you need to know, what you say is against the current rules. we all need merit if we want to improve the ranking. but it is not as easy as exchanging merit. because it is the same we allow the growth of spiders and peasants to increase. therefore the merit system is in place and valid for the next, I personally as well as you. it's hard to get merit, and this is a big obstacle, but it does not mean we have to despair, we can still work while following the campaign. and most importantly try better from day to day to get quality. although it is difficult
i dont seek to insult the merit and the forums admins trial to have a secondary ranking next to activity.
its ok i recognize their work.
there will be a merit trade one way or the other, and be it a secretive one just like bitcoin trade beeing hiden from the governments and central banks.
but the merit in this forum looks also like a digital asset to me. people could get the idea selling it.
Then you will have either, old established users have the most attention taking accounts,
or you will have new billionaires, buying secretly people then.
coinmarket cap also lists only icos, if they are paying bitcoin to them, they dont take ico or other cryptocurrencies, but those at the beginning of cryptocurrencies dont have many bitcoin as they missed that movement.
same is with merit and account recognition.
the rules stays "those that came first" they "draw first"