I have already proposed something similar here
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5445913.msg63873169#msg63873169However, it seems to me that even with such rules, the majority of users will ignore it and after two or three pages, we will again be overwhelmed with congratulations and unrealistic expectations from here when it comes to merit. Someone expects that he will get more merit here than he managed to earn natively.
Oh wow! You did make such suggestions! I didn’t catch sights of it neither will I blame the users who happened to have not followed through with your suggestion. I guess the more concerns here is, if it was adopted by the OP. That would have been a best move or approach towards handling this kind of situation and determine who gets to apply from who feels they should apply.
It’s a self moderated thread, anyone who faults the rules will be sure that, their post would be kicked out and could get themselves blacklisted with regards to this thread. Hence, if the OP adopts it, people will fall in line and the OP would do a lot more screening on what’s happening in the thread.