Members are ignoring merits or they are too lazy to send merit. Can you research how many bounty hunters sent merits and include number to spreadsheet? I guess you will find out that 90% members who are posting in altcoin section have never sent merits.
Is something wrong with my posts? Am I spamming?
I'd say most of the members who post in the altcoin section are complete jizzbags and they probably send whatever merit they have to their alt accounts in an ever-decreasing circle. Just as a matter of principle I'd give up posting there if I were you. This post you wrote wasn't bad at all, which is why I gave you a merit.
These aren't supposed to be easy to earn, so just be patient, but it shouldn't be surprising that a lot of points are handed out in meta. People who care about the forum post there, and these are usually members who've been here a while and were grandfathered some merit in January.
Also don't fret that you see seemingly worthless posts being given more merits than some people have altogether. There's some shenanigans afoot and there probably always will be. That stuff will take care of itself eventually.
Life isn't fair, either, I should add. Don't bite your nails down to nubs over it.