Thanks a lot for the observation.Junior members are particularly at a disadvantage. I see people with a lot of activities, well over 200, at least 6months old without a single merit.
You are talking about them (above) kind of Jr. Members? Most of their posts are "Amazing project!", "nice project", "Good project" and then - done! Or, you are talking about yourself? You seems not doing "Good project" type things but not much better than them too. You will need to improve a lot my friend.
The whole idea behind introducing merit system was to stop these shit posters to get ranked up. And it's working. I personally do not mind if these Jr. Members stay Jr. Member for the next infinity years (until the forum shuts down).