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.
Don't worry mate, I think you are good but to be honest there is actually no limit or required number of post before you get to earn merit because I have seen so many users even do it with their very first post in this forum and for some users even a one line post can earn them lots of merits, it just that whatever you are posting should have some kind of value or importance to the reader or the general public here in the community and you be good to go.