The new merit system: The good, the bad, and the ugly!
The good: Only the quality posters will rank up.
Good! It should be that way. Do you want a group of Legendaries spamming the forum?
The bad: Even if you post quality contents you may not get many merits by the people.
But if a person is really joining the forum to learn and meet new friends, is there really a need for them to get merits?
The ugly: When you post great content many people are lazy to click and go to the next page and add the merit(s).
Because there is no great content persuasive enough to make be give my merits. It is not laziness