I have been on the bitcointalk platform for quite some time now and have been wondering how people get merits.I have tried to contribute meaningfully to discussions, I am yet to receive any merit point.I kind off resigned to fate.Your information is very revealing and at the same time very sad.I think the merit system should be reviewed or some other method introduced to make it fairer when distributing such points.Those who sell merits should be punished.Merits points should be made available to new comers.I will still ask here,How do I get some merits point?I am overdue for the next upgrade.Thanks for the write up
I gave you a merit for this post
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2890839.msg32332421#msg32332421I did this for a couple of reasons. You make a lot of posts in the alt sections, and I passed over those. Your real posts are articulate and apposite, but you are posting on low activity boards. The post that I awarded merit is in the legal section for example. Do any merit awarders visit thaat board?
The other reason that your post was of benefit to me is that it has made me think about some of the less well frequented boards. I will certainly look through the legal section later today. Maybe one of the few weaknesses of the merit system is that valuable resources such as the legal board are being ignored. Forum members with merit to award can rectify this, and maybe we should encourage them to visit those boards.