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.
Am dead sure a lot of replies have made it to your knowledge that to earn merits you just have to strive to be a good poster, to give quality solution solving and knowledge building posts. Reasons for this as a criteria to earn merits rather by posts quota, is that, by posts quota a lot of shits as post will be flying all over the forum rapidly to meet up for any set quota. But with the system in place on how merit can be earned every member of the forum at all time focuses on quality of their post rather than number of posts to be reached. And it makes sense that way.