First of all it's not another April Fools post/thread, this is just my own opinion about actual Merit System.
Yes, I'm the same person - 'wojteks102' on this forum and on biggest polish forum about cryptocurrency.
Here is my opinion:
System is about in 65% bad and 35% good.
Good:
-You need to post very very informative and meaningful posts/threads here
-Merit is right now something like a 'prize' for a very good post/thread from your person
-If you're new and you're spamming = you can forgot about higher level of your btct account
Bad:
-If you're an account farmer with many account Full Member and higher level you can just boost your farm to a higher and higher and higher level. When everybody is just 'fighting' for a higher level of an account or in straight words they're staying on the same level even with activity requirement meet.
-If you're in a group of people that have got accounts Full Member and higher you can just help each other by giving out merit to each other.
-What I noticed is that people want to give merits accounts with a higher rank more that that with lower. That cutting the wings especially for new ones here on the forum. And why I understand people psychology, sorry but I can't understand when you see informative posts and only giving merits to that with higher ranks.
My advice:
When you see an informative posts (not just random bull*hit or spam) and you have got some merit's to spend, don't hesitate and do it. Just don't look at the account rank/nickname or anything else.
Possible solution for the whole account level system:
Activity should be the most important thing here but for me only posts 120-130+ (may be higher) characters should be counted for activity. Also, posts in some boards should not be considered in activity calculation. Which one? I think that bitcointalk forum stuff know which ones.
Merit? I think merit should be something like a motivation?/boost? to get higher rank faster but not with unjust advantage for account farmers and 'group of accounts'. Example: Sr. Member: required activity: 240 or required activity: 220 if Required merit is meet (250)
I'm open for a possible discussion here in the thread.