Hello, I'm very happy to see that what I proposed here when I was just a newbie wasn't a total bullshit :-)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2605767.msg26598663#msg26598663 May be I merit a merit :-) Ok, just kidding.
Btw, don't you think there is a risk as for example in twitter - with usual #followback hashtag - that people will give undiscriminately merits to everyone, just with the aim to receive merits back?
Or that circles of friends will give a lot of merits each other?
Or someone will start to sell merits?
This "merit" idea is great, but I think that there is still space for improvement, as it seems to me open to a lot of abuses.
Just my two cents.
Is there a link to the explanation of the merit system as it is implemented?
Chances are high that the merit system will be abused, just as the trust system. It's actually the same thing doubled, isn't it? If you trust someone you give him merit and if you distrust someone you don't give him merit.
Well, if the forum owner wants subjective instead of objective governance it is his / her choice. I am personally dissapointed though.