Yes, we need more merit sources.
Solution #2 is something I've already seen from time to time, one way or another. Can't recall from whom exactly, but might have been Vod? (really unsure about that)
My personal suggestion would be something like "Let Legendary users vote for new merit sources".
Why the Legendaries? They are not likely to abuse it. I.e., make a thread (preferably one where only Legendaries can post) where you can submit suggestions for new merit sources and have the Legendaries vote on the suggestions. Might want to include the Mods in the voters as well.
Maybe a solution for this issue would be to:
Solution #1 is probably too difficult. Somebody's gotta find those new merit sources. Who will?- select a few merit sources that are interested in these topics and regularly posts there for a better distribution of merits
- have something like a "Rank-o-Thon" (similar to Hackathon
) where a list of users would be selected and the merit sources would go to their posts and merit whatever they find good
Solution #2 is something I've already seen from time to time, one way or another. Can't recall from whom exactly, but might have been Vod? (really unsure about that)
My personal suggestion would be something like "Let Legendary users vote for new merit sources".
Why the Legendaries? They are not likely to abuse it. I.e., make a thread (preferably one where only Legendaries can post) where you can submit suggestions for new merit sources and have the Legendaries vote on the suggestions. Might want to include the Mods in the voters as well.
There is already a process - merit source applicants need to post a thread in Meta, theymos needs to review it. Not sure if he's not reviewing, not finding suitable applicants, not seeing the need for more than 80, but I don't see how a Legendary vote would fix that.