Well, this is my first time asking for merit.
Since the merit system was implemented, I just gave up on the ranks as the merit system, although I agree that it is necessary, seems to be unfair.
The serious users/contributors of the forum are mostly neglected unless they go around and ask for merit... in the end I think it has the dark side of favouring the older/higher ranking members in relation to newer members because it does not check if they deserve their position (obtained when there was no merit system) - and some have huge negative feedbacks, and because higher ranking members naturally receive a lot of merit from lower ranks while lower ranks are naturally neglected. It keeps the higher rank numbers under control mostly by the same people (maybe I'm wrong, but how many got promoted to hero/legendary since the use of merit system?)
In theory is a good measure, but it does not work so well...
If we want to spread crypto use and global adoption, new members need to be more than welcome.... and at the same time there is this problem of constant abuse...
Not sure on what could be done, but maybe creating a board of selected users to which the candidate could apply to ask for a review on it's rank, even if there was no merit points ? this could help in tackle the problem partly...
well, sorry for this long statement, just my thoughts...
In the end I got tired of not rising rank and decided that I should ask someone to check my contribution so that I can see if I deserve some merit or if I should change something...
well, concerning my posts, not sure what could qualify for merit, would you be so kind to have a quick scroll on my posts?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1236199;sa=showPosts;start=40 