I am trying to earn a merit only for 5 days. Yes, I wrote 2 big posts (one disappeared) and thought they would be useful. I did not get any merit for them. That's mean I was doing something wrong.
Yeah definitely you are doing wrong. Maybe you have posted your "BIG" post in a mega-thread or maybe the topic that you wrote has been posted and you are just duplicating it. I think you don't need to earn merit. Its better if you just post bounty reports and have some hope that somebody will give merit into it. (zZzZ)I came here to get advice from experienced users. But I got ridicule from some users, what is quite strange. It might be better not to ask anything. Sorry if I bother someone 
I think the merit is something that is important for me to be honest. People who are whining everyday regarding merit are those users who wants a better rank so that they can get a higher payment. In my observation, mostly Jr. Members are the ones who are complaining here. The forum is made for learning but nowadays, most people see the forum as a earning place. If you want to learn then merit is not that important to you because you can get information even you are just a newbie. Definitely you posted this because you want to rank up to Member to have higher payments right
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