Merit is the point given by others if your post is considered useful and quality.
This Merit is a key requirement to improve your account ranking. Merit is given to you by other user if your post are very constructive and meaningful.
absolutely theymos want others to study hard to get merit points. And i agree on it cause its a big help to avoid shitposters and to prevent negative trust, so the most who have useful and constructive post will obtain merit to rank up. That's why we need to study what are the circumstance and the common problem here in forum. To gain more merit and to have a contribution here in forum.