I like the idea of the new merit system, it will definitely improve the post quality in the community. But I have many issues with the merit system. which includes.
- The new merit will make some members to create multiple account and give themselves the merit
- Some might be given merit to their friends to help them move to another level while their post doesn't deserve the merit
- some might even demand for momentary value to be able to give out merit
these and many more issues
So my humble suggestion and opinion for the merit to be fair and justify.
I will suggest that people will only give a limited number of merit to a particular member within a time frame. Example: Member A can give Member B lets say only 1 merit within a period of two weeks. So it means that Member A cannot dump 10 merits at once to Member B. Member B can receive merit from other members but once within a time frame like once every two weeks.
I think implementing something like that will help to strengthen the merit system and make fair for everyone to receive merit for a good post from any one.
I am just sharing my thought and opinion regarding the merit system.
What is your own thought about merit system and how to make it better and fair for everyone?