When merit was implemented everyone automatically received Merit based on activity, so why is it now different?
Before Merit system was first implemented it was NOT possible to get any merit even from excellent posts. I believe it was because of this, that the old users were given merit from the activity they had at that point.There are lots of old and really excellent and informative posts from many old users ( eg. Gmaxwell, Dannyhamilton & Satoshi
just to mention a few ) and it would be a shame if those posts had not been "merited" at all. Of-course it is true, that those old users who did not make many useful posts benefited from it too. Giving those users 1000 merits is quite a lot in today's standards.
The "new" Jr members however have been able to earn merits from day 1. That is, IF they have made good posts.
But in fact we could be more fair... Let's rise every rank requirements for 1 merit
I think it would be really FUN to see some high ranked users fighting to "EARN" their first merit ever ;-)
