The fact of the whole thing is that people would rather moan about the system than actually try out the system and find out its actually not that bad. Its doing exactly what it was implemented for and thats finding the low quality members and stopping them from earning whilst spamming. Its already stopped account farming and Bitcointalk is becoming a better place.

I'm happy and I think the merit system is the best thing to happen to this forum period. Its not perfect by a long stretch but its done more good than harm.