Quote from: Felicity_Tide on May 14, 2024, 05:24:07 PM

Quote from: JayJuanGee on May 14, 2024, 04:10:54 PM

I was also considering saying something to Felicity_Tide in regards to his eagerness to get merits after ONLY a short time on the forum, and then when I did a quickie look at his prior posts, they were NOT as bad as some other newbies, yet at the same time, I did not look at them as closely as you did Igebotz, so yeah, that helps in terms of making some kind of an assessment regarding the sense that newbies do not really need to get so excited about whether or not they receive merits - especially since most of the newbies who are quality posters will start to receive merits in more or less natural ways - yet, sure there could be some cases in which the quality of posts of the newbies are being overlooked, and maybe even for reasons that are not their fault, such as their participation in threads (such as local boards) in which merit sources are not participating.. .. so in that regard, I am not really opposed to the idea of drawing attention to posts that might be overlooked, yet I had a similar sense as you, Igebotz, that Felicity_Tide was becoming overly eager.. and also Felicity_Tide's line about his not knowing whether his posts are quality or not seems a bit retarded, even though it does not hurt to have some humbleness in regards to quality of posts, so it is not completely offensive, even though that comment raised some red flags for me.

My sincere apologies to everyone if my statement came in an offensive manner. By saying " I can't really be the judge of whether I make quality posts", it was my own way of saying: I am not perfect in terms of writing something so as to remove any form of pride from my actual statement. Without any denial, I think I might have been anticipating for merit but I haven't done anything illegal to get it either.

I doubt your working to elaborate on these points to justify or explain further is really helpful, instead of just going out there and working harder.. but whatever, you do you. .If you think that it is helpful to repeat these ideas then that's your choice.. I doubt it is helpful. but what do I know?

Quote from: Felicity_Tide on May 14, 2024, 05:24:07 PM

Forgive me if am wrong, but It has come to my observation that newbies are expected to do more of questioning rather than creating topics that they might be conversant with.

You can do whatever you like, but if you are irritating other members, then that might be based on your approach, so there likely is a decent amount of value in giving other forum members time to get to know you.. and there are a variety of ways to do such things including that some ways are likely going to be more effective than others.

Quote from: Felicity_Tide on May 14, 2024, 05:24:07 PM

Personally, I would also doubt a newbie if he/she writes something that I did as I clearly understand that so many people can go extreme to get what they want. One of the rule I read in my early days here suggest that writing good post earns you merit, and I literally don't know the forum standard of good post, but choose to continue what am doing and also accepting corrections till I get it right. Does asking questions only gives merit in any way?.

Well if you read posts of members who have a lot of merits, you might get some ideas, yet at the same time, you need to develop your own style, and surely there can be a mixture of asking questions and providing answers, or personal experiences and/or input that others might find helpful... The longer that you are around, then the more likely other members get to know you, but still it can take quite a bit of time, and so it is true that sometimes newbies or relative newbies might not receive merits for some of their good posts.. yet both Igebotz and I suggested that it may well not be a good idea to try to rush the process, yet again, hey you can do what you like.

Quote from: Felicity_Tide on May 14, 2024, 05:24:07 PM

Lastly, i like to ask questions, reply post and also create topics that would trigger correction from the forum members and aid me to learn more. In other words, I totally enjoy it when someone point out my error.

No problem, as long as you are not making errors on purpose, which might be read and/or considered as trolling - or some members might get turned off if they feel like you are merely asking questions that you should be able to easily answer.. I cannot really describe all situations, so sure you can try to figure out some ways in which you are both contributing and asking questions, so that you do not appear to be being lazy in terms of your own contribution to the ideas that might end up framing your questions.

Quote from: Felicity_Tide on May 14, 2024, 05:24:07 PM

If the forum happens to limit newbies in creating post, then I am read to adjust and do more of replying. Cool

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