I'm working on my anger management, so I'm going to explain something you must know before adding you to my ignored list:
1. Merits are a kind of recognition for a good work. That's mean you will need to work in your threads, to write something not only useful but also clearly written, with imagination, easy to read, nice to see.
2. Since you are new, in order to achieve that, probably you will need to read a lot before posting anything because the forum is not only about bounties and such, but also about Bitcoin, technical issues, social issues, and the mere issues from the forum itself.
3. Given the complexity of the forum, receiving merits can be hard at the very beginning, so, you must also be patient and humble.
A topic receiving merits usually have something to say to the community. There are a lot of people with a voice in here, making their best every day and making from the forum a better place. These people are receiving merits. Those whose unique intention is to report bounties and make some bucks, well, probably will never receive a merit.
The merit system is thought to stop people to rank-up if they don't make contributions to the forum itself, to other people, to knowledge, to a discussion.
So, my friend, you have two options in here:
1. To take a breath, chill, read the rules (by the way you just already broken the rules by begging for merits), to learn a lot and to contribute.
2. Or, on the contrary, to keep doing that way and be into the ignored list of many, as well as become a "Forever Junior" unable to rank-up.
Think about that as a challenge. If you try your best you will eventually become a recognized member from the community, if you just think in your "here and now", meaning to earn some bucks, you will be probably ignored and unable to become someone in here with a major rank.
That's all.