The new merit rules are motivating or frustrating?

[Azna Azhar]

For more than half a year I joined this forum. I made 159 posts and continued to struggle to move up the rank of being a member with 10 merit conditions. However, these hopes are now destroyed because the new rules make me become a newbie again. One merit is a requirement to move up to the junior member rank. I must accept the rules wisely. However the purpose of the forum is good, and I have to struggle to achieve it.

[TryNinja]

Good for you?

You don’t have to create a thread just to say this. Save this for your diary.

[coin8coin8]

There is no doubt that this will motivate me to move on，Only the weak will stop and cry, and after truly integrating into the Merit system, you will become more powerful.

[JakenBake]

I find it motivating actually.  When the merit system first was released I thought it was a horrible idea and seemed very authoritarian.  All that changed a few days ago when I saw one of the bounties where one guy had at least 50 Twitter entries as the tweets were all mixed versions of each other.  For me that was very frustrating to see and was very demotivating.  I'm thankful for the new rules even though I'm not very successful on the merit front as it will stop some of these assholes from taking up 50 or even more twitter spots. Eventually all the real users will get that single merit and be way ahead of the game.

To the asshole with multiple accounts in the blinked bounty:  Have a great time trying to accumulate 50 merits to keep your scam going.  
To the newbies:  See how this rule can help you as long as you don't wig out and quit.