If the new credits system was implemented to force people to be active, all it did for me was demotivate me to be active at all. The little time I spent checking these forums will soon turn to zero for me.
Freedom needs a stronger community, not a fake, forced one. One of the ways to do this would be by creating a list of requirements to join (age, subcribers, activity...)
I've seen plenty of creative channels (music, vlog ...) with new ideas here that got lost in the sea of amateur Minecraft / Call Of Duty content made by 10 year olds. It's a big percentage not just on Freedom but YouTube overall. Get rid of that and a mature community will build itself, without the need of credits forcing people to comment on topics of others to create their own.