After commenting to your post may I give you piece of advice, don't make your post like a huge wall of shit because its not pleasant for the readers to see. I didn't read your post to be honest.

If you will see, there are many users here that already ranked up and they helped other people in different ways. Some are sharing information, some created useful threads in Beginners and Help section etc. It is possible to reach a high rank reward even the merit system has been implemented. Its your own way to know how to get some merits.

Why are some people getting bothered of not getting ranked up nowadays? For me, the main reason of rank is for bounty campaigns that is why most newbies are complaining about the merit system. Although there are some benefits of rank like the length of the text and the posting of images, if you are just here to get information then ranking up will not bother you. There are many who got ranked up already and they are an inspiration to members here who want to rank up.