I never said I deserve it.
Oh good, then we both agree that you do not deserve to rank-up.
Then there is no problem.
I just said if purpose is to make it fair, it should
treat everyone equal, and current system doesn't do that. I don't see how purposefully
cherrypicking some of my posts to make me look bad contributes to the health of forum, either
The purpose is not to make it "fair" or treat everyone equally; equity is not the goal. The goal is to discourage people like yourself from posting nonsense (because the primary benefit has been nullified), as I have referenced. The purpose was exactly the opposite of treating everyone equal; it was meant to separate people like you from people that contribute to the community and reward the people that actually contribute. That was not cherry-picking, that is representative of your posting as a whole.
Pointing out your flaws, bad-habits and harmful activity in hopes that you improve yourself, see the error of your ways or just get discouraged enough to leave the forum entirely would
certainly be good for the forum.
I am not going to continue muddying philip's thread, by going back and forth with someone that doesn't deserve it. If you'd like to continue this conversation, send me a PM; not contributing anymore to your worthless attempt to farm merit/activity.