Quote from: suchmoon on April 07, 2018, 02:55:27 AM

Quote from: soulcancer on April 06, 2018, 06:12:28 PM

I realize that I can be a dick...well, you may not like the style in which I make my points (as I said, I am not here to make friends)....but it seems no one made ANY effort to refute my points...I was just told over and over that I wouldn't be getting merit because of my attitude...nothing at all to do with the validity of my ideas (which proved my point)...the bottom line is that we now have a system than can easily be abused and is SANCTIONED by the powers that be...as I said before, there is way too much merit being given out simply for discussing merit...not one of you replied to my question about the user who received over 100 merit in 60 days simply by posting positive crap about the merit system...and for those of you who say I wont be getting any merit...what is to stop me from opening a new account...going to the merit-related threads...and posting kiss-ass comments about the merit system??...I will be a full member by the end of summer...easy...and what makes you think that the sock puppets have not already figured that out??

Go ahead then. It's likely not as easy as it sounds. Sure, some will earn merits in sleazier ways than others. This is not an exact science and not everyone's path to merits will be the same. But once the novelty wears off I doubt you'd earn many merits for shilling the merit system. And...your...punctuation...would...be...a...dead...giveaway...

Edit: I must resist giving The Pharmacist all my merits. He has a way of putting my deepest thoughts into words. What a sleazy merit farmer.

as the only one who has awarded me merit for merit-unrelated posts...I must respect your opinion....and in the end all I can say is...."very nice"...at least you can convey some intellectual honesty