Quote from: chaoscoinz on Today at 10:52:58 AM

The merit system seems biased, there is a lot more ass kissing for merits these days than there should be. I've been here for years since 2014, and right before I was going to become a HERO rank, BAM, they introduced the merit system. I mean it makes sense, there's way too many desperate new users coming onto the platform hoping to get in with a good campaign (we've all been there), that if they didn't introduce the merit system, all of those sweet opportunities would be gone. I'm not getting ready to go to searching for the merit Gods in order to beg for more merit. I'm comfortable being a senior member. It has it's perks.

I was a senior member when the merit system was implemented. Since then I have started to move and continue to make effort to improve the quality of post, increase knowledge and do so until now I have managed to collect 691 merit that have been accumulated with 250 airdrop.

I was once said to be a sycophant simply because I got some users on my Local Board to comply with the rule and improve post quality. They thought that I was trying to ask for merit from the merit source, when in fact they were the ones complaining. I get several message from established member both on my Local Board and global users not to post just because of merit. It is the best idea to enjoy all the processes and the journey to the Legendary rank. One day, I will also reach that rank. I'm enjoying the process now.

Quote from: chaoscoinz on Today at 10:52:58 AM

Also the spam was getting ridiculous from the new posters. Sometimes I wish I had merit to give to others, some people genuinely deserve the merit, because they make stellar threads/posts, I see them all of the time. They say the voice of wisdom often falls upon deaf ears though.

just my two cents Grin

Some users are not interested in the merit system and they may ignore the OP, quality poster, and important information from send of merit. They didn't care about anything to do with merit until one day they realized that regardless of the number of post, activity, merit were a condition for rank up. Regarding spam behavior, it can't be avoided here. However, we can still do the eradication effort only by reporting a number of badly quality post to moderator.