What is your requirement for to give some merit?
You might want to change the topic title. It's violating the forum rules.
To answer your question...
Have you encountered with this thread before?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.msg28856522#msg28856522 ==> Merit & new rank requirements
The following bits answer everything that you are looking for:
I'm hoping that this system will increase post quality by:
- Forcing people to post high-quality stuff in order to rank up. If you just post garbage, you will never get even 1 merit point, and you will therefore never be able to put links in your signature, etc.
- Highlighting good posts with the "Merited by" line.
While we will not be directly moderating this, I encourage people to give merit to posts that are objectively high-quality, not just posts that you agree with.
Do not beg for merit excessively.