I love how certain people are trying to shrug off the merit system as a shitty-post-detector.

Your points are only valid if they are seen and "merited" by a select-few members of this community.

Doesn't anybody else see the mile-long list of potential issues that may arise from this?

Next time, try to come up with more clever schemes to keep yourselves up there on the throne.

Guess what, this post won't get many "merits" because you didn't give the people any who would be using them right now.

What a joke