Quote from: d5000 on August 31, 2018, 10:04:27 PM

Quote from: Lucasgabd on August 31, 2018, 01:28:45 AM

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There was a whole thread about that topic. Local subforums are, indeed, the sub-sections where most merit points are awarded. However, I think you'll only get some there if you speak the language well (or if you engage in illegal actions like merit trading).

Altcoin subforums are the second section regarding merit points, but the merit distribution there is very concentrated on what you already found out - original postings in ICO ANNs (which may be "unofficial" parts of bounty campaigns and thus, in reality, "illegal").

The reason that other altcoin posts are not likely to be awarded is simple: There is much spam there. I tried for some weeks to merit posters in the Altcoin Discussion forum that brought up some good contents, but it was so difficult to find good posts that I got bored and gave up. I think merit sources are also not likely to search the few pearls in the amount of trash there.

Quote from: DdmrDdmr on September 01, 2018, 10:34:23 AM

Quote from: Lucasgabd on August 31, 2018, 01:28:45 AM

<>Just out of curiosity: are there sub forums that usually theres more merit exchange? Im more often on the announcements for altcoins and usually only OPs get merit there.

Maybe I should explore more the other places of bitcointalk. Including local language communities. I barely gonto the portuguese and spanish sections.

As @d5000 mentioned above, Local Boards on aggregate constitute the most merited area, but we should consider that were aggregating 21 Local Boards here... Thats a large mass were aggregating (half of the subsections on all Bitcointalk). There are some local boards which from the overall perspective may seem really merited (Russian, Turkish and Indonesian are amongst the most), but this should be seen as relative to the number of posts on these boards, since the number of total merits on these boards does not reflect this and may be misleading.

Take a look at a post I created not too long ago: Bitcointalk Posts per Day - evolution during past six months. Specifically checkout a section called "4. Merits per post Ratio". There you will see a column called "Merit/post" which tell us just that. The ratio of each individual local boards is not that great, and certainly does not standout.

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definitely will start explore more the other sides of bitcointalk and contribute.
as DdmrDdmr stated on the linked article: maybe local forums won't be the best place if I'm aiming to earn more merits

according to this image posted

most merits per point are given on the following subjects (ordered):

Serious Discussion
Development and technical discussion
Meta
Bitcoin Technical support

(on the month of june, but with simmilar data to the last 6 months before it (first semester of 2018)

Quote from: cuongdola211091 on September 13, 2018, 07:53:14 AM

Is there a way to have a useful article for the community? I always try to use my knowledge to create value for the community but I have not been praised and granted a certificate of merit

definitely there is, just try to share valuable information.
for example:
this is my first post that got merited EVER, even though I made quality posts before.

Good Bitcoin Articles (more than 350 articles organized by topics)

it's a gathering of several usefull bitcointalk articles and can definitely be usefull for begginers

Quote from: Thekool1s on September 13, 2018, 06:19:32 PM

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50 sMerits which can be distributed to only Newbies
50 sMerits which can be distributed to only Jr.Members and so on.

This should stop the people who are 'crying' over not receiving enough merit and pointing fingers towards bias distribution. I haven't gone through this thread, This may have been suggested before if it is I will delete this post right away.

definitely a good idea and probably would spread the merits in a more fair way!
totally agree with it