Quote from: nangiarushali on September 30, 2018, 08:42:20 AM

The forum's decision to introduce the merit system and ranking through merits instead of activities was one of the best decision.

Ranking is still driven by activity. Merit was introduced as a barrier to prevent the abuse of activity ranking. This is quite an important distinction, and members need to realise that merit is not a ranking tool, but a rank prevention tool. Understanding this will help you to increase your rank by optimising your activity and posting quality.

Of course you can ignore the whole concept of ranking, and just enjoy the community interaction here, and utilise the free exchange of information.