on paper, it's a good idea to bring quality on the forum but there may even be negative effects with this Merit system.
some might be trying to sell them or exchange them with each other.
there is already telegram and facebook group for merit exchange.
new entrants seeing their frozen rank will quickly leave this forum for another.
so I don't think that's a good idea, there are more negatives than positives
Would it not be much better if you could send the link to these groups so that merit sources or moderators could infiltrate and start obliterating the cheaters.