Quote from: alwaysmyn on February 04, 2018, 07:32:37 AM

I tried to be helpful and answered some question few newbies raised but none of them are merit worthy as per the readers. I really thought that if you help answer some questions you'll get merits but I think I was wrong.

Don't try to only be helpful to earn Merits. Just be helpful, be a good forum member, and Merits will find you. But don't make Merits your primary objective.

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So I think to be able to gain attention to your post you have to post something that people can relate into

I don't think that's necessary to earn Merits, but it is needed to get someone to start reading it. Why would I keep reading a story that doesn't have my interest?

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(I don't think my post are relatable to those with smerts because they are those that are high ranked and me as a newbie cannot really contribute much that is relatable to them or to their likings)

I can't really relate to most of the Beginners & Help board. But, like I mentioned before, don't make Merits your primary objective. If you can relate to this board, don't start posting somewhere else just to get Merits.

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For users that are poor in English like me

Your English is fine. You don't make broken sentences, you use decent capitalization and punctuation, and it's perfectly clear what you mean. I think it's safe to say your English is better than 99% of your fellow citizens who post here.
Of course you'll never reach the level and vocabulary of a native speaker. I read new words every day, and have to Google what they mean.

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Make your post easy to read and presentable, If necessary you have to make Use of the font size, style, colors and other formatting available in the forums

I've noticed some people start highlighting parts of their text. I'm not sure if it's related to the Merit system, but coincidentally I started noticing it around the same time. Don't overdo it.

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Please feel free to add more tips on your observation I'd like to hear other observation from newbies especially those that already got plenty of merits legally (not given by friend/trading/purchased)

The most important tip: read more than you write!