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I'm glad you're updating it, because I like this thread. What I'd like even better is if I was higher on the list, but it's been so damn difficult to find newbies worth meriting--or even a lot of members of ranks below Sr. Member.
Maybe I need to stop being prejudiced against them & start looking a little deeper into Newbie’s posts & find some worthy of Meriting.
Sounds like a good idea. The problem is that most of the time when you look at the average Newbie's post history, it's full of garbage posts with nothing even close to being merit-worthy.
I try my best not to be prejudiced against low-ranked members, but it's hard because I've come to expect most of them to be typical bounty spammers, which is true in most cases. But I have no problem whatsoever giving merits to Newbies, Jr. Members, or anyone else as long as the post is well-written and interesting.
On the other hand, when I see a post made by a newbie in Meta that has anything to do with merits or suggestions about improving the forum, I instantly assume they're just trying to earn merit. That particular prejudice is justified, IMO.