It can be distressing to new members reading some of the posts from old members who should be knowledgeable but unfortunately bland. The quality of reasoning (and posts) of many Legendary members is appalling. This could be due to the fact that they were promoted before the introduction of the merit system or they simply bought a high-ranked account to spew rubbish on the forum.
This is not school or politics that ranks is earn solely through merits. This is a public forum dedicated for discussion anything about Bitcoin. Being an OG user is enough to become legendary due to the time they spend here in the forum. Not all people can be knowledgeable on Bitcoin because we can contribute in different ways here.
I believe you should look on the merit rather than the rank of you want to find a user that really knows what they are talking. Demoting just because you didn’t like their opinion is nonsense and will make this forum more controlling.