Another way that you can earn merits is yung paghuli ng mga nagbebenta ng merits, suspicious merit giving activity - mga nagbibigay ng merits na considered as "shitty" posts.

This means that binibigyan ng high ranker account ng merits yung lowbie accounts nila to level up easily. Since there are possiblities na yung mga alt accounts na yan ay galing na sa mga matatagal ng member ng forum. Either to sell the accounts or use it for money farming.

Here's the thread where you can post and see yung mga offenders.

USERS THAT ARE ABUSING MERIT SYSTEM LIST

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2823221.0

It's not that much but they give merits there sa mga nahuhuli nila.