What changes I see today, after the introduction of the "Merit" system?
1. The reverse effect. The merit-system was made in order to save the forum from the influx of useless posts, topics, etc. Today, "thanks to" the introduction of this system, we have the following: the creation of the same topics about new merit system, about shit-posts and the emergence of begging.
2. Head-butting. The system did not provide for the usual human factor - comparison of yourself with other people. Someone stands higher, someone stands lower, both in real life and in the virtual world. "Thanks to" the introduction of this system, we have: Beginning disputes and accusations against each other, thereby creating another spam and flooding on the forum. Here we return to №1.
3. Competition. The merit-system expected people to evaluate the good posts or topics of other forum participants in good faith. The result of the introduction of this system: shit-posts are estimated of the friends, family, acquaintances or their multi-accounts.
4. Monetization. For the time being, it is not clear until the end, the system struggling with the sale of merits or not? Like other forum participants who watch this process and paint trust if they saw merits on shit-posts, so I cant say with full confidence about the sale of merits, this process will be more clearly visible after the passage of time.
5. Get-away. Many participants can make a decision to leave the forum, observing the current situation and the forum will be empty. The bottom line: on the forum will stay only "oldsports", but some people dont understand, there are some newbies who benefit the forum and share useful information. If he is newbie on the forum, this does not mean that he is newbie in the field of crypto currency. I know many crypto-guys who into the theme of crypto for several years, but have not been registered at the forum or registered recently.
Of course, there are exceptions. Some people will stop spamming on the forum, in view of the current uselessness of stuffing posts, as well as out of fear that they will be painted by the negative trust, but if we go back to №3, it is clear to everyone that the system will not do much good against spam.