Hey Bitcointalk community,

yesterday was a special day for me since I received my 1000th merit. This makes me the first user (newbie) who registered in 2020 to reach this milestone.

My Bitcointalk history:

I registered here on Bitcointalk on January 9th, 2020 and on September 23th, 2020 I received my 1000th merit.

First Merit: January 14th, 2020
1000 Merit: September 23th, 2020
Days until 1000 Merit: 253 days (8 month and 9 days) from my first Merit; 258 days (8 month and 14 days) from my registration date
Average Merit per day: 3.9~ Merit
Merit transactions: 686 from 106 profiles
Month with most Merit: May 2020 (156); March 2020 (144); August 2020 (143)
Posts until 1000 Merit: 1354

Why am I starting this thread?

First of all I would like to thank everyone, who supported me on my journey here on Bitcointalk. I know there are many "newbies" out there who are trying to cheat the merit system and try to gain a few merit just to enter well-paid signature campaigns - thats why I am very thankful to everyone who gave me a fair chance to prove myself and show that I am not a shitposter.

Nevertheless the main reason why I am starting this thread is that I would like to encourage other newbies to write quality posts and contribute something meaningful to our community. Writing meaningful posts might feel difficult at the beginning, but if you are willing to invest some of your free time, I am sure you can do it too - and believe me other members will reward you sooner or later, if you are writing good posts.

I remember when I saw Ratimov's thread First Newbie of 2019 who received 1000 merits !!! here in the Meta-Section at the beginning of the year and I replied the following:

Quote from: bullrun2020bro on February 26, 2020, 05:36:46 PM

Wow congratulations, that's very impressive. Just 7 month for 1K Merits, sounds damn fast. Especially your last 4 months are outstanding. Almost 200 Merits every month. You must be delivering brilliant content. Keep up the good work, the forum needs more people like you!

Ah btw, your success is a nice incentive to achieve my Merit goals too, but I still got a long way to go. Wink

His thread indeed was an incentive for me to work on my post quality and it really encouraged me to write quality posts. That's why I really hope this thread will help some other newbies to reach their goals and to create high quality content. Ratimov and I did it - you can do it too!

I am very happy to be part of this awesome community. Thank you guys!

Sources:
(1.) https://bpip.org/Profile?id=2744352
(2.) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2744352
(3.) https://public.tableau.com/profile/ddmrddmr#!/vizhome/BitcointalkMeritDashboard/GlobalSummary/