You need to step back and think about the purpose of the merit system. It is designed to improve the quality of the forum, and not to help families to increase their presence on the boards. Nepotism is counter to the interests of the forum and its members. Merit is meant to reward the quality of your posting, and not the fecundity of your parents. It may not be banned on the boards, but many awarders of merit will put you on ignore to avoid helping you to reduce the quality of the forum.
I agree.
People should not hand merits to friends just because they're friends. They should really do so only if the friends deserve it.
That's like if someone givea you a ribbon and tells you only to merit people who deserve it, the u give that ribbon to your friends because u want to help them out,,,. Wtf