Quote from: TryNinja on April 03, 2020, 11:32:43 PM

But when we start talking about ranking up to Sr, Hero or Legendary, it becomes impossible for anyone to consider spending that much.

That sounds reasonable.

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Isn't merit trading only against the rules if you are a merit source? I mean, we all agree that it's not a good thing to do, but the consensus from the community that something is not ok is one thing and being officially not allowed is another thing.

To be honest, even after 2 years of being around, the "rules" are still confusing to me.

If you read the Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules it has no rules regarding the trading of merit, however, there is another pinned topic FAQ: Everything you need to know about forum 'activity, account ranks and merit

It literally states:

Quote from: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.0

Selling merit is disallowed.

Do I think that is a forum rule even though it's not in the rules' topic? YES. Am I 100% right about it? No clue.