You got 4 merits, OP. That's a lot more than many members with your awful command of the english language have gotten, and assuming you didn't buy those, you should consider yourself very lucky. What are you complaining about?
In case you haven't noticed, suggestions from newbies are falling on deaf ears. Rightfully so.
Look at me, I haven't earned a merit yet, and I'm not about to complain, because I'm not here to rank up and spam the forum.
People can mutually agree to send merits to each other and i believe that's going to be a problem as well. But i believe for the sake of people spamming the forum i think the merit system should stand until a more efficient way comes along.