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 ?
There are just couple of things you need to think when posting or replying on threads. Such as, do you have sufficient knowledge about the topic? Can you contribute a unique answer to the topic? Etc.
If so, then go on reply as much as you want. But if not, it just mean that there are still things you don't know. And what do you do when you don't know something? (Besides asking another opinion through posts) that's right, you read. You research on the topic and try to understand it, when you're done reading and you understand the topic well then you may reply.
But beware. If what you think is already posted by another member and was elaborated clearly and concisely, please, do not reply once more cause things will get redundant. Also, when you research don't even think about copy then pasting it, it is called plagiarism and the forum is strict about this. To avoid plagiarism, cite your sources.