I doubt that it is fair to lump all Legendaries together, and there seems to be a bit of a disgruntlement over legendaries having had already earned such status on the basis of the previous system.  I say so fucking what?   Yeah, there may be some legendaries who don't earn merits after the new merit system, but we have to consider their particulars too, if we are going to suggest that they are "good for nothings," merely because no one has subsequently sent them any merits.

I understand that there is a bit of desire to consider received merits as a separate status as compared with air dropped merits, so all good and well with that, but frequently there is way too much emphasis given towards the meaning of the receipt of a lot of merits.... or maybe even too much attempt to denigrate some members who already ranked up under the old system, so they may give two fucks about earning any more merits (and they have a right to take that position, if that is how they feel about it).

I understand that we are probably going to have days in the future (and there might already be a bit of this going on) in which more and more formal systems are implemented in order to incentivize members to continue to chase the merit rabbit (in a kind of rat race)(I know that I am mixing metaphors), but we already appreciate that, part of the more central goals regarding the implementation of the merit system was to lessen the ease of account farming and disincentives spamming and profiting from shit posting.  I doubt that the incentive would be so strong as to discourage the sharing of dissenting opinions or even the ability for unpopular members to contribute in their own continuing to wannabe unpopular ways.  There can be value in that too, and there can be value in accepting that members who ranked up to whatever level of the old system still have legitimately earned their rank(s) because the then system for ranking up was different.. but still the legacies of such system is till ingrained and a part of our current forum, and it does not necessarily feel right to diss on forum members who have earned their rank under the old system, unless for some reason you might have cause to see that there are problems with their historical posts or their current posting behaviors.