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Relatively low merit scorer OROBTC notes that people who have the most merits really do seem to add a lot here.  Of course I also note that it is somewhat harder to get merited at other threads, but that just may be because many of them are more technical in nature.

I don't have anyone on "ignore", but then again I don't post as much as some here.

Still, we have the merit system in place here.  "Them's the rules"  Who cares?  I mean, this is really more of a waste of time and emotional energy bashing a system (merits) that really means so very little whether here, or even in life.

Get a merit or don't!  Who really cares?  I mean I like a merit as much as the next guy, but a merit or two seems to be awarded by someone who genuinely got some value from a post.

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