I'm still confused how to get the merits, I've been trying to make a good post, but I also have not get the merits, maybe anyone can explain how easy it is to get the merits?
It's not so difficult to get some Merit. Create some topic which you think might be interesting for the others, write something useful and interesting there, and you possibly get some. I am still a Newbie but I've already got few merits .. for ex. on this topic - you can have a look to have an inspiration:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2858545.msg29340604#msg29340604