The merit mechanic is great. It encourages users to post well to rank up. Maybe in the future signature campaigns can pay out using Merits instead of BTC 
Thats something I think merit sources could be used well for.
But right now, why don't we make every 10 merits we recieve, translate to 8 or 10 sMerit? People with current ranks become the merit sources, and the merit can be passed around while the 8 merits recieved will stop merits being too common. Besides the example above, can someone help me try to justify the need for merit sources?
Thats something I think merit sources could be used well for.But right now, why don't we make every 10 merits we recieve, translate to 8 or 10 sMerit? People with current ranks become the merit sources, and the merit can be passed around while the 8 merits recieved will stop merits being too common. Besides the example above, can someone help me try to justify the need for merit sources?
It is good to have merit sources appointed by admin. Giving all those powers to members here can result in abuse. If we start getting 10 smerits for 10 merits we receive, just imagine how easy it will be to transfer merits between alt accounts. From account A to account B and then from account B to account C.