What do you beginner's think about merit?


Welcome back, crackhawk!

The Merit system was met with a heavy mix of celebration and frustration. I think it's a good thing, it keeps the volume of obnoxious or frivolous posting down. There was a ton of trash posting going on so people could rank up multiple accounts to take advantage of bounty and signature campaigns. Once the system came out there was also a lot of fraud in its use - people would give merit to their duplicate accounts, it got so bad that a campaign was started to hunt these people out and ban them.

One thing i've seen recently is a reduction in people giving out merit. To any Senior, Hero, or Legendary folks reading this - we should be more willing to gift merit to good, informational posts. Let's help the Junior members among us, who are providing a positive contribution to this community, with the ability to rank up themselves. Especially as the era of signature campaigns is coming to an end.

I'd love to hear more from other beginner's on their impressions of this system.