With all that Merit stuff whining go there:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=24.0The merit system is not working, look the merit points of people on the forum, it does not move (even for the more relevant posts)
Too early to say that, sweetie. Some people are giving merit but, yeah, a little number.
p.s.
If you think people will give you merit points for free you are mistaken.
The whole point of merit is giving somebody merit for quality content, not for free.
number of merit is a prove of your work on forum. I do believe people will give it to you if you make a good content of post that usefull for community.