At first, it seems to be unfair. However, just think and observe at the forum. Most of the posts were just senseless and obviously were just meant to do the required weekly posts or just to boost ranks. I really think the main aim of this forum is for crypto users to learn, share ideas and at the same time to earn (airdrop or camps.) Of course, I wouldn't wash my hands because at first I was just trying to post for the same reason, however, as I stayed longer, it's obviously not worth reading some of the posts and would be a waste of time reading some of the threads because of most users abuse lax community rules and regulations. I admit it too, that the new system will be difficult for us to achieve higher rank, but take it a good way to learn and to work harder.
This forum has been created for people to create constructive post and it is the job of the moderator to remove those who are creating low quality post. If they are tired to maintain their current system then they should not started this at the very first time they think to create this forum because eventually there will be problems like this to happen. I am not saying that i do not agree to the merit system but in my own opinion, it was bias for those high rank to rank up their account easily before when merit system is not existing. There are a lot of high ranked users who are just passing merits to their other companions in this forum and they are not being banned so what do you mean by hard work ?.