The merit idea is stupid. The red trust marking are even more stupid. Some of the old timers cannot accept the new realities of crypto in general. For them, Bitcoin is the one true coin, one coin to rule them all. There are a lot of different tribes that exists in Bitcointalk. And it's really surprising that there is still no major drama happening. However I could see that it will be a tipping point which will bring the whole forum into chaos.

All the conflict does is aggravate everyone.

May I suggest that Theymos cut off the entire Altcoin section, and just move them off to another domain like maybe "Altcointalk.org." Ranks and usernames will be maintained in the new site.

This way, Bitcointalk will be about Bitcoin again and no more shitposting/spamming for campaigns. They can all shitpost in the new forum.