it is actions such that deprive newbies (who honestly make valid contributions) from gaining merits,the merit system should be improved upon to make it fairer especially to new comers
Yes, we are missing an important point related to merit abuse. It is good that genuine members are giving their time to find out remembers abusing the merit system and then reporting it but what about:
1) The merits which got wasted in the whole process. Is there anything being done to compensate for those merit points ? I am sure that the admin must have thought about creating a system in accordance with the number of merits required to be in circulation. Did he consider these abuses cases while panning that ?
2) Why not have some restriction related to the maximum number of merits allowed per post ?