correct me if i am wrong please
from now on those farmed potential accounts (with minimum post history) has no value right they are all same newbie account based on new merit system
if that so thats realy nice feature
True, all those accounts with high "potential activity" are now worthless because activity is not the only requirement to rank up anymore. I really love this update from theymos. This is a smart way to combat spammer compared to other hardcore method like eliminating signature completely.
I see many quality post here but didn't have a merit. As I can say the problem will be the members who are not participating the purpose of the merit system.
People need to be generous and not hoarding their sMerit for this system to work. Several improvements may be needed in the future to balance out the merit ecosystem. Let's hope this system will work nicely.
Just thought of another one; if a post has merit and is then deleted, are those issued merits lost?
No.
How about if the post merited is deleted? Will the merit count? Or erased too? Because somebody could just use merit for unreasonable purpose.
The merit is not undone if the post is deleted.