Bitcointalk works because of the bounty campaigns and that will never change whatever system (merit or else) you put in place.
What part of " Bitcoin Talk" don't you understand?
Maybe the bitcoin part which is about...making money.
Like I said, just do it, delete bounty campaigns and let's see how it goes.
Bitcointalk isn't working because the people in charge don't care about this place anymore.
If they did, there would be more mods, better mods, scammers and spammers would be banned ,alt accounts would be checked and forbidden, the merit system would work or be replaced by a better one... meaning there would be changes,well there would have been changes a long time ago.
Too little too late if you ask me. Merit system clearly doesn't work, it didn't change a thing, it only pissed people off because they can't move up, it only gave more power to high ranked members (didn't they have enough already ?) and increased the number of ass kissers. Quality of posts is still terrible.
Anyway I swore I would't debate about the merit system, no point in that. Everything has been said already.
Just saying that having people pay when they post is ridiculous.