but I cannot find the reason behind a potential AI farm. We definitely have stopped a large number of accounts here, imagine what would happen if it wasn't for this thread.
To get as many posts as possible to farm activity points with little work and possibly earn some merits, rank up and join the signature campaign. Is there another reason?You are right. You don't have to be a clairvoyant. Check out his posts in the sections where the merits are pouring out like a tap. The topic on push-ups, the WO branch, and the topic where you can rephrase and chew over the same thing for the thousandth time: Buy the DIP and HODL! His year-long breaks also clearly indicate that some accounts have already become worthless, which means it's time to use a new one. Luckily, there are people on the forum who will quickly cool the ardor of such writers. 
What's really happening on the Buy DIP and HODL thread? Too many long quotes and what are they really discussing about and why is merits being spread around like Mia Khalifa's legs. Too many unanswered questions. Our hands are tied, and there is nothing to link them to other than AI usage, which is insufficient.
I probably send most of the smerits in those threads...so you want me to stop sending smerits?
Stop reading posts?
Stop participating in those various threads?
Or you want me to learn some new skill to run AI on each of the posts before I send an smerit?
It already takes quite a bit of time to read posts and to send smerits, and yeah, there are a lot of crappy posts that I have been reading through in recent times, yet I am not sure if the quality of posts (and seeming contributions (or non contributions) to the discussion of whatever might happen to be the thread) are worse in current times or the past 9 months (time for a baby) as compared to years before when AI might have had been less prevalent.
I am ONLY so receptive in terms of having to follow some burdensome requirements or to be told that I need to do something that I am not doing when it comes to making determinations about whether to send smerits or not.
What's really happening on the Buy DIP and HODL thread?
What's happening in that thread is the same as what's happening in the pushup one, or the Buy Buy Buy or Sell Sell Sell, as lovesmayfamilis pointed out.Let's look at a random example:
People who would struggle to earn merits elsewhere manage to get them in those threads by saying they've done lots of push-ups and it's changed their lives, or by over-quoting in the other two threads, responding with generic messages. If those messages have bullish content or some other type (which they quickly learn), they earn merits.
Buy Buy Buy or Sell Sell Sell, is another one that I probably send the most smerits of any other member.
And, now your above suggestions are getting into describing substance that you believe deserves or does not deserve smerits. I doubt those kinds of comments are helpful.. if you think that merit sources are not able to determine which posts to send smerit based on some kind of a substantive requirement that you perceive as preferable or less preferable?