Quote from: l10no on January 25, 2018, 12:24:24 PM

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I think your thinking is much wiser than this new rule, just like me, right now I'm almost into senior members
but it will be a long time if I can not get 250 merit, while currently I only have 100 merit, even if I post a useful, maybe going to senior members take a little longer.
maybe this is the fate of new people in the forum

I´m in the same boat with 238 activity.
However, I think that it is entirely possible to reach the 250 merit if you
try to contribute to the forums with quality posts. I´m sure the introduction
of the merit system will disincentivize spamming as intended with the possible
caveat that it must somehow be ensured that no one is gaming the system
(e.g. buying/selling merit).

Besides, I have question regarding this quote by theymos:

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If you want to be a merit source:

Collect TEN posts that have not received nearly enough merit for how
good they are, and post quotes for them all in a new Meta thread.

Do you have to apply for yourself with 10 of your own posts? Or is intended
to nominate other people to become a "merit source"?
(e.g. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2819947.0)