Topic 5568230
Merits
⭐ Merited by PowerGlove (1)
For actual newbies, Wink here's what they should do:

In trying to write a quality post worthy of merit, you should offer new ideas, personal experiences, or perspectives that other forum users will actually find new and interesting.

So this has been good advice for 7+ years and it is still largely ignored. I made the quote bigger so it might really stand out to newbies trying to get merits.

The problem is certain merit sources are so easy to con merits out of that all the account farmers would rather kiss their ring than formulate an original thought at the risk of getting no merits for their post.

"I agree with you. DCA is the best strategy to get the bitcoins. I did 200 push-ups today, climbed 1000 stairs, and got my node running for the 14th day. Now will you please inspect this post and decide that it is merit-worthy? Go El Salvador! Go Michael Saylor!" - every account farmer ever