It's no good looking on the beginner's or discussion boards. They are all about bounty and air drops and social networking stuff. I'd like to award members that are interested in Bitcoin and reputable crypto currencies, but I've almost given up trying to find them.
hello sir, i think that merit should spread around all members, many members working hard to rank up but no merit receiving even though good and helpful posts. i have many excellent posts with large information and would be grateful sir if you consider would give me some merit. i only like reputable currenices like marinecoin and bitcoincashgolddarkprivatediamond. i am new by the way.
Seriously though:
Certainly when I was brand new, I didn't feel like I had the knowledge or confidence to contribute in the technical boards, and so a lot of my early posts (and early merits) were in either Bitcoin or Altcoin Discussion. When I read/comment on those boards now, I sort by newest threads first (add ;sort=first_post;desc to the end of the url). The first few replies after a topic has started is where you are most likely to find original thoughts and not just endless repeats, and you can tell pretty quickly whether an actual discussion is forming or whether the threads is turning in to another shitposting megathread. Don't know if that's any help to you? YMMV.