Some local boards are used as the begging place to get Smerits. The boards have specific threads when users can beg merits politely. Just make one constructive post and then go to the thread to post "plz reward the following post". Or "give me 1 merit to rank up to so I can participate in bounty sig"
those are usually reported and if the OP is very ... persistent
he could be awarded with a lovely red tag as a merit beggar/solicitor
maybe bounty managers could be more selective and take more time picking participants
if the requirements were not just rank, but to have a good post history, there might be less spam and less incentitive for the spammers to
rank up if they are unable to get into a campaign , at least some of the managers are doing rigorous checks (not all ,sadly )
as for the local board merit sources, it is not always very easy to find a merit source who speaks both languages fluently (native and english), has proven he can be a good judge of the post's quality and will not go rogue
