People with a lot of Merit can earn $50 in BTC a week easily and more in signature campaigns. They have absolutely ZERO motivation to give others Merit because if anything giving others Merit will give them more competition in the signature campaigns.
There is no evidence about this and you may also know that members will always give merit to the good posts that they think deserve a merit(s) if they have sMerit. And so far, many members are increasing the ranks and they are on the top. competition is something very usual in this life and how we can make qualified posts will deserve the results. SO, just keep up the good work and you can also get the merits and also chance to get into the signature with BTC payment and also others.
While its great to offer people a way to earn bitcoin, basing this so much on the merit system is the stupidest thing Bitcointalk has ever done and it has ruined these forums. I must have seen the exact same ETH-shill post in different words 50 times last week in the Altcoin disussion board. Always by different usernames but probably the same people/same guy running all them in his bot network.
What do you mean by this?
This is so funny how you accuse this forum. But this is your only thought. Bounty Managers commonly not only consider the merit but also the post quality to get into the signature campaign that they manage. If you are a good poster, why don't you try to join them?