Higher rank means good opportunities here in the forum, but why its so hard to rank up?
It's not so hard if you know I only joined the forum a few weeks before you.
1. You can't please everybody here - Even if you create a good topic, you can't expect everyone to appreciate your work and probably will receive little to none merit since we all have different standards and qualifications before we gave out merit.
You can not please everyone but in this forum, if you make good posts constantly and don't give up from a good poster to a spammer, you will receive merit, a lot.
To cut this story short, if you really want to rank up and have a good reputation just do the opposite, stay active, learn more and expect nothing.
You made hundred of posts that are either one-liner or mostly in spam boards like Altcoin discussions, Trading, Economics. First your posts have low quality. Second, spam boards don't catch attention of merit sources.
Bear market is bad for bounty hunters but it is good time for builders. You can start to change yourself, learn more and build your account in bear market. You don't have to make an announcement that "I am changing myself". Just do it silently and people will realize your positive changes. Merit will come after a while.