because they can't rank up asap and therefore they can't enroll in a signature campaign to earn btc or eth.

Let's be honest, that's the only reason why a newbie member would complain about the merit system. Being Sr, Hero, or even Legendary member  doesn't give you any advantages in the forum other than the possiblity of getting higher payments in sig campaigns. If you made a an acc in this forum just because you want to talk about bitcoin and whatnot, then the merit system shouldn't be bothersome at all.

and how are butthurt newbies and shitposters/spammers spewing nonsense a disadvantage? if anything it means that the system is actually working at stopping these users from getting high ranks.