This post is for the newbies and jnr members like me..if you want to grow in the forum you have to be patience and consistent
I believe this could have been more better on beginners and help section, giving a tips on how to grow on the forum is very important especially for newbies, but we are not expected to only grow in ranks but in the knowledge we acquired through the learning process on bitcointalk about bitcoin, the forum and cryptocurrency as a whole, everything begins with a step, when we are determined for it, we can achieved it.
Try to learn about Bitcoin too and most especially stop thinking about getting merit and browse the forum for learning
There's no way you can get merit if you don't have something to offer or when you don't improve on yourself, the reason why everyone receives merit is because they work on themselves and make a valuable presentation to the community and merits comes after that.