Given that it is becoming impossible to have a sensible discussion about merit or trust in any way shape or form, without it being derailed with the same incoherent spam about "Lauda's gang", "inner circle of merits" and "show me the facts" from the usual suspect (I mean, we're talking 28 posts in the last 4 hours alone), I would also support self-moderated threads in Meta.
I have him on ignore, and I would encourage everyone else to do the same, but all it takes is one person to try to have a rational conversation with him and the thread is ruined.
Err this know gang member ... look at this user on bpip.org his top 10 fans and top 10 receivers . Then look at theirs.
then go to
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;dtviewthen look at every thread on meta where one of them gets questioned on something.
incoherent spam = proven fact they are all scum bag colluders.