Very interesting to see the reactions to the newly introduced concept of merit as an additional indicator of account maturity and quality beyond just pure number of posts / activity. While this was introduced to increase post quality it has of course created a counter movement and a market place for "trading" merit - for money.
So this is just a reminder for everyone that the introduction of merit is a GOOD thing because it will help improve the quality of this forum for everybody.
"Trading" merit will undermine this and render it eventually useless.
Keep contributing!
This is very interesting, I'm relatively new here but i've always been accustomed to merit being achieved, and not purchased. That has honestly been something that i've asked for advice from trusted members on here on how I can achieve it, the answer has always been the same: by posting. Buying merit is horse crap. You should only be able to EARN merit by your honest contributions, in my opinion. I'd also like to add, I still don't have a ton of merit! LOL