I noticed the exact same post today. I've seen staff and non staff give merit for many posts that report abuse, but xandry's merit history shows that most of the posts he merited have been deleted.
That doesn't highlight good posts, which is what the merit system is supposed to do.
That doesn't highlight good posts, which is what the merit system is supposed to do.
In this case this is bad according to Welsh input on my merit system flaw.
If the moderator is a merit source an action is required for this sort of phenomenon.
If the moderator is a merit source an action is required for this sort of phenomenon.
P.S. Statistics of my reports are available to administrators
mdayonliner, do you have any more questions?
Maybe you don't trust the forum administrator which is appointed xandry staff of the Russian section of the forum?
The user Alex_Sr clearly indicating that the merits were awarded to help the staff (xandry) on moderating the Russian section. mdayonliner, do you have any more questions?
Maybe you don't trust the forum administrator which is appointed xandry staff of the Russian section of the forum?
My guess is they are reporting the posts and if the report comes out good then they are getting one merit for each report.
update:
Is this correct?
Yes, it's making sense perfectly. Merit is not a good moderating reward in my opinion cause people can make 500 alts and boost reports on the main account 
I agree with this logic. People can easily rank up their main account using this trick.