Yuph, you were right Sir. That's why I also said to my reply that "That's why this is not enough to prove that you're a Merit abuser." because it doesn't mean that Mr. SM23031997 is a Merit abuser just because he sent Merits to Craige288. And it is obviously that what Craige288 said is a lie. Because if it is really is Mr. SM23031997, he will not admit it, even you or me. If I'm in that kind of situation, I'm not going to admit it as well.
Also, there's no doubt that Craige288 post doesn't deserved Merits. I checked Craige288's thread and it is really a good post. Giving an amount of Merit is up to the sender that's why it is just fine to send Merit as many as you want.

Agreed.

Gotcha, you sent 30 Merits to Mr. Hilariousandco. Its your alt account isn't? Come on admit it.

Just kidding 

So this is the revelation of Mr. Wesimon's true motivate isn't? Well, keep up the good work Mr. 1993jochico. Looks like you're really contributing well in our Forum. I'm sure that you will be rewarded for your hard working eliminating these Merit abusers.
I will try to do the same thing you were doing later on (I'm a really busy Man) . There are bunch of people who really abused Merits and you can't eliminate them alone.
Well, keep it up.

Seriously? You are already a Full Member and you should've already knew how Merits System works You can get Merits from other members of the forum. It is given to a deserving post. That is how you can to get Merits.
And also, posting a thread about Merit is now prohibited because it has been posted/created so many times. A topic like this has been already posted a lot of time here in the Forum and posting more threads repeatedly will be considered as a spam. Please be aware of that.
If you really want to seek for answers to your questions. I recommend you to use the search function of the thread. I'm sure that you will find something helpful.

And about this
Yes, there are some threads in Archival and Economy>>Services that gives away Merits for constructive posts. If you are confident and you think that your post deserves Merit, then go and try your luck.

Well. OP, Mr. 1993jochico. It seems like you're great in investigations and with these detective stuffs. I admire your spirit. You came up to reveal something related to Mr. SM23031997.

To Mr. SM2301997, I really agreed to the OP. Its a little bit fishy. I also suspect you when I checked your Merit history and found out that you sent a total of 40 Merits to Craige288 and consolidated by these post by Craige288

With this statement by Craige288, this may somehow prove that you are the user of this account. But, as a wise man and a Hero member. I'm sure that if you are Craige288, you will not admit that you were SM23031997 in the first place.
That's why this is not enough to prove that you're a Merit abuser. And I will not judge you.

Well, if you're tired of waiting then accept the fact that your invested money will result to loss. But as long as you can keep calm and wait. There are still some chance that you will earn and even doubled your invested money. What do you really prefer? Just a suggestion, just keep your guts up and everything will be fine soon. Sometimes it is worth to wait than to lose a certain thing you we're waiting for.
Actually this is a good time to buy or invest. Using the opportunity while bitcoin is down is a good strategy to get income soon. But, I'm not forcing you. Its up to you.

Mr. Bardman was right. Negative Trust can't affect your posting,  But it will highly affect how people acknowledge you. Having a Negative Trust means that you are a untrusted member and it will change how other member look upon you. That's why you should keep your account away from having this Red Trust. Negative Trust are given when you've done something illegal or you violated a strictly prohibited rule of the Forum. I want to provide some of the reasons why a certain member is given a Negative Trust but I already posted it in a thread with a negative trust topic too.
Just try to visit this link and look for yourself. I hope it helps you.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2358032.msg33412236#msg33412236

Yeah, it's better to.

Are you talking about that "Dingdong7" account? Because yeah looks like you were right, it seems like he transferred most of his Merits to that account.  
Well, if your suspicions were true. It means he just fooled me and other member of this Forum
What a shame .

But yeah, let assume that Mr. Wesimon really is a Merit abuser . But, don't you believe that there are still some Members with Negative Trust who who contribues well in this Forum? We can't asaure if those tagged accounts really are abusing Merits. Maybe there are still some of them who didn't abuse it.

Well, First of all, that's really good idea of yours. But I think
Is not the only disadvantage of your idea. Because not all account with Negative Trust are abusing Merit/Merit System. For example is this Guy Mr. Wesimon
Profile: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=882355
As you can see, Yeah he's account is tagged with Negative Trust. But I can prove that he's not abusing his Merit. You can check this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3175633.msg32872726#msg32872726 made by Mr. Wesimon. This thread is a "Free merit for quality posts". It only proves that he's not trading or abusing his Merit and I'm sure that he is not the only Member with Negative Trust who uses Merits for good.

What do you think?
Not because some Members here have Negative Trust doesn't mean we're gonna trash them. Some Members with Negative Trust already regretted their mistakes in the past and now moving on to a new world of peace. Lol

Yeah, mining really will cost you a lot of money. Just think about it, a mining Hardware plus Electricity. Investing or buying Bitcoin and holding it for a long term is my best choice. The only cost needed in investing or buying bitcoin is a enough money for capital.
Then after buying, just hold it for a couple of months. Just wait for your desired price and sell you bitcoin will result a profit. Whetherever bitcoin price goes down, just keep yourself calm. It will surely go back up soon. I'm saying this because it is the only risk you can encounter when holding your coins.

Well, if that's the case, I understand your intentions Mr.  But what you were doing here in Meta section is already spamming. You want to catch and eliminate spammer people but spamming is what you were doing in the first place. Maybe you can catch spammers and scammers in different way than this. Because although your doing good stuff for this Forum, Moderators and other Members will still mad at you by making this spam posts.

RED/NEGATIVE Trust are not given just for fun. Why do you want Negative Trust anyway? Are you out of your mind Mr.? Some people here are regretting that they are being tagged with Negative Trust but you, just came out of nowhere and asking for a Negative trust. Come on bro, what makes you think about that? Dont fool around. We all know that Trust System is not for fun. So knock out of it.

Edit.
Oops. It seems like you already have a lot of Negative Trust. What's the reason for asking for more?

It is because they might done some illegal or prohibited stuffs here in the Forum.
Here are some of my opinions why a certain Member is given a Negative Trust .

1. Scammed people once or so many times (If ever that someone has been reported and proved that he/she Scammed people here in the Forum, he will be automatically tagged with Negative Trust by our Moderators/DT Members.)
2. Spamming (As we can see, Spamming here in the Forum is strictly prohibited, if someone has been reported that he/she is spamming, the account will be automatically banned or will be given a first Warning. But if the account user keep posting spams he will be tagged with Negative Trust.)
3. Selling/Buying account ( Buying and Selling account is also violating our Forum's rules. With just offering that you want to buy account or sell account can cause your account to being tagged with Negative Trust. See for example here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3195218.msg33124738#msg33124738 The OP is looking for someone who want to sell a Sr. Account and unfortunately a Jr. Member responded thats why both of them are given Negative Trust).
4. Destroying DT Member's image ( I believed that some members here used to destroy Moderators and other DT1's image that why they're being tagged with Negative Trust.)
5. For violating rules multiple times (This is obviously the first reason why some members are given Negative Trust. It is because they always violate rules over and over again.)

Well, I know I didn't listed all reasons. But I hope it helps you out. But I also believed that not because a member is tagged with Negative Trust doesn't mean that we will underestimate them, we should still respect them.

If this guy is Quickseller (Quickscammer). It seems like he's not giving up to drag down DT1 members since 2016 isn't? It seems like he really got some personal principles.

You got some point. Ethereum is really catching up to Bitcoin and it is more stable than Bitcoin that's why there  is really a possibility that Ethereum surpass Bitcoin someday but, nah, it's still impossible. Bitcoin will still lead other cryptocurrencies in the future for sure. But, leading other cryptocurrencies doesn't mean that other crypto are useless. They all have their own uses and purposes that is why there are different kind of Cryptocurrencies. Some coins have advantages to Bitcoin like Ethereum's more stable price.
It funny to see this one here, but I also agreed to Mr. Kakmakr. Sometimes we need to make sure that our spellings are spelled correctly because it gives different meaning /definitions to readers and may cause to misunderstanding. But, as long as it is understandable, it should be fine. We only need to use our common sense BUT, if a philosopher teacher sees this, that teacher will definitely mark this as FAILED grade in a class card.  

In addition,

BitCoin (2018)

Life on Bitcoin (2014)

Yeah, some of the movies about bitcoin are documentary.  I just found out that BitCoin Movie in internet, it says that it is a 2018 movie and have a genre of Comedy.

I really like watching true to life story movies, like I'm Satoshi . Remeber Edward Snowden Movie? Do you guys watched it already? It is such a Good movie and it is a true story. It is this guys "Snowden" who revealed out NASA's Secrets  

Oh Really? Actually I'm participating bounties in the past before Merit System was Implemented and then I stopped for a month. When Merit System was implemented, some people say that those members who participate most in bounties don't deserve Merits,  As their posts are all bounties, now it enlightened me. It means it is still possible for me to join bounties and still possible to receive Merits as long as I contribute in the forum isn't? I fear joining bounties since when I heard that I won't be able to earn Merits because of bounties, but because of your words Mr. Darkstar. It really enlightened me

There is no such thing that "Bitcoin will Die". This humors only spread out in public because of two kind of peoples. First one are those Panicking peoples.
When someone panicked when bitcoin's price starts to drop from a high downfall. They start saying that Bitcoin will also start to lose its price and this is what they call "Bitcoin Will Die". Because of Panicking, they have no idea in mind to what to do to their Bitcoin, all they know is bitcoin will die soon that's why they sell their Bitcoins immediately without even thinking for net income because its a net loss for sure.
The second kind of peoples are Bitcoin Hater
Sometimes because of these kind of people. Fake humors about bitcoin is spreading.They are making fake news and spread it to public. These people are people who are against Bitcoin. Some of them (I guess) are from Governments, Banks and etc and are against Bitcoin System. They can easily produce false news through internet and social media accounts and WE FOOLS are getting carried away by such false humors.

But, the one and only truth is, Bitcoin will not die. Some country might ban it but bitcoin will remains the same, and it will still exist in the future as long as there are people supporting it.

Let's accept the fact that Ethereum is next to Bitcoin and some people assume that Ethereum will surpass Bitcoin one day. In my opinion, I think Ethereum cannot replace/Surpass Bitcoin's position. Yeah, Ethereum's price is more stable than Bitcoin and it is the only thing that Eth got Over Btc. When it comes to price, as we can see. Even though Bitcoin dropped to its lowest price, Ethereum still can't catch up to Bitcoin.
Ethereum can only surpass Bitcoin if Bitcoin ever lose its price which is very impossible for now.
But, besides that, they both have their own advantages and disadvantages that's why some people prefer to use Ethereum than Bitcoin and some people prefer Bitcoin over Ethereum. It depends on its use.

This is a good idea though, in your statement. You said that the option will be available for Legendary members and Moderators only, we'll this is its disadvantage. Because legendary and Moderators can't check all the threads and posts made in this Forum everyday. There are thousands of posts that is being created everyday and it is gonna be difficult for them to monitor each one of them to look for spam posts. Also, not all legendary are trusted. Their rank can't prove that they are worth of some stuff like this, as we can see there are Legendary with Negative Trust too.
Well, giving this option to lower ranks member will be a problem too. Because some members may use it for bad habits like tripping their friends or whatsoever. Maybe choosing trusted Members will fix the problem. But there are not too many trusted Members here in the Forum and it is a problem too.