What do I need merit for? Absolutely nothing.
You're making strawman claims again and again. I suppose every single negative trust I send is so that I can personally gain from it, right? Every scammer that I tag is because I actually want to scam instead and I need to get rid of the competition, huh?

What about getting a bigger e-peen like the fine folks over on Reddit lol. Not that I am insinuating you would but still. Imagine that e-peen getting bigger and bigger with every little precious merit point. Then showing that huge merit score on your Bitcointalk account to your grandchildren. You would be a fucking legend man. Sweet