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.
As much as merit system wants to established controls over quality posts, the fact that many user of this forum are working for campaigns and are obliged to complete their post requirement is still one reason why non quality post will still be present. But the best part of this merit system is the idea that whether you make thousands of post, if none of them earn merit you will not rank up which I think is a best way to control position.