I believe a lot of the shitposting and account creating is continuing because newbies
believe merit will go away. They see threads about ditching merit and they get excited and tell their friends everything will be back to normal soon.
We must send a clear, unwavering signal that the merit system is working as intended and is here to stay!
I agree with you sir and I can prove that based from my own experience.
Some of my new friends who are also members of this forum told me that they only treat merit system as a temporary solution. They believe that as soon as the forum is cleansed after shitty posters are being eradicated then this system will become void. Hence, I always tell them to change their way of thinking and try to embrace this system but it seems that they have will not.
(anyway, that's not my issue anymore)