Quote from: Cityhunter34 on February 04, 2024, 05:02:05 PM

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.

Forum is not as difficult as you think. You friend/brother that introduced you to the forum can't give you all the necessary information, he can only give you some tips but you can basically learn everything by yourself if you stick to the etiquette of the forum. As a beginner who is finding it difficult to understand the forum, start by reading
Newbies- Read before posting.

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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.

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You have made 100 total posts and more than 50 of them are from local board which is Naija board, not every merit source will find your post helpful or understand what you write as your information is only limited to Nigeria discussion and because Nigeria board has just 1 merit source with a limited number of merit(less than 50 a month), the merit can't always go around. I Wil advice you engage in more active board like Bitcoin discussion, trading discussion, meta board which discuss things about the forum.

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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.

Sending messages to people might look like begging, it's better that you made the post public so that other people can give you more contributions and advise instead of been directed by one person. You might likely not have what you are even looking for and begging for merit is totally bad here in this forum. Improve your post and be active, it will help you rank up.