Your points are good. But I have something I want to bring to your notice if you never realised it before now. First the merit system is not fair to everyone. Most constructive posters, don't see their posts being merited as people hardly give out their merit points. 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. To me, I have no issues with the merit system all I can say is that I'm happy I discovered crypto when I did.