I think you mean merited replies here. You are right about this. A lot of members here started giving merits in bulk to their friends or alt accounts just to rank up those accounts. I really do not see any point in the admin allowing members to be able to send 50 merit points for a single response. It  looks like that the admin might have left this loophole intentionally so as to trap the scammers. If he makes this thing clear in the next update and issues permanent bans for such accounts, I will be the happiest soul on the earth.