Quote from: poorman1 on September 15, 2022, 07:56:44 PM

What is Merit and how do we get and what is a benefit

If the post/thread you make contains the terms of a quality, constructive and informative post, then you have no reason for Merit Source to skip your post with Merit.
You can also report some quality posts here:
[Merit] Share your best posts/threads with Fillippone to be merit assessed
[self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source

\|	RANK	\|	REQUIRED ACTIVITY	\|	REQUIRED MERIT	\|	NOTES	\|
\|	BRAND NEW	\|	0	\|	0	\|	Initial rank of users who have just registered and have not made a post.	\|
\|	NEWBIE	\|	1	\|	0	\|	It takes 1 Merit to rank up to Jr. Member.	\|
\|	JR. MEMBER	\|	30	\|	1	\|	~~	\|
\|	MEMBER	\|	60	\|	10	\|	~~	\|
\|	FULL. MEMBER	\|	120	\|	100	\|	~~	\|
\|	SR. MEMBER	\|	240	\|	250	\|	~~	\|
\|	HERO. MEMBER	\|	480	\|	500	\|	~~	\|
\|	LEGENDARY	\|	775-1030	\|	1000	\|	The activity required to reach Legendary rank is different for each user (random)	\|

source: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818787.0

Merit is the most important part of achieving a new rank. You just got two merits from @OgNasty, after reaching 30 activity you will automatically Up Rank to Jr. Member.