The scramble for merits

[Gooner0]

> in a platform where gaining merits is a priority especially to newbies and old-timers alike.
Not all old timers though!
> The struggle to make a merit worthy topic seems difficult, and  discouraging, like for example a newbie carefully comes up with a good topic,  no merits! Lots of replies , then somewhere under the replies some members merit replies, still the main topic started isn't merited 💔.
It's somewhat  discouraging.

If you think a topic is merit worthy and you're able to give merits, do so to encourage others.

[Mate2237]

Ahahaha Lolz 🤣🤣🤣. Op welcome to Bitcointalk. Well that has been on ground since and not a new thing in the forum and not only in this local board but na general issue. Dis has made Igebotz to create a thread in Meta sometimes ago. And he was complaining about why Legendary Members share merits among themselves and not to newbies. And since he was not a merit source, and dey was no merit for him to give them and I think this also compelled him to create the merit source application. And with di grace of God he is a merit source now. And di local users dey get merits from him. Op if you see any topic wey you know say na good quality then submit am to Igebotz thread in local board and if na general board, submit am to LoyceV [self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source and also in the local board by Igebotz [Request] Report Unmerited Good Posts Here.

And another thing you have to do is to read more than posting. So that you will know more things in the forum. As I said if you know any quality posts be a comment or thread, submit them on those people's links wey I drop plus your own if you have any quality topic submit am.

And you know why people dey used your thread dey get merits because dem dey tell you (teach u) di correct thing and that one na be the main reason of the forum. You come here to learn and those wey don know am go teach/tell you and when you know, you too go teach others den merit go still come for your own too. No vex for now. Na so e bi for everyone.

[Gooner0]

Ahahaha Lolz 🤣🤣🤣. Op welcome to Bitcointalk. Well that has been on ground since and not a new thing in the forum and not only in this local board but na general issue. Dis has made Igebotz to create a thread in Meta sometimes ago. And he was complaining about why Legendary Members share merits among themselves and not to newbies. And since he was not a merit source, and dey was no merit for him to give them and I think this also compelled him to create the merit source application. And with di grace of God he is a merit source now. And di local users dey get merits from him. Op if you see any topic wey you know say na good quality then submit am to Igebotz thread in local board and if na general board, submit am to LoyceV [self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source and also in the local board by Igebotz [Request] Report Unmerited Good Posts Here.

And another thing you have to do is to read more than posting. So that you will know more things in the forum. As I said if you know any quality posts be a comment or thread, submit them on those people's links wey I drop plus your own if you have any quality topic submit am.

And you know why people dey used your thread dey get merits because dem dey tell you (teach u) di correct thing and that one na be the main reason of the forum. You come here to learn and those wey don k ow am go teach/tell you and when you know, you too go teach others den merit go still come for your own too. No vex for now. Na so e bi for everyone.

well, normally I dey expect backlash for this topic, but as you sef dey reason am as I dey follow, I feel like say I dun achieve small thing.
And thank you for the advice too, I go do as u talk.

[Amphenomenon]

When you're focusing on merit it's hard to see the limited quality of your post, sometimes the best thing is to go through your post yourself and see if they're actually merit worthy, this is something I do to improve myself though not ignoring the overall importance of learning and researching in order to improve yourself and not just to rank up.

I just went to your post history, I see you're a trader and you do make post related to that area though I think you can do better in improving it and also see that majority of us here are HODLers from the fact that we have had bad experience with trading and now decided to stick with the less risky and more profitable with time, which is HODLing.
Going through your post I will advise you try to work on your post structure like using, symbols like > and * seems unprofessional especially *, which you did use for listing whereas the forum as a good listing style format

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Don't feel down critics makes us stronger here is something that would help Ranking up is possible! 2900 Merits earned in less than 12 months!My 11 Hints!
This is an addition to  Mate2237 response here.

[Spaceman1000$]

> in a platform where gaining merits is a priority especially to newbies and old-timers alike.
Not all old timers though!
> The struggle to make a merit worthy topic seems difficult, and  discouraging, like for example a newbie carefully comes up with a good topic,  no merits! Lots of replies , then somewhere under the replies some members merit replies, still the main topic started isn't merited 💔.
It's somewhat  discouraging.

If you think a topic is merit worthy and you're able to give merits, do so to encourage others.

BABA no reason am, continue making your quality post and you will earn merit, if someone merits a comment under your post, it doesn't mean that you didn't make sense as OP, it simply means that person's might have made some clarification that suits the mindset of the person that gave the merit, so you shouldn't be discouraged because of that.

I will advise you continue making your quality post without the mindset of wanting to receive merit because you feel the post is worth meritable, you might be disappointed. sometimes is not the post that you think will give you merit, that you will receive merit from, it maybe something you less expected, so be open-minded when making post.

[Doan9269]

> in a platform where gaining merits is a priority especially to newbies and old-timers alike.
Not all old timers though!
> The struggle to make a merit worthy topic seems difficult, and  discouraging, like for example a newbie carefully comes up with a good topic,  no merits! Lots of replies , then somewhere under the replies some members merit replies, still the main topic started isn't merited 💔.
It's somewhat  discouraging.

If you think a topic is merit worthy and you're able to give merits, do so to encourage others.

One thing i will advise for you to know about the merit system of this forum is that it is not moderated and that does not give room for abuse on it use, another thing you may also know is that merits are given base on individuals discretion towards the particular post they encountered and see that its merit deserving, you cant solicit for merit, though there are merit application threads with their requirements, but everyone make decision on how to use his own earned merits.

[I_Anime]

Well this is common in this forum, is never easy to gain merit and I believe as time goes it may become more difficult for one to be able to build his account. But one thing you need to know despite that they are folks that are still going to grow , ask me why? Because they focus on the part most newbies do neglect which will literally help them grow their account. Which is the knowledge part .

Having good knowledge about this space , will enable one to be able to contribute to this forum and same time impact on others , and they will be appreciated with merit. Once you remove your mind from it (merit mostly cime when you least expect it), you will be able to grow and merit will start coming in . The reason why most time it is very hard to gain merit is that most users do abuse it by merit farming and other stuff.

So stick with the rule and always do the right thing and you will get rewarded with merit that's all .

[Lida93]

29 posts in total and 2 merits and you ain't taking it as something encouraging? Maybe you have to do your research and see some profiles in the forum with higher posts counts and are yet to earn a merit from any member.  Try to see how you get better with your post quality instead of making complains because am not sure merits are earned on emotions.

I advise you study how those that earns regular merits do it, and why they earned in by just a comment they make in your op post when the op itself didn't get any. Importantly, just to correct an impression, you don't get sure of earning a merit by creating an op, comments too can earn you one if it's of quality.

And what's this tantrum about not earning merit from your op...? Are you creating post with the first intent to earn merit or to share
and discuss  knowledge and informations? Huh!

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

> The struggle to make a merit worthy topic seems difficult, and  discouraging, like for example a newbie carefully comes up with a good topic,  no merits! Lots of replies , then somewhere under the replies some members merit replies, still the main topic started isn't merited 💔.
It's somewhat  discouraging.

If you think a topic is merit worthy and you're able to give merits, do so to encourage others.

That's not discouraging, as that's literally how the forum had been, right from day one, and as such your recent emergence won't change anything, so it's better you try as much to adapt to the system, while you study some thread which you notice may have gotten the most merit and try to duplicate them, while been original and not copy-pasting, as it's against the rules of this forum to plagiarized content. So I will advise you to accept the forum the way it is, because there is no big rank today, which was not a Newbie like you many years back. So for the fact that we were able to make it to the rank we are today, it should be a means of encouragement that you too can do it.

[Cryptomultiplier]

One can gain merits by presenting their topics or even replies that they think makes sense, in a good order and then had to post it in the pages where merit sources have designed to access ones post and award any number of merits that is deserving to the individual, for showing effort and being reasonable enough to follow instruction and obtain a perfect result as others too.

Being consistent also should make one appear merit hungry and thus attract merits from those who notice how hard we have been trying.

[Davidvictorson]

> in a platform where gaining merits is a priority especially to newbies and old-timers alike.
Not all old timers though!
> The struggle to make a merit worthy topic seems difficult, and  discouraging, like for example a newbie carefully comes up with a good topic,  no merits! Lots of replies , then somewhere under the replies some members merit replies, still the main topic started isn't merited 💔.
It's somewhat  discouraging.

If you think a topic is merit worthy and you're able to give merits, do so to encourage others.

Hey man you should not be heartbroken at all. We all have been there. One of the tested and tried strategies of getting merits is by not creating a topic to get merits. In fact, I have found out that the topic will not attract any merits and you end up getting more disappointed and eventually exit the forum. So, take your mind off merits for now and engage with topics that you find interesting. Drop your comments there and engage with other users just s you would do in a real life convo.

[SatoPrincess]

OP no dey discouraged No be every good posts you make go get merits. Even sef your merit:activity ratio no too bad like that. Na so the early days dey be. Small time you go don get small personal experience with bitcoin and the forum, that one go help you fit dey make topic way others go find interesting and na so the merits go dey come. For now just dey take am small small the merits go come. No fear.

[Charles-Tim]

29 posts in total and 2 merits and you ain't taking it as something encouraging? Maybe you have to do your research and see some profiles in the forum with higher posts counts and are yet to earn a merit from any member.  Try to see how you get better with your post quality instead of making complains because am not sure merits are earned on emotions.

You are definitely right if it is about the forum in general but otherwise could be the case if it is Nigeria. I can point out accounts that may not be better than his account but which have been bombarded with merits on this local board or by Nigerians. I think it is more about who you know on this board. I as another example receive most of my merit from English board. Hardly will I see merit on this board except people that are not on this board sent me. I will also advice him to study very well and increase his posting quality which will also help him on English board but about Nigerians, he also need to get close to some of them.

[Cryptohygenic]

> in a platform where gaining merits is a priority especially to newbies and old-timers alike.
Not all old timers though!
> The struggle to make a merit worthy topic seems difficult, and  discouraging, like for example a newbie carefully comes up with a good topic,  no merits! Lots of replies , then somewhere under the replies some members merit replies, still the main topic started isn't merited 💔.
It's somewhat  discouraging.

If you think a topic is merit worthy and you're able to give merits, do so to encourage others.

Hi mate calm down, to my best of understanding merits is not obtained by who creates the topic of the thread but who provides the forum with help posts. Literally post with qualities containing soluble contents which may either be on replies or topics.
Don't feel discriminated. ✌️

[Hatchy]

You are definitely right if it is about the forum in general but otherwise could be the case if it is Nigeria. I can point out accounts that may not be better than his account but which have been bombarded with merits on this local board or by Nigerians. I think it is more about who you know on this board. I as another example receive most of my merit from English board. Hardly will I see merit on this board except people that are not on this board sent me. I will also advice him to study very well and increase his posting quality which will also help him on English board but about Nigerians, he also need to get close to some of them.

It's very common in most local boards, you see merit exchanges from accounts to account without any reasons or important psot. I still remember when this forum was hot, you won't see such case though. Guess it's now a normal thing since everyone is quite. Op should just take his time to understand the forum. Complaining here won't even help him an inch. If he wants to earn merit fast, he should stretch his legs to other boards on the forum, learn and also contribute. The reason why I love other boards is when you create a quality post, someone will definitely catch it to reward you merit. But local boards is more like people they know off the forum.

[Lida93]

29 posts in total and 2 merits and you ain't taking it as something encouraging? Maybe you have to do your research and see some profiles in the forum with higher posts counts and are yet to earn a merit from any member.  Try to see how you get better with your post quality instead of making complains because am not sure merits are earned on emotions.

You are definitely right if it is about the forum in general but otherwise could be the case if it is Nigeria. I can point out accounts that may not be better than his account but which have been bombarded with merits on this local board or by Nigerians. I think it is more about who you know on this board. I as another example receive most of my merit from English board. Hardly will I see merit on this board except people that are not on this board sent me. I will also advice him to study very well and increase his posting quality which will also help him on English board but about Nigerians, he also need to get close to some of them.

I don't know anyway but we can't really say that because an account is bombarded with merits different times by a particular user doesn't necessarily mean they may have some connections of knowing each other. It could be for some other personal reasons other than just knowing anybody.

But maybe we should also evaluate ourselves while we say we don't usually receive merits in the local board we also ask ourselves how many times do we usually give merits to quality posts we come across in the LB. For we can't say we don't see posts worth meriting out of 7 days a week we come into the forum. Like you I am also someone that receives most of my merits from the English/general boards but that doesn't mean I would say merits in the forum is distributed based on who-knows-who as you had put it.

[Marvelockg]

> in a platform where gaining merits is a priority especially to newbies and old-timers alike.
Not all old timers though!
> The struggle to make a merit worthy topic seems difficult, and  discouraging, like for example a newbie carefully comes up with a good topic,  no merits! Lots of replies , then somewhere under the replies some members merit replies, still the main topic started isn't merited 💔.
It's somewhat  discouraging.

If you think a topic is merit worthy and you're able to give merits, do so to encourage others.

as someone that also passed through this phase I totally understand how you feel creating a topic and not getting merited and seeing someone replying to the topic and getting more merit. This is not just about the Nija local board but happens accross all the boards in the forum.

You have to know how the ideal merit system works so you don't get discouraged by a thing as this. With time, you will also reply to someone else's post and receive merit even when the OP hasn't received any. The merit system favours quality contributors to the forum. It doesn't mean you have to create topics before you contribute to the forum positively. There are a lot of high merit earners on the forum that don't create topics very often and yet you see them getting a lot of merit. It's about understating the forum and being a useful asset to the forum.

The advantage every new person has while growing in the forum is that you're at liberty to post on all the boards of your choice and post as many times as you choose to. If you can't earn merit now that you're enjoying such liberty, if you eventually join a signature campign that restrict you to posting maximum of 5 to 7 post on a set out boards, it might become more difficult to earn merit again.

It takes a little effort to study the forum and become a creative person who people will want to give merit to. Even in this local board, the moderator gives regular merit to post that are of high quality and there are other genuine people that also do same without you being in contact with them for whatever reason. If you're smart and knowledgeable enough, you will do the needful and complain less.

[Charles-Tim]

I don't know anyway but we can't really say that because an account is bombarded with merits different times by a particular user doesn't necessarily mean they may have some connections of knowing each other. It could be for some other personal reasons other than just knowing anybody.

Definitely you do not know what is happening on local boards. I do not have to explain anything about it further. You can read Hatchy's reply instead which is better. He is more observant about life from his post than just posting emotionally.

But maybe we should also evaluate ourselves while we say we don't usually receive merits in the local board we also ask ourselves how many times do we usually give merits to quality posts we come across in the LB. For we can't say we don't see posts worth meriting out of 7 days a week we come into the forum. Like you I am also someone that receives most of my merits from the English/general boards but that doesn't mean I would say merits in the forum is distributed based on who-knows-who as you had put it.

I am only using it to explain. You do not have to be emotional about my presence on local board by diverting what I explained to Gooner0 to me. This is not my thread. I did not create a topic about anyone or any local board. Merit habit on this local board is not what I am interested to post about. Trust me, merit is not an issue for me on this forum.

[Lida93]

I don't know anyway but we can't really say that because an account is bombarded with merits different times by a particular user doesn't necessarily mean they may have some connections of knowing each other. It could be for some other personal reasons other than just knowing anybody.

Definitely you do not know what is happening on local boards. I do not have to explain anything about it further. You can read Hatchy's reply instead which is better. He is more observant about life from his post than just posting emotionally.

Ok I checked through Hatchy post as you said and I think his point is kind of valid generally it's found in all local board such merits politics not exclusive to the Naija board but maybe it's not that prevalent in our local board maybe why I haven't really noticed.

But maybe we should also evaluate ourselves while we say we don't usually receive merits in the local board we also ask ourselves how many times do we usually give merits to quality posts we come across in the LB. For we can't say we don't see posts worth meriting out of 7 days a week we come into the forum. Like you I am also someone that receives most of my merits from the English/general boards but that doesn't mean I would say merits in the forum is distributed based on who-knows-who as you had put it.

I am only using it to explain. You do not have to be emotional about my presence on local board by diverting what I explained to Gooner0 to me. This is not my thread. I did not create a topic about anyone or any local board. Merit habit on this local board is not what I am interested to post about.

Hey CT I never said it's your thread neither am I been emotional about my views but expressing them as far as I've known. Maybe we should lace our attention to other more informative discuss than this. Cheers!

[Marykeller]

OP, I understand how you feel, many of us don d in this kind of situation before that we begin to question whether we d make progress for the forum or not via making quality posts. Everything begin to change when we commot eyes from getting merits and focus on how to develop ourselves in providing information and given answers to peoples inquiries about bitcoin, then merits begin to fall on our side like water. I go advice you to do the same thing to develop yourself first for the forum. Get every information you need for your growth in crypto knowledge while merits come to you gradually as you provide answers to people's inquiries about crypto.