How do you feel when you earn merits in your post or replies.

[JMBitcointernational]

Before i started making a post or replies as a newbie, I explored the forum and I saw different usernames and ranks with so many earned merits and post counts, at first i was confused and very scared because I don't know when I will get a single merit not to talk about multiple merits of the legendary ranks.

Because of fear and huge phobia to write nonsense, I started reading the posts of high ranked members, precisely from full member rank up to the legendary rank to know how they organize their words and come out with a quality post. I was very comfortable reading their threads and learning how they arrange their topics to fit the forum standards, so many of the high ranked members are good quality posters i must confess, i did not want to mention names here but permit me to tell you that fillippone inspired me a lot with his writing skills and his organization of words.

lastly, my first post was not merited and the feeling is not something I can say here, but I was still very curious and anxious to learn how to earn merits then, my second post was merited and that was when I felt that am beginning to understand the forum because i was very excited at my first merit even when I know that I don't have much merits now but that first feeling gave me hope that I will succeed and  learn more in the forum . So, friends  i will like to see how you felt at your first merits if you can make out time to share with me thanks.

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[BlackBoss_]

So, friends  i will like to see how you felt at your first merits if you can make out time to share with me thanks.

First merits are most meaningful and emotional, later merits don't bring big emotion than very first merits.

Only difference for very last merits that can help an account to rank up raise my emotion up.

If you feel great, you can announce your self-praise in Announce your rank up, merit or any achievements that makes you feel great!

Your posts are what forum members read and appreciate your posts or ignore so let's focus on your posts, don't pay much attention on your merit.

[mk4]

A small dopamine hit that lasts like 5 seconds, then I move on as if nothing happened.

Because of fear and huge phobia to write nonsense, I started reading the posts of high ranked members, precisely from full member rank up to the legendary rank to know how they organize their words and come out with a quality post. I was very comfortable reading their threads and learning how they arrange their topics to fit the forum standards, so many of the high ranked members are good quality posters i must confess, i did not want to mention names here but permit me to tell you that fillippone inspired me a lot with his writing skills and his organization of words.

You don't need to try to analyze word organization or arrangement or whatever to be eligible for merits. Post quality content, earn merits. That's it — don't overthink it. If you earn little to no merit you simply aren't helpful or contributing enough.

[Poker Player]

To this day I feel nothing but curiosity. As BlackBoss_ says, at the beginning they did provide a positive thrill but once I acquired the rank of Legendary, which is the highest I could reach, and it's clear that I'm not competing to be one of the top merit earners, now earning merits from time to time is part of a routine. What I am curious about when I receive a merit is to see for which post it was given to me.

[Darker45]

Your first will always be precious, more precious than the rest.

Your early merits would probably put a smile on your face not only because your post is appreciated but because there is a higher rank that you are climbing. And merits are what you primarily need to achieve them.

At some point, however, or perhaps when you reached the highest rank, merits may not anymore be as precious. They may come, they may not. All you care is that you join discussions and enjoy it.

If I were you, I wouldn't be chasing merits. It will naturally come if your posts are of value.

[Coyster]

Ultimately, merits must be given to you by other users, and that is something that you the poster cannot control, so if you earn merits on a post, it feels good because it clearly means someone read your post and thought what you said was deserving of their smerits. The thing you should not do is having slepless nights over it, as there are many reasons why your posts might not be earning as many merits as possible, one could be the board you frequent or just a general reduction in merit circulation, but if you genuinely post what interests you and you get better with your Bitcoin knowledge to help people out and contribute to the forum, you'd earn merits.

[leonair]

So, friends  i will like to see how you felt at your first merits if you can make out time to share with me thanks.

Merit is everyone's quality poster award. When one gets regular merit he/she thinks it is a simple thing but the feeling of getting first merit is very good for everyone. Getting merit is very easy for some and very difficult for some but getting 1st merit is a tough task for everyone. so everyone's feelings are very good at this time.  Although I didn't get much excitement for the merits in the form of airdrops for ranking up, but it was a lot of fun when I got merits on my own posts.

[Upgrade00]

The common advice here is not to focus on merits but what you're learning, this however is easier said than done, especially for new members to the forum. Merits encourage users and goes to show then that their effort is being appreciated, as those members are still trying to find their feet in the forum.

The downside is if you get addicted to it, you run the risk of becoming desperate for more and more merits, which can norivateone to start merit begging or duplicating posts that have been created a million times over.

So it's still good advice to not focus on merits and just enjoy the forum. Try out all the different features of Bitcoin and ask questions where you have issues.

[Orpichukwu]

Before i started making a post or replies as a newbie, I explored the forum and I saw different usernames and ranks with so many earned merits and post counts, at first i was confused and very scared because I don't know when I will get a single merit not to talk about multiple merits of the legendary ranks.

There is one special feeling that comes with earning your first merit, especially as a newbie who might have made a lot of posts on the forum. If you see no merit in your posts, it will look as if you are not doing right, and when you see someone who is in the same rank as you who might have earned a lot of merit, you might start feeling discouraged, especially when you want to feel among others, but the moment one merit comes to your profile, your courage and zeal to push hard will be refilled.
 
If you look at the number of merits that will take you to the next rank, most times it's hard to achieve in our eyes, but one thing I know for sure is that those who are their aside from the once that were airdropped merit, which qualifies for their next rank (I mean the active members before the merit system), every other person earned from 1 merit to where they are today. The earning speed might not be the same, but with consistency, you will get their one day. Just don't give up.

[Odohu]

Merit like the name suggest is a measure of the quality of information contained in your post so when your post is merited, it will surely bring some kind of good feelings such as will make you believe you are contributing to this forum and the Bitcoin community.  This feeling of achievement is not perculiar to newbies and low ranking members who many believe are just posting for the merits,  even Legendary members also feel good when their posts are merited.

If an active member goes for weeks and months without earning merits, he will be overwhelmed by the feeling of frustration. Personally, if I don't earn a merit in a week, I will be so discouraged but I somehow have my way of picking myself up. I don't know if others do it, but whenever I notice my post receives merit,  I will go back to the post and read it over and over again to see why it earned merit and how I can build on it.  Merits truly give a feeling of fulfilment.

[Kelward]

My first merit experience in this forum was very exciting, I actually felt like I won a lottery, because I didn't have any crypto knowledge before I joined, and it really encouraged me to improve in the quality of my posts. I think that to flow in the forum, share and learn new things everyday, members should not focus so much on merit, because it can be discouraging if it doesn't come, so low ranked members should just keep making crypto related research and improve the quality of their posts. Eventually the merits will start pouring in, maybe slower than expected but don't be discouraged.

[Mia Chloe]

Merits are a form of motivation and guidance. now when you make a post and you earn some merits as a newbie it simply acts as a guide to know the amount of quality contained in the post. Over time you will definitely aim for higher ranks and merits help you get there. The point is as you rank up you may not be too concerned about merits just like others mentioned. Merits are like magnets attracted to quality posts and you don't have to worry much other than contribute quality.

To this day I feel nothing but curiosity. As BlackBoss_ says, at the beginning they did provide a positive thrill but once I acquired the rank of Legendary, which is the highest I could reach, and it's clear that I'm not competing to be one of the top merit earners, now earning merits from time to time is part of a routine. What I am curious about when I receive a merit is to see for which post it was given to me.

Congratulations poker player I guess 2000 merits will cheer you up and definitely put a smile on your face .

[Uhwuchukwu53]

Merit like the name suggest is a measure of the quality of information contained in your post so when your post is merited, it will surely bring some kind of good feelings such as will make you believe you are contributing to this forum and the Bitcoin community.

That is reality about Merritt it make the heart know that its effort is not waste and give courage to know that one is progressing. Merrit  it's like a student who passed a course or subject in school he have more courage of understanding that he/she is in the right path

If I stay with Merritt it reminds me of not meeting target or not improving and seek more tactical way of improving because it worries my heart why I couldn't have it because any student that failed exam will always keep worrying why no progress.

[Cricktor]

I very likely was quite excited too, receiving first merits. They are a token of appreciation by others who find value in your own posts. And therefore received merits spark a little joy in me from the beginning and still every time again.

But I try not to focus on merits, this is not the way to go. I try to focus on what I can contribute of value to a thread. It might not always be possible, sometimes I just want to share my opinion and not overthinking too much. Paying attention to quality, less with motives of merits collecting will do the good for you on its own. Merits will come naturally...

If merits don't flow in or rate of flow changes considerably, it's time to assess your own posting style and habits.

Try not to be obsessed with merits, though I acknowledge this is easier said than done. Chill and don't shitpost. 

[Hatchy]

A small dopamine hit that lasts like 5 seconds, then I move on as if nothing happened

Totally true. First on  receiving a merit reward, you get excited and rush to check on which post you had received it and then read the post again to see what you had replied. I don't know if it's same for others but thats what I usually do in receiving merit. Then after that few seconds the excitement dies of and then I wait for new merits. It's sometimes a good thing to know that you earned new merits.

Before i started making a post or replies as a newbie, I explored the forum and I saw different usernames and ranks with so many earned merits and post counts, at first i was confused and very scared because I don't know when I will get a single merit not to talk about multiple merits of the legendary ranks.

This is something I usually tell every newbies upon register an account with the forum. The best way to grow and earn merits from the from is to learn from old forum members, check out their posting style and try to see if you can be like them. After you have successfully understood how they are able to make their post and posting style so unique, then you try using your own style and make it unique. Most time a lot of newbies fails to understand these little truck and goes ahead posting without understanding the forum and then you see them complaining later on that they don't earn merits.

[Solosanz]

I feel miserable when I earn merit.

Earn merit is like earn money, there's no way someone won't feel happy because merit is a reward. If you get merit, it means you're in a good track, if not, you might make a mistake, but that's fine because the forum won't ban someone if you didn't receive any merit for 10 years etc.

If an active member goes for weeks and months without earning merits, he will be overwhelmed by the feeling of frustration.

No, they won't frustrated because they can still earn money.

If they're active, never earn merit and didn't receive any money, then it's correct.

[Youngkhngdiddy]

The feeling when you see that your post has been merited is always amazing, it brings this feeling of satisfaction of acceptance, knowing that someone finds your post interesting and useful. These will make you keep up and do better, you did well going to review the post of some for the senior members, that should guide you in the forum. We learn everyday, keep looking forward to the next post, that’s what I have always told myself, keep the train moving instead of just wallowing in just one merit. Another thing you should know is that not all your post will be merited that does mean they not good post, this is why I just try to make my post as good and quality enough. I don’t usually don’t post for merit, that doesn’t mean I don’t feel happy when I get one, I just feel like once you start overthinking about the merit, it will can be a problem, posting out side the line.
 There are still a lot to be learned  about the forum, here is like community, it will take you some time till you become very familiar with the community. You just have to follow the process, there are no double promotions here, every thing is followed in due process. You should continue with your quality post you have going on, and since it’s a Bitcoin discussion from you should post some on Bitcoin discussion from time to time, this will further broaden your knowledge about Bitcoin. You will see that they are a lot to learn here in the forum, do not hesitate to ask for help when you are having difficulties, the senior members will be so happy to help out.

[Barikui1]

Before i started making a post or replies as a newbie, I explored the forum and I saw different usernames and ranks with so many earned merits and post counts, at first i was confused and very scared because I don't know when I will get a single merit not to talk about multiple merits of the legendary ranks.

Because of fear and huge phobia to write nonsense, I started reading the posts of high ranked members, precisely from full member rank up to the legendary rank to know how they organize their words and come out with a quality post. I was very comfortable reading their threads and learning how they arrange their topics to fit the forum standards, so many of the high ranked members are good quality posters i must confess, i did not want to mention names here but permit me to tell you that fillippone inspired me a lot with his writing skills and his organization of words.

lastly, my first post was not merited and the feeling is not something I can say here, but I was still very curious and anxious to learn how to earn merits then, my second post was merited and that was when I felt that am beginning to understand the forum because i was very excited at my first merit even when I know that I don't have much merits now but that first feeling gave me hope that I will succeed and  learn more in the forum . So, friends  i will like to see how you felt at your first merits if you can make out time to share with me thanks.

Actually I was really happy when I got my first merit, and I can still have the username of that person at the back of my mind till date and it was a legendary member, the thing is that when you are being merited for a post you made, you feels like your effort was being appreciated, and you will want to give more.

 But the thing is that it might lead to frustration if you focus more on merit, because their will be times you will make a post you expected to attract the least 1 merit, but nothing will come out of it, so if you are focusing more on merit, you will be frustrated which is not good,  so to me I just focus more on posting quality, after that I believe that the rest will come on it's own.

[Makus]

Earning merit in a post or reply brings this joy that can't be explained fully. Merit are rewards that can't be bought, so when I see a merit in my post it give me the reminder that I am still a helpful poster in the forum especially when you are still in a low rank. Sometimes it feels as though they neglect some quality post of lower ranked member. This is the mentality of some lower rank, though it's not absolutely true but despite this mindset, when you see your post merited you feel among the good contributors but after you have received some amount of merit, the feeling of excitement start depreciating.

[Adbitco]

Merits or no merit I don't have any feeling attached to it because I know that is not my problems and besides during the merits system my profile were airdropped with huge volume so since then I have earned more to have gotten to this stage but it doesn't trigged me anymore except those newbie who are eagerly to grow and increase in their rank. Merits is what determined how quality your post is and how creative you are, otherwise anyone who doesn't make merits show how low his post is or maybe he doesn't post on a regular board because I believe there are boards that attracts merits such as, for example Local board is another place to grow more quickly than any other board here.