Hi, first of all, upon reading my post again, I understand that it might have come off as offensive, and I can assure you that it's not the tone I was looking for; therefore, I apologize in advance if it was considered that way. With that being said, I was mostly surprised, due to the size of the buy/sell topic that's over 180 pages long. I've never visited the thread because it's far too large for my preferences, and I always thought it was a topic where those who want to get their quota reply. I'm now seeing that it also includes replies from reputable members, such as yourself, and a few others I've already interacted with in the past. Thus, it was wrong of me to assume that only spammers post there.

One of the main reasons I'm not posting in such topics is that I cannot catch up with the replies, losing the flow of conversation if I cannot reply immediately or within a short time frame. I also appreciate what you do, since you're sending a large amount of merits to newer users, helping them rank up, including myself. You've sent me almost 40 merits (39 to be exact), which have been a great help in ranking up to Legendary. With that being said, I am not second-guessing the merits you send, nor do I think there are bad motives; on the contrary. On top of that, the merits you've sent seem to be on newer members, which is extremely encouraging to them, and I'm sure that you're not giving them away to someone you do not think is worth it, or their post isn't well-constructed and fluent to read.

Yes, it might come as a little unfair to those who do not participate in such challenges or topics, and it does sound a little cringe claiming a Bitcoin challenge changed your life, but not every aspect of the merit system is 100% fair, and nor is there a system that's equally fair to everyone. If someone seems to be missing out, which is why I mentioned it, they can try their luck in one of these mentioned threads. I hope this clears up the misunderstanding.