It is really hard to have a merit it is because as far as I know:
People are selfish. Even though you post a really good quality post still there is a people who won't give you a merit.
Some are alone. Like me, I don't really have much friend who would give me a free merit. I know that it is easy to have a merit with a friend that have an account of bitcointalk.
My question is. Why still need merit? We are still struggling to rank because of the merit.
For me , merit is very effective to prevent many fake accounts in our community. It also helps to further post the postings and prevent lots of spam and untopic comments , Yeah your right its not easily to earn merit . I have many positive posts but im still not get any merit but i think i need more improvements to achieve that.
okay, I agree with your opinion , when I work hard at making quality posts sometimes I realize this is a waste of time because some people do not appreciate