Merit separates old-school bitcointalk users from new age. Since cryptocurrency became very popular, BTT is full of Newbies who wanna be Pro. Now you need to proove with posts and advises that you are part of community.
let me rephrase for that you...
BTT is full of Newbies who wanna be Pro.
BTT is full of Newbies who wanna just make some
quick buck.. Just like the OP who is here just for money.. Why do people wanna rank to legendary here? You can trade BTC, Buy hardware, Add your "valuable" comments in the discussions etc even if you create a brand new account.. There are no restrictions as far as i know.. All these people here whining about merit system are those who are here for the money, they just want to rank up overnight and start to get those quick 0.005 BTC per week...