Quote from: AdolfinWolf on April 07, 2019, 01:37:57 PM

See link; https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5123258.msg50363129#msg50363129

I'm not sure what to think about this; is this abuse, or do the rules of free market and free choice apply here? The post doesn't look exceptionally good to me, especially since "better" (imo) answers had already been given.. (although perhaps Taki sees this differently..?)

Is this sort of behavior generally frowned upon, or is this perfectly fine?

Just wondering.

There are no "real" rules for giving merit ( I see subsequently it was found to likely be his alt so that is likely abuse). I mean it is not supposed to be given out on political grounds, but of course that is observably not the case. Free choice certainly applies.

There are several instances where large amounts of merit are given out from merit sources for a low value one liner.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5123752.msg50280347#msg50280347

I have seen people just more or less ask for some merit and a merit source has just given it to them for fun.

So, no to answer your question I don't think it is possible to get merit removed for abuse or get anything much done about it unless it can be proven to be their alt . Then again i have seen merit removed from excellent posts. I guess it is not usually worth worrying about it if you see excessive merit passed around for posts that look to have very low value.