I think it’s pretty clear that seniors obviously were, fortunately, the decision makers to implement the merit system, but not the drivers. The drivers were the surge of crappy posts all around, which provide no gain what so ever for the reader.
Hell, to read through the forum at times one has to develop a sixth sense so as not to waste their time on rubbish and focus on posts that are meaningful. Time is a limited resource and having to skim the cream from the milk is now easier thanks to the merit system.
By the way, I managed to amass seven sMerits just this weekend on four different posts from completely different sources. Not an easy feat nor a great one at that, but doable and proof that sMerit can be earned by getting your fingers onto the keyboard and not just typing mumble jumble.
Ok, so that 2 last point were a sort of inspiration to me. I felt beginners and help, would be a great place for me to grow, and it is really working well for me, learning from dudes like jetcash(seen him in many threads here).
As for the point one, its normal to see a surge in crappiness when there is a surge in money. Same thing happened on steemit around Nov, DEC and even till now.
The only solution is a drastic one that affects the source of the crappiness, which unfortunately most times, is the new intakes.
It pays if some or maybe a majority of these new intakes have had an experience like this before.
Like @thequin said, this is private property, and such any threat to their community will be dealt with the best way the feel is possible.
