Having said all that, on reviewing OP's post history, he is unlikely to earn any merits regardless of where he posts until he improves his posting behavior.
This quoted above is mostly the cause of the problem and not the popular opinion of, "they are not getting merited because of the board they post in". Any quality (decent) contributor can testify to receiving merits on any board they contribute to though some might be higher than others but still if your posts are outstanding (quality wise) you can still get rewarded irrespective of the boards.
The alternative/Bitcoin discussion board that many users think they won't get meirted if they contribute to the boards, I have recieved merit on numerous occasions from those boards. Everything just boils down to what's the quality of your posts. Take care of that first before you start worrying about boards not receiving enough merit.