OP, do bounty hunters actually earn any more for having a higher rank?  I know that's true for bitcoin-paying signature campaigns, but as far as I understand it a big part of bounties is spamming social media and not necessarily forum posting (although I know it's a big enough part that it contributes to forum shittiness significantly).

I checked your post history and the only other post I could see besides the one you made here is when you voted in the community awards thread.  Plus your post count is very low in general for someone who registered in 2020.  I have no idea why you're just now asking about how to earn merits, but a general rule is that the more posts you make the better your odds are at earning merits.  If you remain at your current rate of posting, you'll be dead of old age before you'd even reached Full Member rank.

That's assuming this is your only account, which I seriously doubt.