The only remedy i see in this aspect of increment of rank is base on your performance, which i can say is correlated with your activeness and consciousness for the development of the community, the only way out to earn Merit is base on your own personal method of creativity you derived that will enhance a benefit or betterment to another person or the forum entirely, it's very obvious that you can be here for period of time without been serious or carry out a research that will inspire people of the community to award you profitable remark for years, so from my own views what causes rapid growth of any user is it's engagement.