Not that I disagree with the rest of your post, but wasn't the merit system implemented because it was too easy for people to join and become higher ranking? And when it was implemented, didn't everyone who already had an account get 100 merit instantly, even if their posts weren't very helpful? I see plenty of people with spam-quality posts and exactly 100 merit. No one is really complaining about not being legendary, but the requirements to get to even 'full member' status are very difficult.
Yes, but I just have mentioned how difficult was for many people to achieve a high rank. Let notice I was talking about earning money here in the forum. In order to be able to work here with a good profit, it is usually needed an upstanding rank. In my previous speech, I was meaning how difficult has been for us all to become respectable members, we have been here for years, asking and answering questions and a big etc. Now, there are too many people seeking money instead of knowledge around here. And that's one of the reasons why the merit system had to be implemented. I was answering a person begging for some recognition before even making a research on this forum, being part, making good contributions and so. For, lately, this is the normal situation: people with no interest in the forum itself, but on the possibility of earning a few dollars.
Regarding your question, when the merit system was implemented it would be really unfair to put all members at the same level. You have a point, there are many members which occurs to be shitposted since the beginning, and this is going to be really difficult for them to rank up now (which is what the merit system was seeking). Of course, they are also legendary members with zero quality posts and tons of activity. Of course. But most of them aren't shitposting!!
There are too many respectable members here with tons of information, they are sharing all this knowledge at no cost to anybody, and they deserve each merit of their ranks. My example: I have a limitate number of sMerits and I love to give away them in order to help and encourage people to make good posts. But I have to earn my own merits too if I want to give smerits to the people. So I try to work harder, much harder than before. To all ranks the merit system means a challenge.
The only thing I ask to those desperate newbies is tfor them to show some respect and to not be so obvious in their only goal: earn money. The forum is much more than a few coins or a place where you can earn a couple of dollars: is a community working on sharing their knowledge freely, and, between this knowledge, there is much information about how to earn some money by using crypto!!! Is not enough?? No. The people prefer to, instead of reading, to beg and beg and beg. They just seem to can't understand this is nor a charity website. If you want your place here, work. If you want to understand crypto, read.
If you just seek for people to give you something free, keep waiting and begging, for this is not going to happen.