You are totally wrong to comment about the merit system to be shitty, and also know that merit system only contribute to the progress of this forum. You were not among the members before 2018 when merit system has never been implemented, just a single person can have as many as possible accounts as I was told. The merit system corrected that in a way having multiple accounts will be difficult to maintain. Only what I have seen is that the merit system contribute to the progress of quality posts on this forum. This forum is just still one of the best, I hope you to see that rather than critizimg the merit system which is still good.
I don't believe he was criticizing the merit system, he was just giving constructive feedback on how it could be improved. This is at the very top of his post even:
! THIS POST IS NOT MADE TO SHIT ON THE CURRENT MERIT SYSTEM, IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION THREAD !
I'm reluctant against having any form of downvoting possible because then people with feuds and rivalries will abuse this feature by downvoting each other. And if you set up different downvoting amounts for higher ranks, in case one demotes the other into a lower rank they have just made the other person's downvoting power weaker. So your system as it stands can be weaponized.