I've said before it's harsh for Hero members with over 775 activity to get only 500 merits, and your case is the worst I think!
What about Legendary members who now have the same Merit as those who have 1,000+ less activity than they do?
The system is not perfect, but nothing stops Theymos from tweaking it later.
The Merit system reifyies and institutionalizes Legendary power structures!
Legendary members with more activity must have their privilege checked, because meritocracy is a racist tool of white supremacist ideology.
Source: https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9874
If there were an alternative most of us would be gone already probably. At present however Bitcointalk has a monopoly position. And the crypto scene shouldn't belong to only a few, but to all of us. 