I do not have anything against you, but this just shows your double standards, Lauda! Beats the purpose of having a merit system in place if "notable" names like you are going to misuse it. I have done everything possible (ethically) to earn merits, but it just doesn't happen.
Everything written here is wrong. Nobody has an obligation to merit anyone, and it is up to them to decide how they're going to handle it. Actual abuse would be meriting your alts or selling the points. What you are complaining about has nothing to do with abuse.
I am almost never giving out merit to people who need it to rank up (regardless of the "worthiness" of their post)
Exactly what I have been complaining about. There is no possible way for a full member like me to ever rank up on this forum! Shouldn't it be a task of "notable" names like you to actually merit the people who are writing "worthy" posts in order to encourage others to do the same?
Shouldn't it be a task of "not-notable" names like you to pay some "notable" names like me a hourly rate of $250 to waste my life reading your shitposts in order to figure out what might be worth meriting (and thus act accordingly)? [1]
Due to this self-entitled bullshit..
I called it already for what it is. The forum has unfortunately become infested with people of this type. You keep giving, and they keep asking for more without ever giving something back.
Participating in the merit system in a certain way is not, and can never be an obligation.
[1] Don't get your hopes up, this is not a real question (hence the absurd h.rate) but only biased baboons could think that it is.