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.
People can create thousand of account and like his/her own posts. So, the purpose of merit will go in vain again.
Current merit system is really a good one. Just put some efforts in order to having knowledge, not for having merits. Will get merit automatically.