Have you bothered to check their post history? Its literally full of bounty reports and a barely anything else else. Members like those two don't have any interest being part of this community, their only goal is to leech off this forum via bounty campaigns and that's about it. So if they don't want to be part of this community, why should they be able to vote in this community event?
I mean, not all members with eligible Activity will likely vote, and not all members with 50 merits will likely vote as well, so it's a matter of interest at the end of the day, and if you make it 30-50 Activity, I don't think any newbies from the bounty section will be interested or have anything to do with it. I'm talking about sincere newbies who are making a positive contribution in their own way and have yet to reach the 50 merits benchmark but would like to vote because they are familiar with the categories and deserving candidates and have been here for a long time.
Isn't it why we have "submit your post" for merits thread all over the forum? You will not win if you begin this challenge.
If anything,
Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source shows that not many good posts are unmerited.
No, the merit system is controlled by the community, it is easier to farm merits, but a user must have been in the forum for at least 2-4 months to farm activity. a newbie with zero knowledge of the forum can register today, make topic and earn 50 merits with his first post, go on and copy-paste votes. (Another disadvantage of using merit point)
There are many times more users with high Activity and no earned Merit, than Newbies who earned 50 Merit on their first post. It's a rare thing.
I have enough sMerit to create 48 96 Newbies, give them 50 Merit each, and vote for myself in the "Fail of the Year" category. And if I do that, it'll be blatantly obvious. So I don't think this is likely to be abused in this way.You think those who want to manipulate the voting system don't know that Rome wasn't built in a day? They have been farming since the last election and are already on Full Member or less with more than 50 merits, and as I previously stated, it is easier to gather users from one of those merits threads and build them towards the event. I've already noticed a few, and I'm hoping that my statement here will prevent them from unleashing their farms in the coming days.
check voters merit history and their choice of candidate
If you notice irregularities, you should post them here.
let me pretend that the few I've seen is just a coincidence, don't trust, verify.
