I'll only provide one counter-argument: what if a topic starter goes crazy and wipes everything? Some users could even drop back in Rank if that wiped their Merit.
Fair enough. Then I guess we'll have to leave things as they are, because I don't think disabling merits for a whole thread is reasonable.
Here's another forum suggestion: Some users turned the title of their posts (or more likely: topics) into something that can't be clicked. You'll have to look at the page source to find the link now. Even if it's empty, clicking the link would at least show the topicID, which allows to look it up on external archives.
Would it be possible to make something other than the title clickable? Say the post number, the date, or even the "/"?
Would it be possible to make something other than the title clickable? Say the post number, the date, or even the "/"?
Post numbers are already clickable:
