Tell us why you need merits. Your steps: registration and the third post with the merit question. I'll give you merit if you tell me the really important things and why you need them.
OP, even if you're new and don't know how to use the forum, it would be helpful to just click the links. Take a look around. Find out what this forum is. And why do you care about merit more than knowledge about bitcoin? Merit questions are very popular, so try to be original, and your merit will come to you very soon.
I was thinking about how to answer OP's question, but then I saw your post and realized that you voiced roughly what thoughts I had. Short and clear, enough for understanding, but will newcomers understand, because as soon as they appear on the forum, they immediately begin to ask questions, the answers to which have been discussed many times and are easily accessible. And all you need to do is look through the sections that are relevant to the topic and find all the necessary answers. Bitcointalk is a unique knowledge base and useful information that you just need not to be lazy to look for. In the discussion here, links to the necessary topics have already been given, so I will not duplicate and I would like to believe that OP will look through them. From myself I can add that in order to get something (merit), need to give something away (time / energy). So just nothing is given, both online and offline. You always need to make efforts and diligence, both in finding answers to your questions, and in getting merit. And yet, if you are a beginner, before creating a new topic, think 10 times whether it is worth creating and check 10 times, maybe a similar topic already exists with your question. Good luck with your forum search.