So, the point is to stop shitposter who rank up from their buddies to participate in signature campaign?
Not only for signature campaigns but to stop them from ranking up and continuing spamming the forum, so the primary purpose is to stop spammers from ranking up, it's basically what the merit system is for.
Deduction of merits for deleted posts isn't enough because there are many low quality post weren't deleted, it wouldn't enough to downgrade the shitposter.
If a post is of low quality, it gets deleted if it's reported, and if it is not, it doesn't fall under this discussion at all. My suggestion is for posts that break a rule and get removed. The posts that aren't removed are not reported but if we report them, they get deleted eventually.
implementing a system where moderators have to manually deduct merit points from users who post AI-generated content just seems like way too much hassle. I mean, if someone is posting shit that needs to be removed, can't we just click the nuke or ban button already? It's faster, easier, and gets rid of the problem without having to deal with all this bureaucratic nonsense.
There is no manual removal of merits with my suggestion, the merits should get removed from the total count automatically when a post is removed by a moderator. If a user gets nuked, there is basically no need for a merit removal because he is already out of the forum with that, it is for those who aren't banned but are violating rules but still earning merits for such posts.