Quote from: ranochigo on January 27, 2018, 01:56:05 PM

Quote from: btcwish1 on January 27, 2018, 01:48:52 PM

It's very interesting to see most of the members praising this so called 'Merit' systems are the users who already got lot of 'Merit's by default. They did NOT have to earn it like all new users will have to now!! Because you guys already got the merits by default ( as per your current rank) it's easy for you to praise this crap system!!

It's also pretty interesting to see how all the shitposters are starting to rise and come to the meta to complain about this "crap" system. I see this as a good way for people to start posting constructively, at least and not just spam for the sake of farming accounts.

Quote from: btcwish1 on January 27, 2018, 01:48:52 PM

I can guarantee most of the users who are blindly praising this crap system would not praise if they did not get the merit by default!! if for some reasons this 'merit' system is abolished then these same members will start praising that decision also...

Anyway, let's see how long this crappy merit 'system' can last long..

No shit sherlock. Those who genuinely care about the wellbeing of the forum is obviously praising the merit system. If you can, go on and suggest a better system to eliminate those spammers. The merit system doesn't necessarily make it impossible for people to rank up, I personally would merit someone if I find that their post is genuinely useful and not just something that has been repeated thousands of times.

Exactly what I was going to say. I wouldn't be against everyone starting from zero points, but you could argue that the older users have already earned their merit and maybe it wouldn't be fair to make all the old timers with thousands of quality posts and contributions start from zero either. I would juts suck it up and get busy contributing something constructive as opposed to just futilely complaining about something that was created to try benefit the overall quality of the community.