The bad: Even if you post quality contents you may not get many merits by the people.
Well you cant force somebody to merit your post even though it is good just wait patiently and someone will merit you one day.
Another thing can we just post normally like before merit system is not a big deal because it is only a requirement to rank up, Rank doesn't matter if you really care about the forum, what really matter is you shared your knowledge about crypto and you also gained knowledge here.
I do understand how you feel and how it can be frustrating to gain those merits, but after seeing many users improve and be rewarded, I had hopes that no matter how hard it would be, people would sooner or later recognize you if you truly give an effort in posting.
Can you give examples of these "improved" posts? I still see the same shitposts. Plus I believe most of them are not here to learn about Bitcoin.
I hope that someday you and the others who are having a hard time accepting the merit system would try to see the good in it and try to adapt so that we can all move forward and be better members of this forum.
I hope all of them spammers leave. That would encourage the old Bitcoiners to come back in the forum, making it a place of learning again.
It is okay if you still see shit post out there, they wont get merit of out them and eventually they will be stuck at their current rank and will be fed up to join signature campaign. Time will come and those spammer will be lessen and this forum will regain its place as a place of learning about cryptocurrency.