Currently, there is no such things like merits expiring after certain time. But it is mentioned in merits page that the admin may introduce future is hording of merits is being practiced. Regarding asking users to submit their posts for review, you can do that. A lot of members here  have already done that (https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/2832127.msg29032781#msg29032781). This is a good option for a member who does not have the time to search for quality posts in different sections.

Here is what you should do:

1) Stop making so many posts as it is not giving any result at all. You should spend that time analyzing your mistakes. Go through your posts and see if they contain detailed information and are easy to understand. You can ask your friends here (if you have) to go through your posts and give you some suggestions.

2) Make good use of merit stats page. You can find different posts getting good number of merit points there. Try to find common pattern among all those posts and implement it in your future posts.

Hope you will become an example for others.

I think it's unfair, we have to take all the Merits and earn them again.All once were freshmen, I am not sure that from the first days the simple worker suddenly became the chronicler ,all learned from the mistakes, but these people safely received the ratings . What do we see now ? Merits are acquired or transferred under the contract, but not by beautiful mail . This is a place where people communicate with each other , someone says sloppy, who is beautiful and who does not know English well, we are all different, but we have a common interest in this cryptocurrency .

Well I can review this post.

If I was a merit source, I would not award this post merit because it doesn't have enough value.

I know you put some time into the post, and it is long and well-written, but it's basically your personal experience without any valuable insight.

I boiled it down to:
1. I was here long, now not enough time to post, but I still want to rank up. <-- sort of alluding indirectly to the notion that people get more merit for posting more frequently rather than posting a few good posts.
2. I don't know how to code/mine as much as the others, so not sure how to contribute. <-- k?
3. Despite my lack of knowledge, I want to rank up because apparently everyone in crypto is an overachiever rather than otakus looking for quick gains. <-- I'm not going to make over generalizations about crypto people, and this has nothing to do with my analysis of your post, but I feel like I've met enough people in crypto discord groups who don't even know how a blockchain works but have a portfolio of over 5 altcoins .
4. I want to know if it's allowed if members can review each other's posts. <-- In PMs you can do that. If you want to start or reply to threads to review each other's posts... I'm not sure if you see that it's mostly spam. Or post count inflation. Or both. If you can do it in PM, then do it in PM with another member who is your friend or something.

Here are a few tips on getting merits:

1. Add something to the thread that's new and that no one knows about or few people know about. Like if there's a thread in bitcoin discussion about whether or not bitcoin will continue to grow (LOL the most generic question), then don't give a generic answer. Provide some valuable insight, like a new development. For example, Warren Buffet just tweeted that he's going to get into crypto and he's also placing incentives in his companies for people to incorporate crypto (didn't happen btw). Something like that. Add spice to a thread.

2. Technical newbie help. If someone has a problem, solve it. If you don't know the answer, and you're desperate for merits. Spend an hour googling and write up some kind of solution using the words "I THINK THIS WILL WORK" and provide a full disclaimer that you used Google, but to the best of your judgment, it's gucci.

3. Start an intellectual thread on bitcoin/altcoin forecast. There are updates to bitcoin core and other alts. Provide some key insights to how those would impact the coin and the economy + mainstream. If you think hard enough and it sounds really good, people will merit you.

4. Navigate to the routine merit giveaways. I've seen them, you've seen them. Members are offering sMerits and merits to people for participating in their contests/giveaways. Some of them only require that you post 10 things (long things btw) and that you link those posts in their giveaway threads.

5. Be a scam shark. Hawk a member who you think is planning to scam someone, write up a detailed analysis on why. If you're right, you'll be hailed a hero.

6. Write up an anlysis on which current new altcoins you think are going to do go 10x. Obviously this has to be more than a shill post. It has to be a thoughtful, detailed analysis about the team, roadmap, progress, etc. such that people will realize you're not shilling, but are giving an analysis.

7. Make new threads about fun things related to crypto. Can't be spam. Something like, "Did you guys know Ashton Kutcher has his own crypto wallet company?" Or you know, fun quiz facts that you've collected (and are related) that you can mingle together into a really cohesive, well-articulated OP.

Hope this helps .

I'm still 4 weeks away from worrying about merits or sMerits. And so I'm not exactly merit-hungry yet

Sure lets go I can use google translate too.  You wont understand anything I write but hey who fucking cares. I bet you don't see the irony in this do you??

BTCT is an English language forum, what about this is wrong or difficult to understand?

Genglish (Google Translated English) is not a language, at least not one that can really be used for clear concise communication.

Well, when you are able to communicate those words in English and not Genglish come on back as I would love to hear them! 

I created a post in the service section that maybe most of you didn't see it. The concept is simple: read the rules and create an art that could help others (newbies especially) and in return for your contribution, you get sMerit.
The topic (arts) contains also basic and helpful information written mostly in a simple manner and easy to read and understand.
https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/2957836, welcome. (free ad theymos for a free work )

Hi, just checking out how will we contact or ask you to review our history for us to be a source of merit? Thanks a lot.

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As soon as you have some sMerits you will see a "+Merit" button on each post (next to the quote-button)