Merit sucks. I've been studying threads and posts and now at this point it's obvious that people don't award merit to others for good posts, they reward it because they know each other on here. Very sad system. It needs to be trashed or redone.
Not true, I speak to very few people here on a personal level. Ive been giving out Smerits based on what I see as good, constructive posts that hold value to people in the community. Stop being so paranoid buddy & concentrate on posting high quality stuff & youll get rewarded.