I may be a newbie but I like the merit system. Having the system in place gives an incentive to those people who would like to contribute to the discussion in a meaningful way. I join the forum to get a sense of what people in the bitcoin community think of any particular issue in the community and having to sort through spam is actually very discouraging to a newbie. I don't want to waste my time going through one junk posts after another. If people posts in the spirit of the merit system, it'll be faster for newbies to learn the things that they would like to learn and it elevates the entire community as a whole.
Exactly. that is why merrit system was implemented in order to minimize spam and other worthless post just for the sake of ranking up and post bursting. i also love the merrit system because it does actually worked the way it was intended to be. however the only downside of it is that legit members and quality posters dont still get merrits despite of thier good quality post. that is why ranking for them is seemlesly imposible right now.
People are free to leave if they so wish, but they don't so because they know that Ver's forum isn't any better, where on top of that it's the main focus of the altcoin that he is operating with his fellow keyboard warriors. That forum is an empty hole at most. 