You do realise that people can ask for payments in order to send other users merits
That must be beyond
faux pas: It must result in an instant automatic permaban.
It cant always be caught; but it should be made risky enough that no craven blackguard with a high-value account would find it economical.
It will happen and a lot more than what you think Merit system is bad for the forum and its somethign I would never ever use again
I dont know you; but a reasonable person might ask if your opinion of what is bad for the forum might be coloured by your being a Jr. Member with zero merit, as you are at present.
EditP.S., to be clear about my own biases or lack thereof, all my current merit was earned by me; none came from any prior status. I ranked up to Member at the the activity rollover yesterday, 30 January. This may be easily verified by anybody who examines my post history and calculates the activity periods.