I don't agree with you that the merit system was created due to the past of Senior members. The last 6 months to a year has seen a dramatic increase of Newbie accounts created and bullshit posting. It coincided perfectly with the growth in the price of Bitcoin in 2017...more people wanted to "get in".

I'll share that the rules related to campaigns have tightened as time has gone on. It's been a battle the Admins here have been fight for years, long before most of you knew of this forum. In fact, the first signature campaign (Primedice) when it first started was rewarding their members for posting 100s of times in a single week. The idea of spam was born out of that Primedice campaign, which was a legend campaign back in the day. And obviously since then the rules around campaign activity have been reigned in significantly.

Just a bit of history for you...here's a link to the Primedice signature campaign announcement thread: Primedice Signature Campaign Announcement