I wonder who the first one to 15 million merits will be

I like this change a lot

. Hopefully we'll see an increase in post quality

For sure, it won't be you. No wonder you don't have any merits. Your post is a waste of space. Practice what you preach and make quality posts.
I know who I am, I am Vietnamese, and I am still learning and improving my knowledge to post constructive posts, it's a process, Merit is to evaluate whether an article is useful or constructive, and to have a constructive post that requires a lot of knowledge, enthusiasm and experience. Not an easy one. And I'm posting this thread just for fun, and let everyone discuss and talk to each other. So do not be so serious, okay?
Chill man, everyone is accepted in bitcointalk.org, especially people who has passion for bitcoin and cryptocurrency and willingly to do something good for the forum and for the member, i hope you are that kind of person.
Merits is not only for useful or constructive posts, we can give merit to the post that we like or we agree, becuase there will be subjective point of view based on the giver of merit, so lets just continue using forum and learn a lot, but dont put "getting merit" as your main reasons, just let it flow, merits will come later if you give your time and energy to contribute to the forum. Good luck mate !