Quote from: Deena on January 25, 2018, 04:55:40 PM

Hate it. It's another system designed for abuse by a happy few who have unlimited merit power, like the trust system is already abused by a happy few with special trust power. If there were any alternative I would not spend another second more on this forum. Angry

No, it isn't that at all. This whole thing was designed by the owner of the forum, as far as I know, and it's hitting noob shitposters right in their greedy fucking wallets--and I love it. The more I recovery from my flu and the more lucid I get, the more I'm starting to really like the merit system.

You all know I don't suffer shitposters lightly, but I'm more than happy to give out some merit points to noobies if they make a good post, and I'm making it a point to do this when I see decent posts. What I will never give merit points for are those generic "bitcoin is a digital currency that change my life...." shitposts that I've seen all too often. If the merit system does absolutely nothing else, I think it'll eliminate those. I'm hoping, anyway.

The reason I'm smiling along with TMAN is that I don't have to neg the shitposters anymore. I was never comfortable with using the trust system to do that, but as hilariousandco pointed out, it was one of the only weapons we had. I'm happy these days.