Quote from: iillaa on May 02, 2018, 01:32:38 PM

hey then why not make it fair to all of the members of BTT forum and implement a complementary system that reduce high rank members merits ( and if accumulated it will reduce rank ofc ) if they dont get new merit in a certain time . i mean they are heroes and full members it should be easy to get 1 merit since they have more experience in the forum

that will for sure expose those fake rank members that simply take from the forum with no giving back or contribution to make it better

Why is this necessary? You could just as easily argue that it's then not fair to all the old timers who have been making quality contributions here for years. I'm not sure why you really care about others either as it doesn't effect you at all. You should accept it and be more concerned about making quality posts to receive merit yourself because regardless of whether it was retroactive or not you would still be in the same position.

Quote from: Emilyearl on May 02, 2018, 01:43:04 PM

Another thing I have noticed about merit is that people only merit most popular posters even when it's clear those being merited don't need the merit for anything.

Or these more popular posters tend to make the best posts? It's not a coincidence. If you're 'popular' here it's probably for good reason and they're only popular because they've made posts over time that stand out. I would rather not give my merits to those that don't really 'need' them but if I see a post that I think is deserving or helpful I wan't to show appreciation of it. I think it's helpful to others as well to show what sorts of posts are deserving of merit.