I like the new system,only needs some tweaking IMHO to have the merit sources
and higher ranked members distribute merits more ,if you wish,willingly and easily
at the moment they have no incentitive to merit a newbie unless he is some outstanding exception to the rule
because of the fear they can get accused of multiaccounting and such most of the merits are transfered to the already established quality posters,usually high ranked too
while I would like to see new people who put effort into posting rewarded more often