You really need to step back and read the stickies.

I don't have any alts, I don't have any relatives that are members here, and I don't have any reciprocal arrangements either. I've awarded hundreds of sMerits since the system started, and I've done this because I like talking about Bitcoin, computers, politics and a few other things. If you put all the weeds and the vermin on ignore, then it is possible to use Bitcoin Talk for informed discussions. I don't lose anything by giving away these merits, and I gain by helping to clean up the forum.

The phone idea is really stupid, I can pick up a sim card for nothing, and it includes a few messages and 10 minutes of talk.