Thanks for giving another example on why merits cannot be directly related to being trusted in the forum. I just got disturbed a little on why tranthidung got suspicious about a lot of DT members not having merits. Yes maybe detecting unworthy DT members who have slipped through the cracks by looking at their merits might be a start but criticizing them solely because of not receiving or having any merits at all is an entirely wrong way to look at DT members and the DT system as a whole.
Ah, you are right, fella. I meant it is one of indicators to point out potential 'fake'/ low quality DT2 members, it is a start, like you said. I meant if a real quality users have still been actively posting in the forum last year. It is abnormal to see them even have not received a single merit, or every limited merits. DT members, somehow, are high quality posters, compared to average users in the forum. So, they should received merits more than average users, or at least at acceptable rates.
Even they are more actively in collectibles, they can get easily get merits from such areas. Merits are not scarce.
I actually did not misunderstand the terms and roles between Trust and Merit.