⭐ Merited by Foxpup (3)
There are hundreds of thousands of people who use the forum every month
~50k users have been active in the last 30 days. That includes those who just logged in and didn't post, bounty-hunters, bots, sockpuppets, etc.
I would have to agree with that. It probably doesn't help that QS does tend to have a differing opinion with quite a few of the most generous merit givers. Which can lead to overlooking a quality post due to disagreeing with the message.
No, it has a lot more to do with posting made-up stuff like above and pretending it's a fact that supports his account-farming ideology. Also spuriously attacking users with conspiracy theories. Also his recent cringy sig-induced hyperactivity while claiming to be one of the best posters... that's not how it works. Those are not meritorious posts regardless of fancy words and legalese phrases.
Disagreeing with someone or even being an outright asshole doesn't prevent one from gaining merits, I mean look at me LOL. Being nice may help though, I mean look at LoyceV.
I would say this is additional evidence that the merit system is a way to get people to agree with you, and it encourages groupthink. Any merit sources that withhold merit because they disagree with what is being said, is effectively censoring the person because they are being forced to either say what they agree with or not be able to rank up.
Projecting as usual. Count the merits you sent to people you disagree with vs merits you received from the same people.
Still haven't seen a coherent explanation of how making it easier to rank-up would benefit the forum.