Basically I do not give a fuck about merit. It does not affect me in any way. I am registered since 2012 and still full member only. I do not care about user ranks, why should anybody anyway? There are no posting restrictions, so stop complaining.
A few regular users who only care about discussing bitcoin related stuff would agree with you.
the rest, who care about attaining higher rank will cry about it
because it hinders them from joining sig campaigns, bounties and other making money opportunities