You look at your instagram, your facebook, your twitter, your google curated news, and more and more you feel happy, a like, an upvote, a merit, the more you get endorphine, until you are drunk on endorphine... a true opium of the people create by well curated news. then you feel everything is funny... nothing matters and the gates of trap close.
You touched on a good topic. Yes, a merit isn't bad. It is necessary to support new developing accounts. All members support this platform. Without development, the platform loses interest. There is no happiness without your support.