I have observed that some members on the platform have up to 3,000+ Merits and some have just none. Meanwhile some are in a particular rank for a long time. Mine is over a year and I am still a Newbie.
The question is,
Does getting to a new membership Rank dependent on Merits, or they are just two independent awards?
Rank and merits are totally different, you need to meet two criteria to rank up the first one is activity for that you just need to keep posting and the activity point raises by 14 for every two weeks then the next one is merits which is an appreciation or reward or anything you can call it will be given by others for your post and most probably you will get them when your posts are somewhat informative or add something to the discussion. For more please read the sticky thread out there...