Thanks to the new merit system, i can now strain the kind of information i want to read as a new member of this community. It looks like people are "scared" to post now so it is quite easy to find good posts around and read them. I noticed that my eyes are caught by posts with merits more than those without merits( i don't underestimate posts without merits though. some of them are helpful to me). I hope i am able to learn quickly and earn merits too. I have all the time in the world to be patient.
Can you navigate the forum easily as well as compared to a couple of weeks/months back?
You are correct about the fact that a post with merits catches attention. I try to read other posts as well as sometimes you find hidden gems unmerited. I do not think the navigation has changed for me in any way after the merit system. If the posts were sorted based on number of merits received, it would have been different.