Question about newbies with 100+ merits

[nc50lc]

During my regular browsing in the Electrum Board I came across this user: GiGa#
who is a newbie and yet he already got the 100 default merit for Full Members which is not received nor displayed in his merit summary.

One theory I am thinking is he was a Full Member before January 25, 2018, previously banned which deleted all his posts then successfully recovered his account just recently leaving 100 merits to his account.

Or is it just a bug?

Any thoughts?

[Joel_Jantsen]

One theory I am thinking is he was a Full Member before January 25, 2018, previously banned, deleted all his posts then successfully recovered his account just recently leaving 100 merits to his account.

Your theory is partially true.He was a Full Member with 100 default merits.He deleted his previous posts and eventually dropped the rank but merits did persist.

[TheQuin]

I noticed exactly the same thing. It doesn't necessarily mean they were banned, just that the posts have been deleted. It is possible that they decided to do that themselves for some reason unknown.

[1993jochico]

I also take an initial review to the profile that is linked, I notice that the account is created a long time ago
Feb. 26, 2014.

I noticed exactly the same thing. It doesn't necessarily mean they were banned, just that the posts have been deleted. It is possible that they decided to do that themselves for some reason unknown.

I think you are right, I think his/her reason is to try the merit system, and it causes the decrease of his/her rank.