I just found out that earning merit is the most important factor in increasing your rank. Now looking at the posts of the forum, how some people earned so much credits/merit?
They did it by putting in a lot of efforts that you didn't. Earning merits is not as simple as it seems, you need to be highly productive in your content. And believe me, airdropped merits are worth shit to me and cannot be seen as something appreciated but rather more helped.
I am not here for long time, that's fair. But earning 1000 merit will mean at least 1000 posts that will be highly appreciated by others.
So based on your theory, I should have at least 2335 merits with me because my post count is 2335 (including this one), right?
So the point here is, doesn't matter how good your posts are. It matters how much are these appreciated by those that already have the merit to share. But what if that specific person doesn't want to share its own credits?
Your words speak. And they show what you are and what level of knowledge you possess. The same thing can be seen in your post that you have got no determination nor dedication to become helpful to this community 'and you cannot become helpful to anybody because of your way of thinking'. It is anybody's right to keep or share their sMerits to anyone they want/don't want, you cannot put all your eggs into one basket and the same rule applies here.
