A lot of newbies are desperate to get merits so they can start earning but they tend to forget that in order to earn you must first of all take out time to learn,
The newbies act according to the information passed to them through the person that introduced them to forum...this people always be desperate to earn merits because they're not willing to know the objectives of Bitcointalk, most at times, those newbies accounts you come across are some people's alt if I'm not mistaken...That's the reason they always be inquisitive to earn merits to enable them to enrol in signature promotion..
this is part of the process that should not be neglected. It is not an easy journey to be earn merits and most people send PM's like this out of frustration but one thing they forget is that nothing good comes easy.
To send pm to enable a user to earn a merit, is the worst thing a forum user will do...Anyone who wants to be earning merit should learn how to be constructive in writing..A quality post, ideas, suggestions attracts unexpected awarding of merits from unknown forum user...
What beginners should focus on is gaining knowledge and enjoying the process otherwise it is going to be very frustrating to think of getting merits at the beginning stage.
Actually a beginner can work he or her ass out to earn a merit, by responding on a thread he have the solution to the question, but if you're not innovative and you dont have solution to questions, theirs no way you can earn merit regularly..Beginner should learn technical things of the forum and