Quote from: paxmao on September 21, 2018, 02:20:45 PM

We all should start getting used to the fact that a merit is not a like and should never be used a such.

But it is pretty much a "like". The only difference is that giving out merit carries a lot more weight because merits are fairly scarce when you take into account the sheer number of members on the forum. Plus we all know how valuable merits are.

I tend to merit posts that I like. It just so happens that those posts are usually pretty good, even if they're just a gif or a picture. A picture is worth a thousand words sometimes. Good posts don't always have to be long, but IMO a post that's well-written and on-topic is one I tend to "like".

Quote from: lrvjvt on September 21, 2018, 02:16:38 PM

Therefore, I asked Merit sources, in addition to browsing the English part, can you pay attention to the local part

I'm hoping Theymos tapped some local board members to be new merit sources, but there's no way of telling as of right now. There's a thread in Meta that can identify suspected merit sources based on how many merits they've sent, but I think it's too early to figure out. Having more sources in the non-English sections would alleviate some of the pressure to post in English, which some people are feeling--but then we still have the problem of signature campaigns mostly paying for English posts. That's something that I think should change.