The scramble for merits

[Igebotz]

For the fact that merit was not created for the sake of stopping arguments, I see no reason why they should give the OP merit when they think the post is not worth meriting. If you give out your smerit, find a quality post and send it, and don’t give it because there is an argument and you think merit will be the reason to stop such arguments.

Yes, merit should be sent to quality posts. Hatchy did not mean anyone should send merit to a post because of argument. He meant that likely one or some of his posts can be merit worthy just like this in summary. Do not let the merit Hatchy sent Gooner0 confuse you.

"There is no point in hoarding sMerit; keeping it yourself does not benefit you, and we reserve the right to decay unused sMerit in the future"

There is no limit to how many smerits you can give to a certain profile as long as you believe the posts are worthy. If you need me to review someone's profile or posts, please report it here or shoot me a PM.

This topic I started is just something I observed on the forum, I just decided to speak out , if you do check my other topics you wouldn't see any topic I've started that isn't merited but replies under my topic getting merits! No you wouldn't see , so this is just from my observation on other topics, I'm not crying out to get merited. 

Got you! But you should know that the forum is about solutions - if you create a topic asking questions, those who provide answers on your topic are most likely to get more merits than you. It's a normal practice here.

You're breaking the basics rules - double posting

[Tmoonz]

> 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.

Don't be discouraged about not getting enough, I must say that every higher ranked members you see in the forum today started just the same way with you although while some already had certain level of knowledge in the crypto space others started learning while while navigating the forum, now depending on the criteria you fall in, my point is that you should try not to be discouraged, keep growing thicker skin, do the needful that is expected of you which is making educative informative quality posts, asking relevant questions where and when necessary surprisingly you can't imagine how fast you can grow in the forum, finally it is also very good to be very active, yes pays to be active.

[Fiasem20]

Op let me just tell you the honest truth there's absolutely no need complaining about how newbies receive merit on this forum all you have do is make quality posts it mustn't be a topic,once you start contributing and sharing quality ideas,merits will definitely come because there's nothing hidden under the sun.
Let me share my merit experience with you all,when I joined this forum I was curious to create topics with the perspective of receiving merit even when it wasn't worth meriting,I could remember the first topic I created on this forum was a total trash just like we do say I was attacked and at last the topic was deleted, though it hurt my feelings then but I told myself that if isn't good enough then it isn't perfect,so I had to read more,took out time to carry out research about Bitcoin and the crypto space at large.And when I created my second topic on this forum I received my first merit and it was encouraging and ever then I've been contributing quality posts on what I know.So I'll advise you to keep pushing and start making quality posts,and if your posts are worthy of merits it will definitely come.
The two merit source we have in Naija board,@CryptopreneurBrainboss and @Igebotz are really doing a great job by sending merits to quality posts.I really do appreciate you both for the good work.

[Miles2006]

> 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.

Indeed it’s so discouraging, I will advice you stop taking merit distribution personal because if you view the merit system in such manner you might feel hurt always for example few of those post the op never received a merit it’s either op asked a question and when people try to answer or solving a problem they get merit in return. It doesn’t necessary have to be a question also, the context of a written article matters a lot because creating a topic don’t only determine if you’ll recieve merit in return.

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

You’re just being honest, merit distribution can’t be done forcefully I guess anyone can share their merit base on an agreed opinion, quality, etc. focus more on reading you’ll understand how merit system works but, in the search of merit I hope you educate yourself more about the forum and bitcoin.