I was introduced to this forum by a brother five months ago and I always call him to ask questions about the do's and don't's of this forum but I think it's high time I started asking the right questions here by myself, hence this post.
I've made almost a hundred posts and yet I have only few merit, what am I doing wrong? Are my posts not quality enough? If yes, please I need corrections and guidelines to grow my account. I truly need words of encouragement and affirmation that am on the right track to enable me step up in the game and I also need you guys to help me point out some of my posts that aren't so good, if there are any, so I can learn from my mistakes and do better.
I would have sent a direct message to some senior men here to get some information but this place isn't like social media and I don't know how to, as a newbie that I am, I know most of us will tell me about rules and regulations, plagiarism, spamming, but y'all don't have to worry about that because am a rule keeper and I avoid plagiarism and the rest of it like a plague.
Do not be static, learn from all boards.It is not easy as a newbie to be able to navigate through different boards to make useful posts, especially on boards you are not really conversant with. This is where you have to step up your game by learning. You do not have to ignore posts you have no knowledge about, even if you are not joining the conversation, just read what other members are saying and with time you will be able to join conversations.
I was once a newbie and I fully understand that feeling you get when it feels like your efforts are not being appreciated. Then it occurred to me that I was not being versatile enough because I concentrated on only the few boards I had little idea about. You can be making hundreds of posts in a board where your posts are not appreciated, whereas there is a board out there seeking for what you possess.