I don't think he wants people to go out of their way to just try get merit, but he wants the quality of content to improve. There's still a long way to go and I still think it's going to take more than just one merit to achieve that.
Yes there is long way to go but I Think lot more new people will post with this new rules. Some people just read but not post much.due to these new rules they also will start to post good post..
Well i just want to say this. Look, in a high quality post there is something called novelty. It does not mean that your post must has 100% novelty but at least it is not something that is always repeated by newbie or Jr. Member who come to this Meta Section. This kind of post is already made by a lot of newbies and Jr. Member, even since the original merit system introduced back in January, and people are already bored of this
With this new system I think lost more new people will be active than past.