Well am still a beginner here and I dont have much idea on what you are talking about but I hope this merit issue should be giving to those who merited it and not by whom you know to aviod be biyers and ensure transparency to encouraged we the beginners here in the forum thanks .

I think merit is the rewards from another users from this thread,let's say you create a topic and you amaze them by your post,example like fun post but still.crypto related or very helpful topic,it's hard for me to get merit too it's because my English is worst😂😂😂I'm not good in English:(