Quote from: Quickseller on November 05, 2021, 10:11:38 PM

I think most merit sales generally stick out like a sore thumb. For example, whenever I see someone with one merit and 1000+ posts, I assume they bought their single merit.

I'm more subtle: I assume they got it from one of the Merit "giveaway" threads.

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I am not terribly concerned with someone buying a single merit. Someone ranking up to a junior member isn’t going to hurt anyone.

Massive (bounty) spam is the reason they need 1 Merit to wear a signature. If they can still rank up in large amounts, it can "hurt" the forum.

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My guess is that they want to avoid having to wait 6 minutes between their bounty posts.

Nope:

Quote from: theymos on September 17, 2018, 04:27:20 AM

Note that this does not affect:
- PM rate-limiting, which is based purely on activity & whitelisted status.
- "You must wait ___ seconds...", which is based purely on activity & whitelisted status.

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Maybe Theymos could offer a lower version of a paid membership that is less expensive than a copper membership, maybe it could be called “bounty spammer”, cost $20 (in BTC) and give those who are wearing it the same abilities that a junior member has.

Lol, I like the rank name Cheesy