Do Newbies get merits also through making good posts Or it starts with the jr members
To receive merit you do not have to have a specific rank. TryNinja already gave you the answer. To give you some encouragement you may check this...
List of members achieved 0 to 100+ meritsAll these people started from 0 merit and they were newbies same like you.
So no excuses.
Welcome to the forum by the way. I will see you around.