I posted this here because I know that there are many beginners here that will benefit from this post, and beginners and help section are full of topics about merits.
Are you still confused? depressed? losing hope?
Here's a very special and useful tip for you to gain some merits.
-This tip is DYOR or Do Your Own Research, if you are going to follow this tip you can use this for a long time.
Always look at this list of recent merits that sends by everyone:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats=recentIn looking to some merited post that you agreed also that that post deserves a merit.
Try to think that why this posts deserve's a merit, also look at the last posts of that person...
Also this thing will help you to be updated to some event that gives merit to a good quality post, you will comment the link of your post that you think deserves a merit.
And dont hesitate to ask if your comment dont get merits, They will answer why your posts dont get merits and what is missing.
In that way you learned something from them and for sure in the next time you join you can get some merits and if still not try and try again until you get the meaning of High Quality Content.