I agree with you I know that what is this forum. This forum is learning, share some good and important news and gain knowledge from legendary, Hero member. So I am happy for new update because now all bad post user not involved this forum. But one sad point is many good member in this forum they post quality but unfortunately they didn't get 1 merit point they lost their hope. So I think this is very sad news for this good user like me
Merits are quite scarce, you have to put in quite some effort in order to get noticed here, we've all had to do a similar sort of thing though. Even before the merit system, to get your point across you have to get fans of what you're trying to suggest. Most of the old members here are members who are bitcoin enthusiasts, show that you've put some good thought into a thread done a little bit of research and helped someone with what they need and you will likely see the merit coming in.
Once you get one meritor then you'll probably get quite a few, the issue is that if you're staying here just for bounties then that's not going to do very well (sure claim some bounties or have a signature, but keep a good quality and standard of posting).
Good Luck!