"In addition to activity, everyone now has a merit score, and you need both a certain activity level and a certain merit score in order to reach higher member ranks."
So both are cheating in order to achieve higher ranks.
Lauda is the highest rank, aTriz is the
second highest.
For the same reason the newbs are doing it.
I support the idea of the merit system being uncensored, since censoring it will make people afraid of spending their sMerits, however, if we want the newbs not to engage in Merit exchanges, there should be examples of that behaviour from trusted members.
You gotta admit you see their point.
If one of them gave someone 20 Merits for a post like that, and then got 10 back, someone would probably neg him.
I'm not saying that's wrong behaviour, I'm just saying we should try to set an example instead of saying omg, shitpost,spammer, stfu since simmilar behaviour on their end would be penalized and frowned upon, it can be hard to spot the differences for lower ranking members.
Also, I really don't consider this (
http://prntscr.com/i7czpx) to be worthy of a neg.
My belief is that this is not what the trust system was designed for.
It's designed to fight against scams, can you trust someone with your
BTC or not, not to neg people who attack you, no matter what they're saying.