I personally think that the system of merit points that the forum started to work with is launched after a precise study.
A lot of users are making stupid posts with no useful content just to ameliorate their ranks and earn much more money.
The forum becomes full with empty content posts. So i do believe in this new technic which represents a control system that fixes the upgrade criteria.
I agree with your opinion if the future merit can remove spammers in bitcointalk but if I think if at the beginning of the merit weighing merit that is nearing the next rank as I live looking for merit to be able to ride a full member even looking for a merit can eat time 2 new daily we can get merit