This new rule is Bad for Individuals like me. Who have been frequently contributing but no one is intrested in reading.
I am optimist and I know someday someone will read one of my post and provide me with a Merit to become a Jr Member.
I do understand that this rules is to curb spam and increase the level of discussion happening on Bitcointalk. But, people like me are suffering.
It would be nice if the managment can add an optional criteria for achieving Merits depending on the number of actual post written by an individual and if one of the moderators can check them.