This probably could be the most funny story i would be sharing here on Bitcoin talk. so yesterday I came across an old friend who used to be a member of this forum. he was actually here before ( last I remembered). it then came to my mind to ask him how he is managing to grow his account here on Bitcoin talk or if he already ranked up to a full member.
I was shocked by his reply, he said that here on Bitcointalk that there are two sets of people as the name implies, some people are here to continually do the talking, while some others are here earning Bitcoin. he said that he gave up on his account when he noticed that after spending several months trying to create good post he only got just 10 merits and this discouraged him and made him stop using Bitcointalk. as he said this I laughed out my ass. I didn't know what to tell him at that point, but then I showed him my profile. he was surprised and asked me how I managed to earn that much merit in few months.again I smiled and told him that it wasn't just the merit that drove me, but my ambition to learn and earn from Bitcoin talk. before we departed, he told me that he was going to login into his old account and see if he can earn some merits.
so I'm just sharing this story here, as an advice for the newbies and every one here on Bitcoitalk who finds it difficult to attain merits and rankup. going through the forum sometimes I find so many account that haven't been registered for a very long time these accounts are very good in creating post and earning merits. I try to learn from them and understand how they are doing this.
one thing I learnt, was that true according to my friend earning merit is somehow difficult, but if you put all your focus on earning merits, you surely are not going to earn some. all you have to do is to take your time and be creative, learn new things that fits into the Bitcoin ecosystem, be an active member..we all want to earn some little money from Bitcointalk, but if you are not patient enough, you will According to my friend continue to do the talking, why others earn the Bitcoin from there membership.
just remember that every earner, was once a talker and a learner but some talkers never get to become earners because they never learnt anything. I know that for now I'm still in the talkers section, but some day I will definitely earn from Bitcointalk and also share my success story. so which are you, the Talker or the Earner.
If I talk about myself then, In the beginning, the cause of came in bitcoin talk is only earning, And if I say the name of the earning method, it seems funny to me now, because it was a bounties campaign, I got this source from my friend, but after opening an account in the forum, when I learned to explore a little, I realized that there is actually a lot more to learn, which Bounty campaigns are nothing compared.
And then my goal has been changed, and it became from just earning to learning both.I think you are also on the right track, because if you come here only for earing, you won't be able to do much. You need to know about the forum and have dedication towards the forum only then you can improve. There are many accounts whose activity is 1000+ but they are only behind the bounty campaigns so it's natural that their account will never get the merit or improve.