions and advise instead of been directed by one person. You might likely not have what you are even looking for and begging for merit is totally bad here in this forum. Improve your post and be active, it will help you rank up.

[Antotena]

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.

Don't message anyone yet but you can message them about a post or perhaps something you don't understand and you think they know it better, nobody is senior here or ahead of one another, the only thing that differentiate us here is the rank and reputation, you can literally learn anything you want without going to anyone DM. Just like you ask now, you can always ask more questions but not often, make use of the "Search" bar, you will get anything you want in this forum about rankink up.

Your post history don't quite centered on Bitcoin, your discussions are newbie discuss and doesn't get the attention of people that want to merit you, improve on that and you will see that merit will come when you don't even expect it. A quality post is always recognize from far even by merit source or anyone that has Smerit to give you.

[AakZaki]

~snp~

Reading is a source of knowledge, if they are still beginners and are lazy to read then they will not understand what to do in this forum. The bitcointalk forum is a forum with a more dominant text base and requires you to continue listening to what other people have to say. If they are not used to it they will not be able to interact on this forum. You will gain a lot of knowledge about crypto, being a beginner will be a choice to be consistent and you can improve to become an expert in the crypto field and level up if you have good contributions.

[Sandra_hakeem]

I'd say - everyone's time ticks differently... When I started, it was way too off for me at first -  i can recall having only 16 merits for months without a single top up... That actually encouraged me in some type of way - it made me realize that it ain't just so easy to rank up!
OP, you still got alot to do in here... Merit is only given as a form of an accolade for a problem well solved or a theory well proven; weren't there times I'd read myself up, as late as anyone would wanna take a nap atleast for the day's strenuous activities?. By 4am? .. my hub be like - what you doing awake up until now for Christ sake? ... DEDICATION MY FRIEND!!

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

[Ojima-ojo]

What do some people take the forum, because I can't understand why will a newbie just send a random to users based on the fact that they are of higher ranks, this is a wrong approach to the whole thing, because most of the higher ranks have newbies on ignored because of the default forum setting and restrictions on new accounts.


Secondly again,  if you can read and make use of the search feature of the forum, you should have a whole hand full of resources that will help you to gain knowledge and experience that will help you contribute to topics of discussion on the forum and being on the topic, I don't think you even need to rely on your mentor so much as long as he already gave you the basic intro.

[Cityhunter34]

Thank you guys for your response on this thread, I have gone through all of it and I have seen a few of my mistakes. Based on your response and advice I have been doing a lot of research and now I know better (not an expert yet, but we learn everyday)