the rest are just tricks or ways to feed an ego
Then, you must think my ego is as vast as the f.king Pacific Ocean, Babo, when in reality I take this MS role as a service for the community, as you suggested, by the way.
Of course I feel 1000 merits/mo are a tough task, but I think that with some time I will get used to this, and I will be able to evenly distribute this across many posts and users.
In fact I am “feeling the pressure” to distribute my stash, exactly the same feeling I had back when I was created MS, but I guess It is temporary, and the stress about the meriting process will soon disappears and I will be able to manage all the aspects of my “forum life”. Creating good content included.