Re: Bitcointalk, we have a new member of the forum administration
And here I am having a hard time earning merits and trying to make my posts as good quality as possible. 
I was just wondering how these kinds of people had such high merits and some scammers even have trusts on their accounts while people like me who are just doing things within the rules are sometimes having a hard time joining campaigns due to high requirements.
Never expect Merit to come to the posts you make, when Merit doesn't come it will make you disappointed. Do something more valuable than you've ever made, there are plenty of Merit Sources in the forums who will reward posts that are considered quality. I was just wondering how these kinds of people had such high merits and some scammers even have trusts on their accounts while people like me who are just doing things within the rules are sometimes having a hard time joining campaigns due to high requirements.Although judging the quality of a post is highly subjective, the generous people of the forum will not pass up a post that has value. Try to sell a product that attracts buyers.
The merits this person got were the same as the 250 Merit you earned when the merit system was introduced, by that time he had reached activity for Legendary and the forum Admin awarded him 1000 Merit.