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It will all depend on admin if he thinks (theymos) to add more merit source. For now the participation of the bounty hunters as been discuss in the other thread by @Jetcash stating that the forum acivity had decreased. Other user still think of a vast of shitpost still observed in the major boards.
In my opinion with regards to adding a merit source will be q  good move to increase the activity of the number of the forum giving newbie and other low ranks to rank up. A consideration should be given to users to rank up on their own without gaining merits like obtaining activities that will allow them to rank up. This is just my opinion and shoulfd not be taken seriously for I am just expressing myself here.