Signature limitation based on your merit amount, not your rank
It would be possible to combine this idea with merit decay. Remove all the airdropped merit, let everyone who was grandfathered in to a rank keep their rank, but remove signature privileges from ranks and instead link it to earned merit.
When Satoshi Nakamoto will look at his account, how will he feel- hellllll, I am a newbie
Satoshi is the
8th highest merit earner on the forum, with 2145 earned merit.
There are many legendary members that are wasting their time in altcoin bounties without any income.
The issue is not their income; I couldn't care less if these altcoins all turn out to be worthless (and most do). The issue is the spam they create in pursuit of said income.