I'm new here. What's all about this merit count? How is it earned? I'm assuming it's linked to the quality/usefulness of your posts/replies? Their originality maybe? What are usually the subjects you'd get the more merit for posting about?
Frequently participate in forums such as bitcoin, economics and help and beginners discussion boards. I see that there are many people who earn merit by providing useful comments and replies to the forum. If you have knowledge to share, you can create a useful topic. But of course the easiest way is to reply to comments in the thread with a useful reply.