Shouldn't we rather accept the merit system and move on? Merit has come to stay for the best interest of this community as proposed by Admins. Thankfully, Merit is instilling sanity in the forum. But just like any other rules the full purpose of the Merit system can only be realized through effective, fair and balanced implementation. Despite the good intentions behind the Merit system it has a major challenge which is the lack of objectivity in the award of merits. In other words whether or not a post or comment deserves a Merit point is at the discretion of the giver. OK, a really, really good post deserves some Merit points, but most times you come across some Merit winning posts and you can't help but ask: What really passes for a really, really good post? So long as the award of Merit points is subject to the personal judgement of the giver Merits can't be said to be a true measure of the responsibleness of a member or the quality of his/her posts, and is open to abuse for the same reason.