Quote from: Wind_Crypto on February 16, 2018, 08:32:20 PM

But what makes my temper flare, is how some members are using merits related posts to farm merit. They create an attractive thread name, write a FEW lines about how people shdn't complain abt the merits system

You mean like this one? Grin

Quote from: hous26 on February 16, 2018, 09:03:22 PM

The merit system makes it exceptionally difficult to rank up.

Good. And so it should. Now only exceptional posters will rank up and the forum will be dratstically better off for it.

Quote from: nullius on February 16, 2018, 10:06:52 PM

Well, first of all, this is a bad way to end your posts:

Quote from: Wind_Crypto on February 12, 2018, 06:26:35 PM

[Share some merit if u found this useful, thanks! Hard for noobs to level up these days:)]

Quote from: Wind_Crypto on February 15, 2018, 01:37:16 PM

[P.s. Newcomer trying to lvl up here. Merits welcomed if you found this post helpful.]

I myself have a firm general policy of never awarding merit to a post which asks for it. Thats in poor taste, at best. It doesnt matter whether whether the post has substance, or is just begging.

Agreed. I don't think I would leave merit on a post/thread if somebody asks for it regardless of how great the post was. This sort of practice should be frowned upon by the community or better off actually prohibited. At worst it's begging and at best it's completely redundant.