Not everyone can or should earn lots of merits and rank up on this forum. To do this, you would need decent knowledge of Bitcoin and ability to present your points clearly. Many of the bounty hunters can't even write a sentence in English without lots of mistakes, asking that they suddenly become Legendary-worthy is just too much. If they are happy with earning pennies for spamming, and if their spam is contained within certain boards, then let them be. Those who can improve will be able to do it on their own.
I can completely agree with this.
Merits are an added bonus on this forum, not something anyone can or should expect to receive.
There are certain standards and criteria for obtaining merits, which vary from person to person, but in general a certain quality of forum post or usefulness is required.
Not all forum members can meet those criteria and that’s okay.
Members without merits are still free to write on the forum, provided they do not violate the forum rules, and participate in all discussions without restriction.
I don't think that bounty hunters even need merits here.