Quote from: TBboys on November 06, 2018, 02:18:10 PM

in fact，you don't need to deliberately attract someone's attention, it is a better choice to write a high-quality and helpful post.

I totally agree and I have mentioned it as well that these data can only help you better strategize about your quest for Merit.

Quote from: kingpin4321 on November 06, 2018, 02:28:50 PM

You making post about how to get merit in disguise of you getting merit for yourself well that's very sneaky.

But you won't be getting any merit for this post

Merit is earn and until a good contribution is made merit will elude you

Well, I am out here to say that yes I made this post to help the beginners get hold of this data and in return earn some merit if anyone thinks that this post helped him/her. I guess that is the rational behind Merit. Is it not? It would be totally okay if I don't get a Merit for this as I would better my posts. What is sneaky about it? BTW I went through your posts and saw the quality you post. I guess this is better as it would help someone in quest of merit. Accept it or not, 99% of the users are in because of merit. So why not tackle the issue head on. It is like everyone wants one but doesn't want to talk about it.

Quote from: DdmrDdmr on November 06, 2018, 02:53:58 PM

Thank you for linking such great posts. I see you use Tableau. I have been thinking about checking it out since long. Great Analysis.

Quote from: DdmrDdmr on November 06, 2018, 02:53:58 PM

- The give away thread link points to a post that was created in March 2018. Most of the links within are obsolete and are no longer running. The concept is misleading in a way, since merits are not really given away, but rather more awarded for a decent posting history in most of the cases of the give away threads.

Many people that lack merit really have no wish to create content in order to contribute to the forum, but rather get away with a quick merit and be off to posting for their signature campaign. What is more important is to have the right mindset, and maintain a contributive will there on. That requires time and effort which, unfortunately, is not amongst many posters priorities.

Yeah, I know that the threads are down. But posted it just to give an example. I will be looking for more such threads and update accordingly as I had mentioned in the original post.