Re: Merit - a problem or solution for the bitcointalk community ?
I think that without the Merit system it was much easier to pump . to achieve a high rank...
Exactly! This is the main reason to bring merit on the table. Isn't it working fine now? One can be proud of telling the story that they became Legendary even after an evil like merit was invented by theymos 
Before merit, the forum was boring (My honest feedback).