And again question. Why actually they need to rank up? Why do people care about it so much?
The answer is obvious. Signature camp ... and if this is the main aim then such people are not welcome here.

I don't have any problem to sacrifice my rank as I don't need it ...  putting links in signature and posting pictures is sufficient for me.

we all started with a set number - total newbies 0.. Legendary members got 1K... oh and I see VOD has amassed a further 300 merit.. that's not from shitposting is it fella?

Hi guys, what I see at the moment: 27% on and 73% is not.
More than 2/3 of the number voted against such a system of dignity. I see that 27% basically includes already established on the forum of personality, but think about the fact that if there were not the remaining 2/3 who vote against - our forum would only get worse .
P.S. Enter then and the system of negative actions, so that there is a balance

I think the merit system should be kept even though it does make it harder to "rank up".  I believe that was part of the reason it was put in place.  This forum does get quite crowded with poor quality posts, and to the extent that those posts are made solely to rank up, the merit system will help alleviate that problem.  I view that as a positive as there are some really good discussions on here and it will be easier to find them without all the garbage posts.

Over some period of time, as long as people keep rewarding good posts with merit, the kinks should work themselves out.  The initial distribution would have had problems no matter how it was done, there's an adjustment period of any change of this nature.  I just think that the moderators and management should keep an eye on how it's being used over time, and make adjustments if needed.

It looks like they're doing that, when my organization profile, BTRIC, bought the copper membership it was so it could post images and have a signature.  When the merit system came into place, the link part of the signature stopped working but it seems to be enabled again.

One thing that I learned about BCT is that I should have made an account long ago.  I've been dabbling in crypto here and there for years and a long-time lurker of this board, well before I made an account.  I'm sure there are many others that did the same.  So when I made the account for BTRIC I did it pretty much as soon as I formed the organization.

Best regards,
Ben

I think that the merit system must be kept, else too many people on the forum will be Legendary in the near future. Yes, the accepted rules is pretty severe, but we all need to observe a subordination, because the old users made this forum founded by Satoshi Nakamoto grow during ten years. The bounty signature campaigns is not a primary reason why we are here. This forum is the best source of information concerned to cryptocurrencies and is even the good marketplace to buy or sell coins.

It is desirable to provide more summary statistics: rank - the ratio of the pros and cons of people of this rank! This way users can evaluate who wants to leave the system-beginners or old users!

The shitposting platoon will never see (or reap) the benefits, and they will forever feel persecuted and discriminated against, and for as long as they're around, they'll keep making theads to voice their frustration--but they'll also never figure out that it's because they keep posting unintelligible garbage in spam threads that nobody is ever going to read.  That's the uncomfortable truth.

I'd also like to reinforce something that Vod has said, which is that it's too early to tell whether the merit system is going to weed out shitposters and account farmers, or to what extent. 

Everyone is still getting used to the system, but I do think these fools are going to realize the futility of just mindlessly shitposting, that bitcointalk ain't what it used to be.   That'll take some time--maybe months, or even a year.  It's too early to assess the benefits and waaay too early to declare failure.

The rest of us need to get behind it. If only sr plus members are getting merit then so be it, at least it is being used