A lot of recent as well as previous ranked member has zero knowledge on bitcoin. It's annoying to see people with zero knowledge on bitcoin is also growing up to the next rank, even with the new rank system "merit". What will be your answer if someone newbie ask you for technical support but you can't assist him because you don't know even though you are a Hero/ Legendary member?
Don't go hating because they're were you dream to be. This is a forum, we're all here to learn. What you don't know you leave for others would do instead of trying to help but end up passing on a wrong information. We have different topic been discussed on the forum so technically everyone doesn't have to know everything about bitcoin before him or her can rank up. If that was the criteria then what will the average human do? Just understanding the procedure to send, recieve and secure your wallet is enough to become a bitcoin user why then that of the forum should be different. You don't have to be a bitcoin genius to advance in the forum and that's a good thing. The forum only demand the ability to post quality threads.
If a hero/legendary member can direct you to the right source to get the right answer/help or information you need, I believe that's a fair knowledge then demanding the technical knowledge you speak of. Having that knowledge is just a bonus and nothing more.