But really, why is that a turn off for you? I mean maybe that's where he can post best.
I gave you a merit for that. It made me stop and think that my action is counter-productive. I'm not against the alt boards, after all, I've got them on ignore. What I am opposed to are the bounty hunters who infest the main boards with low value spam. If we can persuade the alt posters to stay on their own boards, then that is beneficial to the forum in my opinion.
I've given it a bit of leeway and not been too fussy on giving merit to newbies - looking for a reason to give it rather than looking for reasons not to give it. As long as they don't appear to be just bounty report posters or low quality posters I have ranked some up. Hopefully encouraging them to improve their post quality. I do check all their post history.
But I also have no intention to set a record and get on this list:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;stats=topsendban