you were just replaying with this post , you didn't come up with something new , something constructive but you still get merit points !!! just ask your self why ? Because you're famous , your a moderator a legendary member . Off course I'm not complaining about you high quality post but I believe this post dose not deserve merit points but you know people always love licking ass . What I'm trying to say is that this not the best idea for improving the posts quality in here . I don't expect to get merit for this post because I don't deserve it . Because only high quality posts are allowed to get it . Do not feel offended because I do have a lot of respect for you
Giving members such as me merit points is pretty much useless and I really don't care about accumulating them, but people are free to give points as they wish and they will reward posts they deem thoughtful, informative, entertaining or they just down right agree with it. I think higher ranked members will give them out quite liberally if one of these criterias are met regardless or rank or reputation, because they ultimately want the forum to be a better place and to improve and currently this is the best way to encourage it. You may disagree with what posts others give merit out for but I think you are likely more biased due to your dislike of the system than somebody who you think may be giving them out just to 'lick ass'.