I think the new system is a bad idea. I really don't think people will give out much merit at all. Even if you write the most amazing post, you probably wont get merit. Most people don't have any to give either. I think it will end up with almost everyone not advancing and people with lots of merit will probably sell it for money to people. All in all not a good system.
It's not intended to be a good system for all but to be a good system for a few (whose names most of us know).
If I may correct your word. This new system called merit point is a great system for
all of us who want to be better.
This is a forum, a place to gather and talking about a specific topic (which is cryptocurrency). This forum doesn't prohibit you from earning money by joining in a signature campaign, but the forum needs to make sure that everyone has a standard quality of a good poster. So if you still want to make some money from this forum, you better step up your game rather than barking about the system. There will be no easy money in this world !
Sometimes it is so irritating to see people who comes to a place who is owned by others to get money and yet they think they are the boss. Sorry you re just a stranger that can be used as a worker, and you may be replaced by others, and the owner of the place you have been worked with wont care about it at all.