Fair enough.  I do understand that it can feel quite good to receive merits from other members, yet it also seems that the number of merits next to your name does kind of speak for itself - and surely some research can be done to clarify, too regarding whether the merits next to the name of any member were received by airdrop or through other members after the merit system implementation.     

I am glad that you considered my opinions and found them helpful, and truly I will not be offended if you were to reverse yourself and decide to go back to your earlier mantra, either.