When a thread is not too long, like this one, I like to read all posts before commenting, especially when I see many usernames I can recognize.
I spotted something that nobody commented before, even involved members, so I thought it is worth a mention.
...I disagree that merits are easy to earn though and its as simple as making 50 quality posts to get 50 merits. If that was true we would see a lot more members that have ranked up but that is not true. We are seeing members who have been here a long time make hundreds of posts every month and not earn a single merit.
I think you haven't understood Lucius correctly, pease read one more time:
...What to do when you see some one-line post completely irrelevant get 30 or 50 merits, and some others (including me) need to post maybe 50 quality posts to get the same number of merits...
In my opinion, there is no disagreement and both of you are talking about this same.