Since the merit system is introduced in the forum, everyone is complaining about someone getting merit points for none deserving posts & someone not getting merit points for deserving posts.
If the main motive of this forum is to introduce quality in the forum then they have to ban multiple accounts rather than giving a merit system from one peer to another peer.
If these things can't happen, then they have to introduce a panel of experts who will give merit points to quality posts without any discrimination.
This will introduce stability and people will actually work for the quality with proper power.
What do you think??
One of the good things about the forum is anonymity, so a KYC appart from being expensive would scare many people that want to speak freely. Perhaps you come from a country where that is granted.
Regarding the panel, and as the previous post says, you have the merit sources that, at least in theory, should be acting for the better of the forum.
However, I do find some "merit" in your post as per having a bit of a clear criteria on what is quality and how much merit could you expect for a brilliant post, etc... But I guess that the system has yet to mature.