I do use Merb accounts to screen sometimes, but it has nothing to do with how ''well known'' the reviewer is, it's his overall attitude that matters. There are guys here I'd never see even if they have a big name.. Some, I'll see even if I don't see eye to eye with them all the time because I can tell they are a kind person above all things. I used to think a guy being on Merb was a red flag, but I don't really see it that way anymore. A lot of girls won't take a merb handle for screening because it doesn't prove anything. I do it tho.. I know a few other providers who do it as well.
Obviously if the guy just has 10 posts I'm going to ask for more information.. What I mean is that I'm not impressed by someone being a ''merb celebrity'' so to speak.. But if the guy has posted a lot I can tell several things about his personality just based on how he is writing