I would add that they don't need to go opening threads about how cool the merit system is, full of spelling mistakes, to see if they catch any merit because they may end up on some people's ignore list. Just being willing to learn, and willing to share your knowledge by helping others, is enough.
Hah. This is just too common. Some of them even are like "I'm just new to this forum" but then they already know everything about merits to bounties to the heavy bans concerning plagiarism and such. Totally not an alt account at all. 🤔