If something like this was ever implemented, I'd say definitely keep it separate to merit. Maybe call it a "bullshit button".
That would apply to millions of posts, especially on the altcoin boards. It will be impossible to mark all BS, giving a false state of "not BS" to many unmarked BS posts.
I never got
my deMerit button, but if gmaxwell gets one, I couldn't be happier!
I'm not even sure if I'd really want such a button, it comes with far too much power and will no doubt lead to heavy discussion. I currently can't think of many posts I'd like to deMerit. It's good to discuss the subject again though.
One idea I have is that we could have a "mark as nonsense" button which, after X amount of interactions from members with >1k merits, would automatically hide the post in threads.
The
Ignore button could get brighter when more users have the user on ignore. To avoid abuse, the "ignore power" could be linked to earned Merit (like
bump power). It saves time reading if you can quickly determine which posts are probably not worth it.