Campaign mangers shouldn't be letting merit do their job for them.
True. But it makes the campaign manager's job a lot easier. Without Merit, I wouldn't accept any Members, as going through their posts is 95% of the time a waste of my time. One of the main problems causing spam, is lazy campaign managers. If using Merit can make some of them reject low quality posters, that's a win for the forum.
Having Merit isn't enough though, it has to be
earned, which can be checked quickly.
Someone could make great posts initially just to get the merit then turn into a complete shitposter once accepted.
I barely see that, unless the account has been hacked or sold. If that happens, they should be kicked out of course.
I see plenty of decent or even great posters that have little to no merit
I haven't noticed this much, but this would mean the Merit system fails to do what it's supposed to do.
I stumbled upon this:
Don't you think your campaign prices are too low? Me, Sr.Member get for 10 posts a week only about $ 28 at current prices? Just $ 280 for a 10-week campaign? It's small..
It's someone with generic posts, and a bounty spammer. For 1112 posts, he
earned received
1 Merit.
He's complaining $2.80 per post is low! If that means spamming bounties pays more (although in Tokens created out of thin air) for useless posts, it explains why so many of them are spamming this forum.