It's too bad there aren't more ranks, because I think if there were maybe 15-20 of them, members would be gratified a little more often for their hard work and effort.
The way users are looking for next rank, I believe theymos will introduce new forum rank, maybe with 5000 merits + 5000 activities. Please stop being sad for not introducing new rank. I will be upset if theymos introduces new rank before I reach Legendary 
I'm curious if he ever voiced the possibility of a new rank?Even though there are already several similar topics like this one, I think creating a [FUN][In Merit] Post Count Down To Your Next Rank Here. would not be superfluous at all. The rest, like [url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5275032.0][Merit] ]Help newbies and those who have a little left to the next rank, are almost inactive, which, in my opinion, is bad. On forum should be able to receive additional merits, when users are just a little bit up to a new rank.
But there must be some criteria, as aysg76:
So there should be fixed criteria for these applications as shitposters will spam this thread as soon as it's open for all with no restriction so you need to review your criteria.