The whole point of the merit system is to stop people ranking up simply by existing. You actually have to contribute meaningfully to a discussion. I'm afraid I agree with Lafu - there is nothing in your generic, vague 2 line replies that is worthy of merit.

Therefore you should theoretically be in a position to overcome your Newbie Rank, simply by using all that amassed knowledge and experience on the forum through decent posts …

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And to answer his question... you may find one in your Local Board, I know there are some people who offers there time reviewing other accounts just to help their fellow countryman. But if you still find it hard, then the possibility of ranking up for you would be 0.1 percent ( you're still lucky because it wasn't still on the exact Zero percentage)

If you're deserving to be a Junior then you should have no issue in getting merit and that is what the entire system is there for in the first place. If you post crap then you will get nowhere and receive no merit but those who contribute and post something worthwhile will likely get the merit very quickly and rise through the ranks naturally over time and in line with activity. Alternatively, you can even bypass that by purchasing a Copper Membership which gives you the benefits of being a Member, but I'd just work on ranking up naturally by improving your contributions here.

So this is democracy in business. Write and talk on any topic. It is clear that not all write well and pleasant things.
And it turns out that someone pressed the button and what was free - now you have to pay money, although not great, but if you take into account millions of users, the amount turns out good.
It turns out that because of the manipulation of a group of users such as I can not use the system and all its advantages.
I believe that the system should be as transparent as possible and clear.
....... now I look how to earn 1 merit.

There are such called merit sources to whom you may perform some of your posts that you count good enough. Although I saw months ago such suggestions from metit sources on Services board, but I didn't meet them long time ago. I do not know the current situation with those sources, but I have found the official info from older theymos post:
So, you kinda will have to make an effort to find them.

I agree with you, but sometimes I get confused. At example, you wrote a great and quality post in detail, but it received no merit. At the same time, post below, where we write something like:" I fully agree with the opinion above, Bla Bla Bla, etc..." or any other set of words, repeating posts in the topic, only his/er own words, and this post get a merit, and me case it's a shame for my efforts.

You need to post where you can contribute in a meaningful way. If you go looking for merit sources you're more likely to get in trouble than to get merits.

Also it's not just merit sources - there are thousands of other users who can send you merits.

Wrong. Anybody can join the forum, and they do. 400+ signups every single day. Anybody can say anything at any time, so long as its their own words they are using.


Well bitcoin is digital money, its always been about making money. For the people who thought they could make a living by shitposting here, they've been proven wrong.


Almost every merit seller is being caught and red tagged.


I actually think this should happen. I wouldn't mind the least bit if signatures disappeared tomorrow. Stopping Newbies from wearing sigs is the next best compromise.


Why? The new system is clearly working and frankly its provided a great deal of not only entertainment but insight into how much of a problem bounty hunters have created by infesting the forum. Its hard to find legitimate or interesting info any more because all the boards have been flooded with shitposters trying to meet criteria for their stupid bounties. Like I said, short of removing sigs altogether, this is the next best compromise.


We already understand it. Its not to your benefit. Its for the benefit of people who have come here to learn.

Wouldn't be against it either, but the sad thing is all those who have caused the issue in the first place would instantly disappear like a fart in a breeze if signatures were ever removed and they will have ruined it for everybody else in the process. I think a much better solution would be to keep requiring more and more merit before you can earn via signatures here. One merit is a joke really. You can get that by accident and one merit doesn't qualify them to be able to earn via posting especially when a solitary merit can easily be obtained in numerous shady ways. Lets see how they deal with trying to get ten merit. That would make it ten times harder to abuse or get around. I think that would significantly improve the situation here and it's still not very hard to achieve for a half decent poster. The next step after that should be 100 merits. Then you would only be able to earn after you have contributed a lot and proven your worth here. If that didn't work then we could even go extreme and remove all signatures completely until you have a ridiculous amount of merit like 500-1000 or something and then only the best contributors could earn by posting and then we really would see a change in the quality of content here.


It works in a tiny capacity at stopping certain people and abuses but doesn't stop others from abusing it in any way they can, and one merit really isn't enough. Read this thread from yesterday to see how one user was dishing out merits like candy to copy and pasters which most seemed to be alts or related in some capacity: https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/5037225.msg46135292#msg46135292

Lets see how effective his merit sharing would be when each of his accounts need 10 or 100 or 1000 merits instead of just the one.