Today, theymos, has released a new change in forum rank, for Newbie and Jr.member rank.
In this new rank system, you need to have 1 merit to become a Jr.member. All exist Jr.member accounts with 0 merit are demoted back to Newbie rank.
So, the new rank system will be as below:

Rank   Required activity   Required merit
Brand new    0   0
Newbie   1   0
Jr Member   30   1
Member   60   10
Full Member   120   100
Sr. Member   240   250
Hero Member   480   500
Legendary   Random in the range 775-1030   1000