Hey there!! Well according to the new rules of the Forum, now you must have at least one merit to be a JR member. So even if you were a JR member before, if you don't have any merits you would be demoted until you start posting material worth of a merit. It's bummer I know, sometimes can be difficult to get merits, but don't fret, there are some posts where you can get merits by posting good material or answering some questions. Just look for them, also post materials that are worth having and reading. Good luck my friend!!!
I had exactly the same question!
I've read a thread about the new rules regarding this, but I didn't quite understand how somebody can reward a merit to other users. As far as I understand, to give merits to others, you have to have some sMerits, which again I don't know where to check whether I have sMerits?
So, is there a button or something to give merits to a specific user?
Merits are rewarded to posts by member of the forum. If a member of the forum thinks your post is good, has useful information, supports the forum, give insight to the community, etc. they would give you a merit. Is kinda give you a "LIKE" for your post.
Now the problem is that there are so many people in the forum and so many posts and people with merits (who are the ones that can give you a merit) might never read your posts. Also if your posts are related to bounties you won't get a merit for those, either bounty threads or ANN threads.
If you want to know how many merits you have, go to your profile page, there you can see a summary of your account and see if you have any merits. I hope this is helpful!!
