It looks like the merits were removed by (Bitcoin Forum) for (deleted/off-topic/ignored)
Basically it's punishment for shitposting it looks like lol
Probably not a bug.
I literally just said what it is. C'mon... Go do your signature spam bursting somewhere else.
Anyways, I've found the source.
Is stingers still a merit source?
Not anymore. That's clear abuse, awarding merit for political reasons rather than any idea of quality. Only because he was a source, I effectively undid those merit sends. If he had not been a merit source, I still would've blacklisted anyone who got into DT1 through that type of shenanigans.
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