OP I think you can just visit here:
Sometime newbies rarely hangout here(those bounty hunters) on BH or those true bitcoiner dont actually care on the merit system and just post ihi
ng on some useful thread like development and technical discussion thread that actually discuss something knowledgeable about bitcoin.
I saw many newbies there when I reading they dont seem to post here and beg about merits or ask about how to get one.