All the posts from complaining Newbies without any merit prove the system works. I don't think bounty spammers will ever get a vote in it.
I found Newbie with 2800 posts and 0 merit:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1463210What do you think if forum will restrict all newbies to post active links? This might help with the massive spam.
I see, he does not spam. Yes, he got 2800 post but he is a bounty hunter, most of his post is report. He did the right thing if he only report the work.
If i dont wrong, we do not have rules relate to restrict bounty hunter if he only report his work.