getting a +1 merit here is harder than winning the nobel prize xD
Earning merit is very simple if only you follow the rules and regulations, there are many new users who gain merits over here in the forum so you can still try your best to post and gain it for free.
...and yet at this point in time, you have exactly four merits after twelve hundred and eighty-eight posts.
People earn merits not by following and "rules" nore "regulations", rather, simply from posting honestly and with conviction on just about any topic here in the Forum. Try it sometime.