Many newbies still understand the forum in such a way that merits and ranks are most necessary in order to be here.

I recently saw a post from a newbie who got a lot of merit for one post.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5275669.msg55193113#msg55193113

 I've often seen a simple transfer of merit in large numbers, but here the message really made sense. And yet 47 merits is worthy of the title of academician And this is such a quantity that you can hardly send by mistake. Forgive my suspicion, although I understand perfectly well that everyone is free to dispose of their merits as they want.

And sometimes a good joke is tantamount to a message that contains valuable information. And this can also be rewarded with merit.