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#msg29340604Using this link you can easily understand on how to earned smerits, because if you can't collect smerits you have no chances to ranked up. So be creative on post you've been made and make sense all your tips, suggestion and opinions you want to shares with the others.