1. From now on the forum will be cleaner, the percentage of productive and useful messages will increase. This is a huge plus.
Yes, the forum will definitely be benefited by the merit system. Most of the members complaing about merit system are mentioning how it is bad for them, but what about this forum ?
2. There will be fewer people who will have multiple accounts, because now one account is pumped up, then the problem is not that few. A plus.
Yes, merit system will help in fighting against account farming as well. But those members who need multiple accounts to bump their threads will still continue as they do not need any merits in the profile to do that.
3. Only the people who really want to improve and earn money will stay on the forum. To write the necessary content you need to have the knowledge and experience! A plus!
It is not true that only the members who want to earn money will only be here. There are a lot of people here for participating in discussions.