There are a lot of forum members, who spend their free time in this forum. And sometimes forum life need some fun for development, so I think admin must make virtual roulette in the meta board with free spins for all members. So forum member make free spins and win - either merits or next membership each day, even hero and legendary membership. So this will be more attractive forum and not so serious.
What if a newbie just registered and tried to spin and win the legendary rank, then he started to ask what is blockchain, what is crypto, how we can use crypto to make a profit, what is bitcoin core is, etc.. If he did not know the basics then he deserved not to get a legendary rank or hero or any type of rank. Why don't schools implement this rule to provide some fun to students? Because to spend some fun time we don't have to modify merit or rank system instead we have to find something interesting. Where we can enjoy.
The forum merits is one of the biggest admin mistakes, they are 100% useless, ( for example, forum member with IT higher education will almost always be step higher than any other member with just home made IT knowledge, so how can home educated forum member can give merits in IT field to member with university education ).
If you are not a good IT-educated person and want to get merits or ranks then educate your self instead of gambling on ranks or merits. Make yourself worthy enough, so that others will support and appreciate you with merits, and your rank will increase.