So in previous times merit is comes from airdrop wow thats awesome. But now it is hard to get because we have to help others to solve their questions and answers and if they liked it they will give merit to us. Is that correct ser ?
When merit system was introduced by @theymos in 2018 the members were airdropped certain amount of merits according to their rank like lowest was full member with 100 merits and highest legendary with 1000 merits airdropped to them.Earlier only activity was required to rank up but this merit system helps lot to hinder the growth of spam posters on the forum.
But saying it was easy to earn merits in past is wrong as you only got airdropped merits rest you have to earn and it's the same as today.If you are quality poster and contributing effective to the forum you will earn them.Suppose you write up a post asking some technical or non technical doubt and it initiated healthy discussion on the forum it's also qaulity post on which you can get merit.So contribution to the forum and learning from it will help you to gain merits if you are focused on it.
i will give you quick answer "where the merits comes from" its airdropped for several member for another member
What do you actually mean by it? The whole members were given the merits based on rank but there were some exceptions to it like some got more merits above their rank by @theymos and appointment of merit sources.As @Blackhatcoiner has given the link for this information you can check about them.