I voted.
I personally think merits should not be banned.
I agree.
There is a simple way to deter merit farmers from spamming WO: just stop giving them merits and stop responding to their posts. They will eventually go away.
we all know that "certain merit sources" are giving them merits again and again. so I guess inviting farmers is endorsed by theymos.
So you guys talk about random stuff and at the same time add more money to your portfolios while merit farmers do their thing for the same reason, more money?
I can't believe this is the first time I post here.😅
If you think that OGs are here for the
"money" merits you are an idiot.
If you disable merits here then they will just go farm their merits elsewhere, and the good posters here will have less incentive to post, therefore decreasing the overall discussion value here.
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You wanna tell me that the OGs need merits as an incentive to post here?

they came here for the community not the merits.
you seem not know what a high discussion value the WO had before the farmers. Maybe you have bought your 2014 account ?
Another alternative would be add a local rule that posts that are like the ones you mentioned will be deleted and enforce it, as in you have to post something original too in your posts.
Yeah have someone checking and deleting posts all day... great idea