Quote from: bill gator on January 25, 2018, 02:50:55 AM

I don't know if this is an intended consequence, but it would seem that this excludes almost any non-English speaker from higher ranks. Am I incorrect to see this as a little bit unfortunate?

Should not be the case though. If anyone, genuinely tries to convey something constructive and meaningful in a discussion, they should be rewarded in my opinion. Also, there's no point hoarding sMerit.

Quote from: bill gator on January 25, 2018, 02:50:55 AM

Obviously if nobody can understand what you are saying there is no reason for you to merit, but there is many (I assume) that deserve merit in other languages, and a very significant minority of our community are non-English speakers.

They can credit merits in local boards as well.

Quote from: bill gator on January 25, 2018, 02:50:55 AM

Let me know if I am looking at this incorrectly, because I very well could be misunderstanding the current situation in the "Local" boards, how they are "valued" by our lovely staff, etc.

Depends on how active a local board is. Some are active like the rest while some are dormant.

Quote from: suchmoon on January 25, 2018, 03:02:38 AM

There should be a public list of all merits given/received by a user, like the trust page.

Doesn't matter, since merits are publicly visible. After quite some time, we will be getting used to knowing the accounts that are selected as "merit sources".