I lost access to my thigh ranked accounts on bitcointalk.  So I tried to purchase some and ended up getting scammed.  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4525611.msg40763443#msg40763443

I would of stayed but It will take literally years to rank back up with this merit system.  Even for really good posters it takes ages as the merits being handed out is decreasing each month.

Obviously I can still post and contribute without having a high ranked account.  But it helps to take part in sig campaigns while I'm posting just as many other high ranked posters do.