All account ranking start with Brand New, which mean no activity on the account profile. After 1 post, the account rank will change to newbie and will last until you reach 30 activity. Activity and merit are the determinant of your account ranking increase and if you don't get any reward then you will be stuck in this rank until you manage to get at least 1.
My primary agenda is to learn first not much inquisitive to earn merits but I know that with positive communication here and creativity someone can equally earn merit without been over conscious to earn merit ,I acknowledge your guidelines senior, one day I will rank up.
Don't fool yourself that you don't think too much about merit and rank. This is probably the scenario that newbie to this forum continue to show off. Maintain the quality of the post naturally and explore the potential that is in yourself because that will make you a good user. Realize that if you care about quality and knowledge, I'm sure you also care about rank and merit. Welcome to the forum.