In what ways are we going to sort the threads to find the meritable posts..
Is it going to be the duty of our MODS or a bot
It would likely be done automatically as forum function, just like you can sort threads by
views, date, user etc. It could even be a new link under these:
Show unread posts since last visit.
Show new replies to your posts.
Watchlist
You could have
sort threads by merit link in every board which would order them for you. Would be helpful to find the worse spam threads for locking or trashing as well as the spam threads with no merit will go to the bottom. I'd like to see this anyway. Might help in finding the worthwhile threads in amongst all the trash.