Go to the patrol page. Scroll the page as fast as you can until you find a post that has more than 5 lines. Open the profile of who posted, see if the last 5 posts were larger than 3 lines with a valid and original content. Copy and paste in google to check if it is not a copy and past.
All I can see is bounty application or reports which is annoying. If all is correct and it seems that this newbie will help the forum, give him 10 merits.
10 merits is a bit huge, not unless if its really worthy to your perspective. If ever you want to review some posts to get merited feel free to scan my posts though I had only few of them right now but you can try to see this thread I made
Ponzi Scheme 101
