The real essence of labour is the harvest. In relation to the forum, the beginning stage is not easy as a newcomer needs to be patient. Atleast for a newcomer they should be getting no matter how little some reward for their resources in terms of time and materials. The harvest is the benefit (merit).
Not sure what you really have in mind though but if I understand what you're saying is that newbies should be rewarded with merits for posts they make to the forum. Of course newbies do receive merits but to posts that are worth it by their quality and the information delivered.
The aim as a newbie should be to learn, learn to acquire the knowledge that could be of benefit to other persons in the community. With the right knowledge and resource you won't have to remind anyone of merit rewards to your post's, it will just come naturally from a benefactor of the knowledge and information from your post as reward for quality..
when I started discussing my activities and involvement in the forum to some people around me about it, the next question is," how much have u earned", I was absolutely discourage as I remained mute till date. I was seen as a mentor until they got to realise that no pay until time "proves u worthy".
When you say activities I will love to know these activities your talking about because from where I sit all I see is just 7 posts from you since December 28th 2023 your account was registered. Please take this little beginning of yours in the forum to learn and don't be in a hurry to start discussing to outsiders about anything you have not really understand for now. There's time for that but for now you have to focus on learning based on what brought you here.
Feel free to go through this threads
What's been your greatest challenge on BTT ? and learn from the challenges other members had when they first got in the forum and just maybe you will be motivated to work on yourself to greater ranks.