You can only earn merit if you make constructive and helpful post in this forum, but still it depends on the member if they will give you merit even if you know that you made constructive post.
Is that mean the probability to receive merits from good posts largely depend on readers? If they are readily to give their sMerits away, good posters will earn merits, and vice versa. It also depends upon capability of readers to make their judgements about quality of posts.
I have a doubt that not all higher-ranked members in the forum have ability to judge quality of posts mainly because part of them ranked up to current positions with old system (part of them actually are shit-posters).
I believe merit system will keep those ones in their current ranks forever. The forum has been fairer after the activation of merit system.
Thanks Theymos for doing this.