Quote from: jackg on January 25, 2018, 07:46:54 PM

Quote from: tambenile on January 25, 2018, 07:40:28 PM

Quote from: killyou72 on January 25, 2018, 07:38:04 PM

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=911706

^The user already has negative for account farming so why wouldn't they be abusing it.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2172812.msg21784123#msg21784123

^User has +50 and is looking to buy a hero member account

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1001712

^Only posts in the not english boards, none of their opening topics have any +merit, I think they gave themselves merit then deleted the post

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2096416.msg21951659#msg21951659
^Does that message really deserve 41 merit?

Theymos just announced the new function about Merit points and he got a lot of sMerits so why not ? What is the point ?

The point is that it looks a bit fishy that someone has gained merits for fairly normal posts. Merits for posts that are very useful, helpful or good quality. Not post that other users probably have also made to a similar quality before (especially anything above 10 to give for a single post).

It does seem very quickly that people have started to abuse the system already.

Yes, merit is just new but it is already abused. Don't they read the purpose of merit? It has been explained well and many relevant posts about explaining what merit is in simple terms are just waiting to be read. They must understand the meaning of being fair. I hope everyone should abide about the merit system. Give warning to those suspected members who are abusing it. Thanks!