Re: Was the forum better before without Merit or is it better now with Merit?
Members, reputable members. Was it better before back then when this forum was without merits or is it better or even much better now with merits? Please explain your answer so users like me can get an idea how it was and what you prefer. 
What do you mean better? Has useful information stop being spread here? are there not still very many helpful topics created by still very quality writers? The forum is good, and it just strikes me that if the merit system was added to the forum when it was not a part of the original plan, then it means it was meant to make the forum better as an improvement. At this stage I the forum where things has remained like nice and running with the merit system, the forum will feel odd if the merit system is abolished. This, I believe was the reason why the admin thought of a way that would naturally limit the nonsense here rather than putting the whole load on the moderators. Also, I would like you to reason that if there is no need at all, I don't think it would have ever happened. For me, this is wise and this is not the first forum where something like this has been introduced to curb menaces. There must be rules or ways to restrict excesses, if not people will misuse the free opportunity they have. There is still spamming at times, but little, and one thing that is peculiar to those who are guilty of that is that they do not ever grow in the forum. Who will merit the post of a bad poster? This is why many of them think twice before they write rubbish since they want to grow even as they desire to be in a campaign.