As far as I know, we just need to improve how our posts can be useful for other members and have the nature of education or information good and new ,,
Previous with Activity we can go up rank, now added a new rule in the presence of merit ,,
The presence of merit may want to show the quality of the Bitcointalk forum, so not much spam etc ,,
In this forum can share knowledge and even share solutions ,,
How do you think, how to get better merit ?
Go through this thread and you'll find the best way to get the merits
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0 It also gives the access to know more about the way of making quality posts.