I'm not bothered that I've been demoted, and I hope I'll make my way to some rank someday.
What bothers me that some of the higher ranked members like you who got into the game early when there was no restrictions and now selling their accounts for money.( I'm not saying you're selling though.)
I hope they'll implement something to stop this too.
Why are you bothered about this? How does this make you more or less of a spammer? Start worrying about making real useful posts instead of disguised shitposts and not about other people trying to bypass the merit limitations.
I may have gotten to the game early, but thats because I joined this forum cuz of Bitcoin and not to join bounties and make money. Actually, Ive already received more than 250 merits since the system was introduced, which doesnt make me better than anyone, but someone who actually has a brain and tries to do something instead of complaining all day while writing a lot of bs.