Re: The new rule (1 Merit for Jr. Member) is already reducing spam
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Which goes to prove that the 1 merit rule is up to some extent easy to bypass by farmers, but even so, many will not be able to even achieve it (not enough merits to cover all the Alts from the father account). A step-up in the criteria could, at a later stage, be obviously requiring more merit but from x distinct people (i.e. 5 merits from 5 different people). Not impassable, but certainly tougher to overcome. Anyway, weve just changed the rule, so that is going to stay for a while. At best, people can work on the diverse lists for suspicious clear cases, and farmers know that they are being watched
In the end what ever method somebody could come with, there are always going to be smart ass with enough merits or strategies to bypass them. It would make life just harder for legit people.
As somebody as already proposed, there could be people with the power to reverse the merit given, if the case is a clear abuse.
But for a better forum, its worth a shot for everyone to benefit from learning crypto. Spammers are inevitable for every forum, we should live with it but if there are to much, we should control it.