Am not talking about excluding newbies by using that 50 merit criteria. Am talking about high ranked members who do not have up to that number of merit and as such will be disqualified from the voting process. It is not every member that gets merit when they make posts. And you know that.
If you show me a high ranking member who hasn't earned 50 Merits, I'll show you a member who's either been offline for years, or who's posts aren't worth reading.
Isn't it why we have submit your post for merits thread all over the forum? You will not win if you begin this challenge. There are dozens of them out there, and there are quality posters who don't care about the merit system either but they know so much about the forum..
If you want to reduce double voting, use activity points, which are calculated based on how long you've been here.
So all the bounty spamming Newbies with countless accounts with 1000 Activity and 0 Merit can influence the voting? Activity is easy to farm, Merit isn't.
No, the merit system is controlled by the community, it is easier to farm merits, but a user must have been in the forum for at least 2-4 months to farm activity. a newbie with zero knowledge of the forum can register today, make topic and earn 50 merits with his first post, go on and copy-paste votes. (Another disadvantage of using merit point)
It is possible for a merit source to merit a large number of members nearing the 50 merits mark and then PM them and buy their votes.
That's true. And if it's discovered, they'll get tagged for it.
its already happening, check voters merit history and their choice of candidate, happened last year as well. thank me later.
A minimum of 30- 50 activity points required to vote will eliminate many things.
Users like
Abutaleb628 (882 Activity) or
Semar Mesem (1148 Activity) have no business voting.
why do you think so?