That was a bit of a surprise, as I didn't expect to get any merit for that alt. The upgrade to member will be useful though, as it will allow me to include links in the signature.
You needed to create your alt anonymously, and provide your result after achieving N merit. Your name is known and your alt puts what they know is you and it turns out this is an incorrect experiment
I have proposed the idea that the newbie was train and took a test and then began to write on the forum. I myself started with hunting bounty but then I left it now basically read the forum