I am also a beginner and there is still a lot to learn on this forum, but when it comes to merit, as far as I know merit cannot be mined, merit is given to someone provided that the post must be of good quality and not contain plagiarism. purely from our own knowledge, and there are many more merits that we can get by taking quizzes that provide merit, in this forum there are lots of threads that hold quizzes like that, as long as we explore as often as possible, and prioritize increasing our knowledge if we wish. To increase our rank faster, All ranks who have reached a high rank here must all start from the bottom as long as we are consistent with what we are currently doing