For all of the people who whines here about merit system, please take a loot at my statistic thread that i have made about QuestionAuthority's merit activity since he is a top 1 merit giver now. You can find it at
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2947171.msg30272338#msg30272338You can read it and hope you guys can be more positive about this merit after that.
I appreciate the effort you made there. I think there is no point in arguing with the complainers, they will ultimately get the point. I will not be surprised if most of them leave.