What I need to do to get merit?

[Nightwatchmare]

A post that may not be useful or may not be of good quality to you may be useful or be of good quality to others, so it seems that Queen Julie's posts that received merit was useful to the people that merit her post. Op, since you identify it is because of your post quality that is limiting you to earn merit the way you were expecting when you created this your account, my advise for you is to concentrate on improving your post quality rather than trying to know why someone else get many merit, if you do this it could help you start getting merit gradually.

[Coyster]

The truth is that there is really no secret to earn merits in bitcointalk, a lot of the time the advice you'd get would be generic and if you try to follow it, you could even sound robotic. At the end of the day, it is very subjective and down to the discretion of the user or merit source reading your posts, if they even get to.

It is harder for newbies to earn merits that's for sure, but a lot of the users you see around also started with zero. There is no secret formula, but saying your mind in the topics you enjoy and have a bit of knowledge about is a good start.

[B2Z]

And after two months your account will be one year old but you have only posted 50+ posts in these ten months. If you were active regularly in the forum then you would have learned many things which would have helped you in making good quality posts and type of posts. Now forget about earning merits only and try to adapt yourself to the fact that you have to be active regularly in the forum and try to learn without any interest. When you are active regularly then your ability to share information will increase which will help you in making posts which will get merit later.

[Obim34]

Post quality is not like too good to receive many merit.

I see you are no longer interested in this thread. However, I know you are reading every comment here.

I'm sure every local board has its merit source, contribute to your local forum. Certainly, your local board merit source can award your posts with merits, you don't really need to be the best poster in the forum, be smart with it when you need to.

[libert19]

(Ah! It's time to repeat what I have said several times before on similar topics — quick quota filler!)

If anything I have learned during my stay here with my account is, is perseverance is what counts, even if you think you ain't a good poster — have a goal to make a number of comments every single day (it's not that deep as it may sound), and make 'em on topics where you have something to say, merit will likely come, though I make no guarantees — just to wipe my hands off.

Also, are you throwing shade at the queen? How dare you? She is gonna punish you... shh...oh nvm, she appears to be a Nigerian queen — I dunno their worth, but should be same as Nigerian princes I reckon?

[DireWolfM14]

Or better yet, take LoyceV's advice but who knows, maybe you know that already right?

Yeah, take LoyceV's advice and become Nigerian.  

I don't know whether to laugh or cry about all the shitposter responding with advice to a shitposter complaining about the merit earned by shitposter.  LoyceV provided an explanation: To spell it out for those of you who may be a bit slow; there's a lot of merit handed out to a lot shitposters in Nigerian board.  For some reason no one wants to talk about it or tackle the problem.

Might it's be because there's a specific staff member/merit source who's partially to blame?

Also, fillipone's thread has frequently been shown to have a very low bar for what qualifies as a merit worthy post.  (This is not advice to you shitposters.)

[MarryWithBTC]

(Ah! It's time to repeat what I have said several times before on similar topics — quick quota filler!)

If anything I have learned during my stay here with my account is, is perseverance is what counts, even if you think you ain't a good poster — have a goal to make a number of comments every single day (it's not that deep as it may sound), and make 'em on topics where you have something to say, merit will likely come, though I make no guarantees — just to wipe my hands off.

I don't think the bolded part of your statement is a good advice. Why should anyone have a goal to make a number of comments in a day? It will make interaction look mechanical.

It is better not to have a target, this is because a day will come when you cannot meet up your target and that little push to hit the target could be the definition of the spam we all talk about.

[libert19]

(Ah! It's time to repeat what I have said several times before on similar topics — quick quota filler!)

If anything I have learned during my stay here with my account is, is perseverance is what counts, even if you think you ain't a good poster — have a goal to make a number of comments every single day (it's not that deep as it may sound), and make 'em on topics where you have something to say, merit will likely come, though I make no guarantees — just to wipe my hands off.

I don't think the bolded part of your statement is a good advice. Why should anyone have a goal to make a number of comments in a day? It will make interaction look mechanical.

I tend to do better with certain things to do in a day than having no direction. So, I prefer this way. It has never made things mechanical to me — if you have nothing to say and are forcing yourself to say, now that would be mechanical.

It is better not to have a target, this is because a day will come when you cannot meet up your target and that little push to hit the target could be the definition of the spam we all talk about.

I usually get this feeling, 'Dayum! That looks spammy' — in those cases I don't press, 'post' button. I do have targets but they ain't stringent, if I didnt manage to complete in a day, I move on and continue with next day and it's target.

Though, whenever I don't achieve what I intend meself too, I tend to feel like shit. So, to avoid that feeling, I try my best complete what I set meself to go through.

[Peanutswar]

Its kinda weird here a newbie asking why other got a merit or just a post just to gain merit as per checking with the account post history he knows how to create a post and basically even navigate with the forum and post a different content with links and images, its seems a post seek for attention only to get a merit. Looks like an alt account of someone else already experienced in the community.

[SuperBitMan]

So what do you want us to do now, sometimes you guys will just use your alt account to create pointless and meaningless thread just for attention and merit.
The fact that you are not using your main account to talk about this, is making me angry right now.
You know you are not getting merit because of your low quality posts, and because you see another person getting merit you are creating thread about it, why not focus on your self and improve your post quality.

People like you will always keep complaining about another person’s success instead of focusing on yourself so you can succeed.

[Majestic-milf]

 I feel we've answered the OP to the best, most patient way possible and now it has run it's course I feel the OP should oblige us by locking the thread since I'm almost certain they've not deigned to come back and check on their work yet they are desperately asking how and what they need to do to get it.

[Revolution2025]

sending merits to a post is subjective, forget about the quality post bla bla bla..

i have seen users who gave huge numbers of merits to an image reply, an emoji reply, comic statements and even a meme

op you need to lock this thread and focus on building your account

you have gotten 2 merits for this thread, that should cool your soul now

[yahoo62278]

I did not get any merit and I think it is normal because of my post quality.
Post quality is not like too good to receive many merit.

It's quite interesting when you don't speak up with your main account but through alts just to end up sounding retarded. If you are so desperate about earning merits, then maybe start by being frequent with your account on the forum, except it's an alt which you just wanted to use for this sole purpose..

take LoyceV's advice

I provided an explanation, not the suggestion to start posting on a certain local board.

Sounded more like the message you were trying to pass..

I think the message that was being sent was that there is a lot of merits abuse on a certain local board. People's merits are theirs to do with what they wish I suppose, but cheating the system to rank up a bunch of accounts feels more like scamming. Gaming the system should have penalties IMO.

[casatupka]

I did not get any merit and I think it is normal because of my post quality.

This user shocked me when I see the account, merit and post quality
Queen Julie
Why does the Queen get many merit?

Post quality is not like too good to receive many merit.

Merits are not limited to post quality but many factors and I came to know that after roaming around here as a guest before, but decided to join the forum and give something to the community. If you give, you get. That's how it works here. Merits are circulated between people who help each other - If you have an answer others don't have, you will get merited for the same. If you share an image that makes someone laugh, you get merits. Have a joke? Crack it and earn merits. Be unique in yourself and you will get there.

[The Cryptovator]

i have seen users who gave huge numbers of merits to an image reply, an emoji reply, comic statements and even a meme

That’s right, but you can’t consider this type of merit distribution as normal merit circulation. A single image or graphic would help you to earn merit. Even a single line of post would get merits, depending on how useful or helpful your post is. People also merit entertaining posts, depending on sender mentality.

However, I have already advised OP in my previous post. It doesn't necessarily create merit threads; just focus on learning and contributing on the forum. Follow other users' how they have been contributing on the forum; it doesn’t necessarily mean to copy others, but you may learn from them.

[lovesmayfamilis]

i have seen users who gave huge numbers of merits to an image reply, an emoji reply, comic statements and even a meme

That’s right, but you can’t consider this type of merit distribution as normal merit circulation. A single image or graphic would help you to earn merit. Even a single line of post would get merits, depending on how useful or helpful your post is. People also merit entertaining posts, depending on sender mentality.

Who usually shares the merits in such cases? Usually, it's those who don't take the system too seriously, those who receive it easily and therefore do not focus on how high-quality a post should be, do not weigh everything at the level of scientific dissertations but distribute their merits sincerely, without accumulating merits and without choosing "acquaintances" in their local sections. Unfortunately, people here live by the rule of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" and that's why, observing such a division, sometimes you don't want to give merit to such characters at all, since they will always have a pragmatic view of the community.

[Fiasem20]

I think the topic of merit system has been discussed countless times,and most users would say that the merit system is biased and to others they would say the merit system is fair.From my own end,when I was growing my account I received merits from quality posts and with the help of @fillippone merit thread,also my local board always contributed to the growth of my account whenever I create quality posts in my local board I received merits then when I was growing my account.To me the merit system isn’t biased at all and it would be better you focus on improving the quality of your posts and merits would come naturally and stop pointing out users that you think don’t deserve merits as a result of their posts.

[m2017]

I did not get any merit and I think it is normal because of my post quality.

You’ve already received it - by means of this post \ thread. Not everyone who complains about being "unfairly denied recognition for their merits" manages to achieve that.

This user shocked me when I see the account, merit and post quality
Queen Julie
Why does the Queen get many merit?

Because the world is unfair - enjoy it accept it.

Post quality is not like too good to receive many merit.

The quality of posts is an extremely subjective matter. What one person considers a low-quality post, another might see as a reason to leave a "merit". Don't try to figure out how it works - just accept it as yet another injustice in this forum world.


"What I need to do to get merit?" - your post needs to be liked by someone. It doesn’t necessarily have to be high-quality, useful, or technical in nature. Think of these "merits" as the "likes" you’d get on social media.

[Bluebird1357]

I did not get any merit and I think it is normal because of my post quality.

This user shocked me when I see the account, merit and post quality
Queen Julie
Why does the Queen get many merit?

Post quality is not like too good to receive many merit.

Even if you can't post well you have earned two merits in response to the work you have done, just out of envy at the merits of others but countless merits have been exchanged in the discussion about this. So if you develop your thinking in the right direction, keep your eyes and ears open, then you too can achieve your goal.   

[Cricktor]

I did not get any merit and I think it is normal because of my post quality.

I'm not sure if you messed up this sentence or not. Taking it literally, it answers your topic's question. If you intended to write "...I think it isn't normal..." then, well, use a bit more brain while posting, especially when English isn't your primary language, which I assume.

Let me ask a simple question: what is your goal here participating in this forum, honestly?!

I acknowledge there are some benefits to rank up, lower time limits for posting and using the forum search (there are other ways of searching avoiding search quota) and some more.

If you're only interested in the know-how the forum represents in some way or another, you couldn't care less about merits and rank.

If you're mainly interested in ways to earn coins here quickly by e.g. joining signature campaigns, that's a whole other premise. This requires to rank up to certain levels and as most users aren't that patient, they start to complain when they can't figure out by themselves how to achieve this.

I don't really want to say, there are sure ways to achieve this. You could learn from others who received a lot of merits, study what and how they are posting. You don't need and shouldn't try to be a parrot. In many cases it boils down that your own posts should be viewed as helpful, worthy, interesting and possibly entertaining for others. Then, commonly, merit will flow in naturally.

Don't force it, it's not going to be any fun if you try. I believe, the more you focus on merit, the harder and less fun you make it for yourself.

...
Why does the Queen get many merit?

Post quality is not like too good to receive many merit.

Why do you care? Not all user's merits are earned fairly or in pure honesty. (No judgement to the mentioned Queen, I didn't look at any of her posts and merits earned.) The merit system isn't perfect, live with it. Question remains: should you care? Depends on your goals, see other comments of other users about "the Queen"...  

I'll be honest, if you can't figure out how to get more merits, then you probably don't deserve more. Really depends on what YOU have to offer. Don't ask for to be spoon fed, unless you're still a young child who doesn't know better, but if so, you don't belong here. Enjoy childhood and play with your pals and gals.

You opened this topic almost two weeks ago, no further interaction from you here. What's the purpose of that? Kind of an annoying newbie pattern, opening topics but failing to interact and participate in the ongoing discussion. Sorry, but that's quite lame. That's lame!