Quote from: Jeremycoin on January 25, 2018, 12:43:53 PM

Quote from: athanz88 on January 25, 2018, 12:27:45 PM

Quote from: Jeremycoin on January 25, 2018, 12:15:27 PM

Quote from: theymos on January 24, 2018, 11:00:11 PM

For current members, your initial merit score is equal to the minimum required for your rank. Of that, a certain amount (less than the usual half) is spendable. The spendable amount was calculated based on your current rank and the number of activity points you earned in the last year. A Legendary member who hasn't posted in the last year would still be Legendary, but would not have any spendable merit.

I don't agree with this, this is just like giving the "old members" (including me) a head start. I'm not saying that earning merits is a race but giving us a head start also means giving us a free reputation out of nothing. That does not necessarily mean we need to rebuild our reputation from zero, I mean there are so many members that have earned a good reputation on this forum.
So I think the merit points for old members have to be given based on their reputation now and without affecting the rank.

Anyway, I think this is gonna be the end of account farming.

I agree with you with the end of the account farming.

But for your earlier statement, I guess theymos gave higher rank members (old members) merit points based on their rank is to help to grow this community, because higher rank members surely know which one is a good post and which is not. Higher rank members have a lot of smerit points that can be given to other who needs, so you guys may contribute too to measure which person deserves a higher position, and there is no use to hold your smerit points as it may decay.

Being a high-rank member doesn't necessarily mean having a good judgment on how good/bad a post is.
There's a lot of Sr. Member and even Hero Member who still do a shitposting on this forum and it doesn't quite reflect their position as a high-rank member.

Exactly! This is unfair rewarded merit system between old members and new members. The older members reached their current ranks much more easier than recent members, who have to face with the merit system in order to be upgraded to higher levels. How to correct the setback of current merit system. I think we should contribute ideas to Theymos for adjusting it a little bit.

What will happen if I write high-qualitied posts but I am unlucky because legendary or hero/ senior members dont read it by chance, only Newbie, Junior members read it and they don't give me merits. That's the problem, I guess.

In some cases, the merits I will receive only depends on luck, this is game of luck.

With my current activities, I will be upgraded to Senior Member in the next 6 weeks, but now with the merit system, I will probably wait half of a year or more. Unbelievable!