The truth is that there's no easy way through it concerning merits, just click the beginners board all I could see is merely post concerning merit. Is like you guys are forgetting the purpose of this great forum it was created for Bitcoiners or cryptocurrencies lovers to interact and to gain more knowledge about cryptocurrencies. You guys should hold from the merit and focus on learning because if you continue with this getting of merit quick it may lead you to spamming which can affect any chance of you getting any merit. Just focus on the knowledge the forum already have for you with time eventually we will all Rank up. Those higher rank you're now where ones newbie they where patients enough to learn.
Almost everything you have said in this thread is true and I hope some newbies will find it useful. The truth is that everyone wants to be commended for their efforts and merits serve as a sign that your work is appreciated. It is not bad to expect merit for your post but it becomes a problem when one becomes desperate to earn merits to rank up. This could lead to low-quality and sometimes irrelevant posts which could attract backlash and ignores.
If you put up informative and relevant posts, merits will naturally flow. And quality post is a product of learning and creativity. I have seen some wonderful posts from newbies that have earned them a good amount of merits. But sadly a large number of newbies these days don't want to learn but they want to rank up overnight. Newbies should just be themselves and enjoy the forum.
OP you have just three posts and all of them are threads you created. It shows that you are not even responding to the thread or following up based on the comments it generated. I suggest that you create fewer threads and learn more about Bitcoin and the forum.