I don't understand about Merit? what exactly I must do?
Some users are able to give "merit", based on how much merit they have been granted already. If these users feel like giving someone merit, they can. Ideally, if you post quality content, a user, with merit giving potential, will give you merit.
That's a pretty nice update but it has some shortcomings, how will those users that a Merit sources see all post and give out merits to them?
This is a big challenge as everyone on this forum will want to rank up... At least to Full Member rank.
I think the merit system should be designed in such a way that you get Likes for your comments and a particular number of likes will equal to a certain number of merits... say 10Likes = 1Merit.
By so doing, everyone stays happy and the forum stays active.