It depends on the people who reads your article or your post. If they don't like your post then you won't give a merit even though you put hardwork on it. As easy as that, for what I am seeing the powerful in this forum is the one who has many sMerits and the weak one's are those who are putting effort on there post but not appreciated and not given by merits. Patience are the only thing to rank up here. Just try and try to post quality post and someday you just believe on your self you are going to have merit.