Quote from: jonemil24 on January 20, 2019, 09:17:44 AM

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I might take the bait if I can find enough free time non-compromised over the next weekend. What I think would be nice is to sum it up based on what I already show on the Merit Dashboard. Even if the information is there for all to see, it is likely easier to view when placed in a single post, highlighting what is relevant.

I can anticipate what my main four thoughts are:

1) The Merit System is good to reduce spam and limit ranking to those that do little to earn it now days. I believe that anyone who wants to be merited can be merited at some point (wanting and obviously putting effort into trying).

Haste is often shown, and often turns into ranting about the system itself, but it took me nearly two months to get my first merit, so I wouldnt except things to be necessarily fast.

2) Ranking speed is probably an issue for those that desire to rank-up, especially for Full Members and above (and extremely difficult from Hero to Legendary).

3) All the initially unspent airdropped sMerit could perhaps be used unwisely in the future. I mean, if after a year, the initial sMerit airdrop remains unspent or barely touched, it doesnt really seem to be doing any good there, and could potentially be used for foul play at some point.

4) Local boards are tricky to get a grasp of in terms of merit equilibrium, and efforts have been done to place Merit Sources there.

On my local board for example there is only one 100% local board merited Full Member (plus a few lower ranked).

On the other hand, the board is not very active. The merit distribution there is fair, and those that do get merited there have to earn it on every single post. On the plus side, it is easier to stand-out due to the (unfortunate) lack of overwhelming competitor posts. There are also a couple of Merit Sources that are active there, so my local board can hardly complain really.