Yes it reduces spammers but it is also good in the fact that people need to work harder and they will feel good when they get rewarded.
Not every newbie is new to crypto. Some people have been in it for some time and have only made a Bitcointalk profile recently.
If you simply post stuff that would be valuable to other people then the merit will come in.
Its best if you just don.t worry about it and carry on normally.