Now this really pisses me off. Well spotted theyoungmillionaire. Thanks for that.

Joms123, you cannot be proud of yourself for copying verbatim and pasting an article and making it sound like it was your words, even down to the “Thanks for reading,” that makes it look a bit more personal and help set the bait. I checked your profile before awarding you a sMerit, saw it a bit shady, but gave you the benefit of the doubt.

Conning people for merits will get you at least on everybody´s ignore list, and moderators may take further action.
If you do write based on an article, have the decency to specify the source, or at least summarize it in a very different manner. It goes without saying that you should also put in a bit of effort to show your personal opinion on the matter (and I don´t mean a one liner opinion).

That in not the way to go for actmyname’s https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3046992.msg31359167#msg31359167.

Don’t make people waste their time. It's hard enough having to find meritable posts without needing to look for a minefield of sMerit bate traps.
Truth be told, you managed to swindle 3 sMerits, but It’s not worth it.