This. I feel like by simply raising this limit to 3 your going to make it immensely more difficult on the spam for cash poster. Hell even the worst of the worst poster can get lucky with a single post and a generous merit giver. They may try post after post trying to get that 1 merit. Needing 1 gives you hope. Needing 3 gives you butt hurt. I really hope the leadership will consider this.
Let's give it some time and check how many newbies with 28+ activity we still have in a few weeks. I think even 1 merit is going to be a huge obstacle for the vast majority of shitposters.