If you feel that is the only way, the you won't see yourself going the extra mile in earning it the right way. Don't also forget that begging for merit is frown at by the forum because it amounts to insult on those who are trying assiduously to churn out quality content to the benefit of the forum participants.

For you to have zero merits showed that you are surely not doing something right. A simple look at your previous posts showed that even you won't give yourself merit for those posts you have made if you want to be fair and you don't expect anyone to do that for you. Start turning out quality and someone will start noticing.