rich are getting richer and the poor stays that way. Posting relevant posts isn't the basis anymore as you could analyze it but veteran members still insists it is the main basis and it supposed to remain that way. I just hope I will not be banned for saying what is really going on, anyone is entitled to give their side and opinion about matters that matters most.
That`s not really what is going on. The system wasn`t designed to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer. Posting relevant posts really is the basis and it will always be. Many participants just don`t want to admit this. Users, who for half a year failed to earn merits, see the output not in greater diligence and zeal, but in the complaint and criticism of the system. Nietzsche called this the morality of slaves, which is manifested through the ressentiment - a sense of hostility to the fact that the person considers the cause of his failures. In order to get out of this state, it is necessary to work hard, try to achieve more, improve. Don`t think that for users with the highest rank it is easy to earn merits. They try for the sake of this, improve their English, work on the style of presenting information. Without diligence nothing will turn out, nothing gets to anyone without effort. Stop looking for flaws in the system, stop blaming those who managed to get merits. Start with yourself, make efforts, try, imrove your language. And you will succeed.