How possible is selfmeriting ?

[The Sceptical Chymist]

No self-meriting is not possible here in the forum. If it was, so many users would have been abusing it and that would also defeat the reason why the merit system was introduced in the first place.

That's what I was about to write--it's never been possible, and I'm pretty sure Theymos thought of what kinds of abuse would be tried by idiots trying to rank themselves up, and being able to give your own posts merit would be the prime way to do that.

Can you imagine if that were possible?  It's bad enough that there have been so many members caught sending merits to alt accounts or friends or for some sort of remuneration; if self-meriting were possible, we might as well not even have the system as it'd be too broken to be effective.

OP, if you've got your question answered you might want to consider locking this thread. 

[Mate2237]

No self-meriting is not possible here in the forum. If it was, so many users would have been abusing it and that would also defeat the reason why the merit system was introduced in the first place.

That's what I was about to write--it's never been possible, and I'm pretty sure Theymos thought of what kinds of abuse would be tried by idiots trying to rank themselves up, and being able to give your own posts merit would be the prime way to do that.

Can you imagine if that were possible?  It's bad enough that there have been so many members caught sending merits to alt accounts or friends or for some sort of remuneration; if self-meriting were possible, we might as well not even have the system as it'd be too broken to be effective.

OP, if you've got your question answered you might want to consider locking this thread.  

When I see the thread, I laughed. I don't know what op was thinking to create this thread or was he or she planning to  merit her or his posts?. If self meriting was allowed merit sources would have been the highest merited users in the forum. Since when I came to the forum I have not seen a users merited him or herself. According to The Sceptical Chymist the abused would something  else.

I believed answers have been given. Since the question is very straight forward question and many users have answered the question so the Op close the thread now.

[Broadanbig]

I could imagine how messy and disastrous it could have been here on this platform if that feature was functional but thanks to Theymos who foresaw it and did not put such option into function otherwise it would have turned out to be something else. So OP in the sense that we can give others merit, it would be very much better we can not give ourselves merits because I believe all humans are rational beings so therefore would want to at all cost make sure they satisfy themselves with the self merits rewards system if it were possible but the reverse is the case.

[Obari]

OP, if you've got your question answered you might want to consider locking this thread. 

Yeah I got my question and curiosity answered and I will be locking  the thread right away and I want to appreciate  all those who took their time to answer to my curiosity with kind words  and also those who felt I was foolish with my question,  your words are are truly also accepted and appreciated as well.