Most of the newbies joining this forum have been misguided and they tend to seek this forum as some sort of earning not as discussion forum.They know merit is the only way to rank up and get a place into signature campaign as most of the bounty hunters are doing this with as many alt account to join them.
Mate, every user "including newbies" can make their own way on this forum whether they care enough about the quality of posts or just want to make money. What this forum really hopes for are users who are willing to contribute and post and exchange ideas as constructively as possible with the quality of their knowledge. I've never had merit before when I didn't want to care about post quality, at least it has prevented the merit source from giving me merit. I think it will also be felt by most users who don't care about the quality of the posts and the ratings are not for them.
Only awareness will make them think about the importance of quality posts that will help them get promoted. I don't think we should force them to change if we don't see them notice it, please report the spam posts they made to the moderators and let them accept the consequences.
See this is 1st page comparison and 100th page comparison of Bitcoin Discussion section and you could notice how the discussion have changed with time:
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Is it possible to improve the image quality for the better, I can't read the thread title on this image you posted. Screenshot results are usually of poor quality in most cases I've experienced, is there another way you can share here?