If you don't know how to earn merit and I feel that you're obsessed with (getting) merit. All I can share is look for threads and replies that are merited by thr higher ranks or find posts or replies in the post history of a Forum members (USERS) that are merited and "STUDY" his/her posts on how he/she construced a good quality, high quality or even constructive posts before creating yours and will likely earn merit. One more thing if avoid COPYING someone's work or post and create as your own is because you will be reported for plagiarism, I'll asume that you have read this "TOPIC"
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