No use whatever new systems are introduced there are some people who always find a way to bypass it or violate the system and continue their shit work that fills up the forum with spam and these guys just try to get to higher ranks just to earn some dollars. Maybe Theymos would do something about the people who are farming merit or getting merit too easily.
That is true to some extent. With a new rule, the staff wants to fix the current loopholes. But since no system is perfect, members start looking for ways to bypass that new rule as well. However, overall, this makes things difficult for the spammers. If we keep seeing such changes at regular intervals, a lot of spammers will give up eventually. They will realize that their tricks will not last very long and it is not thus worth it using here.