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Re: What type of posts attract merit?
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1miau
on 31/08/2022, 23:46:45 UTC
I've written down some basic criteria for our (German) local board (pro and con) and translated it recently here:

Merit Contributions (translated)

Quote from: 1miau on August 13, 2022, 04:04:06 PM
Quote from: 1miau on September 12, 2020, 08:53:06 PM


 
You can get massively (more) Merit by following simple rules:


For new topics:
  • Presentation of guides / tutorials / insightful topics where many people could be interested in
  • Innovative giveaways

Comments in existing topics:
  • Is your comment helpful for OP?
  • Contributing interesting content and providing insights instead of just rehashing what’s already been said / uninteresting fluff / guessing needlessly

For new and existing topics:
  • Dividing your article / topic into meaningful sections, using sub-headlines, highlighting important parts. Nobody wants to read a text block of 10-15 consecutive lines
  • Exposing and removing spam and scam [1]
  • Using pictures / tables / lists, to visualize complex content [3]
  • Good Memes.


Anti-Merit-Offenses (translated)

Quote from: 1miau on September 12, 2020, 08:53:06 PM



Anti-Merit-Offenses will reduce your chance for Merit massively:

  • Unnecessary use of "Denglisch".
  • Spreading fake news or badly researched content
  • Spreading unserious stuff
  • Spamming text blocks
  • Avoiding nonsense gibberish like "Dachbereich" ("Roof area"), use appropriate wording instead.
  • Excessive advertising for dangerous (centralized / scammy) Shitcoins, such like Ripple, Tron or Libra (Facebook)
  • Flawed identification of sources (plagiarism) for your quoted content. Please use at least Bitcointalk’s "quote" function and add a link, where the text is copied from. If your article is (almost) entirely copied or translated, add a link and hint above (not below) your topic or it might be considered as „Merit fishing“ (because you’ve just copied / translated the content and it’s not yours.  [2]
  • Shitposts (according to Relnarien)
  • Begging for Merit for shitposts (according to Relnarien)
  • Begging for Merit
  • Bad / unnecessary Memes or GIFs (we are not in Las Vegas)
Originally written in German here.

Looking out to avoid some basic mistakes and being generally contructive is a good start to earn at least some decent Merit from time to time.  Smiley