But still, we are a transition for the merit system. Positive effects for lower ranks really make a change if this members really want to stay in the forum.
Honest question, did you observe this positive effect you're mentioning yourself? Maybe it is biased because I see so many lower-ranking members in the local forum upset about not ranking up but I'm really concerned that the merit system doesn't work the way it was intended.
There is a transition, sure, but I fear that it'll get even harder to gain merit than it is now.
Right now, there are 77 Merit sources generating ~588 merit/day
But in contrast to that, since implementation, ~2152 merit/day were sent. So unless the number of merit sources gets almost quadrupled, it get's harder to earn merit. Or am I missing something?
This is great Idea, having "Like" button in every post we create. Also, the idea in number of Likes will be one of the basis having a merit point. Hopefully this may happen in our forum.
No. I want people to be as free to like as many posts at they want. It should have no influence on anything.
You start tying it to merit and you introduce restrictions.
I get what you mean but don't you think that this might be a good addition (not a supplement) to the merit system? I'm sure that there is a way to implement a "like"-system without the restricting element you mentioned. Nevertheless, it's a valid point.