Quote from: suchmoon on January 05, 2019, 10:59:03 PM

Quote from: Atomicat on January 05, 2019, 10:53:03 PM

The main issue this community is trying to prevent here is low quality posts eating up the merits in our economy. Tongue

I don't know if that smiley indicates a joke but the reality is that (1) merits are not scarce and (2) merits that have been sent to alts probably wouln't have been put to good use anyway.

Nah, I just pictured all the low quality posts eating up the merits in circulation. I kinda imagined a large fish(low quality posts) eating up the merits(smaller fishes) we have.
I tried to find a picture to make it a little clearer but was unsuccessful. Sad

You're actually right regarding your second point but unspent merits in the ecosystem is still better than poorly spent merits.

Quote from: suchmoon on January 05, 2019, 10:59:03 PM

My main problem with alt merits is that it distorts the relative quality of posts/posters/ranks/etc and indicates the dishonesty of the perp.

Agreed.
Making manipulative/poor merit spending a more frowned upon act in this community help increase the value of given merits/ranks gained from merit-based progression.