I was reading a thread and a question came to my mind. Obviously, it's merit abuse meriting yourself and trying to get away with it. But picture the following scenario:
If I know I am going to be away from home for some time, but I will need to access Bitcointalk from public WIFIs or internet cafes to get in touch with my business acquaintances regularly, why couldn't I merit myself to get to Jr. Member, make a few posts, and get rid of the PM restrictions associated with newbie accounts? Buying the copper membership doesn't affect PM limits if I remember it correctly.
- The second account would be clearly marked as an alt account.
- The sole purpose of that 1 merit is to remove PM restrictions.
- I don't want to use my main account on unknown internet networks and computers.
- Maybe I am unsuccessful in acquiring a merit or two in the "normal way" while posting with the alt account to get the needed activity points for Jr. Member.
* Before someone gets judgmental, this is just a discussion and not something I am actually planning to do or have done.
If I know I am going to be away from home for some time, but I will need to access Bitcointalk from public WIFIs or internet cafes to get in touch with my business acquaintances regularly, why couldn't I merit myself to get to Jr. Member, make a few posts, and get rid of the PM restrictions associated with newbie accounts? Buying the copper membership doesn't affect PM limits if I remember it correctly.
- The second account would be clearly marked as an alt account.
- The sole purpose of that 1 merit is to remove PM restrictions.
- I don't want to use my main account on unknown internet networks and computers.
- Maybe I am unsuccessful in acquiring a merit or two in the "normal way" while posting with the alt account to get the needed activity points for Jr. Member.
* Before someone gets judgmental, this is just a discussion and not something I am actually planning to do or have done.
Being too much transparent here and obviously you will be tagging that alt account is yours and the purpose you mentioned, seems ok to me and it won't come under merit abuse.
However, even if you share all these details and without giving the merit to yourself, someone else will give the merit to your account after seeing the cause.
