Isn't it so unfair for the people who is new here? That will be struggling making such as good quality post so they could be given a merit by someone. I know all of you is having a hard time thinking what are you going to post such as good quality.
It is really hard to have a merit it is because as far as I know:
People are selfish. Even though you post a really good quality post still there is a people who won't give you a merit.
Some are alone. Like me, I don't really have much friend who would give me a free merit. I know that it is easy to have a merit with a friend that have an account of bitcointalk.
My question is. Why still need merit? We are still struggling to rank because of the merit.
It is actually fair enough. It is also a way to reduce sh*t posters in this forum. I myself have been stucked in my rank, my rank up will depend on the quality of posts I make. I used to disagree with merit to because of course it is a disadvantage for everyone but I learned to accept it since it's already there. MODs will still be followed.