There are higher ranks hold smerits and does not care about givimg merits especially to newbies and jr.member could we punish them so that it will be given? Literally they have high standards in giving merits or else they were just lazy in giving merits. How i wish those smerits if not given im a period of time will be deducted on their merits.
It is possible that the higher ranked people are not encountering sufficient meritable posts. Some of them will have high standards, but that is life. You just have to improve your posting quality to meet those standards.
In any case, Theymos has said that he might consider decaying unused smerit.
There is currently no decay, but if hoarding seems to become a problem, I might add it.