Well you cant say no action is taken, there are so many threads about merit abusing and there higher ranked members and DT members are doing their best for stopping merit abusing.
You dont need to start a thread about this topic here.
Yes, there is another thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2896910.0I know many will not like this post as mostly old members are active here. In some cases, I see clear abuse of merit system by old members and no action is taken. If this is done by a new member, they are painted red in minutes. Why these double standards ?
No, there aren’t separate rules for old members. Have you tried to report them before complaining that no action is taken and that there are separate rules?