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

[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.

You guys were lucky to have been around the forum before the implementation of the merits system and of course being able to blend through the system since you have it lay before you to learn everything about the merit system from beginning, unlike some of us who are still new to the forum and met the merits system on ground we did not have the opportunity of having merits airdrops but all the same we are favoured by other forum member who awarded us with merits to achieve and get to where we are right now.


I can say I am one of the luckiest member, because as a newbie then, some merits source and other forum members motivated me alot by giving me multiple merits beyond my imagination, on just a single thread, that action build the motivations in me to push forward in creating good contribution to discussion, and up till my current rank, I have enjoy such love from this forum.

Actually earning merits is not hard is just for people to follow topic according and contribute greatly unlike generating random comment, watch clearly those who don't complain about merits easily earned merits because they know how to flow the merit system and they can easily grow without hardship of merits, I think only those who are desperate of growing and joining some paid campaign are the people who usually complain about merits being so difficult to earn and grow. I have personally seen some profile that was created after the meritocracy yet have grown above lots of us here this is to show this dude knows what they are doing to keep growing than just looking for cheap place to fly to the next rank.

[GeorgeJohn]

In a normal circumstances whenever you earn a merit at early stage of you be in the forum, you will rejoice because you have been motivated, so what I'm saying in nutshell is that merit gives motivation to the beginners but when you have cross the stage of full member getting to a senior member you will be also be conscious to reach the rank of senior members, so their no point of forum rank you will earn a merit you will not be excited because merit is the engine house of forum motivation

[Abu-Naim]

. 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.

Whenever I received merits, I always get joy because merits are encouraging users to keep the good work they have started, because when you post quality content, you will receive merits and the merits will encourage you to do further research in order to come up with a quality content that is better than the one you posted earlier.

This dose not mean that merit is everything in this forum because when some newbies come to the forum, they are after merits because they have monitored some reputable members account and found a lot of merits in their accounts which triggered them to look for merits too. It is a motivation but rushing to accumulate merits is not the main aim of the forum because the merits system was created to reduce spam and to make the forum clean.

[AYOBA]

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.

Everyone here has passed through this stage also in their first time, because even me too the first day I was introduced to this wonderful forum I was totally confused that where will start from. When I saw the forum instructions and the numbers of the merit's I need to earned and also post count before rank up I was very quick and weak, because I even exaggerating it that when and which will earned up to this amount of merit talkless of become like others members here. But with much reaserch and patient and guidelines of so many of user's here have make everything becomes very easier today.

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.

This show that you didn't come here to joke you really want to face what brought you here, because any newbie that really want to understand how this forum operates. The best place to go through are pasted thread that provides from some of our members here  is from there you can pick some of the keys points and also how you can able to create your topics or when it come to post you will know how to arrange your post well without receive any criticism from any of the members in this forum.

[Hamza2424]

Haha.. firstly so many posts these days related to the merits... anyway..

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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.

Although we all have seen the starting journey on the Bitcointalk forum and no doubt the feeling of getting first merit ever is the best feeling which we can not compare with any other getting merits feeling I am not saying that getting other merits not feel good my mean of saing is that the first earned merits have the seperate feelings. On the same side, buddy do not overthink just write what you want to say some will like your point of view and some will not, and that's the fact you should only care about those who respect your words, your struggling phase. Just be yourself and try to do quality posting, which will help you grow further.

I also have seen members and one of my community members representing the same feeling of getting his first earned merit. These feelings motivate you to make more quality posts and make you active in discussions with unique and quality replies. In this way, your account health starts to go up slowly and slowly. There is a famous saying."Slow but steady wins the race" Just stay active and keep contributing to the forum with quality and informative content.

[Richbased]

The first merit we got from our post or reply will  be the most memorable merit, I mean, not all members here, but mostly, commonly yes.
You know, sometimes, we got our first merit in the unexpected post. I also did the same, got my first merit  in a very unexpected post from a legendary member. And this really could change my mind that everyone could deserve any merits, what to do is to make much better and better posts, learning more things to improve our posts.

Yes the first merit you receive is really a memorable one more especially when it comes from a legendary. When I came into the forum I wasn't really attracted to earning merits because I felt it would take time for merit sources to come through my posts because I was new to the forum, I just make few posts after spending so much time reading other users posts and having an understanding of what the discussion is all about then i also give my own opinion and logs out until a day i came online and opened my profile just to see 4 merits by a staff of the forum EFS i was so excited and that motivated me to give more quality contributions to the forum and till today i have been very active in the forum as i have never missed a day without login in since then even if I'm not making any post. It was a day I couldn't forget because earning merit from a staff of the forum is like a president giving you a handshake for a job well done. I improved my post quality, my reasoning ability and my interactions in the forum and up till date I have recorded some huge success in the forum and I'm glad I joined this forum of intellectual individuals with high level of knowledge about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

[Kristiyana]

I felt nothing different with what you just said and I think that was what motivated me to keep on pushing (learning, studying, making adjustment etc) and sometimes merit is what tells someone they are actually improving and it also give hope. Imagine posting everyday and you made up to 100's of post or more and yet no merit, you will be so depressed and discouraged, I think merit is a reminder which tell someone that he/she is understanding the forum.

[freedomgo]

I felt nothing different with what you just said and I think that was what motivated me to keep on pushing (learning, studying, making adjustment etc) and sometimes merit is what tells someone they are actually improving and it also give hope. Imagine posting everyday and you made up to 100's of post or more and yet no merit, you will be so depressed and discouraged, I think merit is a reminder which tell someone that he/she is understanding the forum.

Merit alone can tell how far you have made progress in the forum. Without getting merits, one will continue to think that he is not good enough in the forum since his posts have not been acknowledged by his co members in the forum. But it also goes to show that one should exert more efforts to leave an impact to others, because once your posts become meaningful and beneficial for others, receiving merits will easily follow then.

[Kristiyana]

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.

Normally the first merit always bring joy and smiles to someone's face regardless and that will show that yes someone is really growing and you have started understanding the forum because it is only when you understand the forum you can earn merit because you the area and pour to hit. Reading higher rank thread will make one to have understanding concerning this forum but it takes wisdom to restrategize and bounce back to do exploit because what will favor the higher rank member may not favor you that is why it is good to restrategize and there are people who read higher rank threads yet they don't grow or improve because they don't understand.

[GiftedMAN]

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.

Normally the first merit always bring joy and smiles to someone's face regardless and that will show that yes someone is really growing and you have started understanding the forum because it is only when you understand the forum you can earn merit because you the area and pour to hit. Reading higher rank thread will make one to have understanding concerning this forum but it takes wisdom to restrategize and bounce back to do exploit because what will favor the higher rank member may not favor you that is why it is good to restrategize and there are people who read higher rank threads yet they don't grow or improve because they don't understand.

The first merit you earn may give you so much joy but there is a greater joy when you keep getting merits in your pots or replies it shows how better and improved you are becoming, a lot of people get so much merit when they are yet to understand the forum but they are merited because of the information they passed correctly and the level of they have even before becoming a member here. Sometimes people do not only get merit because they know so much about the forum but the uniqueness of their style and the level of vocabulary they use in writing makes some people to reward them with merits. Learning helps to improve the knowledge of people so yes reading the threads of other higher rank members can help to improve the knowledge of a member but making personal research helps  member to understand better.

[EL MOHA]

I felt nothing different with what you just said and I think that was what motivated me to keep on pushing (learning, studying, making adjustment etc) and sometimes merit is what tells someone they are actually improving and it also give hope. Imagine posting everyday and you made up to 100's of post or more and yet no merit, you will be so depressed and discouraged, I think merit is a reminder which tell someone that he/she is understanding the forum.

The merit was said to been a tool for to reduce the amount of spammers on the forum and it did serve its purpose but the merit  has been treated on the forum has an incentive for doing a great job and this seriously gives people goosebumps. Yes for reputable member who have tons of merit they don’t feel anybody currently but as a newbies whom is looking to become like the top or reputable members they find every merit as an asset which wen gotten is seriously appreciated. Just like how social media have like button or the rest. And how it makes people feel is the same way the merit makes one’s feel.

My first merit was a thing of appreciation and I cherished it so well and it definitely made me wanted to do more posts and get more of it, to grown in the forum one needs this merits and as such it’s worth the fun. If you post everyday and fail to get the merit I think it will definitely get discourage about this

[Samlucky O]

Though there is that joy that comes from people when they see that they have gotten themselves merit. But that doesn't last for long because human being are insatiable. They must surely want to continue to get more. Merit mean many thing to different people. some people merit is like life which if they don't have on regular basis it will look like they are not adding any meaningful contribution to the forum. While some use merit as a form of fast Growth to rank up and find a better campaign. So merit has different functions.

[Kristiyana]

Actually I felt extremely happy the first time I get marrit because I never thought or imagine that I will be giving marit anytime soon, and I was not even worried about getting marrit because I strongly believe that some day it will definitely get to my turn, so I just focused in learning about how the forum works and also learning about crypto Investment because the main reason why we are here is to learn about Cryptocurrency, and also how it works those merit we get are just things that is been attached, though is very important because without them our account can not be promoted.

[Sakanwa]

Merits gives people more energy and spirit to post more because it isn't easy here to get merit,and even if your posts are of high quality,you will find it very difficult to get Merits here, therefore,when ever you get merits by a person,you will seem to go through the posts over and over again  to see how unique that post is to be able to generate you a merit.This is what I do every time I'm being merited,it is an extra strength being given to you and an encouragement that your posts are of good quality.But some persons,merit doesnt make them feel any happy or sad,it's just normal.

[Gladitorcomeback]

Though there is that joy that comes from people when they see that they have gotten themselves merit. But that doesn't last for long because human being are insatiable. They must surely want to continue to get more. Merit mean many thing to different people. some people merit is like life which if they don't have on regular basis it will look like they are not adding any meaningful contribution to the forum. While some use merit as a form of fast Growth to rank up and find a better campaign. So merit has different functions.

Merits are basically appreciation that you get for the posts that you make in the forum, and to be honest, the amount of happiness also depends on the fact that the person who has given you merits. When you get merited from a well-known, reputable, and trusted member of the forum, you feel privileged and happy for them to appreciate you for what you have contributed, at least I feel that way, but I'm not sure about others.

When it comes to ranking up, I know it's a requirement because you can't have a higher rank if you don't get merits but that doesn't mean you should only focus on getting merits. If you know, things that you try really hard to get will give you a hard time, and it's always better that you do what you like doing and things will come to you naturally.

[tbct_mt2]

Merits are basically appreciation that you get for the posts that you make in the forum, and to be honest, the amount of happiness also depends on the fact that the person who has given you merits. When you get merited from a well-known, reputable, and trusted member of the forum, you feel privileged and happy for them to appreciate you for what you have contributed, at least I feel that way, but I'm not sure about others.

I am a Full member when forum started to use the merit system and I thought that, what the hell I will stuck as Full member forever. It's shame to admit that before the merit system appearance, I consider myself as a spammer. The merit system changed me, it forced me to spend more time to learn, thinking and write good posts. Many months later, I ranked up from Full member to Hero member as you see now.

Happiness is biggest when I firstly ranked up to Senior member rank because earning my first 150 merits is very difficult. A next rank up to Hero member rank does not give me that same feeling.

I am still far from Legendary, about 170 more merit but I feel like recent months, it is harder to earn merit. It will be time for me to feel exciting if I just receive merit for my posts.

[pinggoki]

Not much really, maybe in terms of how many merits would be given to me, that's the time that I would be surprised. It's not really something big of a deal as time goes by when you get your merits because the only one that matters is that last one merit that would help you get to the next rank. Maybe that's just me but I can see why merit can help some people feel good about themselves and the post that they've put in, I mean that's a show of appreciation by a stranger and there's no better feeling than having strangers agree with you on something or that they like what you're talking about.

[Sebas.tian]

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.

I think, many users experienced this first merit as a newbies then and it make them feel they have won award from a particular organization, because they understood, that is what make users to increase their account in the forum. Once you got that first merit from the users in the forum, it will definitely change you positively, because is a something you cannot buy from the forum when you have the money but you only get the merit from users in the forum based on the quality post you made in the forum. That is the right way to rank up in this forum by carrying out some research to have the knowledge of cryptocurrency, which it will help you to demonstrate some quality post in some thread that will make users to know that you have the knowledge of cryptocurrency.

[DarkState]

Getting the first merit point was a big achievement for me. Its fillings were indescribably delightful. It felt like I could actually contribute something to the forum. I was feeling very proud and had a lot of peace in my mind. Because of this my interest in the forum has been greatly increased.

[bayu7adi]

This is what my expression looks like



It was very meaningful and gave me pleasure until about 2 hours after getting the merit notification (I used the Telegram Notification Bot from TryNinja)....in less than 24 hours, I started to get a little urge to learn something extra because I felt I found a door to make Useful posts and get more merit. The enthusiasm will give way again when after a few days I don't get merit, until I feel like I'm not successful enough to make consistent posts like that.

For me, it is the best morale booster to be more active in this forum. However, the relay must be connected immediately to maintain that enthusiasm.