I appreciate a Newbie who earned some Merit more than a Legendary who, almost 6 months after Merit was introduced, is still stuck at exactly 1000 Merit. Use this at your advantage.
Maybe the legendary member doesn't need a merit as they have hit the final rank already? Reaching the legendary rank on bitcointalk without getting banned or negative tag is a big deal in itself. 
As for the "lengthy posts" part: if you already know this, you can work on it. Read your posts again before posting, and delete whatever isn't really needed. Condensing information makes it more likely to be read.
Yep, I ignore reading essays without proper formatting.Take it easy, OP. Part of being on this forum, or any intertubes chatty-spammy establishment is learning to deal with all sorts of folks, which includes assholes of all ranks. You created a seemingly duplicate thread, you got yelled at... big deal. 99% of newbie abuse is fully deserved (check Patrol) and the remaining 1% will learn and grow.
I'll quote my comment from a similar post here,Quote
Most of the threads in this section are created with the same intent these days. Suddenly, every other new account has become fond of forum cleaning and participate it in constructively thereby creating a thread in meta with a damn opinion which is not likely to be taken seriously.