Forum is a platform where people with a common goal meet and interact with one another. They share ideas, challenges and suggestions. I believe that was the main motive behind the creation of this forum. But there is one thing i have observed. Most members, especially the new ones joined because they wanted to hit ranks and participate in bounty campaigns. They are the ones who usually do not add any value to the platform by spamming the forum with unnecessary posts. Because of this, most senior members have decided not award merits to any new member irrespective of the quality of your post making rank advancement very difficult. Please i would advise my fellow junior members to be proactive and start activities that will ensure a healthy growth of this forum for the benefit of us all. Thank you.
Yes, I also agree with you that we should all consider doing activities that will bring meaningful growth to the forum and not only concentrate on just getting merits and making rank advancement because all his will come at the right time, when you make meaningful suggestions and someone finds it very useful, the can get merit for this and when it is time for your rank to advance, it will surely do. Personally from this forum, I have learnt alot and I believe if we continue to bring up important topics and make good suggestions, we all will benefit from this forum positively.