Who said that? Merits should serve only one purpose: - Show that the member is a good quality poster/ does good stuff for the forum. A newbie with 100 merits and 2 posts is unlikely to be taken seriously by anyone. People should stop treating merit system like the trust system.
Well, we can't deny the fact that those pajeets don't care as long as they can get an amount of it even if they are not deserving in the first place. Hope a severe punishment will be implemented too on merit abusers especially on those have a strong basis of abuse.