With merit system, many things changed, first with rank requirements and your efforts put in for ranking up. After you ranking up and even were approved to join signature campaign, you can not stop there. With competition of other campaign participants and applicants as well as stricter management of campaign managers with time, you always have to keep up your quality posts, and contributions with time. This approach in posting style will help you receive merit even you no longer need to rank up more, or no higher rank for moving up.
If you don't put your efforts in your posts, threads, you will not receive merit and finally you will be kicked out of good campaigns my managers.
yes I am aware of that and every day I am always trying to improve the quality of my posts and how I interact on the forum,
to get some fairly stable Merit and some useful contributions also to the forum.
It's not just about who moves up the rankings faster and gets a position with the signature campaign, but it's about keeping that position safe.
Each manager has their own criteria, and some will also refresh participants and select members who are not developing.