The forum was updated last week, there has a changes when you rank up you need to have a merit/s. They gave you some merits but it is limited so to achieve more merits you should post a informative replies in forum try to read or search the answer about the topic so it prevents a nonsense post. you can make a one liner post but make sure that it is not a shit post, try to elaborate your answer by having some supporting details. this tips can make you to have more merits goodluck!