Hello, new bitcointalk user, been around on this site for around a year or so, just never decided to create an account. I’ve seen people with tons of merit! But yet I have not a single clue on how to gain any, whilst people have thousands! Pretty much a newbie when it comes to posting 
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My only advise is just do your diligent study in the forum and you will learn a lot in time. When you have gained adequate knowledge that you can share to everyone, then probably that time it will be easier for you to receive merits since you're now able to create meaningful and quality posts that every member can benefit from it. Learning takes time, so you also need to take your time learning and understanding the forum most especially bitcoin and the crypto market since the whole thing about this forum focuses on bitcoin.. But any help works, thank y’all!