The activities in the bounty section should be cancel because it has no major effect in the forum. There is a lot of spam in there. I have been there for a while now. The activities don't prove your real self. I have changed to other sections of the forum to enable start getting the desirable merit I want.
Some people are there just because of the bounty program and not having the forum in mind.
Really now? What's with the sudden change? Yayy it's for merit but looking your post history it's almost bounty reports. If you want to have a real change better to delete those 19 page bounty reports and start posting more relevant topics. Try to read more than writing. Getting out from the box won't harm you either.
These will help you for starting up.