I won't rehash other people's posts, but I will say there are threads out there why people can suggest posts should be merited.  There's even a thread started in the last couple of days that *might* give you merits if you are able to perform a simple task.

Your


appears to simply be to post a couple of times a week then suddenly rank up with a burst of posts and some merits under your belt.  I'd say you must have just realised you could rank up if only for those pesky merits.