Any of the members doing this reviewing, how many sMerits do they have? I'm saying they should have thousands of sMerits to distribute now that they are working hard and posting pages of content. you are doing the same amount of work as a merit source with 1000+ sMerits, your job results in 1 merit distribution, their job results in hundreds. what you are doing is waste of your time. others could do the same, without actually wanting to help, they might see this as an opportunity to increase their post count because there is no rule against it.
I do not hold 1000+ sMerit but I do have some I received, and instead of wasting time in digging for good posts in all the sections only to distribute them fairly to the people, I prefer to give a chance to the ones that already have received something and are needing just 1-2 merit to rank up. Don't get me wrong, I do give merit to people outside my service too.
Maybe 1 or 2 are nothing for you, but yesterday for example TheQuin helped me by point out something I was puzzling for quite some time and I wanted to give him some merit. I saw that he needed only 3 point to rank up to Hero and I just gave them because he deserves them. So I think even a small amount, I can put it in a good use.
Think about the newbies or lets say Jr. Members, they need 10 points to rank up. Almost no one is reading newbies comments as they are 90% crap but, there are actually some good people with good intentions, I'm trying to help them.
Sure many shitposters do apply but this is also a good thing. I check everyone and If I see some shitty behavior I do report them, also I keep clean my thread and from time to time, remove the shitposter's applications.