I have been into the system for some months now and I have made over twenty posts but no simply merit has been given to me or earn by me and this make me to be surprise on how these merit are generated, given or earned. However, looking at it in another perspective, I don't know if it is because I did not meet the number of my post require to earn a merit or because of the low quality of my post that is the reason why I had not been able to earn a single merit. So please I will like to get more clarifications on the possible requirement for earning merit.
The system does not have a minimum or maximum post before merit is given, merit is given to you by who sees the importance in your post or see your post merit deserving before meriting. You might make a single 1 line post with a serious information and will be Given alot of merit for it. Sometimes you don't need to wright a whole lot of post to receive merit, but it dipends on the quality of the post.