I get it that you guys are trying possible hard to get rid of low quality posts and people who try to scam this forum, but I don't think the idea of Newbies needing just one merit to promote them to Jr member is great. Why not 5 smerits ?  Another problem I have seen on this forum is that people with good quality posts do not get merit for their posts or comments. Why is that so?. If you really want to increase the number of quality posts and comments, I think people with good quality posts and comments need to be rewarded with merit....