I think this new system also have that kind of problems, I've already seen some abusing this system.
Later on, there will be a buying and selling of merits.
Having people to review, will give unnoticed accounts a way to rank up.(An alternative way to rank up)
Provided, they have enough activity.
You might be right but it doesn't matter because like gopaljiverma said there is simply not enough manpower to handle this. Especially not for free.
It's a good point to discuss with. In some cases this merit sometimes can be abused of course. I am pretty sure that theymos and other admins have already discussed this type of issues. It will then eventually improves the merit feature by adding other functionalities. I guess it still goes back to the role of the moderator. Any proven circumstances of merit abuse shall be reported and investigated. I was just thinking tho if the main account of spammer can really abuse it since there are limitations in sending a merit and if you are not receiving one then you surely cant share it as well
Exactly my point. People forget there are still moderators that are doing their best to prevent those abusements. Merit will surely make their work easier. Like you pointed, nobody said this new system is final and there won't be any changes. If there are many abusers like some people fear, the admins will surely address that.
Considering that I'm also new here, I'm not sure whether I should be happy about letting the feedback of others hold me back from being a member.. Although I agree that this prevents everyone of us from posting nonsense, I'm just not confident enough in my posts that they are merit-worthy...
Judging by your last post you are definitely capable of producing high quality posts (you even got a merit for it). Not all of your posts need to get merit, this is not what the admins intended. However if you try hard enough some of them will eventually get merit and you will be able to advance in ranks.