The rank really affects how we are qualified in profitable campaigns.
Agreed, if we look at the payments of high rank members.
but i think we are also guilty that sometimes due to requirements of these campaigns we are forces to post without substance.
Its a huge forum and there are sufficient topics available for the discussion. There is no need to participate in fake or forced discussion. If you don't have anything to say then there is no need to reply, you can just ignore it and move on to another thread.
Another point is, when a newbie(like me) posts anything negative about the merit system i think that fact that we are newbies make it annoying at the same time justified. Most of time it'll make us look like we are appealing for a merit. I think some high ranking people already knows our sentiments and there's no sense in adding salt tinto it. Just enjoy learning in this forum and just like what they said, if you really deserve it it'll come.
I would suggest you to forget about the merit system and contribute to this forum by making quality posts. Be a responsible member of this forum, share your views on the topics which really attracts you and I am sure by the time you will also get the merits for good posts. For now, i am giving you 1 merit