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Well you deserved it --congratulations, glad to see you are a Hero member rank now.
[how does it feel?]I have been registered ahead of you and feel ashamed now, perhaps lack time to do such quality posts or I am just a non-quality poster which is a reason now I am trying to encourage myself as you have said.
Everyone could feel it if they put in the effort, the Merit system never prevented anyone from ranking up if they knew how it worked.
I see you are very happy to see @indah rezqi who just managed to rank up to Hero, I hope the success of @indah rezqi can be a motivation for you to follow in his footsteps. I think you can do it, now you only need an additional 71 merit to go to Hero Member.
Start improving the quality of posts and engage in interesting discussions to achieve your goals, when you've managed to reach higher rankings, I'm pretty sure your tiredness will pay off. There is always a way for anyone who wants to try and be consistent in improving the quality of posts, do their best and achieve a new rank that can make you feel proud because you have managed to reach a higher level.