I have joined this forum on March 28, 2018 ( after implement of merit system). Just today I have achieved 500+ merit. It's really happy moments for me. I am sharing with you because I want motivate other people's to contribute themselves.
Less than a year I have earned merit which is Hero Members potential. I just need activity to become Hero member. And I become DT1 by voting system. So why you can't achieve?
Obviously you can, you have to contribute your best experience with forum as much as possible. For example I had worked expose scammer and other corruption. Because I have few experiences about how to find them and I did it. So you can contribute your knowledge and help forum members. Just contribute yourself, don't expect that your every post will merited. Don't post just for merit, your post will gain if deserve.
Motivate yourself and improve your posting behaviour. Don't hold your smerit, distribute it to the community. I never hold my smerit, always try to distribute on good post at least. So handover your merit and make happy other.
Intention of this post to share with community that we can achieve even there is merit system. I am a proof how this community is helpful. So help community and community will help you.
I must admit that I'm impressed! This is probably the best result when it comes to collecting Merit points on Bitcointalk.
The history of your posts is a nice guide for new users and an example of how to earn Merit points.
I hope that those who do not know how to do it, thanks to you will learn how to earn Merits.