1 or 2 lines don't seem enough sorry to say, for merits the posts should be much more detailed, adding value and constructive according to the quality of the forum is concerned. So please look into it, and hope for the best for yourself.The more constructure and value adding your post, the better the merit possibility.

Recently I saw a lot of people getting merited for posting their strategies on the right time to invest on coins, analysis on the current market and what will be the consequences of ETF approval etc. These posts were detailed, constructive and full of data which is why I thought they were merited. However, I checked your post history and sadly it looks very poor to me because most of them are 1-2 line sentences with vague concepts.

Be equip with knowledge and information about crypto process, then try to help as much as you can, merit will come along the way... but don't think that every help you made you'll be given merit... have patience to wait for someone to notice you hard work.

You’ve barely being posting for just under two weeks. I took nearly two months to get my first merit ... Senior members and merit sources do come to the Beginners & Help board and read through posts, but you need to stand-out a bit to be noticed through your posts. It’s way better to post a low amount of posts but putting thought into them, than quick one or two lined posts which are similar to every other post on the thread.

By the way, services is not a great place for merit I’d say. Merit is also not grabbable, but earnable.

Just be helpful and don't just post for the idea of post height or weight, in time some merit will arrive - I have a couple of accounts for different projects, and it is not necessarily who you know but is how you deliver useful and helpful information in a concise manner.

People who can afford more than 500 USD Never will want to have  a full member account. they have many more things to do rather buying a bitcoin talk .

I think you should increase the quality of your posts. Most of the previous posts you made does not make sense to me. People usually gain merit for posting their analysis which is legit and backed by information, data and source. You should try posting something like that too and keep visiting the forum for posts that gets meritted and learn from them.

You must have to keep trying by giving informative posts. Otherwise you can't get good merits as well as ranks. So keep posting.

Post any really meaningful and useful posts, then you will receive merits

Trust me it's really about what you post that will get you merits. Even if you're helping out with what you post but you created it in a very generic way that even a newbie could do then in the eyes of other users its just like a simple post. You need to have a strategy of getting the attention of those people who are sending merits. Unique posts can get you merits as well depends on the content and value of the article or reply that you make. Effort and patience is the key in ranking up. You just have to wait for that moment to come and better improve the way you post to get to the next rank that you desired.
I somewhat agree with this. If you are active in the forum you can build network of friends and those people will notice the way you post and they will reward you for a post that they find helpful and valuable to the community. Sharing merits with friends to posts that are insignificant or trading merits to friends is against the rules. Abusing the merit system can get your account banned or red tagged.

I myself have been posting in this forum, I know I'm not an expert when it comes to acquiring merits but I always find time to take extra effort without actually expecting to get merits.
As long as I can help out others and share my little knowledge about anything that involves in crypto then I'm good.

Posting in the right section as well could get you more merits to a post that is substantial.