This is an outstanding achievement and probably will be a great inspiration to many. Your already acquired required merits to become Legendary rank, congratulations in advanced.
So, where am I going with this? This topic I want to tell all newbies and not only that it is very easy to get merits on this forum. The main thing is... ...do something useful. I've already talked about this in my past topic.
Problem with some newbies are not the lack of confidence just like you mate but their main concern is to rank up to join signature campaign and earned from it. But I know there are likely some that will be just like you. I remember when @theyoungmillionaire still active he is just like you who are easily earned merits because of his witty and ability to provide quality and helpful post. Anyway, congrats again dude! Keep it up maybe you can caught up with those guys with more than 2k merits earlier.