....at sa tingin ko lang kapag bibigyan mo ng merit ang isang newbie, some of the senior members (foriegn) might think that you are helping them to rank up.
There's nothing wrong with giving newbies merits at all, and I know majority of "foreign senior members" would also agree. If anything, mas slightly biased ako towards newbies kung nagbibigay ng merits. Nakadipende nalang talaga sa bibigyan mo ng merit. Kung nagbigay ka ng merit sa newbie na halatang di deserve ng post nya na mabigyan ng merit, dun talaga mag iisip ung mga tao.
Well Kabayan, giving merit is both subjective and objective..
the objective one is the content and the subjective one is you "liking" a post. there is always a bias there. it is either you are influenced or informed, and by that you gain something out of it, that's when you decide giving them merit