A wise person once said.  Never judge a book by its cover

BR

just write good posts because ranks are meaningless.

dont blame legends for not helping your promotions for a rank, which by the way doesnt really give you any advantage.
instead do a good job and you will get noticed

legendary members dont need merits because they are already "top" but legendary members wont give merits unless they see the person posting is actually thinking about a topic or questioning a certain subject in a way that deserves a pat on the back.

legendary members dont think about it as 'this person needs a merit because he deserves to be promoted to legendary faster than others'. they give merits because the post had content worth a round of applause.

stop thinking about merits as a promotion. think of it as a job well done.
like employment. dont cry because your employer isnt promoting you faster purely because you have only had the job for 6 months. instead do a good job and you will get recognised, given a pat on the back.. and as the subtle side effect of doing a job well done often. you will get the promotion sooner.

i would employee a fresh recruit sooner if they showed good understanding and a out-of-the-box mindset compared to a employee who has 25 years under their belt just plotting along doing the same boring thing each day

after all.. even if you are legend tomorrow. your not really going to get anything from it.. i certainly have not seen any benefit of being a legend. and i been on this forum since 2012.

a good real life scenario is the whole florida students vs NRA/senate.. more people are interested and praising the florida students for their words compared to the high ranks of NRA/senate

respect and acknowledgement is earned. not given

i personally dont base my biases on ranking. i base it on how well thought out their posts are.

EG did they sit down and have a coffee and really think about what they were going to post. or are they just being sheep to the propaganda of reddit. copy and pasting nonsense and using the obvious buzzwords of the month that show no original thought

many people know i have helped and supported "noobs" to understand better, and also facepalmed and treated some legendary members as naive dimwhits.. purely based on what they post. not their ranking


as for democracy.. sorry but merits are not some voting system of elections anyone.. its more like a round of applause or a well done pat on the back. nothing more

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