This is a good post as we know that many on here beg for their merits! No, that will get you nowhere!! Members work hard for their merits by actually taking the time to post something with quality and something that will help someone. Of course, that is the easiest way to earn merits but many do not understand that or they just simply do not want to take the time to write quality posts because all they care about is gaining activity points and ranks!
jjeje, yes. But if they are in here just for gaining activity then they will become "Forever Juniors", a usual specimen, seen in every board through the forum. When I see someone with more than a hundred activity points (which usually means tons of posts) is easy to come to the conclusion of they being shitposters.
Earning merits shall not be so difficult to a newbie, as the Op is demonstrating. He has earn 7 in 2 days (from at least 5 different persons!!), if I'm not wrong, just by writing with some common sense and demonstrating his concern about the forum.
That's all. Is not so difficult, is it?